Board/Executive Committee
2010 - 2011 Executive Committee:
Chairman of the Board - Robert W. Pearce, Nelson Mullins Law Firm
Chairman-elect - J. Ronald Jones, Clawson & Staubes LLC
The Education Foundation Chairman - David Ramey, LS3P ASSOCIATED LTD.
First Vice Chairman and Resource Development Vice Chairman - Stuart Whiteside, Seamon Whiteside & Associates. Inc.
BACPAC Chairman - Neil Whitman, Dunhill Staffing Systems of Charleston
Business Development Vice Chairman - Mitchell Bohannon, Thomas & Hutton
Communications & Marketing Vice Chairman - Laura Varn, Santee Cooper
Finance Vice Chairman - Scott Woods, South Carolina Federal Credit Union
Innovation Vice Chairman - Debbie James, SAIC
President and CEO - Charles Van Rysselberge
Public Policy Vice Chairman - David Dunlap, Roper St. Francis Healthcare
Regional Advancement Vice Chairman - Chris Fraser, Grubb & Ellis | WRS
Minority Business Vice Chairman - Bill Goodwin, The Goodwin Group
Women in Business Vice Chairman - Suzanne Teagle, WCIV ABC News 4
World Trade Center Vice Chairman and Immediate Past Chairman - David Maybank III, Maybank Properties LLC
2010 - 2011 Board of Directors:
Robert W. Pearce, Jr., Nelson Mullins Law Firm - Chairman of the Board
Charles H. Van Rysselberge, President and CEO
Julius Anderson, Anderson Insurance Associates LLC
Bryan Blalock, Universal Maritime Service - Maritime Association of South Carolina Representative
Mitchell Bohannon, Thomas & Hutton Engineering Co.
Patrick Bryant, Go To Team
Tim Bush, Virginia College
Randy Byerly, BB&T
Walker Coleman, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein
Robert O. Collins Jr., PURE
David Dunlap, Roper St. Francis Healthcare
Gary Edwards, Coastal South carolina, USA - Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Representative
Karen Elsey, Laura Alberts, Tasteful Options
Chris Fraser, Grubb & Ellis | WRS
Jim Geffert, Dale Carneigie
Bill Goodwin, The Goodwin Group
Steven Gray, Hill-Rom
Ben Hagood, Hagood & Kerr, P.A. - Chamber Attorney
Bill Hawkins, The Post and Courier
Tripp Hays, The Mills House Hotel
Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Representative
Len Hutchison, Wachovia Bank
Debbie James, SAIC
Richard Jerue, The Art Institute of Charleston
J. Ronald Jones, Clawson & Staubes
Mary Joseph, Mary Joseph State Farm
Gregg Keating, The Keating Group of Companies
Amy Kovach, MWV - Leadership Charleston Chairman
Mark Lattanzio, SunTrust
Natalie Lawrence, WPC
Rick Lipps, WCBD TV Channel 2
Vincent J. Marino, Container Maintenance
Julia Martin, S.C. Research Authority
David Maybank III, Maybank Properties LLC
Jamal Middleton, The Midtown Group
Jack Mitchell, AT&T
Michael Moody, Force Protection
William A. Moody, Jr., Asset Management Services Inc.
Judith Moore, Charleston Cookie Co.
Richard Moore, Kestrel Horizons
Robert New, Charleston Port Services - Maritime Association of South Carolina Representative
Kellie Newman, Renaissance Charleston Hotel
Jim Newsome, SC State Ports Authority
John Osborne, Osborne and Osborne - Charleston Young Professionals Chairman
David Ramey, LS3P ASSOCIATES LTD.
Ed Riggs, Charleston Area Convention Center - Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Representative
John Russ, Community First Bank
Geoffrey Schuler, The Boeing Company
Ken Seeger, Community Development and Land Management Group, MWV
Alan Shao, College of Charleston
Janie Sinacore-Jaberg, East Cooper Medical Center
Bos Smith, Stevens Towing Co. Inc. - Maritime Association of South Carolina Representative
Peter Steketee, Embassy Suites Hotel Airport/Convention Center
Suzanne Teagle, WCIV ABC News 4
O.L. Thompson, O.L. Thompson Construction
Steve Valerio, UMA/MUSC
Laura Varn, Santee Cooper
James Ward, Scientific Research Corporation
Keith Waring, Charlestowne Associates
Peter Wertimer, Chernoff Newman, Military Policy Council Chairman
Audrey Whetsell, Resource Partners
Stuart Whiteside, Seamon Whiteside & Associates
Neil Whitman, Dunhill Staffing Systems of Charleston
Tricia Wilson, Dixon Hughes
Scott Woods, SC Federal Credit Union
Dixon Woodward, Carolina First
Anita G. Zucker, The InterTech Group
LIAISONS
Johnny Bevon, Greater Summerville / Dorchester County Chamber of Commerce
Sharon Brennan, City of Charleston
Hon. Nick Collins, Town of Mt. Pleasant
Hon. Daniel W. Davis, Berkeley County
Hon. Jamie Feltner, Dorchester County
Bill McCall, Berkeley Chamber of Commerce
Col. Martha Meeker, Joint Base Charleston
Hon. Teddie Pryor, Charleston County
Hon. R. Keith Summey, City of North Charleston

