S.A.F.E. Board of Directors

Mary Catherine is married with 3 daughters and lives in Charleston.  She is a former epilepsy patient and was blessed to become seizure free after a temporal lobectomy in 2009.  She is a May 2021 graduate of the MUSC Doctor of Nursing Practice program and hopes to spend her new career working with epilepsy patients.

Mary Catherine became involved with SAFE in 2010.  She became a member in order to support others who were fighting this frustrating disorder. 

In her free-time, Mary Catherine enjoys spending time with her friends and family relaxing on the beach. 

I was born and raised in Charleston, SC and went to Hanahan High School in Hanahan, SC. This is where I met Karen St. Marie, Founder of S.A.F.E. I earned by Bachelor of Science degree from Charleston Southern University and was fortunate to play volleyball for them all four years. My professional human resources career began in 1990 with Charleston/Dorchester Mental Health Center where I served as the Human Resources Director. I transferred to Trident Technical College in March, 2010 where I serve as the Benefits Administrator. I plan to retire in 2021 and start working my retirement job working for  Cigar Row Events.

On a personal note, I am the proud mother to a very handsome 24-year-old red-headed son who has and does keep me on my toes! We will be expanding our family in November, 2021 when he marries his beautiful fiancé. Our family enjoys the outdoors to include golfing and relaxing on the beach.

My personal connection to S.A.F.E. is my long-term friendship with Karen! Once her son, Erick, started his journey with epilepsy, Karen quickly discovered there was little community support in Charleston. She made it her personal mission to make a change for Erick and others by establishing S.A.F.E. I was honored to be asked to serve as a board member for S.A.F.E. due to my human resources background

Rebekah has been involved with SAFE since it was founded in 2011 and has been the Treasurer since January of 2013. Her passion for epilepsy advocacy stems from wanting to help her mother, who has epilepsy and had her first seizure when Rebekah was 11. In her professional career she has worked as a staff accountant for a manufacturing company, the Tax Manager of a local CPA firm, and the Director of Finance for another local nonprofit, the Sustainability Institute. She and her husband have been married since 2018 and are currently expecting their second daughter. She now works part time in accounting but has been spending most of her time as a stay at home mom to her two beautiful daughters. In her spare time, she loves going to concerts and traveling to see her family in Kentucky. Rebekah is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Kentucky. 

Nicole began her journey with epilepsy on July 1, 2012 when her then 2 month old daughter, Charlotte, had her first seizure.  Nicole, her older daughter Kaylin, and Charlotte became members of S.A.F.E. in early 2013.  Later that year, it was confirmed that Charlotte's epilepsy diagnosis was due to a chromosomal deletion.  

Nicole, her husband Jeremy, and her entire family are active in the S.A.F.E. community, volunteering and participating in all of our awareness events.  Nicole has a passion for advocating for special needs children and their caregivers.  When Nicole isn't volunteering for S.A.F.E. or working, she can be found at home snuggling with her 3 dogs or on the softball field.