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The Board of Trustees of South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, Inc. is comprised of the 20 presidents from the member institutions and no more than 42 business and community leaders. The term of office for trustees other than college presidents is 3 years. A second three year is available by mutual agreement. The Board meets twice annually.

SCICU College Presidents

Dr. Pamela Wilson Allen University
Dr. Evans P. Whitaker Anderson University
Dr. David H. Swinton Benedict College
Dr. Jairy C. Hunter Jr. Charleston Southern University
Dr. Henry N. Tisdale Claflin University
Dr. Robert L. Wyatt Coker College
Dr. Caroline Whitson Columbia College
Dr. William H. Jones Columbia International University
Dr. Betsy Fleming Converse College
Dr. David Norman Erskine College
Mr. Rodney A. Smolla Furman University
Dr. Walt Griffin Limestone College
Dr. Luns C. Richardson Morris College
Dr. V. Scott Koerwer Newberry College
Dr. James B. Epting North Greenville University
Dr. John V. Griffith Presbyterian College
Dr. Todd Voss Southern Wesleyan University
Dr. Colleen Perry Keith Spartanburg Methodist College
Dr. Cleveland L. Sellers, Jr. Voorhees College
Dr. Benjamin B. Dunlap Wofford College

Business and Community Leaders

Dr. Jo Anne Anderson Retired Educator Columbia, SC
Ms. Henri Etta Baskins Retired Regional Director, AT&T Columbia, SC
Mr. William Cathcart Beaty, Jr. Executive Vice President, Cable Television, Comporium Communications Rock Hill, SC
Mr. John S. Benfield Associate Dean of Admissions & Alumni Development, Charleston School of Law Charleston, SC
Mr. Stephen R. Bryant CEO, SYSTEMTEC, INC. Columbia, SC
Mr. Jerry A. Cheatham Director Financial Analysis, NAC, Sonoco Products Company Hartsville, SC
Ms. Susan Wingard Clifton Director of Finance & Administration, Clifton Walter P. Rawl & Sons Gilbert, SC
Mr. Russell Cook President, 4e Ventures, LLC Chapin, SC
Ms. Virginia L. Crocker Judicial Director, SC Workers Compensation Commission Columbia, SC
Mr. Lonnie J. Emard Executive Director, IT-oLogy Columbia, SC
Ms. Sara B. Fisher Senior Executive Vice President and COO, National Bank of South Carolina Columbia, SC
Mr. Toby W. Goodlett Executive Vice President - Retail Banking Executive, First Citizens Columbia, SC
Ms. Laura C. Hart Of Counsel, Duff, White & Turner, LLC Columbia, SC
Ms. Heather Hoopes-Matthews Marketing Director, Nexsen Pruet Columbia, SC
Mr. Randy Horn President & CEO, Colonial Life Columbia, SC
Ms. Laura Jackson Hoy Community Leader Surfside Beach, SC
Mr. James W. Ingram, Jr. President & CEO, Allen Organ Studios, Inc. Lexington, SC
Mr. James "Wim" Kellett, Jr. President, Reliable Medical Equipment
Wando, SC
Mr. Ray Lattimore President & CEO, Marketplace Staffing Services, Inc. Greenville, SC
Ms. Mickey E. Layden President, LCK Construction Services Columbia, SC
Dr. Joab M. Lesesne, Jr. President Emeritus, Wofford College Spartanburg, SC
Ms. Kathleen C. McKinney Shareholder, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. Greenville, SC
Mr. Michael O’Shaughnessey Account Representative - Motion Industries, Inc. West Columbia, SC
Mr. Russell R. Raines Community Leader Inman, SC
Mr. John C. Ramsey President & General Manager, Diamond Hill Plywood Company Darlington, SC
Dr. Phil Render Dean of Health Sciences, Business & Agriculture, Horry-Georgetown Technical College Myrtle Beach, SC
Mayor Terence V. Roberts Mayor of Anderson SC
Owner, State Farm Insurance Agency
Anderson, SC
Ms. Ann K. Robinson Senior Vice President, Bank of America, N.A. Greenville, SC
Mr. Charlie Sanders, Jr. President & CEO
South Carolina Student Loan
Columbia, SC
Ms. Nancy Spencer President, Delta Dental South Carolina Columbia, SC
Mr. Jim O. Stuckey Associate General Counsel, SCANA Corporation Columbia, SC
Mr. Daniel T. Sulton Partner, Ford & Harrison, LLP Spartanburg, SC
Mr. Ron Swinson Partner, CB Richard Ellis Columbia, SC
Ms. Charlotte Verreault Director of Purchasing, Milliken & Company Spartanburg, SC
Mr. Joseph D. Walker Shareholder, McNair Law Firm, P.A. Columbia, SC
Mr. Larry K. Watt Executive Director, South Carolina Independent School Association Orangeburg, SC
Dr. Anne T. Weston Provost & Upper School Head, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School Columbia, SC
Ms. Patricia Wharton Whitener Principal, Whitener & Wharton, P.A. Columbia, SC
Mr. Michael S. Wilson District Manager, Government & Community Relations, Duke Energy Anderson, SC
Mr. Kenneth B. Wingate Partner, Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow
Chair, SC Higher Education Commission
Columbia, SC

Executive Committee

Ms. Henri Etta Baskins Board Chair
Dr. Betsy Fleming Board Vice Chair, Chair of Presidents Council
Mr. Russell Cook Chair, Development Committee
Dr. James B. Epting Presidents Council
Ms. Sara B. Fisher Board Past Chair
Kathy McKinney Board Chair Elect
Ms. Ann K. Robinson Chair, Finance Committee
Dr. Cleveland Sellers Presidents Council
Dr. Robert Wyatt Presidents Council

Life Trustees

Mrs. Paula Harper-Bethea Executive Director SC Education Lottery Commission
Mr. MacFarlan L. Cates, Jr.

President & Treasurer, Arkwright Mills

Mrs. Joan Sasser Coker Community Leader
Mr. George H. Cornelson IV Chairman, The Bailey Foundation
Mr. G. Lee Cory Community Leader
Mr. Emmett I. Davis, Jr. President, David & Floyd, Inc.
Mr. James C. Fort Retired President, Trust Co., of SC, Inc.
Mr. Leon H. Goodall Retired Chairman, Continental American Insurance Company
Mr. Wylie L. Hamrick President, Hamrick Mills
Mr. W. Hayne Hipp Community Leader
Mr. W.W. Johnson Retired Chairman, Executive Committee, Bank of America Corporation
Mr. Milton Kimpson Community Leader
Mr. Hugh C. Lane, Jr. President, The Bank of South Carolina
Mr. E. Erwin Maddrey, II Community Leader
Dr. Jerry M. Neal President, Med Central Health Resources, Inc.
Mr. M. Edward Sellers President & CEO, BlueCross BlueShield of SC
Mrs. Minor Mickel Shaw President, Micco, LLC
Mr. Joel A. Smith, III Community Leader
Mr. Robert E. Staton Chief of Staff, Presbyterian College
Mr. William B. Timmerman

CEO/Chairman/President, SCANA Corporation

Mr. M. William Youngblood, Jr. Attorney-at-Law, The McNair Law Firm