South Carolina Host Committee
(As of December 13, 2007)
Hon. T. Patton Adams
Executive Director, SC Commission on Indigent Defense; Mayor of Columbia (1986-1990)
Jennet Robinson Alterman
Executive Director, Center for Women
John Baker
Baker and Baker Real Estate Developers, LLC & State of Israel Bonds
James F. Barker, FAIA
President, Clemson University
Hon. Andre Bauer
Lt. Governor, South Carolina
Hon. David M. Beasley
Governor, South Carolina (1995-1999); Chairman, Center for Global Strategies
Stephen K. Benjamin, Esq.
McAngus, Goudelock and Courie, LLC
Charles Bierbauer
Dean, USC College of Mass Communications and Information Studies & Former CNN Political Correspondent
Antonio Boyd
Vice President, HOPE Worldwide South Carolina
Carroll Campbell, III
President, Carroll Campbell and Associates
Mike Campbell
Chairman, Americans for Prosperity, South Carolina
Dr. Fred L. Carter
President, Francis Marion University
Hon. Robert Coble
Mayor, City of Columbia
Mark Condon
Vice President, Trade Center Development Corp. & South Carolina World Trade Center
Rev. Joe Darby
Senior Pastor, Morris Brown AME Church
Tony Denny
Denny Public Affairs
Hon. Tameika Isaac Devine
Columbia City Council
Dwight F. Drake
Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Stephen D. Dryden
President & CEO, The Mariner Group
Michael Fanning
Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Michelin North America
Charles T. Ferillo, Jr.
President, Ferillo and Associates
Read Folline
Senior Financial Advisor, Ellison Kibler Group – Merrill Lynch
Don Fowler
Chairman, Fowler Communications, Inc.
Rev. Al Gadsden
Liberty Reformed Episcopal Church
Dr. Raymond S. Greenberg
President, Medical University of South Carolina
Bernard S. Groseclose, Jr.
President & CEO, South Carolina State Ports Authority
Mason Hardy
President, South Carolina Association of Non Profit Organizations
Dick Harpootlian
Former Chairman, South Carolina Democratic Party
Hon. Bobby Harrell
Speaker, South Carolina House of Representatives
Hayne Hipp
Chair, Liberty Fellowship
Robert W. Hitt
Department Manager, Public Affairs, BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC
Hon. Jim Hodges
Governor, South Carolina (1998-2002); CEO, Hodges Consulting Group
Hon. S. Hunter Howard, Jr.
President and CEO, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
Joseph J. James
President, West Africa Council of South Carolina
Hon. I.S. Leevy Johnson
Attorney, Johnson, Toal & Battiste
Dr. Ram Kalus
Plastic Surgery of the Carolinas
Sam B. “Trip” King III
Special Assistant to the Dean, University Libraries, USC
Rev. Brenda Kneece
Executive Minister, South Carolina Christian Action Council
Amb. Philip Lader
Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough; Chairman, WPP Group
Rev. Philip Linder
Dean, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Maj. Gen James E. Livingston
Medal of Honor Recipient (USMC, Ret.)
Frank Lucas, FAIA
Chairman, LS3P Associates LTD.
Gordon McGilton
CEO, Force Protection Inc.
Ike McLeese
President & CEO, Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Tim McLendon
Columbia District Superintendant, The United Methodist Church
Hon. Henry McMaster
Attorney General, South Carolina
James Micali
Chairman, Michelin North America & Chairman, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
Fred Monk
President, Export Consortium
John C. Moylan III
Wyche Burgess Freeman & Parham, P.A.
Hon. Joseph “Joe” Neal
South Carolina House of Representatives
Hon. Harry Ott
Minority Leader, South Carolina House of Representatives
John Parks
Executive Director, Innovista
Dr. Harris Pastides
Vice President for Research & Health Sciences, USC
Dr. Robert Pitts
Dean, School of Business & Economics, College of Charleston
Tommy Preston
Student Body President, University of South Carolina (2006-2007)
Otis Rawl
Chief Operating Officer, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
Rev. W. Stuart Rawson
Pastor, McGregor Presbyterian Church
Hon. Daniel J. Rickenmann
Councilman, Columbia City Council
Hon. Richard W. Riley
Governor of South Carolina (1979-1987); U.S. Secretary of Education (1993-2001)
Hon. Jim Ritchie
South Carolina State Senate
Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa (USAF, Ret.)
President, The Citadel
Amb. Robert V. Royall
South Carolina Secretary of Commerce (1995-1999) & Ambassador to Tanzania (2001-2005)
Dr. Barry Russell
System President, South Carolina Technical College System
RADM Dave Shimp (SCNM)
Vice President for Program Development, Maybank Industries
Dr. Gordon Smith
Director, Walker Institute for International Affairs, USC
Martha Scott Smith
Public Affairs Director, AT & T South Carolina
Gary Snyder
Associate Vice President Marketing & Communications, USC
Dr. Andrew Sorenson
President, University of South Carolina
Hon. John Spratt
United States House of Representatives
Dr. Hildy Teegan
Dean, Moore School of Business, USC
Hon. David Thomas
South Carolina State Senate
Hon. J. Strom Thurmond, Jr.
Smith, Massey, Brodie & Thurmond, P.A.
Henry N. Tisdale
President, Claflin University
J. Warren Tompkins, III
Tompkins, Kinard & Associates
Dr. Caroline Whitson
President, Columbia College
Hon. Joe Wilson
U.S. House of Representatives
Haneez Zattam
Executive Director, Columbia World Affairs Council
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
