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Board Meetings


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2024-2025 School Year



Odyssey Online Learning Board Members

Meet the members of the Odyssey Online Learning Board of Directors. If you have any questions about Odyssey Online Learning, feel free to call (803) 735-9110 or request a call back online.

Mario Williams

Board Chair

Mario D. Williams is the owner of Heavenly Hands Home Healthcare, LLC in Aiken, SC and a Staffing Company. He is the father of 4 children, a member of the Lions Club, and the manager of the Salvation Army Homeless Shelter. He enjoys spending time with family and helping in the community. He grew up in Edgefield, SC, then moved to Virginia for college. In 2010, Mr. Williams moved to Atlanta, GA where he was in law enforcement until getting hurt in 2013. He then moved back to SC and got involved in the community. Mr. Williams has been an assistant teacher in the 4k program and a Director of after school programs for several schools. His passion is helping to shape the future kids of our world. He brings a lot of outside of the box ideas to help this online school grow to its potential.

Marquis Flemings

Board Vice Chairman

Marquis Flemings is the Executive Director of BEST Skills Academy. For the past 17 years, Marquis has been involved in education and service to the community. His compassion and expertise and his drive to help students fare just some of motivating factors in creating BEST Skills Academy. The pursuit of education and desire to help students succeed in and out of the classroom.

Amy Cox

Board Treasurer

Amy Cox is currently the SVP, Director of Employee Strategy at South State Bank. Amy has 20 years of Human Resources experience in the areas of employee engagement, business strategy, organizational design and effectiveness, succession and workforce planning, performance management, compensation, recruitment, and compliance. Amy’s education in Psychology and Business from The College of Charleston along with her certifications of PHR and SHRM-CP have helped the companies she has worked for grow and perform at top levels.


Amy has a passion for growing leaders which involves working directly with leaders on their career goals and hiring talented employees to work with them. Amy understands that her future employees are being molded today in all types of schools including brick and mortar and virtual environments similar to the work environment of today. She is eager to ensure her company, industry and state are ready for that future and that means working with schools and children now to ensure they are ready for the workforce.

Amber Caldwell

Board Secretary

Ms. Amber Caldwell has been employed with Upstate Achieve for the past four years. She works very

closely with the Director to support the mission of Achieve, to serve high school dropouts and graduates

who are unemployed or underemployed (ages 16 – 24) from Cherokee, Spartanburg and Union

counties. She is passionate about working with youth in need of hope and opportunity. She continuously

strives to design and implement effective strategies to improve the enrollment and training process.

Robert McKenzie

Board Member

Robert served in the United States Marine Corps as a Financial Management Resource Analyst for 7 years, during which he completed a tour in Iraq. He was medically separated at the rank of Sergeant. Following his military service, Robert pursued a career in healthcare, working as a Registered Respiratory Therapist at Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital for 5 years. He then served as the Respiratory Care Clinical Coordinator for 2 years. In 2018, Robert made a transition into management, serving as the Manager of Environmental Services at both Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital and Oconee Memorial Hospital for 1 year. Robert’s passion for mentoring led him to help establish BEST Skills Academy in April 2019, where he currently serves as the Mentoring Program Director.

Robert’s educational background includes an Associate of Science (A.S.) in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Sociology. He is currently pursuing a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Developmental Psychology. In his personal life, Robert is a loving husband and proud father of two daughters, one of whom graduated from Odyssey Online Learning and is now pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture at Clemson University. Robert is dedicated to equipping students with the necessary skills to function as strong, independent, and responsible adults able to overcome any challenges within society.


Scott Sternett

Board Member

Mr. Sternett is a Senior Cost Estimator with Jacobs Engineering. He has over 20 years experience with cost

estimating and budgeting for major global construction projects. Mr. Sternett has two children that are current

sophmores at Odyssey Online Learning. They are his main reason for joining the board to be not only

their voice, but the voice of every student at OOL. He looks forward to serving as a member of this board

and being a part of the change for charter schools. In his spare time he enjoys being outdoors, traveling,

and spending time with his wife of over 30 years and their 15 year old twins.

Board Meetings - Archived Minutes


Please click the links below to view the archived agendas and minutes:


Archived 2023-2024 Board Documents





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