Leadership

Jonathan 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

George P. Watt, Jr.

Vice Treasurer
Senior Fellow, Association of Governing Boards
Former Executive Director, College of Charleston Foundation

Deirdre Fortson

Secretary
Former Consultant

Jim Twining

Former CEO,
Southern Tide, LLC.

Larry Colshan

Director of Site Services,
Boeing South Carolina

Frederick “Fritz” Gitter, MD

Managing Partner,
Charleston Emergency Services

Steve Gray

Chief Financial Officer, AstenJohnson

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 Sauls

Community Volunteer

Scott Snider

Photographer/Filmmaker,
National Geographic

Emily Swanson

Community Volunteer

Jessica Brewer

Senior Vice President,
Account Services,
Benefitfocus

John Danahy

Director Emeritus
Former President and COO, The May Company

Peter Stonefield

President and CEO,
APECS Aerospace Corporation

Peter Conway

Founding Partner,
Akers Eillis

Thomas Wright

Former Vice Chair,
BMO Capital Markets

W. Andrew Gowder, Jr.

Austen & Gowder, LLC

James H. Suddeth III

Attorney,
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Stephanie Yarbrough

Attorney,
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP

Pam Wilson

Dedicated Conservationist

Satch Krantz

Former CEO,
Riverbanks Zoo

Dwayne Green

Attorney,
The Law offices of Dwayne Green

Clark Gillespy

SVP & Chief Economic Development Officer,
Duke Energy’s utility operations

Steve Dudash

Regional Director/Landscape Architect,
Thomas & Hutton

Steve Durkee

Fishery Management Specialist,
NOAA National Marine Fishery Service

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