Brian J. Gaines has been employed with South Carolina state government since May 2007. He has spent the majority of his state government career with the South Carolina Department of Administration and its predecessor agency, the South Carolina Budget and Control Board. He has held various positions within the two agencies to include Human Resources Consultant, Budget Research Coordinator, Director of Governmental Affairs, Policy and Public Affairs Director, and Deputy State Budget Director.
On January 1, 2017, he was appointed as the State Budget Director where he managed the state’s operating and capital budgeting processes, the state’s accountability reporting process, and assisted the Governor with his annual Executive Budget recommendations to the General Assembly. On May 12, 2023, he was appointed by Governor Henry McMaster to serve as Comptroller General until such time as the General Assembly shall elect a successor or a successor shall otherwise qualify as prescribed by law.
He is a proud graduate of the University of South Carolina where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Master of Public Administration degrees. He is also a 2014 graduate of the state’s Certified Public Manager Program.
- Former Comptroller Generals
Comptroller General Name Years Richard A. Eckstrom, CPA 2003 - 2023 James A. Lander 1999 - 2003 Earle E. Morris, Jr. 1976 - 1999 J. Henry Mills 1967 - 1976 Eldridge C. Rhodes 1943 - 1967 A. J. Beattie 1925 - 1943 Walter E. Duncan 1921 - 1925 Wilbert Sutherland 1920 - 1921 R. Lyles Osborne 1918 - 1920 Carlton W. Sawyer 1915 - 1918 Adolphus W. Jones 1903 - 1915 John P. Derham 1899 - 1903 Layfayette P. Epton 1897 - 1899 James W. Horton 1894 - 1897 William H. Ellerbe 1890 - 1894 John S. Verner 1886 - 1890 William E. Stoney 1882 - 1886 John Bratton 1880 - 1882 John C. Coit 1880 - 1880 Johnson Hagood 1876 - 1880 Thomas C. Dunn 1874 - 1877 Solomon L. Hoge 1872 - 1874 John L. Neagle 1868 - 1872 Simon L. Leaphart 1866 - 1868 James A. Black 1862 - 1866 Thomas J. Pickens 1858 - 1862 John D. Ashemore 1854 - 1858 James B. McCully 1850 - 1854 William C. Balck 1846 - 1850 William Laval 1842 - 1846 William Edward Hayne 1838 - 1842 William Laval 1834 - 1838 Thomas Harrison 1830 - 1834 Alexander Speer 1826 - 1830 Benjamin T. Elmore 1822 - 1826 Thomas Lee 1821 - 1822 John Stevens Cogdell 1819 - 1821 Robert Creswell 1817 - 1819 George Warren Cross 1817 - 1817 Thomas Lee 1804 - 1817 Paul Hamilton 1800 - 1804
Office Contacts
SC Comptroller General
1200 Senate Street
305 Wade Hampton Office Building
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 734-2121
Administration
Public Information Director Kimberly McLeod (803) 734-2501
Director of Administration Allison Williams (803) 734-5011
General Counsel Bob Maldonado (803) 734-0556
Quality Assurance Manager Tiffany Boozer (803) 734-4483
Statewide Accounting Services
Deputy Comptroller General Kathy Johnson, CPA (803) 734-2608
Statewide Accounts Payable/Payroll
Deputy Comptroller General Michael Moore, CPA (803) 734-2347
Statewide Financial Reporting
Deputy Comptroller General David Starkey, CPA (803) 734-2542