Our Staff
Kitty Daniels
Administrative Assistant
Kitty grew up on a small farm in northwest Ohio. She graduated from Bowling Green State University with an B.S. in Elementary Education. Kitty taught school for several years and dabbled in other jobs before working as an administrative assistant in various churches and has been doing this work for over 20 years. It truly is a ministry for her.
Kitty has a son, Philip (wife Cassandra), and they have two sons: Kaleb and Jonah.
Kitty's daughter, Sarah (husband Michael), has 3 children: Sebastian, Elijah and Abigail. It was a long wait, but Kitty finally has a granddaughter!
She loves jigsaw puzzles, a good book, the beach and mountains and most especially Scotland!
Phone-864.292.1782 Ext. 100
Amy Wilson King
Bookkeeper
Amy graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Corporate Finance and began her career working for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta and the Office of Thrift Supervision where she was a federal thrift regulator responsible for risk-based examinations of federal savings and loans throughout the east coast.
After Amy and her husband, Jamey, moved to Greenville, she worked with Elliott Davis performing various bank internal audit engagements. Amy has most recently been focused on being a full-time mother to her and Jamey’s two children, Ginny, and Jake. She enjoys spending time outdoors including hiking, walking with her dog, flat-water paddling, and gardening.
Amy’s office hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8:45am-12:45am
Phone-864.292.1782 Ext. 102
Kym Klapperich
Director of Education TOI Religious School
Kym has been Director of Education at the Temple of Israel since 2011 and a Temple of Israel member since 2007. She has worked in the field of education for over 20 years as a teacher, curriculum coordinator and director. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received her Masters Degree in Education from the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont. Kym grew up with a strong background in Reform Judaism. She studied and was a Bat Mitzvah at a Reform congregation in the Chicago suburbs, spent her summers going to OSRUI URJ Camp on Oconomowoc, Wisconsin and spent a NFTY Summer in Israel as a teenager. After graduating from college, Kym spent a year as an OTZMA volunteer in Israel and worked as a NFTY tour guide in Israel.
Kym has been living in the Upstate since 1997 with her husband, Mark, and her two children, Jasmine and Alex. She loves world travel, working with horses, and spending time in the mountains and at the beach with her family. She also stays busy at home with the family’s two dogs, cat, horse, and pet corn snake.
Phone-864.292.1782 Ext. 101
Lloyd Culbertson
Custodian
Lloyd was born in Sumter, SC. A graduate of USC, Lloyd and his wife, Susan, have 2 daughters, Kacy and Leslie and 3 granddaughters. Lloyd has been a part of our Temple staff for over 20 years!
Phone-864.991.9254
