Chair

Victoria Cowart, CPM, NAAEI Faculty is a multi-family industry member with extensive experience providing management and oversight for rental properties. She arrived at the BCGOP with a passion for legislation, education, and simplification. Communicate, educate, activate and good, better, best are her mantras for the members. Victoria obtained her degree in the Management of human resources and then her industry CPM designation. She was honored to be commissioned a SC “Palmetto Patriot,” and to receive the Charleston Regional Business Journal’s Executive “Influential Women In Business.” Victoria has been a leader in her industry and came to the Party having chaired a national PAC and most recently the NAA’s Legislative Committee. Beginning as a member, then a Vice Chair, Victoria is now completing her second term as the Chair of the Berkeley County Republican Party. She is a wife and mother and excited for the future of this party!

1st Vice Chairman

Dale Orren is a 26-year US Navy veteran with 18 years of private industry experience, currently a program manager primarily supporting the DoD. As the son of a USAF veteran dad and civil service mom, Dale has public service as a family pillar. He has lived in the Lowcountry for 30 years, has volunteered in our schools and coached youth sports locally on and off since 1985. Dale earned his

Human Resources Management degree and MBA while on active duty and has held the PMP certification. He has completed his first term as a Berkeley County precinct Executive Committee member, recently reelected for a second term.

2nd Vice Chairman

Rob Cornicelli is a United States Army veteran and former Executive Officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency. The founder of the Veteran Recovery Coalition, Rob is the National President of Veterans for Trump (Veterans for America First). Rob holds a masters degree from Long Island University and is currently a Senior Loan Officer with SouthFork Funding in Summerville. He was elected in January 2025 to serve as the 2nd Vice Chairman of Berkeley County Republican Party.

Secretary

Linda Collins has been active in the Berkeley County Republican Party for a decade serving as a Precinct President, Executive Committeeman, and Secretary. She has also served as the Secretary for the 1st Congressional District Convention as well as several County Conventions, Precinct Reorganization organizer for the BCGOP, Credentials Chairman for the County and State Conventions, Delegate to the County Convention, State Convention, and 1st Congressional District Convention, and Precinct Poll Worker. Linda was the runner-up Alternate to the RNC Convention in 2020.