Hilton C. Smith, Jr.
Chair
President & CEO, East Bay Company Ltd.

Robert R. Macdonald
Vice Chair
Director Emeritus,
Museum of the City of New York

Sheila Hodges
Secretary
South Carolina Aquarium Volunteer

J. Donald Higgins
Treasurer
Retired Banker, Harris Bank and
Bank of Montreal

Nicky Bluestein
Assistant Secretary
President and CEO, Bluestein´s
Men´s and Boy´s Wear, Inc.

William Lamar Baehr
Vice President
BVI Development and Construction

Randy Byerly
Senior Vice President and City Executive, BB&T

Jill Siegal Chalsty
Founder and Chairman,
Community for Education Foundation

John Danahy
Former President and COO of May Merchandising and May Department
Stores International

Stephanie Eames
Attorney, Nexsen Pruet

Gregory L. Frank
Chief Operating Officer, South Carolina Research Authority

Bryson Geer
Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley &
Scarborough LLP

Randall Goldman
Managing Partner, Patrick Properties

Bruce Hecker
Retired Director of Husbandry and Facilities,
South Carolina Aquarium

Virginia Herrmann, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Medical University of South Carolina

Harry Huge
Attorney, The Huge Law Firm PLLC

Kate Jerome
Author

Wilbur E. Johnson
Partner, Young Clement Rivers, LLP

H.D. Larabee
Retired Executive, PepsiCo

Edward Legasey
Retired Executive, SRA International

Laura Davies Mateo
South Carolina Aquarium Volunteer

John "Jack" M. Mitchell
Regional Director, External and Legislative Affairs, AT&T

Mary Alice Monroe
Author

Pat Conroy
Author

James Ferguson
Chairman Emeritus
Charleston, South Carolina

William A. Finn
Chairman, President and CEO, AstenJohnson, Inc.

Peatsy Hollings
Charleston, South Carolina

Layton McCurdy, M.D.
Distinguished University Professor and Dean, Medical University of South Carolina

The Honorable Robert E. McNair*
Former Governor of South Carolina
Chairman of the Board, McNair Law Firm, P.A.

The Honorable Richard W. Riley
Former Secretary of Education, United States of America
Former Governor, State of South Carolina