Members
David M. Hay, Chair
- Member at Large; term expires 2020
- Committees: Chair, Executive
Demetria Noisette Clemons, Vice Chair
- Sixth District; term expires 2022
- Committees: Chair, Student Affairs; Executive; Academic Affairs; Alumni Relations
Renee Buyck Romberger, Secretary
- Fourth District; term expires 2020
- Committees: Chair, Athletics; Executive; Academic Affairs; Budget and Finance; Development
Charles J. Baker III
- Alumni Association Representative; term expires 2022
- Committees: Alumni Relations; Athletics; Budget and Finance; Development
R. McLaurin Burch
- Fifth District; term expires 2020
- Committees: Chair, Alumni Relations; Audit and Governance; Student Affairs
Elizabeth Middleton Burke
- First District; term expires 2022
- Committees: Audit and Governance; Budget and Finance; Facilities; Governmental Affairs and External Relations
John Hartnett Busch
- Second District; term expires 2022
- Committees: Chair, Information Technology; Athletics; Governmental Affairs and External Relations
L. Cherry Daniel
- First District; term expires 2020
- Committees: Chair, Governmental Affairs and External Relations; Academic Affairs; Information Technology
Henry A. Futch
- Fifth District; term expires 2022
- Committees: Athletics; Budget and Finance; Development; Information Technology
Henrietta U. Golding
- Seventh District; term expires 2022
- Committees: Chair, Audit and Governance; Budget and Finance; Development; Facilities
Shawn M. Holland
- Third District; term expires 2022
- Committees: Budget and Finance; Facilities; Student Affairs
Randy Lowell
- Member At Large; term expires 2022
- Committees: Chair, Academic Affairs; Athletics; Development; Facilities
Toya D. Pound
- Governor's Designee; term expires Coterminous with the Governor
- Committees: Academic Affairs; Alumni Relations; Student Affairs
Penelope S. Rosner
- Seventh District; term expires 2020
- Committees: Chair, Alumni Relations; Academic Affairs; Student Affairs
Brian J. Stern
- Second District; term expires 2020
- Committees: Budget and Finance; Facilities; Governmental Affairs and External Relations
Steve D. Swanson
- Member at Large; term expires 2022
- Committees: Chair, Development; Academic Affairs; Audit and Governance; Budget and Finance
August G. Swarat, II
- Governor's Designee; term expires Coterminous with the Governor
- Committees: Academic Affairs; Athletics; Governmental Affairs and External Relations
Craig C. Thornton
- Third District; term expires 2020
- Committees: Athletics; Development; Information Technology
Ricci Land Welch
- Sixth District; term expires 2020
- Committees: Chair, Budget and Finance; Executive; Alumni Relations; Athletics; Student Affairs
John B. Wood, Jr.
- Fourth District; term expires 2022
- Committees: Chair, Facilities; Executive; Audit and Governance; Development
Trustees Emeriti
Donald H. Belk
B.A., College of Charleston
Member from 2002 to 2018
J. Philip Bell
B.A., Wofford
M.B.A., University of South Carolina
Member from 1996 to 2013
Joe E. Berry, Jr., Chairman Emeritus
B.A., University of South Carolina
LL.B (now J.D.) University of South Carolina
Member from 1970 to 1994
Timothy N. Dangerfield
B.A., College of Charleston
Member from 1988 to 2003
Sylvia C. Harvey
B.S., College of Charleston
Member from 1988 to 1999
James F. Hightower
B.S., College of Charleston
Member from 2002 to 2018
Marie M. Land
B.S., Virginia Commonwealth University
Member from 1988 to 2013
G. Lee Mikell
B.S., College of Charleston
Member from 2004 to 2016
John W. Molony
B.S., College of Charleston
Member from 1988 to 1999
Annaliza O. Moorhead
B.S., College of Charleston
Member from 2002 to 2018
Gregory D. Padgett
B.S., College of Charleston
Member from 2008 to 2018
Robert S. Small, Jr.
B.A., Furman University
MBA, University of South Carolina
Member from 1994 to 2006
Joel H. Smith
B.A., College of Charleston
J.D., University of South Carolina
Member from 1988 to 2004
Joseph F. Thompson, Jr.
B.A., College of Charleston
M.H.A., Medical University of South Carolina
Member from 1998 to 2018
J. David Watson
B.S., College of Charleston
J.D., University of South Carolina
Member from 1988 to 2002
Thomas W. Weeks
B.S., Clemson University
J.D., University of South Carolina
Member from 1981 to 2002
Executive Secretary to the Board of Trustees and
Vice President for College Projects
Elizabeth W. Kassebaum
College of Charleston
66 George Street
Charleston, South Carolina 29424
843.953.5500 (office)
843.442.0575 (cellular)
843.953.5811 (fax)
kassebaume@cofc.edu (Email)