Mr. Humes enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1962. He became a commissioned officer in 1965. He entered the USAF Pilot Training program three years later and received his pilot wings in 1969. After advanced pilot training, Fred served 13 months in Vietnam and returned to the United States as a Flight Instructor. Mr. Humes flying career included the F-4, OV-10, T-39 and C-141 aircraft as a line pilot, instructor and flight examiner. He served in various capacities at Major Air Command Headquarters, US Air Force Headquarters, and the Pentagon staff and operational assignments. Mr. Humes graduated from the Air Command and Staff College. He completed his Air Force career in 1983 after a four-year staff tour at the Pentagon.
Mr. Humes began a second career with a nationally syndicated television show in Aiken, South Carolina and in 1987 co-founded a video production company where he was President until 1990, when he joined the Economic Development Partnership. The Partnership represents the economic development interests of Aiken and Edgefield Counties. Since joining the Partnership over $5.0 Billion dollars and 11,000 jobs have been announced in Aiken and Edgefield Counties. Mr. Humes has been recognized twice as the “Economic Development Practitioner of the Year” by Southern Business and Development magazine. He was selected in 2003 as one of the Top Ten Economic Developers of the Decade by the same magazine. Mr. Humes chaired the Cluster Activation Task Force for the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness. Fred is a past member of the Board of Directors and Past President of the South Carolina Economic Developers Association (SCEDA) and Past Director of the Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC). He is a member of several civic organizations and is Past President of the North Augusta Rotary Club. Mr. Humes is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Alliance. He currently serves a member of the Board of Directors of the Savannah River Regional Diversification Initiative, the Savannah River Site Redevelopment Authority, the Aiken County School to Work Consortium and various other organizations.
Mr. Humes is a Certified Economic Developer by the State of South Carolina.
Fred and his wife Barbara have two children and three grandchildren.
