Board of Directors

Tom Henz

Hilton Head Island – Bluffton Chamber of Commerce

Vice President, Public Policy & Small Business

Tom is Vice President, Public Policy & Small Business for the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce, and adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina Beaufort. He was market president for Synovus Bank locally from 1992 until retiring from banking in 2020. Tom is a graduate of Miami University (B.S. in Business Administration), The University of Dayton (MBA), and The Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University. Active in the community, he has served on numerous local boards including United Way of the Lowcountry (past chairman), Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club of Hilton Head Island, Sea Pines Property Owners Association, Leadership Hilton Head, Gullah Museum of Hilton Head Island, Miami University Hilton Head Alumni Club, Port Royal Sound Foundation, and Greater Island Council. He now serves on the Town of Hilton Head Island Planning Commission and the Gullah Geechee Land & Cultural Preservation Task Force. He is chairman of the advisory committee for the USCB Center for Strategic Planning and serves on the boards of Deep Well Project, Don Ryan Center for Innovation, and Beaufort Jasper Housing Trust.