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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

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, Chariman Emeritus

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)