BOARD CHAIR -- Laura Gates
Laura joined the board in the fall of 2002. After 14 years with McKinsey & Company, Laura moved to The Field Museum in 1994 where she began her involvement with environmental issues and organizations. In addition to serving on the League’s board, Laura is Immediate Past President Of the Wellesley College Alumnae Association, Chair of the Alumnae Trustee Nominating Committee and Vice President of the Gibbes Museum of Art. Laura is a graduate of Wellesley College and The Harvard Business School.
BOARD VICE CHAIR -- Roy Richards
Roy, a native of Carrollton, GA and Chairman of Southwire – the nation’s leading producer of electrical cable – moved to Charleston with his family in 2004. He and his wife, Ginna, who is an environmental attorney and trustee of the Southern Environmental Law Center, are dedicated conservationists. While in Georgia, Richards chaired the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education and served as Chairman of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. For the last several years, Richards has been a trustee of the Trust for Public Lands and a leading advocate for land conservation nationwide. Roy joined the Board of Directors in 2004.
List of Board Members
Andrea Ziff Cooper
Berry Edwards
Dorothea Benton Frank
Laura Gates, Chair
Richard T. Hale
Hank Holliday
Holly Hook
Fred Lincoln
Cartter Lupton
Roy Richards, Vice-Chair
Jeffrey Schutz
Harriet Smartt
Libby Smith
Victoria C. Verity
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