Beaufort attorney Tom Davis was closely involved in Gov. Mark Sanford's successful 2002 campaign. Now, he's bringing his advice to the governor's office.

Sanford announced last week that Davis will join his staff as a senior policy adviser. The Furman University graduate will be paid $80,000 a year.

Sanford also announced that:

• South Carolina's Washington, D.C., office director, Scott English, has joined the Columbia staff as a policy adviser. English will be paid $75,000 a year in a newly created job.

• Dennis Drew, who runs the eighth-largest private child care operation in North America, will take over for former state Rep. Rita Allison, R-Spartanburg, as education adviser. Drew will be paid $1 a year.

Davis, a policy adviser during Sanford's campaign, takes over the position previously held by Chip Campsen of Charleston. Campsen, a former state representative, left after the legislative session ended in June.

Campsen is considering running for the state Senate.

"Tom is a trusted friend who was also an integral part of our campaign," Sanford said in a statement. "His work ethic and institutional knowledge of where I'm coming from is going to be essential to our success as an administration."

Drew will bring a "businessman's perspective" to education, "that we think is so vital."

Davis has been a member of the Beaufort County Joint Planning Commission, the Low Country Council of Governments and the Greater Beaufort Chamber of Commerce.

Davis and his family contributed $9,775 to Sanford's 2002 gubernatorial campaign, according to state campaign finance records.

Drew, a Vietnam War veteran, is president of The Sunshine House, an early care and educational child center.

According to Sanford's office, it is the eighth-largest private child care provider in North America, serving more than 12,000 families.

Drew is past president and chairman of the S.C. Child Care Association and prior vice chairman of the S.C. Governor's Advisory Board on Child Day Care Regulations.

Sanford already had appointed Drew to the Education Oversight Committee, which is made up of 18 educators, businesspeople and legislators to enact the state Education Accountability Act of 1998, which set standards for improving the state's K-12 educational system.

Drew and his family gave $5,000 to Sanford's 2002 gubernatorial campaign.

A Sanford spokesman would not say why Allison left the governor's office. Allison could not be reached for comment Friday.

Like Davis, English was involved in Sanford's campaign. But unlike Davis, English was a staffer for Sanford in Washington when Sanford was in Congress.

English did not contribute to Sanford's 2002 gubernatorial campaign.