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Alumni Association Executive Board 2009-2010

 To view the Alumni Association bylaws,  click here. 

Mr. David M. Hay, '81
President

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Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Executive Committee (Chair), Member of all committees

Mr. Hay is the president of Hay Tire Company, Inc. in Charleston, South Carolina.  David also serves on the College of Charleston Foundation Board. David’s wife, Mariana Ramsay Hay, '81, owns Croghan’s Jewel Box on historic King Street in Charleston. They have three children.


Professional and community involvement: Society of Alumni, Kappa Alpha, College of Charleston Foundation Board member, 1770 Society, Rotary, Cougar Club.


Mrs. Elizabeth (Beth) Middleton Burke, '94
President-Elect

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Bachelor of Arts - English
Juris Doctor-USC, 1997
Executive Committee

Mrs. Burke is an attorney and partner with Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook and Brickman, LLC. Beth’s practice areas are medical devices and pharmaceutical drugs. She is married to Richard Burke and has one child. 

Professional and community involvement:  Society of Alumni, Alpha Delta Pi, former Student Alumni Associates, former Student Government Association, Honor College, 1770 Society.


Mr. H. Chapman (Chappy) McKay, '86
Past President

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Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Executive Committee, Past Presidents (Chair), Nominating and Board Development (Chair)

Mr. McKay is the director of business development for Trident Construction Company in Charleston. Chappy and his wife, Sarah, have two children and live in Mount Pleasant. 

Professional and community involvement:  Society of Alumni, Pi Kappa Phi, 1770 Society, former Student Government Association, Friends of the Library board member.

Mrs. Margaret Collins Frierson, '85
Vice President

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Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Executive Committee

Mrs. Frierson is executive director of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, South Carolina Branch. She and her husband, Gregg, live in Orangeburg with their two children. 

Professional and community involvement:  Society of Alumni, Chi Omega, former Young Alumna of the Year, 1770 Society, Cougar Club.


Mr. Darryl J. Fyall, '01
Vice President

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Bachelor of Science - Economics
Executive Committee

Mr. Fyall is a financial services representative for MetLife Financial Services. He has been an active member of the Alumni Association since he graduated in 2001. Darryl lives in Charleston.

Professional and community involvement:  Youth empire Saint Andrews Playground, Chamber of Commerce.


Mrs. Beth Pierce Meredith, '97
Vice President

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Bachelor of Arts - Communication
Executive Committee

Mrs. Meredith is a project manager with New Carolina and facilitates the growth and development of key industry clusters in the tri-county Charleston region. The clusters include the biosciences, aerospace, automotive, creative industries and advanced security. . She and her husband, Rob, live in Mount Pleasant

Professional and community involvement:  Society of Alumni; 1770 Society; Cougar Club; past president, Palmetto BIO; Junior League, product development and fundraising ad hoc committee chair.


Mr. C. Gary Rackley, '65
Vice President

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Bachelor of Science - History
Executive Committee, Finance Committee (chair)

Mr. Rackley is the Corporate Affairs Manager of Coburg Dairy. He and his wife, Kathy Kennerty Rackley, ’69, have three children and live in Charleston

Professional and community involvement:  Society of Alumni, 1770 Society, Cougar Club, former men's basketball player.


Ms. Karen Burroughs Jones, '74

Executive Secretary

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Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Ex Officio Member of All Committees

Ms. Jones is the director of alumni communications for the College of Charleston. She has been an active member of the Alumni Association since she graduated in 1974. Karen has worked for the College for 19 years, building lifelong relationships with the alumni community. Karen has two children.

Professional and community involvement: Society of Alumni, Cougar Club, Chi Omega, Chi Omega House Corporation.


Mrs. Sherlonda Peake Adkins, '99
Board Member

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Bachelor of Arts - Communication
Master of Public Administration, 2003

Mrs. Adkins is a real estate consultant with Keller Williams Realty. She also received her Masters in Public Administration from the College in 2003. She and her husband, Randy, '98, have three children and live in Goose Creek.

Professional and community involvement:  Phi Kappa Phi, former Honor Board.


