GREENVILLE, S.C. – Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County has added Sherry Barrett, Jonathan
Thrasher, Melissa Huff and Bill Keckeis to its Board of Directors.
Originally from Brunswick, Georgia, Barrett earned a Master of Landscape Architecture at Virginia Tech
and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Georgia. Barrett currently works as a Land
Policy Director at Upstate Forever, where she focuses on strengthening and improving land policy in the
most rapidly growing areas of the Upstate. Her involvement with Habitat began after becoming a
community partner through Upstate Forever and Impact Greenville in 2019.
Thrasher is an experienced engineer currently working with S&ME as Senior Client Developer/Senior
Project Manager. He earned a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of Alabama.
In 2022, Thrasher was honored with the ASCE South Carolina Section Service Award, and the ASCE
Florida Younger Member of the Year Award. Thrasher was also a graduate of Leadership Greenville Class
of ‘51, the Greenville Chamber's premier leadership development program.
A Greenville native, Huff serves as the Foundation Relationships Manager of Christianity Today. She
previously has served in leadership roles for YouthBASE, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Miracle Hill
Ministries, the Hispanic Alliance of SC, iMAGINE Upstate Festival and Upstate STEM Collaborative
(Clemson University), and the United Way of Greenville County. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from
Samford University and her Master’s in Social Services from the University of Chicago, where she earned
Cum Laude honors from both. She also was a Furman University's Riley Institute Diversity Leaders Initiative Fellow in 2023. Keckeis works as a project executive Messer Construction Company, and has served on the boards for Directions for Youth and Families, and the American Heart Association.
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