Advisory Board

We are very fortunate to have a distinguished Advisory Board who offer their time, commitment, and expertise to achieve the Riley Center's mission.

Advisory Board


David Agnew - Managing Director, Macquarie Group

Capers Barr - Partner, Barr, Unger & McIntosh, LLC

Rusty Bennett - Real Estate Investment & Development

Ron Bogle - President & CEO, American Architectural Foundation

Sandra Campbell - TourRific Tours

Ginny Deerin - Major Gifts Officer, International African American Museum

Charlton DeSaussure, Jr. - Attorney, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd

Yvonne Evans - Former City Councilmember

Foster Gaillard - Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson, LLP

Lewis Hudgins - Former Senior Advisor to the Mayor 

Lee Higdon - Retired President, College of Charleston and Connecticut College

Ray Huff - Director & Professor Emeritus, Clemson Architecture Center, Charleston

Linda Ketner - Businesswoman, donor, activist

Chris Marlin - Former President, Lennar International, LLC

Clay N. Middleton - Managing Director, Mercury

Layton McCurdy - Dean Emeritus & professor, Medical University of South Carolina

Scott Parker - Co-Founder and Partner, DesignWorks

Elise Partin - Mayor of Cayce, SC

David Rawle - Retired Chairman and Founder, Rawle Murdy

Robert Rosen - Founder, Rosen Law Firm, LLC

Henry Smyth - Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson, LLP

Mary Ann Sullivan - Former Senior Advisor to the Mayor

Steve Swanson - Former CEO, Automated Trading Desk

Sheila Wertimer - Founder, Wertimer & Associates Landscape Architects