Men's HUB Center 1

Men's HUB Center 2

Fulfilling The
HUB Centers'
Mission

HUB Transition Centers, LLC was founded by Chris Padgett in June of 2022 to meet a specific need in the Greenwood, SC area, and exists to help those who have started the journey of gaining freedom from life dominating habits and finding their true identity to become healthy members of the community and finish well.

Our Vision is that all those who choose to move away from addiction, disfunction, and homelessness are provided an opportunity to become healthy members of the community through partnerships with other organizations, ministries, and local churches. We currently have a 21 bed men’s facility. Both Centers are in Greenwood SC.

Our Centers are only 1 of 14 in the state of South Carolina, which are SCARR (South Carolina Alliance for Recovery Residences) certified. Our men’s Center is the only certified Center in Greenwood SC.

Board of Directors

Chris Padgett

Chris Padgett is the Executive Director of HUB Transition Centers, LLC. He is a trained and experienced professional with over 20 years’ experience with addiction and recovery counseling and with experience in trauma, and mental health counseling.

Chris is an ordained minister and is certified as an addiction and recovery counselor, A Complex Trauma Specialist, and a Certified Mental Health Coach. He also has several other skills that include Personal Counseling, Business Consultant, and a Men’s ministry Director.

Chris is also the CEO of HUB Ventures, LLC where he is a real estate investor, a developer of affordable housing, and a passive income expert.

Frank J. Grand III

Mr. Frank Grand founded and is CEO of Grand Consulting LLC. Frank is an executive/life coach and trainer with over 40 years of experience helping people and organizations attain maximum effectiveness. Mr. Grand’s leadership and management experience include public, private, and military service. Frank’s latest coaching effort focuses on people struggling with addiction. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer at Lander University, Greenwood South Carolina.

Frank holds a Master’s degree in Management, a Master’s Degree in Human Services, Life Coach, a Bachelor's degree in History, is a graduate of the Army War College and Command and General Staff College, and attended the Senior Executives Fellow’s course at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Charlie Petit

Charlie Petit was born in Fall River Massachusetts. His volunteer services have included the facilitation of programs at the Rhode Island ACI, including Learning to Live, faith-based life skills programs, job readiness, Bible studies, and Fathers Behind Bars.

He has co-facilitated programs at the Leath women’s prison in Greenwood. He has been a trainer for Northeast Prison Ministries and has spoken at Prison Ministry Awareness events and rallies throughout the Northeast.

He is currently a member of the GAC committee and volunteers within the local recovery community and is also with the GAMES committee, assisting the local homeless population..

Rick Faulks

Rick Faulks is a native South Carolinian. Born in Greenville, Rick lived most of his life around the outskirts of Charlotte NC. Although Rick had some previous church attendance, he fully dedicated his life to his Savior in 2002 at the age of 33.

That commitment led to his deciding to become an attorney. The path to becoming an attorney led him through Mexico where Rick met his amazing wife, Gladys and where his daughter Carlota was born. After passing the Bar in 2018 at the age of 49, Rick got his first job with South Carolina Legal Service and relocated to Greenwood in 2019.

Rick has recently begun his solo private practice in Greenwood. Rick and his family attend New Covenant Church where Rick serves on the safety team. He and his wife lead a small group in their home.

Larry Nivens

Larry Nivens is the former Executive Pastor of Fort Mill Church of God where he served from 2001 until 2018.

Prior to that Larry was employed by Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc., for 31 years, where he served in several key management and senior executive roles.

He currently serves the South Carolina Church of God Home for Children as an advisor, after serving as a Board Member since 2016. 

Walt Willard

Walt was born in Maryland, and his family moved all over the country, where he attended high school in PA, TX, and CA. After receiving a degree in Psychology from UC Berkeley, he was an instructor in the Navy.

After settling into the IT world as a programmer and project manager in the international banking industry, he retired with his wife Claire to Greenwood in 2013. They are active in their church, and volunteer with the recovery community, Keep Greenwood County Beautiful, the YMCA, and Tranquility Point.

Ken Kelly

Ken Kelly currently serves as a consultant in the areas of Homeless services and Drug and Alcohol Recovery. He served as the Executive Director of Greenwood Pathway House from July 2014 until his retirement in 2019.

Prior to taking on the leadership of Greenwood Pathway House, Ken served for 14 years as the VP of Adult Ministries for Miracle Hill Ministries in Greenville SC.

In addition to overseeing ministries as a VP and chief operating officer, Ken has developed and coordinated Christ centered 12 step compatible Drug and Alcohol Recovery programs in Atlanta, Jacksonville, and Greenville.

He and his wife, Cindy moved to Colbert, GA in November 2019. They are members of First Baptist church of Colbert, and they enjoy traveling and love to spend time with their four grandchildren.

Sara Roslyn Wham

Sara Wham is the assistant and chief financial officer for HUB Transition Centers, LLC, and is currently enrolled in her second year studying Business Management at Piedmont Technical College, where she holds a grade point average of 3.76. She is a member of the National Technical Honor Society and the Phi Theta Kappa. She got married April 22nd of 2023 to her husband and best friend, Eric.

After graduation Sara wants to continue her role in working with HUB Transition Centers, LLC. She wants to give back and help those who need encouragement and give love to those who need love. Sara loves to minister to others through music because she feels that music is medicine for the soul.