Through our complicated history, through light and shadow, we have persevered – humanity intact. Art is the reason.
We believe art is the difference between merely existing and being truly alive.
When we open ourselves to art, we open ourselves to the world – to beauty, craft, to different cultures, to pain and pleasure, expression and emotion.
In the presence of art, we have the opportunity to see inside someone’s heart, mind, and soul and feel what they felt.
When the Gibbes Museum opened in 1905, the nation celebrated what Charleston has always understood: the power of art – to inspire our imagination, heal our hurt, and nourish our souls.
BOARD MEMBERS
CHAIR
Mr. Spencer Lynch
Managing Director, Raymond James
VICE-CHAIR
Mrs. Deborah Kennedy Kennard
Former Managing Counsel, Mobil Oil Corporation
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Ms. Helen C. Pratt-Thomas
Senior VP, South State Bank and Founder & Past President of Society 1858
BOARD MEMBERS
Dr. David Adams
Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery, MUSC
Mrs. Louise Anderson Allen
Full Professor, Post Tenure, of Educational Leadership at South Carolina State University
Mrs. Jane Beak
Community Volunteer
Mrs. Ann Thomas Burnett
Retired VP, BlueCross BlueShield of SC
Mrs. Laura Wood Cantopher
Retired Philanthropic Consultant and Former Educational Publishing Executive
Mr. Jamieson Clair
Creative Director, Maresca & Associates
Dr. David J. Cohen
Retired Educator, Historian and Librarian
Mrs. Gretchen Cuddy
Floral Desinger
Mr. Michael Culler
Vice President, Global Sales, ACME Technologies, Inc.
Ms. Marie Delcioppo
Executive Director of Marketing & Business Development, SMHa
Dr. Tejbir Singh Dhindsa
Partner, Locwountry Emergency Physicians
Mrs. Wendy Meyer Dopp
Artist & Community Volunteer
Mrs. Lisa Hudson Evans
Community Volunteer
Mrs. Shannon Gillespie
Community Volunteer
Dr. Elizabeth Harden
Retired Physician
Mr. Milton Hearne
Retired IBM Executive
Mr. Jack Hoey
VP of Finance, Stevens Towing
Mrs. Mindy Hong
Professor, College of Charleston & Educational Consultant
Mrs. Catherine Bennington Jenrette
Retired Educator and Community Volunteer
Dr. Felice F. Knight
Director of Education, International African American Musuem
Dr. Brenda Lauderback
Chairman, Denny's Corporation
Mrs. Karen Lawson-Johnston
Philanthropist & Community Volunteer
Mr. Benjamin F. Lenhardt, III
Retired Chairman and CEO of Americas-UBS Asset Management
Mrs. Denise Mansheim
Community Volunteer
Mr. Mark Maresca
Architect & Principal, Maresca & Associates
Mrs. Martha Rhodes McLendon
Attorney, Social Security Administration
Mr. Mark Munn
Market President, Bank of America
Mrs. Catherine Murray- Smith
Community Volunteer
Mrs. Stephanie Pascarella
Founder & CEO, Wash With Water
Dr. Jennifer Porter
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Ms. Abby Rosenthal
Marketing Product Manager, Retail Personalization Enablement, Bank of America
Ms. Elizabeth Saal
Philanthropist & Community Volunteer
Mr. Akhil Sharma
CFO, DentaQuest
Ms. Sarah J. Smith
Former Executive Director, The James Buchanan Foundation