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
Gary Glickman
Board Chair
Managing Director, G2 Advisory Services Washington, DC
Calvin L. Calhoun III
Vice Chair
Senior VP, Truist Greenville, SC
Tami McKnew*
Treasurer
Attorney, Fox Rothschild Greenville, SC
Marion E. Broome
Secretary
Dean, Duke University School of Nursing Durham, NC
JoKeitha Seabrook
Board Executive Committee Member at Large
3FG Consulting, LLC Greenville, SC
Neil E. Grayson
Board Executive Committee Member at Large
Attorney, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Greenville, SC
Desmond P. Kelly, MD*
Immediate Past Board Chair
Chief Medical Research Officer, Prisma Health Associate Dean for Research, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, SC
Susan T. Shi, PhD*
Chair Emerita
Community Leader Greenville, SC
Our Board of Directors
Loranne Ausley
CEO, Ausley Policy Group
Former Florida State Senator
Crystal Y. Campbell, DHL
Executive Director, Dorchester County First Steps Summerville, SC
The Honorable Merl Code*
Attorney, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., and Greenville Municipal Court Judge Greenville, SC
Paul Dworkin, MD
Founding Director, Help Me Grow National Center, and ·Connecticut Children’s Hospital Hartford, CT
Sylvia Echols*
Board of Directors, Early Learning Partnership of York County Rock Hill, SC
Carolyn Ellis*
Cliff and Carolyn Ellis Foundation Conway, SC
Frances Ellison*
Community Leader Greenville, SC
Kelly Escobar, PhD
Director, FUEL at Robin Hood New York, NY
Shimica Gaskins
President & CEO, Grace/End Child Poverty CA Pasadena, CA
Deb Long
Director, Diversity and Inclusion, Bon Secours St. Francis Health System Greenville, SC
Congressman Ben McAdams
Former US Congressman Salt Lake City, UT
Ann Robinson*
Senior VP, Bank of America Greenville, SC
Francis Rushton, MD
Pediatrician, Beaufort Pediatrics & University of South Carolina (Retired) Birmingham, AL
Robert A. Saul, MD
Prisma Health Children’s Hospital Pediatrician/Medical Geneticist (Retired) Greenville, SC
William F. Schmidt, MD, PhD*
Prisma Health Children’s Hospital – Upstate (Retired) Greenville, SC
Chris Story
Manager, City of Spartanburg, SC
Richard Wilkerson*
Michelin North America (Retired) Greenville, SC