Meet the people that power the work behind Historic Charleston Foundation.
2026 Board of Trustees
Officers
David Maybank III, Board Chair J.Willis Cantey III, Vice Chair Larry Gillespie, Secretary William E. Applegate IV, Treasurer Anne H. Blessing, Past Chair
Trustees
William E. Applegate IV Guyton Ash Eddie Bello Anne H. Blessing Colby M. Broadwater III J. Willis Cantey III Mary Agnes Craig Sarah R. Dollens Brian C. Duffy
Herb Frazier Tyler Page Wright Friedman Glen Russell Gardner Lawrence W. Gillespie Vincent G. Graham Sarah-Hamlin Hastings Cynthia H. Hayes M. Roch Hillenbrand Sarah Rose Johnson Katherine Kronzer
Alexandra Malloy David Maybank III Meg Phillips Ruth M. Ravenel F. Patricia Scarborough Steve Strawn Joe Waring Frances L. Webster Delores Whaley
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. Zoe Stephens Susan Parsell Thompson W. Crayton Walters III Bradish J. Waring J. Rutledge Young, Jr.
Trustee Emeritus
Katharine S. Robinson
National Advisory Council (NAC)
2026 MEMBERS
Jill and Richard Almeida Anne and Will Barnes Tater and Bill Beak Susan H. Campbell Ellen Costello and Mike Judge Susan and Gary DiCamillo Susan T. Friberg Shannon and Larry Gillespie Joan N. Hackenberg Carol and Roch Hillenbrand Rose Ann Humphrey and Rusty Aertsen Ingrid Johnson and Gary Bunton* Anne and Dick Keigher Lindsay Marshall and Courtenay Beebe Ruth Ann and Jack McSpadden Dyke Messler Julia and Jim Peterson Peggy and Woody Rash Andrea and Steve Strawn Anne Tinker and John Henderson Marie and Dan Vandivort Peggy and Brian White Betsy and Ridley Willis
*Chair For more information about Historic Charleston Foundation's National Advisory Council and its benefits, please reach out to Carolina Bennett, cbennett@historiccharleston.org.
