Our Board
Senior Board Leadership
![Tom Pate, Board Chair](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2024-03/Tom%20Pate.png?h=297da09b&itok=u9TbmY2p)
Tom Pate
Board Director, Chair
V.P. Business Services, Blackbaud
![Ben Walker](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2020-10/ben%20walker.jpg?h=4dc57be6&itok=9kmp7jYc)
Ben Walker
Board Director, Treasurer
Private Investor
![Megan Huebner, Board Director](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2022-09/19.png?h=cf973b5a&itok=l3ttzvyz)
Megan Huebner
Board Director, Secretary
Vice President, Development Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of SC
Board Directors
![Bill Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2023-09/DSC06132.jpg?h=70da0232&itok=KIGYb4iT)
Bill Smith
Board Director
Director of Sales, Brother International
![Brian Searfoss, President, LifeMade Products and Shakespeare Company](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2023-04/Jadex20-4.jpg?h=050f4997&itok=x4L1WVDW)
Brian Searfoss
Board Director
President, LifeMade Products and Shakespeare Company
![Debbie Tucker](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2020-10/debbie%20tucker.jpg?h=4dc57be6&itok=HZjE2fJ1)
Debbie Tucker
Board Director
Vice President Talent, Inclusion & Communications, Hubbell Incorporated
![Jeff Tallman, Director of Golf, Musgrove Mill Golf Club](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2023-04/Untitled%20design%20%281%29.png?h=7203c7bb&itok=R8oR3JqX)
Jeff Tallman
Board Director
Director of Golf, Musgrove Mill Golf Club
![Matt O'Neill, owner, Matt O'Neill Real Estate](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2023-04/Matt%20O%27Neill%20Headshot_LN%20Edit--7%20copy.jpg?h=a7a8b324&itok=BsiANnMH)
Matt O'Neill
Board Director
Owner, Matt O'Neill Real Estate
![Meredith Dial](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2024-03/Meredith%20Dial.png?h=38e2ee5b&itok=lsfmcKuR)
Meredith Dial
Board Director
Marketing Manager, Dial Grimm & Rupert
![Micki Solomon](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2020-10/micki%20solomon.jpg?h=4dc57be6&itok=ZWQa41jJ)
Micki Solomon
Board Director
Micki Solomon Consulting
![Ryan Neville](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2020-10/ryan%20neville.jpg?h=4dc57be6&itok=2__PzUz-)
Ryan Neville
Board Director, Immediate Past Chair
Attorney, Neville Law Firm LLC
![Shayla Wilson](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2020-10/shayla%20wilson.jpg?h=4dc57be6&itok=HPkUEBmM)
Shayla Wilson
Board Director
Project Manager, Michelin
![Sherrie Turner, Board Director](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2022-09/Website%20Person%201800x1800.jpg?h=573b6d19&itok=UPEyZcTO)
Sherrie Turner
Board Director
Senior Vice President, Financial Advisor, Pinnacle Financial Partners
![Tammy Whaley, Board Director](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2023-05/Tammy%20Whaley%202023%20Headshot.jpg?h=3ab9a91a&itok=XMigPL0L)
Tammy Whaley
Board Director
Assistant VP for Advancement & Alumni Relations – Carolinas Campus & Executive Director for S.C. Osteopathic Medical Society