Mr. Charles (Chuck) J. Baker III, '80
Board Member

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Bachelor of Arts - Biology
Juris Doctor-USC, 1984

Mr. Baker is an attorney with the law firm Buist Moore Smythe McGee, PA. He is also a Past President of the Cougar Club Board. He and his wife, Betsy Bramlett Baker,’ 81, have three children and live in Mount Pleasant.

Professional and community involvement: 1770 Society, Cougar Club, Past Cougar Club Board member, former tennis player.


Mr. Michael M. Beal, '81
Board Member

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Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration
Juris Doctor-USC, 1984

Mr. Beal is an attorney/shareholder with the McNair Law Firm. He and his wife, Elizabeth live in Columbia

Professional and community involvement:  Kappa Alpha; Salvation Army, Columbia Advisory Board chairman; The Palmetto Club, president; Board of Governors, South Carolina Super Lawyer.


Miss Kristen M. Beres, ‘11
Board Member


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Major:  Urban Studies

Miss Beres is the president of the Student Alumni Associates.  Kristen is from Wisconsin.

Professional and community involvement: President of Alternative Break, program coordinator in the Center for Civic Engagement, Charleston 40.


Mr. Carl W. Blackstone, '93
Board Member

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Bachelor of Science -  Business Administration

Mr. Blackstone is employed by Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. in governmental relations.  Carl and his wife, Mary Heckard Blackstone, '96, live in Columbia with their four daughters. 

Professional and community involvement:  Society of Alumni, Kappa Sigma, Board member of Palmetto Family Council, SC Economic Development Association, First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, former president of Student Alumni Associates, former president of Student Government Association.


Mr. Brett A. Bluestein, '97
Board Member

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Bachelor of Arts - Communication
Juris Doctor-USC, 2001

Mr. Bluestein is a Senior Vice President and Wealth Strategist for U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management. He covers the state of South Carolina and northern Georgia. Brett lives in Mount Pleasant

Professional and community involvement:  Cougar Club, 1770 Society, Past treasurer, College of Charleston Cougar Club Board; Development Committee, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Past President, Charleston Tax Council, Member, Charleston Estate Planning Council.


Mrs. Frances Weston Bramlett, 77
Board Member

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Bachelor of Arts - English

Mrs. Bramlett recently joined The Citadel Foundation as the director of donor relations.  She and her family live in Mount Pleasant.

Professional and community involvement:  Delta Delta Delta, member of Association of Fundraising Professionals and CASE, former mentor for YWCA working with other women, volunteer for Trident Literacy Association.


Mrs. Susanne Buck Cantey, '99
Board Member

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Bachelor of Arts - Communication

Mrs. Cantey is the vice president of Jupiter Holdings, the parent company of Buck Lumber and Buck Management. In 2007, she and her husband, Willis Cantey, formed Cantey Technology, providing networking and computer support to businesses in Charleston. Susanne is also a licensed realtor. She has a public relations/marketing and business background.  Susanne and Willis have one daughter.

Professional and community involvement:  Delta Delta Delta, Charleston Regional Business Journal's Forty Under 40.


Mrs. Georgia Homer Darby, '85
Board Member

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Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education

Mrs. Darby is a volunteer for Life ManagementCenter. She and her husband, John live in Mount Pleasant and have two children. 

Professional and community involvement:  Society of Alumni; Alpha Delta Pi; former volleyball player; past president, Life Management Center.


Mr. C. Devin Eakes, Jr., '05
Board Member

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Bachelor of Science - International Business

Mr. Eakes is a special investigator with the SC Division of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. He is the alumni chapters' at-large representative to the Alumni Association Board. Devin lives in Columbia where he also serves as President of the Columbia Alumni Chapter. 

Professional and community involvement: Pi Kappa Alpha, former Student Alumni Associate, former Charleston 40, Columbia Alumni Chapter President, Cougar Club


Mrs. Stephanie Leonard Eames, '95
Board Member

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Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Juris Doctor-Southern Methodist University, 2001

Mrs. Eames is a special counsel for Nexsen Pruet, LLC.  Stephanie, her husband, Steven, and two children live in Charleston. 

