2026 - 2027 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.
James W. Apple, Jr.
Burroughs & Chapin Company
Dr. Vik Bebarta '90
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Mary Morton Bell, Personnel Committee Chair
Bryan L. Baysinger
Maynard Nexsen, PC
Carter Bright
SHL Medical
David Crews
Robert Bosch LLC
Michael Davis
Scout Motors
Bill L. Duda, Board Secretary + Governance Committee Chair
Ogletree Deakins
Melvilyn Edwards
Zeus Industrial Products, Inc.
Thomas Eller
First Citizens Bank
N. Tyrone Ellis, Board President
Trane Technologies
Andrew Etkind
JTEKT
Nicole Flippin, parent
Duke Energy
Kathryn Miranda Gault, Ph.D.
Nephron Pharmaceuticals
Kathleen Muthig
Haynsworth Sinker Boyd PA
Jeff Gill
AFL Telecommunications, LLC
Tom Hodge
Michelin North America
S. Willing King
Kyocera AVX
Seann Lahey, parent
Kim, Lahey & Killough
Bren Lowe, Board Treasurer + Finance Committee Chair
McLeod Health Cheraw
Brian Lynch
Santee Cooper
Jonathan Montoya
The Spinx Company, LLC
Shannon Pahula, Annual Fund Committee Chair
CPM Federal Credit Union
Greg Panzarella, parent
Gulfstream
Robert V. Porter IV '92
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
Katie Reaves
Schaeffler Group USA
Roger Schrum
Sonoco Products Company
Royce Shannon, parent, Immediate Past President
Dominion Energy
Eduardo Torres, Ph.D., Board Vice President + Nominating Committee Chair
Milliken & Company
Ann F. Trapp
Rolls-Royce Solutions America, Inc.
Dr. Brigid V. Troan '91
NCSU School of Veterinary Medicine
Lee Tupper '05
HDR
Kevin Wentzel
DartPoints
Wilson L. White '99
Google
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