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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:

Listing of Board Members

VOTING MEMBERS

• Mr. Todd Abedon
• Mr. Johnnie Baxley ’92, Vice Chair
• Mr. Carl W. Blackstone ’93
• Ms. Erica Henderson Brown ’93
• Mr. Mark J. Buono ’81
• 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
• Mr. Bill Haskin, Jr. ’86
• Mr. Jonathan P. Hayes ’94
• Ms. Sabra Horne ’87
• Ms. Jean W. Johnson
• Mr. Stephen R. Kerrigan
• Mr. Robert J. Lukey
• Mr. Richard Maclean ’88
• Ms. Mitsy Mangum ’86
• Mr. H. Chapman “Chappy” McKay ’86
• Mr. Justin R. McLain ’98
• Ms. Beth Meredith ’97
• Ms. Laurie Minges ’83, Alumni Association President
• Dr. Charles Mosteller ’81
• Ms. La Guardia Myers ’93
• Ms. Catherine Murray-Smith
• 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. Sherrie C. Snipes-Williams, Secretary
• Ms. Cynthia Bramlett Thompson
• Mr. Edward J. 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