Professional and community involvement:  Delta Delta Delta; Venture Capital Authority Board of Directors; former President, Student Government Association; Greek Alumni Council.


Mr. Nicholas C. Glover, '05
Board Member

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Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

Mr. Glover is a senior associate in the Business Development Group of The Reputation Institute.  Nick resides in New York City. 

Professional and community involvement:  Alpha Phi Alpha; former president, Student Government Association; former Charleston 40; 2008 Young Alumnus of the Year.


Ms. Whitney A. Hinds, '08
Board Member

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Bachelor of Arts - English

Ms. Hinds is a program coordinator with the YWCA and lives in Lafayette, Indiana. 

Professional and community involvement:  Former pPresident, Student Government Association; Board of Center Stage; National Society of Collegiate Scholars; Charleston Student Advocates for Arts; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Tau Delta; Golden Key.


Mr. Henry C. Leventis, '97
Board Member

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Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Juris Doctor- Washington and Lee University, 2003

Mr. Leventis is the assistant solicitor of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Solicitor's Office in Charleston, South Carolina. He and his wife, Kelly, have one daughter and live in Charleston. 

Professional and community involvement:  Sigma Alpha Epsilon


Mr. Robert (Robby) F. Marion, '87
Board Member

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Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

Mr. Marion is director of human resources for William M. Bird & Company. He and his wife, Swain Banks Marion, '86, have three children and live in Charleston

Professional and community involvement:  Kappa Alpha, St. Michael's Church Vestry, past Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center Board of Directors.


Mr. Robert (Bobby) W. Marlowe, '71
Board Member

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Bachelor of Arts - History 
Master of Education-USC, 1974

Mr. Marlowe is the legislative affairs liaison for the College of Charleston. Since Bobby's graduation, he has remained involved in various capacities with the College of Charleston. He and his wife, Susan, '76, reside in Mount Pleasant. 

Professional and community involvement:  Society of Alumni; Pi Kappa Phi; former chairman, College's Board of Trustees; past team leader, College of Charleston Foundation Fund Drive; past treasurer, Cougar Club; past member, Accommodations and Facilities Committee of Spoleto USA; past president and co-founder South Carolina Housing Officers Association and past chairman, Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission; 1770 Society; Friends of the Library.


Mr. Michael (Mike) W. Massey, Jr., '87
Board Member

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Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Master in Business Administration - The Citadel, 1989

Mr. Massey is vice president of development of Hospital Corporation of America in Columbia. Mike lives in Columbia. 

Professional and community involvement:  Society of Alumni; Cougar Club; 1770 Society; Past Captain, basketball team; Board of Governors for the Federation of American Hospitals.


Ms. Margaret B. Mays, '88
Board Member

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Bachelor of Science - Biology

Ms. Mays works in Charleston as an account manager/Corporate and Government Customers Group for Pfizer.  She resides in Charleston. 

Professional and community involvement:  Society of Alumni, 1770 Society, Delta Delta Delta, former board member for Welvista.


Mrs. Susan (Suzy) Burnett Mikell, '81
Board Member

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Bachelor of Science - Sociology

Mrs. Mikell is co-owner of CUC, Inc of Florence.  Susan's husband, Steven G.  Mikell, '78, is a former Alumni Association Board member and the Mikells live in Florence.

Professional and community involvement:  Society of Alumni, Delta Delta Delta, Florence Symphony Guild officer, Christ Episcopal Church Altar Guild Chair, Florence Society.


Mr. Joseph (Joe) L. Nicholson, '87
Board Member

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Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Masters in Business Administration - University of South Carolina

Mr. Nicholson works with Puckhaber Nicholson Wealth Management Group of Wachovia Securities in Charleston. Prior to his association with Wachovia Securities, Joe was an Asset Specialist with Grant Thornton in Atlanta, Georgia, and a Public Finance Officer with NationsBank Capital Markets Group, in Atlanta. Originally from Greenville, Joe and his wife Curry Nicholson, '87, live on John's Island with their daughter and son and are members of St. Michael's Church in Charleston

Professional and community involvement:  Society of Alumni, Kappa Alpha, former member of the Cougar Club Board


Mr. Jermel L. President, '03
Board Member

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Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education

Mr. President is the program director for the DAE Foundation, a non-profit for youth focusing on basketball and athletic training. He lives in Charleston and is the Alumni Board representative on the Cougar Club Board.

