Senior Leadership
Kevin Mills
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jack Higgins
Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
Juan-Pablo Mancia
Chief Financial Officer
Brian Brasher
Director of Capital Projects and Facilities
Albert George
Director of Conservation
Rachel Kalisperis
Director of Husbandry
Kevin Kampwerth
Director of Brand Strategy and Aquarium Experience
Courtenay B. Lewandowski
Senior Director, Strategy and Advancement
Lauren McDaniel
Director of Guest Services
Paul Nunez
Director of Human Resources
Brian Thill
Director of Education
Amie Yam-Babinchak
Director of Marketing, Sales and Strategic Communications
Board of Directors
Jonathan M. Zucker
Chairman
President,
The InterTech Group, Inc.
Peter Sniderman
Vice Chairman
Chief Operating Officer,
Litton Entertainment
John A. Hill
Vice Chairman
Founder,
First Reserve Cooperation
J. Donald Higgins
Treasurer
Director Emeritus
Former Banker,
Harris Bank and Bank of Montreal
Thomas Wright
Vice Treasurer
Former Vice Chair,
BMO Capital Markets
Deirdre Fortson
Secretary
Former Consultant
Larry Colshan
Former Director of Site Services,
Boeing South Carolina
Steve Gray
Chief Financial Officer, AstenJohnson
George P. Watt, Jr.
Senior Fellow, Association of Governing Boards
Former Executive Director, College of Charleston Foundation
Robert C. Crawford III
Founding Partner,
Akers Ellis
Anthony S. Dixon, Ed.D.
Principal,
Philip Simmons High School
Judge Daniel E. Martin, Jr.
South Carolina Judicial Branch
Elizabeth Colbert-Busch
Director of Business Development,
Clemson University Restoration Institute
David Johnston
CEO,
Hamilton Advisors, LLC
Jim Hansen
Regional President,
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Mason Holland
Executive Chairman of the Board,
Benefitfocus.com, Inc.
Valerie Howell
Freelance Marketing
Gary McLaurin
Chief Executive Officer,
Allegiance Industries
John Neely
Former Associate Director and Managing Director,
R.W. Pressprich
Missy Parker
Community Volunteer
Scott Snider
Photographer/Filmmaker,
National Geographic
Emily Swanson
Community Volunteer
Jessica Brewer
President & CEO,
3Together, Inc.
John Danahy
Director Emeritus
Former President and COO, The May Company
Heather L. Hodges
Former Executive Director,
Gullah Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission
Tom S. Mullikin, Esq.
Attorney, Mullikin Law Firm
Peter Stonefield
President and CEO,
APECS Aerospace Corporation
Peter Conway
Founding Partner,
Akers Eillis
W. Andrew Gowder, Jr.
Austen & Gowder, LLC
James H. Suddeth III
Attorney,
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Pam Wilson
Dedicated Conservationist
Satch Krantz
Former CEO,
Riverbanks Zoo
Dwayne Green
Attorney,
The Law offices of Dwayne Green
Suzanne Dickerson
Director, SC Fraunhofer USA Alliance
South Carolina Council on Competitiveness
Steve Dudash
Regional Director/Landscape Architect,
Thomas & Hutton
Steve Durkee
Fishery Management Specialist,
NOAA National Marine Fishery Service
Tripp Meares
Senior Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager,
Wells Fargo
Nina Sossamon-Pogue
Former Vice President,
Benefitfocus
David Wood
Vice President, Water,
AECOM
William M. Patterson, Ph.D.
US Diplomat
Pat Conroy*
Author
James Ferguson*
Chairman Emeritus
Charleston, South Carolina
William A. Finn
Chairman, President and CEO,
AstenJohnson, Inc.
J. Donald Higgins
Treasurer
Retired Banker, Harris Bank and
Bank of Montreal
John Danahy
Former President and COO
of The May Company
Bruce Hecker
Retired Director of Husbandry &
Facilities, South Carolina Aquarium
Sheila Hodges
South Carolina Aquarium Volunteer
Peatsy Hollings*
Charleston, South Carolina
Kate Jerome
Author
Robert R. Macdonald
Director Emeritus,
Museum of the City of New York
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.
Mary Alice Monroe
Author
The Honorable Richard W. Riley
Former Secretary of Education,
United States of America Former Governor,
State of South Carolina
Catherine Smith
Director Emerita
Trustee,
Samuel Freeman Charitable Trust
Victor Samra, Jr.*
Member Emeritus
Retired Managing Director, Lehman Brothers
Ken Seeger
Chairman Emeritus
President, MWV Community Development
and Land Management Group
Hilton C. Smith, Jr.
Chairman Emeritus
President & CEO, East Bay Company Ltd.
Theodore S. Stern*
Retired President, College of Charleston
M. William Youngblood, Esq.
Chairman Emeritus
Partner, McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Jerry Zucker*
Chairman Emeritus
Chairman, President and CEO,
The InterTech Group, Inc.
* Deceased