Ernest Dwight (BA Economics & Business, Belmont Abbey College 1970) is the founder and former owner/ President of SouthWood Corporation, from which he retired in 2016. He is a Trustee of the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association Education Foundation (CHTAEF), and a recognized speaker/author on way finding, branding and signage. He and his late wife Vicky are lifelong residents of Charlotte, and they have 4 children and 8 grandchildren.