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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, Secretary
• Ms. Peggy G. Boykin ’81
• Mr. Mark J. Buono ’81
• Mr. John B. Carter, Jr.
• Ms. Elizabeth Colbert-Busch ’79, Alumni Association President
• Mr. Eric S. Cox ’93
• Ms. Tina M. Cundari ’96
• Dr. Neil W. Draisin ’65
• Ms. Bartina L. Edwards ’87
• Mr. Craig Eney
• Mr. George Fraggos, CofC Athletic Fund President
• Mr. Robbie Freeman ’78
• Mrs. Leslie Gambee
• Mr. Nicholas Glover ’05
• Mr. Kenneth “Gus” Gustafson ’75
• Mr. Fleetwood S. Hassell
• Ms. Amy L. Heyel ’92
• Mr. Theodore “Vic” Howie, Jr. ’83
• Ms. Reba Kinne Huge
• Ms. Jean W. Johnson
• Mr. Stephen R. Kerrigan, Chair
• Mr. Noah Leask
• Ms. Mitsy Mangum ‘86
• Mr. H. Chapman “Chappy” McKay ’86
• Mr. Justin R. McLain ’98
• Ms. Beth Meredith ’97
• Dr. Charles Mosteller ’81
• Ms. LaGuardia Myers ’93
• Ms. Tricia Ory ’96, Treasurer
• Mr. Rallis Pappas ’78
• Ms. Laura T. Ricciardelli
• Mr. R. Keith Sauls ’90, Vice Chair
• Ms. Catherine Murray-Smith
• Ms. Sherrie C. Snipes-Williams
• Dr. Sam Stafford III ’68
• Ms. Cynthia Bramlett Thompson
• 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. JR Barnhart
  Interim Assistant Treasurer Foundation Board &
  Executive Director Finance & Administration
• Beth Middleton Burke ’94
  College of Charleston Board of Trustees,
  Representative to the Foundation Board
• Alicia D. Caudill
  Executive Vice President Student Affairs
• Dr. Courtney Howard
  Vice President of Access and Inclusion, Chief Diversity Officer
• John Loonan
  Executive Vice President, Business Affairs/CFO
  College of Charleston
• Cathy Mahon
  Interim Executive Director, College of Charleston Foundation
• Amy Takayama-Perez
  Vice President of Enrollment Planning and University Marketing
• Matt Roberts
  Director of Athletics