Committee Assignments:

  Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

Occupation: Owner, WGG Consulting Company

Biography:GILLIARD, Wendell Gregory [D]—(Dist. No. 111, Charleston Co.)—Owner, WGG Consulting Co.; residing at 1237 Marvin Ave., Charleston; b. July 1, 1954 in Charleston; s. the late William and the late Sinclair Gilliard; attended Devry School of Tech.; Labor Organizing Coll. held at Univ. of Tenn. campus, and political science training at the National Leagues of Cities; 3 children, April Sinclair, Wendell G., and Keith Demon; worked at Albright and Wilson Chemical Plant for 28 years as a chemical plant operator; served as United Steel Workers Local Union Pres. for 15 years; Charleston City Council, 1997–08; former Mayor Pro Tempore; Arthur J. Clement Award for Excellence in Race Relations, 1999; Omega Psi Phi Frat., Inc., Stroll of Honor Award for Outstanding Achievement in Politics, 2004; Beta Kappa Lambda Chap. of Alpha Phi Alpha Frat., Inc., Comm. Serv. Award in Politics, 2004; Macedonia African Methodist Episcopal Church, MLK Humanitarian Award, 2006; NAACP North Charleston Chap.’s Hall of Fame Award for Comm. Relations, 2006; Voted Best Councilman by the Charleston City Paper, 2006–08; Charleston Alumni Chap. of Kappa Alpha Psi Frat., Inc., Comm. Serv. Award, 2008.

Biography current as of January 05, 2009