Harry Lightsey

Harry Lightsey was appointed Executive Director – Global Connected Customer in the Global Public Policy organization in April 2013. Harry joined GM in March of 2012 as Director, Federal Affairs - OnStar, Infotainment and Strategy Development. Subsequently, Harry also led the Federal Affairs team. Previously, he was a member of the government affairs group at Nexsen Pruet, LLC in Columbia, SC and headed the business practice group at McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC also in Columbia. He retired from AT&T in 2009 after serving as President of Southeast Region and as its Senior Vice President of Legislative and External Affairs in Southern Region since January 2007.Harry served as State President South Carolina of BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. His career in the telecom industry spanned over 26 years, including holding a variety of positions in the external affairs and legal organizations at BellSouth. He began his telecommunications career in 1982 when he joined Southwestern Bell.He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. He was named co-chair of the Economic Development Transition Task Force by South Carolina Governor Jim Hodges. He was a member of the Palmetto Business Forum, chair of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Education Council and was on the BIPEC Distinguished Advisory Council. He was on the Board of the ETV Endowment of South Carolina, member of the Commission on the Future of the Legal Profession of the South Carolina Bar Association, the University of South Carolina Educational Foundation, the R. L. Bryan Company and the Rotary Club of Columbia. He was a founding member of the board of City Year-Columbia, a youth service organization, and has participated in numerous other local service and charitable organizations.In 2002, he received the Order of the Palmetto, the State's highest recognition for his achievements in leading the ground breaking effort to establish leading research and development programs in higher education in South Carolina. He has also served on the Princeton National Alumni Executive Board and on the Board of Trustees of the College of Charleston.He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1978, majoring in Japanese Studies. He graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1981.

Harry Lightsey was appointed Executive Director – Global Connected Customer in the Global Public Policy organization in April 2013. Harry joined GM in March of 2012 as Director, Federal Affairs - OnStar, Infotainment and Strategy Development. Subsequently, Harry also led the Federal Affairs team. Previously, he was a member of the government affairs group at Nexsen Pruet, LLC in Columbia, SC and headed the business practice group at McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC also in Columbia. He retired from AT&T in 2009 after serving as President of Southeast Region and as its Senior Vice President of Legislative and External Affairs in Southern Region since January 2007.

Harry served as State President South Carolina of BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. His career in the telecom industry spanned over 26 years, including holding a variety of positions in the external affairs and legal organizations at BellSouth. He began his telecommunications career in 1982 when he joined Southwestern Bell.He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. He was named co-chair of the Economic Development Transition Task Force by South Carolina Governor Jim Hodges. He was a member of the Palmetto Business Forum, chair of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Education Council and was on the BIPEC Distinguished Advisory Council. He was on the Board of the ETV Endowment of South Carolina, member of the Commission on the Future of the Legal Profession of the South Carolina Bar Association, the University of South Carolina Educational Foundation, the R. L. Bryan Company and the Rotary Club of Columbia. He was a founding member of the board of City Year-Columbia, a youth service organization, and has participated in numerous other local service and charitable organizations.

In 2002, he received the Order of the Palmetto, the State's highest recognition for his achievements in leading the ground breaking effort to establish leading research and development programs in higher education in South Carolina. He has also served on the Princeton National Alumni Executive Board and on the Board of Trustees of the College of Charleston.

He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1978, majoring in Japanese Studies. He graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1981.