Charleston CEO Organization
VISTAGEChartered Chair
Charleston, SC C2O Member Portal WSJ/Vistage CEO Confidence 86.3 August 2026 · down 5.7 from July

When you're the one everyone reports to,
there's no one left to think out loud with.

“Every problem we solve together is one I’ll face alone someday. When I do, I’ll be able to handle it with confidence.”

Running a company can be isolating.

You can have a great leadership team, trusted advisors, and people you’ve known for years — and still have nowhere to go when you need to talk through the decisions that matter most.

That’s what this group is built for. A small group of Charleston-area CEOs who:

  • Lead substantial businesses
  • Challenge each other
  • Share what’s actually working
  • Talk candidly about the things they can’t discuss anywhere else

Vistage members on what changes once you have a board of peers.

What we’re building

A peer-to-peer advisory group for Charleston chief executives — built on high acumen, real care, and a bias for action.

Acumen

Operators who have run something, carried the risk, and can take apart a problem that isn’t theirs. Sharp enough that you’d hire any of them.

Care

People who are invested in how you’re doing, not just how the company is doing. The two stopped being separate a long time ago.

Action

Nobody leaves with a list of things to consider. You leave with a decision, and the room asks about it next month.

Your Chair
Scott Engler
Previously
Gartner CEB True Search Talentneuron Gartner Talent Angle Bloomberg Television

Scott Engler

Vistage Chair, Charleston · Founder & CEO, Sync Executive Partners
VISTAGEChartered Chair
Charleston, SC

Scott spent his career advising the people who sit in your seat. At CEB and Gartner he led mid-market advisory practices, working with thousands of executives on the problems that don't have clean answers — talent, capital, succession, and the gap between the leader a company has and the one its next stage needs. He led private equity searches at True Search, hosted BusinessWeek on Bloomberg Television, and hosted Gartner's Talent Angle podcast for six years.

Today he runs Sync Executive Partners. He chairs this group in Charleston because the work he cares most about happens in a room where CEOs stop performing and start telling the truth.

How it works
A local board of CEOs
A trusted group of peers who know your business, challenge your thinking, and have your back.
One-to-one executive coaching
A confidential sounding board for the decisions that are too important to make alone.
Expert speakers and events
Practitioners who’ve done the work, brought in for the problems the group is actually facing — plus regional CEO events and workshops.
45,000+ CEOs worldwide
A global network of executives who understand the responsibility of leading a company.
What members talk about
Who’s at the table
Owners, CEOs & presidents
Where
Greater Charleston
Admission
By interview only

If you believe a smart, caring, action-oriented board of peers, in a structured setting, can fast-forward your business and your life — and that you will make the others better.

Let’s have a conversation.

Confidential. Nothing you write here goes anywhere but my inbox. Prefer to skip the form? Book fifteen minutes directly, email scott.engler@vistagechair.com, or call 202.538.1348.