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excerpt: "Upstate Forever, one of South Carolina’s leading environmental and conservation organizations, announced last week that Andrea Cooper has been selected as its new executive director. Cooper will fill the considerable shoes of Brad Wyche, who left Wyche PA in 1998 to found Upstate Forever and has served as its executive director since that time. Cooper has previously served as chair of the board of directors of the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League and has been a partner in both a commercial real estate firm and an international social impact group."
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New Leadership at Upstate Forever



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# New Leadership at Upstate Forever

Upstate Forever, one of South Carolina’s leading environmental and conservation organizations, announced last week that Andrea Cooper has been selected as its new executive director. Cooper will fill the considerable shoes of Brad Wyche, who left Wyche PA in 1998 to found Upstate Forever and has served as its executive director since that time. Cooper has previously served as chair of the board of directors of the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League and has been a partner in both a commercial real estate firm and an international social impact group.

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Wade S. Kolb III](https://wyche.com/author/wkolb/)

Wade focuses his practice on litigation, appellate advocacy, education, internal investigations, and governmental representation. Since joining Wyche in the fall of 2011, Wade has had extensive experience in high-stakes commercial litigation, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court.

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