Kasie Whitener

Candidate Bio

Dr. Kasie Whitener is a writer, business owner, radio host, and educator at the University of South Carolina.

After moving from the Upstate to Blythewood in 2012, Kasie started her own business, Clemson Road Creative, a consultancy specializing in business processes including documentation, methodology, and remote work modalities. Kasie earned her PhD in Organization and Management in 2014 and joined the Darla Moore School of Business at USC in 2017. She is the co-host for “Mornings with Kasie and Kev” on 100.7 The Point and makethepointradio.com.

Kasie is a dedicated educator. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor teaching entrepreneurship and strategic management and currently the Director of the Faber Entrepreneurship Center. She’s also the voice of “Moore Impact,” the Darla Moore School of Business’s live radio show and podcast. In addition to her full course load at the Moore School, Kasie hosts Write On SC, a weekly radio show, and podcast teaching the craft and business of writing. The show received an Artist Venture Grant from the South Carolina Arts Council in 2019. Kasie received the Fresh Voices in the Humanities Award in 2020.

Kasie’s writing career began in middle school and led to a bachelor’s degree in English from Clemson University in 1999 and a master’s in English from Winthrop in 2004. She published her first novel, After December, in 2019 and her second, Before Pittsburgh, in 2021 both with Chrysalis Press, a Columbia-based publisher. She is on the South Carolina Humanities Speaker’s Bureau and has delivered talks for the Pat Conroy Literary Center, Aiken Book Festival, and the Lancaster Literary Arts Festival, among others.

Kasie is a community leader. She was a two-term President of the South Carolina Writers Association, and still serves on the Board. She was the Richland County Chairperson for the South Carolina Libertarian Party (SCLP) for two terms and currently Chair of the State Committee for the SCLP. Kasie led 1 Million Cups Columbia for two years and co-founded the Women’s Business Center at Columbia College in 2018. She was a reviewer for the SC Arts Commission Artist Venture Grant.

Kasie is a Florence native who grew up in Herndon, Virginia, but returned to South Carolina when she enrolled at Clemson University in 1995. Her maternal family, the Johnsons, still reside in Florence and remain faithful IPTAY members. Her mother and stepfather live in the Upstate, a stone’s throw from Death Valley.

Kasie resides in Blythewood, S.C. with her husband, Charlie, and their 16-year-old daughter.