Diane Hardy

Diane Hardy is a former nurse anesthetist, business franchise owner, and Executive Director of the Mom and Pop Alliance of SC. She is passionate about growing personal and economic freedom in SC and has written numerous articles on the the topic. She and her husband, Jim founded the original Palmetto Panel Conference which was held from 2015 – 2019 at Clemson University. In 2020 (in response to Covid) they launched the Mom and Pop Alliance, now a 501(c)(3), that provides education and facilitates communication between the small business community and elected officials. Later they started Mom and Pop Advocacy to give SC’s hard-working family-owned businesses a greater voice in our State House.