Board of Trustees: Executive Committee
The SCRA board of trustees’ executive committee is comprised of the presidents of Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina State University, and the University of South Carolina; the South Carolina governor or designee (to serve as Chairman); an additional appointee of the governor; the chairman of the South Carolina House Ways and Means Committee or designee; the chairman of the South Carolina Senate Finance Committee or designee; and three additional members.
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Board of Trustees
The SCRA Board of Trustees is drawn from leading corporate, academic and government organizations.
- Dr. Michael Amiridis, President, University of South Carolina
- Mr. Marcus D. Benjamin, CEO, Benjamin Strategy Advisors
- Dr. L. Fred Carter, President, Francis Marion University
- Mr. Jody Chastain, President and CEO, The Ritedose Corporation
- Mr. Scott Cochran, Chair of the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities’ Council of Presidents, President, Spartanburg Methodist College
- Dr. David J. Cole, President, Medical University of South Carolina
- Col. (U.S. Army Retired) Alexander Conyers, President, South Carolina State University
- Mr. Sean Flynn, Regional Director/Civil Manager, Thomas & Hutton
- Dr. Johney Green, Jr., Director, Savannah River National Laboratory
- Sen. Lawrence K. “Larry” Grooms, SC Senate
- Mr. Robert (Wes) Hayes, Jr., Chairman South Carolina Commission on Higher Education; Attorney, Hayes and Hayes, LLC
- Ms. Heather Simmons Jones, Director of Southeast Operations, MRB Group
Bob Quinn, Advisor to the Board of Trustees, Former President and CEO
- Dr. Robert H. Jones, Interim President, Clemson University
- Mr. William “Bill” Kirkland, Interim President and CEO, SCRA
- Ms. Patti Leahy, SC Launch Inc. Board Chair, Enterprise Investors Board Member, Build Carolina Board Chair
- Secretary Harry M. Lightsey, III, Secretary, South Carolina Department of Commerce
- Dr. Kristin Manske, Chief Executive Officer, Greenwood Regional Rehabilitation Hospital
- Ms. Andrea Marshall, J.D., Managing Principal, OphthaFund
- Mr. Frank Mobley, Founder & Former CEO of Immedion (now DartPoints)
- Rep. Robert D. (Robby) Robbins, Attorney and Member of the SC House of Representatives
- Mr. Roger P. Schrum, Chairman, South Carolina Board of Technical and Comprehensive Education
- Ms. Sue-Ann (Susie) G. Shannon, President and CEO, South Carolina Council on Competitiveness