Board & Staff

Meet the people that power the work behind Historic Charleston Foundation.

2024 Board of Trustees

Officers

Anne H. Blessing, Board Chair
David Maybank III, Vice Chair
Lawrence W. Gillespie, Secretary
J. W. Cantey III, Treasurer
Zoë L. Stephens, Past Chair

Trustees

Jessica Aaron
C. R. Allen II
William E. Applegate IV
Eddie Bello
Molly Craig
Virginia W. Deerin
Sarah R. Dollens
Brian C. Duffy
James S. Gallant III
Glen Gardner
Shawan Gillians
Vincent G. Graham
Sarah-Hamlin Hastings
Cynthia H. Hayes
M. Roch Hillenbrand
Margaret M. Rash
Ruth M. Ravenel
F. Patricia Scarborough
Anne G. Tinker
Molly Waring
Frances L. Webster

Active Past Chairs

W.E. Applegate III
Frank W. Brumley
T. Heyward Carter Jr.
Robert L. Clement III
Jane P. deButts
W. Foster Gaillard
Wilbur E. Johnson
Harold R. Pratt-Thomas Jr.
Richard W. Salmons Jr.
Anne F. Smith
Park B. Smith, Jr.
Susan Parsell Thompson
W. Crayton Walters III
Bradish J. Waring
J. Rutledge Young, Jr.

Trustee Emeritus

Katharine S. Robinson

National Advisory Council (NAC)

2024 MEMBERS

Jill F. Almeida
Richard J. Almeida
Anne F. Barnes
William Barnes
Tater Beak
William R. Beak
Courtenay Beebe
Gary Bunton
Susan H. Campbell
Van C. Campbell
Gary T. DiCamillo
Susan DiCamillo
Susan T. Friberg
Joan B. Gedge
Karl R. Gedge
Lawrence W. Gillespie
Shannon Gillespie
Joan Hackenberg
John D. Henderson II
Carol Hillenbrand
M. Roch Hillenbrand
Ingrid Johnson
Anne P. Keigher
Richard P. Keigher
Patricia loughridge
William Loughridge
Lindsay Marshall
Jane T. McLain
Michael A. McLain
Ruth Ann W. McSpadden, Jr.
Joseph D. Messler, Jr.
Judith Oehler
Cole Oehler, Jr.
James S. Peterson
Julia C. Peterson
Margaret M. Rash
Thomas W. Rash, Jr.
Andrew F. Rosenfeld
Andrea W. Strawn
Steven L. Strawn
Anne G. Tinker
Daniel S. Vandivort
Marie A. Vandivort
For more information about Historic Charleston Foundation's National Advisory Council and its benefits, please reach out to Carolina Richards Bennett, Manager of Strategy and Partnerships, 843-720-1183.

Staff Profiles