How do I pronounce Elspeth, and where is the name from?
The name is Scottish Gaelic. It sounds just like it’s spelled, very similar to Elizabeth. (Elspeth = Elz – peth.)
Where did she go to school, and was it for politics?
Rutgers University – Cook College (the agricultural campus) – B.S. in Plant Science
Worked for Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Clemson University – College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Science – ABD Ph.D. in Plant and Environmental Sciences (agronomy)
Served as departmental Grad Student Government Representative
Negotiated significant pay increase for student workers during budget cuts
Later appointed Secretary of Health and Student Services
Negotiated lower cost health insurance with better benefits for all grad students at Clemson, USC, and MUSC.
Appointed to Health Advisory Board
Appointed to Advisory Board to the Dean (CAFLS)
Midlands Technical College – Locksmithing Certification — Elspeth firmly believes everyone should learn a trade.
While Elspeth has significant fiscally-conservative accomplishments as a representative, she chose to devote her life to agriculture.
Her specialty was genomic analysis for improvement of crop plants. She wants people around the world to be able to grow their own local & fresh food.
Elspeth’s father has spent his career writing health policy—first for the SC State legislature and then at USC. As a result, health policy became Elspeth’s secondary focus in graduate school.