Hugh G. Martin

A native of Anderson, SC and graduate of T.L. Hanna High School, Hugh is passionate about business and community development. His role as Chairman of CommunityCode allow him to combine his passions, talents and skills to work with youth and aspiring professionals throughout the Southeast.

While at Harvard, Hugh was President of the Black Pre-Law Association and a member of the Varsity Basketball Team. In addition to his more than 5 years of youth mentoring, tutoring, and coaching experience, Hugh has completed computer science and language coursework in Portuguese and advanced Spanish. Hugh has worked under Justice Beatty of the South Carolina Supreme Court, at the law firm of Carl F. Muller, in the African off-grid solar industry for ZOLA Electric, and in venture capital for Plexo Capital. Hugh is also a licensed private pilot, a 2015 Hive Global Leader, a 107.3 JAMZ 2015 Upstate Black History Maker, a 2016 Management Leadership for Tomorrow Fellow, a 2017 Consortium Fellow, a 2018 Forbes Fellow, a 2018 Haas Social Impact Fund Award Winner, a 2018-2019 Rankin Fellowship Recipient, and a 2019 Beyond Yourself Fellow.