Commissioner Wilkerson Retires Sept. 15

The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that Avery B. Wilkerson Jr. will retire, effective Sept. 15. Wilkerson has served as a commissioner since June 2008 when he was appointed by then-Gov. Mark Sanford. He was reappointed by then-Gov. Nikki Haley in 2014 and reappointed for a third time in 2020 by Gov. Henry McMaster. Coincidentally, Wilkerson started his career as an analyst in the commission’s claims department after graduating from Newberry College in 1978. After leaving the commission, he served as vice president of Countybanc Insurance Inc. and t...