Strategic Leadership

Kevin Mills

President and Chief Executive Officer

Jack Higgins

Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer

Brian Brasher

Chief Infrastructure Officer / SVP, Facilities & Animal Wellbeing

Courtenay B. Lewandowski

Chief Advancement Officer / SVP, Conservation Strategy

Paul Nunez

Chief People Officer

Jason Oddo

Chief Financial Officer

Brian Thill

Chief Experience Officer / SVP, Education

Amie Yam-Babinchak

Chief Marketing Officer

Barrett Christie

VP, Animal Care

Nate Gabriel

VP, Facilities

Kevin Kampwerth

VP, Creative & Exhibits

Lauren McDaniel

VP, Guest Services

Sara McDonald, Ph.D.

VP, Conservation

Jamie Torres, DVM

VP, Veterinary Care

Board of Directors

Jonathan M. Zucker

Chairman
President, The InterTech Group

Jessica Brewer

Vice Chair
President & CEO, 3Together, Inc.

Lisa Fahl

Vice President of Engineering, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Drew Gravitt

Director of Strategic Partnerships, Schneider Electric

John A. Hill

Vice Chair
Founder, First Reserve Corporation

J. Donald Higgins

Treasurer and Director Emeritus
Former Executive, Harris Bank and Bank of Montreal

Tom Wright

Vice Treasurer
Former Vice Chair, BMO Capital Markets

Valerie Howell

Secretary
Principal, Planet+Purpose Solutions

Fred Baker

Attorney at Law, Motley Rice

Dan Battista

Executive Vice President and Southeast Regional Leader, Lowe

Anne W. Cleveland

Former Executive Director, Charleston Library Society
Former History and English Teacher, Charleston Day School

Larry Colshan

Director Emeritus
Retired Boeing Facilities Director

Robert C. Crawford III

President, Renaissance South Construction, Co.

John Danahy

Director Emeritus
Former Chairman, May Department Stores International

Pedro De Armas

Editor-in-Chief, El Informador

Suzanne Dickerson

Director, SC Fraunhofer USA Alliance
South Carolina Council on Competitiveness

Steve Durkee

Fishery Management Specialist, NOAA National Marine Fishery Service

Steve Gray

CFO, Asten Johnson

Boyd Gregg

District 1 Councilman, City of Charleston
Senior Business Development Manager, Engie North America

Sandy Khan

Insurance Agent, State Farm

Danny Kassis

VP Customer Relations and Renewables, Dominion Energy

Palmer E. Krantz, III “Satch”

Former CEO, Riverbanks Zoo

Harry Lesesne

Executive Director, Darla Moore Foundation

Stacie Marksbury

The Marksbury Family Foundation

Judge Daniel E. Martin, Jr.

South Carolina Judicial Branch

Guy Maurice Meares, III “Tripp”

Senior Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager, Wells Fargo

Gary McLaurin

CEO, Allegiance Industries

Dominique Milton

President & CEO, Carolinas-Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council (CVMSDC)

Lars Munson

Founder and Portfolio Manager, Tibor Capital Management LLC

Michael Naioti

Relationship Manager, Vice President, TD Bank

Joel Neale

Global Sales Director, Ingevity

William M. Patterson, Ph.D.

US Diplomat

Cara J. Richard

Community Volunteer

Susan Rohr

Community Volunteer

Jan Roosenburg

Former Vice President, Holland and Holland Ltd.

Scott Snider

Photographer/Filmmaker, National Geographic

Sherrie C. Snipes

CEO, Charleston Promise Neighborhood

George P. Watt, Jr.

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

Pam Wilson

Kiawah Resident and Dedicated Conservationist

Debra White

Strategic Sourcing Professional Services Manager, Sonoco

David Wood

Vice President, Water, AECOM

David Wood

Vice President, Water, AECOM

Directors Emeritus

Larry Colshan

Director Emeritus
Retired Boeing Facilities Director

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

Mason Holland

Member at Large

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.

Thomas S. Tisdale, Jr.*

General Counsel Emeritus

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