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About the Foundation Board
Mission
The Mission of the College of Charleston Foundation is to promote programs of education, research, student development, and faculty development for the exclusive benefit of the College of Charleston.
Governance
Chartered by the State of South Carolina in 1970 as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, the College of Charleston Foundation, Inc. is governed by a 31-member Board of Directors.
As a 509 (a) (1), public charity, the College of Charleston Foundation follows an interdependent model of working with the College of Charleston. Key members of executive leadership for the College serve as ex-officio non-voting members of the Foundation Board of Directors.
In accordance with the Bylaws, there are nine standing committees of the Board of Directors:
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Listing of Board Members
VOTING MEMBERS
- Mr. Todd Abedon
- Mr. Johnnie Baxley ’92, Vice Chair
- Carl Blackstone ’93
- Erica Brown ’93
- Mr. Mark J. Buono ’81
- Mr. John B. Carter, Jr.
- Mr. Eric S. Cox ’93
- Dr. Neil W. Draisin ’65
- Ms. Bartina L. Edwards ’87
- Mr. Craig Eney
- Mrs. Leslie Gambee
- Mr. Nicholas Glover ’05
- Bill Haskin, Jr. ’86
- Jonathan Hayes ’94
- Ms. Sabra Horne ’87
- Ms. Jean W. Johnson
- Mr. Stephen R. Kerrigan
- Robert Lukey
- Richard Maclean ’88
- Ms. Mitsy Mangum ‘86
- Mr. H. Chapman “Chappy” McKay ’86
- Mr. Justin R. McLain ’98
- Ms. Beth Meredith ’97
- Laurie Minges ’83
- Dr. Charles Mosteller ’81
- Ms. La Guardia Myers ’93
- Mr. Christopher “Chris” O’Neal ’06, CofC Athletic Fund President
- Ms. Tricia Ory ’96, Treasurer
- Mr. Stephen “Steve” C. Osborne ’73
- Mr. William “Bill” J. Penney, Jr. ’89
- Mr. Brady A. Quirk-Garvan ’08
- Ms. Laura T. Ricciardelli
- Mr. Richard W. Salmons, Jr.
- Mr. R. Keith Sauls ’90, Chair
- Ms. Catherine Smith
- Ms. Sherrie C. Snipes-Williams, Secretary
- Ms. Cynthia Bramlett Thompson
- Edward Tuccio ’91
- Ms. Kathy Williams ‘79
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS / (non-voting):
- Dr. Andrew T. Hsu
President, College of Charleston - Dr. Suzanne Austin
Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs/Provost - Mr. J.R. Barnhart
Assistant Treasurer, College of Charleston Foundation &
Managing Director of Foundation Financial Services - Beth Middleton Burke ’94
College of Charleston Board of Trustees,
Representative to the Foundation Board - Alicia D. Caudill
Executive Vice President Student Affairs - Jimmie Foster, Jr.
Vice President of Enrollment Planning - Dan Frezza
Executive Director, College of Charleston Foundation &
Chief Advancement Officer, College of Charleston - Dr. Courtney Howard
Vice President of Access and Inclusion, Chief Diversity Officer - John Loonan
Executive Vice President, Business Affairs/CFO
College of Charleston - Matt Roberts
Director of Athletics
Want to get in touch?
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Dan Frezza
Executive Director, College of Charleston Foundation
Email: frezzadh@cofc.edu
Phone: 843.953.3694
66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29424