By SCBIZ Staff

CHARLESTON -- The S.C. World Trade Center has named Lisa Callihan as managing director. She will be taking over the duties of Mark Condon, who recently stepped down as executive director to take the position of vice president of world trade center operations for the Trade Center Development Corp. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Trade Center Development Corp., a real estate investment trust that builds trade centers across the globe, will be the future developers of the new S.C. World Trade Center building located in North Charleston.

Callihan has a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of Kentucky, a master’s degree in communication studies from Marshall University and a master’s degree in general psychology from Jacksonville State University.

Callihan previously has been a faculty member of Marshall University, the New York Institute of Technology, Florence-Darlington Technical College and the Kentucky Technical and Community College system. She also was the international programs director at Florence-Darlington Technical College. She is currently the director of the U.S. Department of Education Title-VI-B grant, partnering South Carolina students and students in Europe, in a program of study concerning international trade. 

Callihan has been the director of education at the SCWTC since January and will shortly be transitioning to the role of managing director. 

“My vision for the future would include a trade center offering needed services to every South Carolinian, ever changing to respond to the constantly evolving global marketplace,” Callihan said. “Since knowledge is power, conducting international trade studies in high schools, colleges, universities and seminars, will facilitate a positive understanding and powerful economic focus in the future.”

Condon has been with the SCWTC since 1997 and will continue to have a role in the SCWTC, serving as an adviser and board member.