Strategic Leadership
Kevin Mills
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jack Higgins
Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
Courtenay B. Lewandowski
Chief Advancement Officer
Jason Oddo
Chief Financial Officer
Amie Yam-Babinchak
Chief Marketing Officer
Brian Brasher
Director of Capital Projects and Facilities
Rachel Kalisperis
Interim Director of Animal Care
Kevin Kampwerth
Director of Brand Strategy and Aquarium Experience
Lauren McDaniel
Director of Guest Services
Sara McDonald, PhD
Director of Conservation
Paul Nunez
Director of Team Development and Culture
Brian Thill
Director of Education
Jamie Torres, DVM
Director of Veterinary Care
Board of Directors
Jonathan M. Zucker
Chairman
President, The InterTech Group, Inc.
Jessica Brewer
Co-Vice Chair
President & CEO, 3Together, Inc.
John A. Hill
Co-Vice Chair
Founder, First Reserve Corporation
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
Mason Holland
Member at Large
Chairman Emeritus, Benefitfocus.com, Inc.
Dan Battista
Executive Vice President and Southeast Regional Leader, Lowe
Rongrong Chen
Tenured Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, The University of Toledo, OH
Elizabeth Colbert-Busch
Director of Business Development, Clemson University Restoration Institute
Larry Colshan
Former Director of Site Services, Boeing South Carolina
Robert C. Crawford III
Founding Partner, Akers Ellis
John Danahy
Director Emeritus
Former President and COO, The May Company
Suzanne Dickerson
Director, SC Fraunhofer USA Alliance
South Carolina Council on Competitiveness
Anthony S. Dixon, Ed.D.
Principal, Philip Simmons High School
Steve Dudash
Director of Special Projects, Jamestown Properties
Steve Durkee
Fishery Management Specialist, NOAA National Marine Fishery Service
W. Andrew Gowder, Jr.
Austen & Gowder, LLC
Steve Gray
Chief Financial Officer, AstenJohnson
Dwayne Green
Attorney, The Law Offices of Dwayne Green
Heather L. Hodges
Director of Internal + External Relations, Historic New Orleans Collection
Lee Hurzeler
Director, Boeing South Carolina Site & Enterprise Program Management / Construction Management Office | Facilities & Asset Management
David Johnston
CEO, Hamilton Advisors, LLC
Daniel Kassis
VP Customer Relations and Renewables, Dominion Energy South Carolina
Satch Krantz
Former CEO, Riverbanks Zoo
Judge Daniel E. Martin, Jr.
South Carolina Judicial Branch
Tripp Meares
Senior Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager, Wells Fargo
Tom S. Mullikin, Esq.
Attorney, Mullikin Law Firm
John Neely
Former Associate Director and Managing Director, R.W. Pressprich
William M. Patterson, Ph.D.
US Diplomat
Cara Richard
Community Volunteer
Jan Roosenburg
Former Vice President, Holland and Holland Ltd.
Dominique Simpson Milton
President and Chief Engagement Officer, Carolinas-Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council (CVMSDC)
Scott Snider
Photographer/Filmmaker, National Geographic
Nina Sossamon-Pogue
Former Vice President, Benefitfocus
James H. Suddeth III
Attorney, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Emily Swanson
Community Volunteer
George P. Watt, Jr.
Senior Fellow, Association of Governing Boards
Former Executive Director, College of Charleston Foundation
Pam Wilson
Dedicated Conservationist
David Wood
Vice President, Water, AECOM
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