Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees

Members of the GSSM Board of Trustees are appointed by statute and by the Governor's Office of the State of South Carolina. The Board is responsible for the school's operations and oversight according to its bylaws.

Robert (Bob) Brown
President
Integrated Systems, Inc.

Dr. DeWitt (Ty) Coleman, Jr.
Allergy Partners of the Midlands

B. Charmeka Childs
President

William Hudson Denny
Partner
Net3 Technology, Inc.

John Michael Florence
VP, HR, General Counsel & Secretary
Sonoco 

Dennis Getter
Retired Businessman

Dr. Judith Salley-Guydon
Chair, Dept. of Biology & Science
South Carolina State University

Heyward Hilliard
Executive VP of Operations
HMR Veterans Services, Inc.

Dr. Rainey H. Knight
Director of Strategic Innovation
SC Education Oversight Committee

Barbara Melvin
Chief Operating Officer
South Carolina Ports Authority

Dr. Ershela Sims, Secretary
Interim President
Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics

Dr. Henry Tisdale
President Emeritus
Claflin University

Ex-Officio Members and Designees

Dr. Argentini Anderson – Designee for Dr. Rusty Monhollon
Assistant Director, Academic Affairs

Dr. Carol Feghali-Bostwick - Designee for USC Provost
SmartState and Kitty Trask Holt Endowed Chair
Professor of Medicine
Medical University of SC

James Gergen
President, GSSM Foundation Board
CEO
CPM Federal Credit Union

Dr. Robert H. Jones, Jr.
Exec. VP for Academic Affairs and Provost
Clemson University

Dr. Rusty Monhollon
President and Exec. Director
SC Commission on Higher Ed. 

Dr. Lisa K. Saladin
Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
Medical University of SC

Ms. Molly Spearman
Superindent of Education
SC Department of Education

Dr. William Tate
Provost & Exec. VP for Academic Affairs
University of South Carolina

Dr. David Tedeschi – Designee for USC Provost
Professor – Physics and Astronomy
University of South Carolina

Dr. Cynthia Y. Young – Designee for Clemson Provost
Dean, College of Science & Professor, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
Clemson University

Meeting Notice

The GSSM Board of Trustees will meet on September 10, 2020, at 10:00 A.M. The meeting will be held in classroom 251 in the SiMT building at Florence Darlington Technical College. GSSM will follow the CDC guidelines for social distancing, and masks are required while in the building. Click here for the meeting agenda.

Governor's School for Science & Mathematics Board of Trustees 2020 Meeting Dates.

Meeting Minutes