Professional and community involvement:  Cougar Club Board, former College of Charleston men's basketball player.


Mr. C. Andrew (Andy) Rankin, '93
Board Member

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Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Masters - Business Administration-The Citadel, 1998

Mr. Rankin is director of investor relations for the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Andy is a former member of the College of Charleston Philanthropy Council. He resides in Charleston. 

Professional and community involvement:  Certified Tourism Marketing Professional; treasurer, Charleston Hoteliers Exchange Club; International Association of Convention and Visitor Bureau: American Marketing Association; The Citadel Graduate College Alumni Steering Committee; South Carolina World Trade Center. 

Mr. Daniel Ravenel, '72
Board Member

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Bachelor of Arts - History

Mr. Ravenel is owner of Daniel Ravenel Sotheby’s International Realty in Charleston. He is a former president of the College of Charleston Foundation Board and has also served on the Cougar Club Board. Dan and his wife, Linda have three children. 

Professional and community involvement:  Society of Alumni, Cougar Club, 1770 Society, College of Charleston Board of Trustees, Former Foundation Board Member, Pi Kappa Phi, Advisory Board-School of Business and Economics Alumni, Advisory Board-School of Humanities and Social Sciences Alumni.

 
Ms. Jane G. Riley, '72
Board Member

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Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education

Ms. Riley is the executive director of Communities in Schools and lives in Charleston.

Professional and community involvement:  Chi Omega


Mrs. Renee Buyck Romberger, '81
Board Member

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Bachelor of Arts - Fine Arts

Mrs. Romberger has been employed with Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System in Spartanburg for the past fifteen years in various capacities.  She has been their Vice President of Professional Services since 2002.  Renee is the Foundation Board's representative to the Alumni Association Board.  Renee and husband, Randy, live in Greenville.

Professional and community involvement:  Society of Alumni, former cheerleader, 1770 Society, College of Charleston Foundation Board, Delta Delta Delta, former board president, American College of Healthcare Executives-Upstate Chapter; Athletic Center Initiative Executive. 


Mrs. Lee Hartnett Sparwasser, '94
Board Member

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Bachelor of Arts - History 
Masters - Education Specialist in Teaching-USC

Mrs. Sparwasser ia an adjunct professor of Family Counseling with Webster University.  She lives with her husband, Max, and two children in Mount Pleasant. 

Professional and community involvement:  Alpha Delta Pi, Licensed Professional Counselor.


Ms. Ann Treanor Ward, '04
Board Member

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Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy
Master of Public Administration, 2009

Ms. Ward is the director of development for East Cooper Community Outreach (ECCO) in Mt. Pleasant.  Ann lives in Mount Pleasant. 

Professional and community involvement:  Society of Alumni, Cougar Club, Greek Alumni Council, Kappa Alpha Theta.

Ms. Cheryll Novak Woods-Flowers, '81
Board Member

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Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Masters - Accountacy, 1999

Mrs. Woods-Flowers is a team leader for Keller Williams Charleston-West Ashley.  Cheryll will be serving as a representative for the Cougar Club on the Alumni Association Board.  She and her husband, Harold, live in Mount Pleasant. 

Professional and community involvement: Society of Alumni; Cougar Club president, former mayor of Mount Pleasant; past Board of Governors-School of Business and Economics; former Alumna of the Year;  Mount Pleasant Planning Commission; past president, East Cooper Kiwanis Club.


Mr. Anthony (Tony) Meyer, '49
Executive Secretary Emeritus

Bachelor of Science - English
Masters - Appalachian State

A living icon of The College, Tony is Executive Director Emeritus of the Alumni Association, and has remained very much involved on campus. From providing complete coverage of College athletics to helping record the history of The College, Tony is a delightful source of knowledge for all things College of Charleston! His office is in the Blacklock House at 18 Bull Street, and he loves hearing from Alumni – past, present and future! The Alumni Association awards the Tony Meyer Scholarship to children of alumni.