Kaitlyn Guinn was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. She moved to South Carolina in 2007 to attend
The College of Charleston. While a student, Kaitlyn had a calling to service and joined the South Carolina
National Guard (SCNG) as a medic. After serving five years as a medic and deploying to Afghanistan,
Kaitlyn was accepted into U.S. Army flight school and graduated as a rated Apache Pilot in 2015. From
2015-2018 she served as the Medical Evaluation Board's Officer in Charge to oversee the medical
retirement process in the SCNG. From 2018-2020 She was the State Equal Employment Specialist,
responsible for developing and monitoring the State Equal Employment Opportunity program for the
SCNG and advised senior officials on EEO matters within the agency. In 2020, she went part time with
the SCNG to be the CFO for The Catery on Broad in Camden, SC. She has lived in six different states
throughout her military career, is a combat veteran and holds her commercial rotary wing pilot license.
She belongs to various military and aviation professional organizations. She is involved with two women
in STEM programs in Richland County and guest speaks at schools in Richland & Kershaw County. She
and her Camden-native husband, Tripp Guinn, reside in Camden. They have two children, Lilli Guinn
(Camden Middle School) & Eli Guinn (MSC Infant Class). Tripp & Katie are involved with the community
by supporting Food for The Soul, United Way, The Community Health Clinic, COTA for Faith & Kershaw
County Night to Shine.