2026
Festival Leadership
Current Festival Chair
Nate Mallard
Nate Mallard, a Rock Hill, SC native, maintains strong ties to the local community. He earned his marketing degree from the College of Charleston in 2009 and returned to York County in 2012. Since then, Nate has played an active role in numerous organizations, including the York County Chamber of Commerce and Bethelwoods Camp and Conference Center, where he currently serves on the board.
He has demonstrated long-term commitment by serving as a team leader for the Come-See-Me Festival over the past 12 years. Nate is honored to continue the tradition of service of his family, friends, and mentors as serving as the Festival Chair of the 2026 Come-See-Me Festival.
2026 COME-SEE-ME FESTIVAL
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Andrea Barnette
Brandon Berger
Roddy Broadnax
Heather Carter
Melissa Cassell
Jennifer Childers
Kelley Dills
Jimmy Freeman
Lee Hamilton
Chris Hood
Ashley Lang
Nate Mallard – 2026 Festival Chair
Lucas McFadden
Chris Miller
Susan Miskelly
Angie Perry
Wil Pickel
Kelli Shannon
Emily Smith
Erica Smith
Kenny Smith
Chrissy Steen
Brian Ullrich
Elizabeth Williams
Olivia Willis
Eria Young
2026 COME-SEE-ME FESTIVAL
Team Leaders
Chris Ardis
Jim Armour
Jim Austin
Ryan Blancke
Sara Blancke
Corrie Brannan
Jamie Brannan
Jon Brown
April Cain
Ryan Campbell
Julianne Darling
Sandra Doherty
Cindy Downing
Melissa Faile
Ashley Flynn
Jennifer George
Elizabeth Gill
Ryan Gill
Arhea Glenn
Shelley Goodner
Samantha Green
Mohit Gupta
Angie Harkey
Mallory Henderson
Julie Hord
Doug Hurst
Bernice Huskins
Drew Jackson
Jeromy Johnson
Justin Jones
Kenny Knopf
Ross Lawson
Jack Leitner
Nate Mallard
Michelle Manning-Osborn
Lucas McFadden
Brennan Moreno
Ashley Morgan
Brittany Morgan
Elizabeth Morgan
Brittany Murphy
Tara Park
Mark Pursley
Joe Raad
Taylor Rawls
Gina Rogers
Mary Roucehe
Sarah Scoggins
Samantha Shad
Stephen Shad
Haydan Smith
Emily Smith
Chrissy Steen
Everett Stubbs
Caroline Stubbs
Judd Sutton
Allison Teno
Terri Urda
Katie Vogel
Jeff Williamson
Jenn Williamson
Anna Workman
COME-SEE-ME FESTIVAL
Past Chairs
1962 C. H. “Icky” Albright
1963 C. H. “Icky” Albright
1964 Joe Wise
1965 Joe Wise
1966 Johnny Gill
1967 Johnny Gill
1968 Charles Cauthen
1969 John Godbold, Jr.
1970 Jim Bowman
1971 Tom McKinney
1972 Ned Albright
1973 ———–no festival———–
1974 ———–no festival———–
1975 Richard Roof
1976 Willie Stephenson
1977 David Vipperman
1978 Joe Lanford
1979 Charles Hall
1980 Mike Bailey
1981 Buddy Grimes
1982 Jack Holeman
1983 Ed Thompson
1984 Harold Peeples
1985 Doug Echols
1986 Linda Williams
1987 Wayne Wingate
1988 Vicki Huggins Cook
1989 Ann Terry
1990 Betty Plumb
1991 Jerry Handegan
1992 Phil Land
1993 John Taylor
1994 Sue Love Boulware
1995 Kim Climer
1996 Bob Norwood
1997 Allan Miller
1998 Moe Bell
1999 Angie Perry
2000 Dan Boone
2001 Jane Hayes
2002 Ann Skar
2003 Sherry Martin
2004 Mikki Rentschler
2005 Jimmy Freeman
2006 Andrea Cooper
2007 Mark Sexton
2008 Margaret Wallace
2009 Cameron “Bubba” Bailey
2010 Catherine Hicklin Faircloth
2011 Matt Watson
2012 Jodie Roberts-Smith
2013 Erika Bell
2014 Brian Hovis
2015 David Williams
2016 Jennifer Childers
2017 Amelia Anderson
2018 Chet Tucker
2019 Chad Echols
2020 ———–no festival———–
2021 Susan Golder
2022 Elizabeth Williams
2023 Lee Hamilton
2024 Chris Hood
2025 Kelli Shannon