Foundation Board

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

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

Mary Morton Bell, Personnel Committee Chair

Bailes Brown '03, Annual Fund Committee Chair

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

David Crews
Robert Bosch LLC

William L. (Bill) Duda
Ogletree Deakins

Thomas Eller
First Citizens Bank

N. Tyrone Ellis, Board Vice President + Nominating Committee Chair
Trane Technologies

Andrew Etkind
JTEKT

Nicole Flippin, Parent
Duke Energy

Kathryn Miranda Gault, Ph.D.
Nephron Pharmaceuticals

Mary M. Gentry
ScanSource

Jeff Gill
AFL Telecommunications, LLC

Tom Hodge
Michelin North America

S. Willing King
Kyocera AVX

Seann Lahey, parent
Kim, Lahey & Killough

Bren Lowe
McLeod Health Cheraw

Brian Lynch
Santee Cooper

Jonathan Montoya
The Spinx Company, LLC

Shannon Pahula
CPM Federal Credit Union

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

Jim Rourke, Board Secretary + Governance Committee Chair
Maynard Nexsen

Royce Shannon, Board President
Dominion Energy

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

Eduardo Torres, Ph.D., Board Treasurer + Finance Committee Chair
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

Kevin Wentzel
DartPoints

Wilson L. White '99
Google

Lauren Zamitiz
Schaeffler Group

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