Benjy Hardee, A.O. Hardee & Son, Inc., Little River, SC
Benjy Hardee is President and Chief Executive Officer of A. O. Hardee & Son, Inc., a heavy/highway site contractor licensed in South Carolina since 1981 and North Carolina since 1985. He is also Owner and Managing Member of Hardee Group Holdings, LLC.  He has been the developer of numerous residential and golf course communities in both North and South Carolina. He has built numerous golf courses in the Grand Strand area, numerous roads including major sections of SC HWY 31 and SC HWY 22 and hundreds of miles of other primary and secondary roads and various airport and military facilities. Benjy is currently Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grand Strand Water & Sewer Authority (a position he has been serving for over 32 years), he also currently serves on the Northeastern Strategic Alliance Board, the CAGC/SCDOT Joint Committee as well as a Board Member of the South Carolina Alliance to Fix Our Roads. He is a partner of and supports the Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corp. From 2000 until 2008, Benjy was a member of the local advisory board of BB&T Bank and in 2015 he served on the Horry County Ride III Advisory Committee. 

Benjy & Lynda have supported and donated to the University of South Carolina for over 30 years and were honored recently when Williams Brice made some major exterior renovations and named a new South Gate entrance “Hardee Gate”. Benjy also serves on the Garnet Way Committee. The Garnet Way Committee is an advisory committee to Ray Tanner, Athletic Director for the University of South Carolina.  
 
Benjy & Lynda are North Myrtle Beach Chiefs Booster Club members and have supported the North Myrtle Beach Chiefs athletic program as well as the NMB recreation department for many years. Benjy was honored in 2019 when he was inducted into the North Myrtle Beach High School Hall of Fame, in part for his accomplishments as a student athlete and for his continued support of the athletic program through the years.  

Benjy is a founding member and director of Coastal Carolina Bancshares, Inc. and Coastal Carolina National Bank (CCNB). Benjy also serves on several committees within the bank.