Foundation Board

Foundation Board members come from across the state and serve three-year terms.

The GSSM Foundation Board of Directors

The GSSM Foundation is grateful for the support of our board members who bring tremendous experience, passion, and dedication to the business of supporting South Carolina's premier STEM high school.

Foundation board members serve three-year terms and represent leading businesses and universities across the nation.

Brad Alexander
Dartpoints

James W. Apple, Jr.
Burroughs & Chapin Company

Dr. Vik Bebarta '90

Mary Morton Bell, Personnel Committee Chair

Bailes Brown '03, Annual Fund Committee Chair

Connie S. Cain, P.E., CEM
Cornerstone Energy Services, Inc.

Jane H. Campbell, Parent

Suzana Cizmic
Robert Bosch LLC

Patrick J. Cleary '01, Board President
Bowman and Brooke LLP

Ashley Daugherty, PhD
Nephron Pharmaceuticals

N. Tyrone Ellis
Trane Technologies

Andrew Etkind
JTEKT

Brian L. Fast
First Citizens Bank

Nicole Flippin, Parent
Duke Energy

Mary M. Gentry, Board Treasurer + Finance Committee Chair
ScanSource

Jeff Gill
AFL Telecommunications, LLC

Lauren Griffith
Schaeffler

Mark Giuliani

Tom Hodge, Ph.D.
Michelin North America

W. Anthony Jackson
Prisma Health

Douglas W. Kim
Kim, Lahey & Killough Law Firm, LLC

S. Willing King
Kyocera AVX

Deborah DuRant Locklair
Senior Consultant, McLeod Health

Brian Lynch
Santee Cooper

Shannon Pahula
CPM Federal Credit Union

Robert V. Porter IV '92
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina

Michele Pridgen
Honda of South Carolina Mfg., Inc.

Jim Rourke, Board Secretary + Governance Committee Chair
Maynard Nexsen

Royce Shannon, Board Vice President + Nominating Committee Chair
Dominion Energy

Michael M. Shetterly, Immediate Past President
Ogletree Deakins

Sarah P. Spruill '93
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Eduardo Torres, Ph.D.
Milliken & Company

Ann F. Trapp
Rolls-Royce Solutions America, Inc.

Dr. Brigid V. Troan '91
NCSU School of Veterinary Medicine

Marci Tuten, J.D., Ph.D.
Sonoco Products Company

Wilson L. White '99
Google

Jun Xu '97
Brighton Best International, Inc.

Members Ex-Officio

Bob Brown
Chair, GSSM Board of Trustees

Beth Dinndorf, Executive Director
GSSM Foundation

Danny Dorsel '90
President, GSSM

Members Emeritus

Howard Daniel
Harris E. DeLoach Jr.
Emerson Gower
The Honorable Gerald Malloy
M. Edward "Ed" Sellers