Board & Staff

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

2025 Board of Trustees

Officers

David Maybank III, Board Chair
J.W. Cantey III, Vice Chair
William E. Applegate IV, Secretary
Lawrence W. Gillespie, Treasurer
Anne H. Blessing, Past Chair

Trustees

Jessica Aaron
William E. Applegate IV
Guyton Ash
Eddie Bello
Anne H. Blessing
Colby M. Broadwater III
J. W. Cantey III
Mary Agnes Craig
Sarah R. Dollens
Brian C. Duffy
Herb Frazier
Tyler Page Wright Freidman
Glen Russell Gardner
Lawrence W. Gillespie
Shawan Gillians
Vincent G. Graham
Sarah-Hamlin Hastings
Cynthia H. Hayes
M. Roch Hillenbrand
Sarah Rose Johnson
Alexandra Malloy
David Maybank III
Jeff Perez
Meg Phillips
Ruth M. Ravenel
F. Patricia Scarborough
Anne G. Tinker
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)

2025 MEMBERS

Jill F. Almeida
Richard J. Almeida
Anne F. Barnes
Tater Beak
William R. Beak
Courtenay Beebe
Gary D. Bunton
Susan H. Campbell
Gary T. DiCamillo
Susan W. DiCamillo
Susan T. Friberg
Lawrence W. Gillespie
Shannon W. Gillespie
Joan N. Hackenberg
John D. Henderson
Carol Hillenbrand
M. R. Hillenbrand
Ingrid S. Johnson
Anne P. Keigher
Richard P. Keigher
Patricia Loughridge
William Loughridge
Lindsay W. Marshall
Jane T. McLain
Michael A. McLain
Jack D. McSpadden
Ruth Ann W. McSpadden
Joseph D. Messler, Jr.
Cole Oehler
Judith W. Oehler
James S. Peterson
Julia C. Peterson
Margaret M. Rash
Thomas W. Rash
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