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Meet our Board of Directors

Our Board is composed of dynamic thought leaders and visionaries from across the United States. They guide our work and provide strategic direction to our efforts to improve outcomes for all young children.

Our Executive Board

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Loranne Ausley

Board Chair

CEO, Ausley Policy Group
Former Florida State Senator

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Neil E. Grayson

Vice Chair

Attorney, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Greenville, SC

Tami McKnew

Tami McKnew*

Treasurer

Attorney, Fox Rothschild Greenville, SC

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Kelly Escobar, PhD

Board Secretary

Director, FUEL at Robin Hood New York, NY

Dr. Paul Dworkin

Paul Dworkin, MD

Board Executive Committee Member At Large

Founding Director, Help Me Grow National Center, and Connecticut Children’s Hospital Hartford, CT

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Robert A. Saul, MD

Board Executive Committee Member At Large

Prisma Health Children’s Hospital Pediatrician/Medical Geneticist (Retired) Greenville, SC

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Calvin L. Calhoun III

Immediate Past Board Chair

Senior VP, Truist Greenville, SC

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Susan T. Shi, PhD*

Chair Emerita

Community Leader Greenville, SC

Our Board of Directors

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Crystal Y. Campbell, DHL

Executive Director, Dorchester County First Steps Summerville, SC

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The Honorable Merl Code*

Attorney, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., and Greenville Municipal Court Judge Greenville, SC

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Sylvia Echols*

Board of Directors, Early Learning Partnership of York County Rock Hill, SC

Carolyn Ellis

Carolyn Ellis*

Cliff and Carolyn Ellis Foundation Conway, SC

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Frances Ellison*

Community Leader Greenville, SC

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Shimica Gaskins, JD

President & CEO, Grace/End Child Poverty CA Pasadena, CA

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Gary Glickman

Managing Director, G2 Advisory Services Washington, DC

Keisha Gray

Keisha Gray

Chief Strategy Officer, Spartanburg Academic Movement

Desmond Kelly

Desmond P. Kelly, MD*

Chief Medical Research Officer, Prisma Health Associate Dean for Research, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, SC

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Deb Long

Director, Diversity and Inclusion, Bon Secours St. Francis Health System (Retired) Greenville, SC

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Carlomagno Panlilio, PhD

Associate Professor of Education (EDPSY), The Pennsylvania State University

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Ann Robinson*

Senior VP, Bank of America Greenville, SC

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Francis Rushton, MD

Pediatrician, Beaufort Pediatrics & University of South Carolina (Retired) Birmingham, AL

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William F. Schmidt, MD, PhD*

Prisma Health Children’s Hospital – Upstate (Retired) Greenville, SC

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JoKeitha Seabrook

3FG Consulting, LLC Greenville, SC

Dee Stegelin

Dolores (Dee) Stegelin, PhD

Professor Emerita, College of Education at Clemson University; Chair of ICS Policy Research Fellows

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Richard Wilkerson*

Michelin North America (Retired) Greenville, SC

* Denotes Emeritus Board Member