Regina Lemmon Bush is a graduate of Columbia College (B.A.) and the University of South Carolina (M.S.P and Ph.D.).  She is the Program Director and Associate Professor of the Speech Language Pathology Program at Columbia College. Dr. Lemmon has worked in a variety of settings as a speech-language pathologist. Her research interests are language & literacy, health literacy and cultural competency. Dr. Lemmon has garneredmillions of dollars in grant funding.  She is a past President of the South Carolina Speech-Language Hearing Association (SCSHA) and past Advisory Council member of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA).She is also a member of ASHA’s Ad Hoc Committee on Governance Review.  Dr. Lemmon received the inaugural USC’s Communication Science & Disorders Department’s Distinguished Alumni Award, Columbia College’s Lifetime Achievement award and was named Columbia’s Top 40 under 40.  She is a member of the Delta Omega Society, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc who strives to “pay it forward” in life and always make time for loved ones!