SPORT AND ENTERTAINMENT - Key Persons


Adonis "Sporty" Jeralds

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion

Allen Sack

Job Titles:
  • Department of Management / University of New Haven

Allen Schaeffer

Job Titles:
  • Psychologist

Allen, Chelsey

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Development

Allen, Mike

Job Titles:
  • Prospect Development Specialist

Altman, Gwen

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to the Vice President

Andrea Belfanti - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Arnold, Elaine

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Development

Arthur, Kaydee

Job Titles:
  • Development and Gift Planning Coordinator and Research Associate

Arthur, Kyle E.

Job Titles:
  • Physician

Barnes, Kelsey T.

Job Titles:
  • Registered Nurse

Barry, Kevin

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Development

Bauer, Samantha

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Baxter, Demetria

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Analyst II

Baylee Shipes


Becky Moran


Beeler, Stephanie

Job Titles:
  • Nurse Practitioner

Behling, Maggie

Job Titles:
  • Graphic Designer

Berry, Marie

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Donor Relations

Berry, Vanessa

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Human Resources and Operations

Bice, Ashley

Job Titles:
  • Welcome Center Manager

Billy Hawkins

Job Titles:
  • Department of Health and Human Performance / University of Houston

Blackmon, Randi

Job Titles:
  • Nurse Manager, Primary Care

Bobby Williams - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Bourgoin, Kadie Ann

Job Titles:
  • Counselor

Branham, Ann

Job Titles:
  • Nurse Practitioner, Women 's Health

Brian C. Harlan - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer

Brooke Gibbs

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Dogwood Care Team
  • Physician
Board-certified in family medicine, Dr. Gibbs completed medical school at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine and residency at the Medical University of South Carolina- Trident Family Health in Charleston, SC.

Brown, Crystal

Job Titles:
  • Medical Lab Technician

Brunen, Meredith

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chancellor for University Advancement

Brunson, Teesa

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development

Bryony Wardell

Job Titles:
  • Director of Communications and Marketing
  • Media and Communications

Burkett, Christy

Job Titles:
  • Certified Medical Assistant, Primary Care

Bursch, Amanda

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Nurse Manager, Primary Care

Bykowski, Pamela

Job Titles:
  • Physician Assistant, Pine Care Team

C. Dan Adams

Job Titles:
  • Governor

C. Dorn Smith III - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
3rd Judicial Circuit | Physician | B.S., biology, Wofford College, 1980 | M.D., University of South Carolina, 1985 | General Surgery Residency, USC, 1985-1990 | Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Medical College of Georgia, 1990-1992 | Board member since 2010; current term, 2018-2022

Cain, Jessica

Job Titles:
  • Patient Support Specialist, Primary Care

Caldwell, Rebecca

Job Titles:
  • Director of Strategic Health Initiatives

Callicott, Robin

Job Titles:
  • Major Gifts Officer for University Advancement

Castles, Amanda

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Faculty / Staff Wellness

Cato, Emily

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Healthy Carolina

Cauthen, Blair

Job Titles:
  • Assistant AD / Development Operations

Charles "Mike" McKenzie

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Oak Care Team
  • Physician
Board-certified in pediatrics, Dr. McKenzie completed medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina and residency at the University of South Alabama Medical Center.

Cheeseboro, Chaz

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Development

Chestnut, Jarrett

Job Titles:
  • Desktop Support Specialist

Childs, Mary Ruffin

Job Titles:
  • Director of Alumni Engagement

Clark, Derek

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Vice President for Advancement Services

Collin Crick

Job Titles:
  • College of HRSM 's Director
  • Director of Enrollment Management and Professional Development

Compton, Amanda

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement and Stewardship

Craig Locascio

Job Titles:
  • Education and Sales Training Director

Cromer, Monica

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Development

D. Lindsay Pettus

Job Titles:
  • Scholarship

Daley, Katye

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development

Daniel Rascher

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Director of Academic Programs

Daniels, Wesley J.

Job Titles:
  • Director

David Cardenas

Job Titles:
  • Interim Dean

Della Sue Reynolds

Job Titles:
  • Physician Assistant
Certified as a physician assistant, Ms. Reynolds completed her degree at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

DeWolf, Chris

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development, Palmetto College Campuses

Dilip Patel

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner / Microtel Inn

Dixon, Terry

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Development

Doug Cogdell

Job Titles:
  • Director of Information Technology

Dr. Walter P. Collins, III

Job Titles:
  • Dean

Driscoll, Mary

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chancellor for University Advancement

Dry, Shana

Job Titles:
  • Director of Public Information

Duane Parrish

Job Titles:
  • Director

Eleanor Foster Swarat

Job Titles:
  • Help With Donor Relations
  • Help With Gift Planning

Eric Bischofberger

Job Titles:
  • Assistant General Manager

Erica Lake

Job Titles:
  • Director of Corporate Engagement

Erin Hopkins

Job Titles:
  • Nurse Practitioner
Certified as a family nurse practitioner, Ms. Hopkins completed her degree at the University of South Carolina.

Fred "Three" E. Carpenter, III

Job Titles:
  • General Manager / COO / Crow Valley Golf Club

Fritz Polite

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean of Student Affairs / Shenandoah University

Grace Yan


Harris Pastides

Job Titles:
  • President Emeritus
President emeritus Harris Pastides is serving as interim president while the university conducts a national search for its 30th president. Pastides, a professor of epidemiology, joined the university in 1998 as dean of the Arnold School of Public Health. From 2003 to 2008, he served as vice president for research and health sciences.

Henry McMaster

Job Titles:
  • Governor of South Carolina
A.B., history, USC, 1969 | J.D., USC School of Law, 1973 | The Governor is the ex officio Chair of the Board and serves for the duration of his tenure as Governor.

Jamal Brooks

Job Titles:
  • Wealth Manager & Sr. Portfolio Manager / J. Brooks & Company, LLC

Jeffrey Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Department of Retailing

John C. von Lehe Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Chairman Emeritus

John Gerdy

Job Titles:
  • Executive Board
  • Visiting Professor

John Schellhase

Job Titles:
  • Director, New Hotel Openings, Renovation and Transactions - Company Managed Hotels Americas' InterContinental Hotels Group

Judith Chontos-Komorowski

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Oak Care Team

Karen Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Interim Associate Dean of Academic Programs

Karen Riordan - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President

Katelyn Daley

Job Titles:
  • Development

Kathy Smiling

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean of Student Services

Katye Daley

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development

Kim Boone

Job Titles:
  • Conference Director

Kunal Patel

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Operations

L. Cameron Howell IV

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the Board
B.A., english, Washington and Lee University, 1994, magna cum laude | M.Ed., University of Virginia, 2001 | Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2004 |Secretary of the University and of the University of South Carolina's Board of Trustees, April 29, 2021 - present.

Lori Pennington-Gray

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Center and Institute Directors Team
  • Director and Endowed Chair

Madeline Broderick

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to the Dean
Madeline Broderick, Executive Assistant to the Dean College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management

Magnolia Care

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Oak Care Team

Margaret McClinton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Oak Care Team
  • Nurse Practitioner
Certified as a family nurse practitioner, Ms. McClinton completed her degree at the University of South Carolina.

Marianne Bickle

Job Titles:
  • Director of B.a.I.S. and Online Learning

Mark Nagel

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Matt Brown

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Department of Sport and Entertainment Management

Matthew Williams

Job Titles:
  • General Manager

Michael Amiridis

Michael Amiridis has been named the 30th president of the University of South Carolina and will start in the summer of 2022. Amiridis is currently the chancellor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and formerly served as executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of South Carolina from 2009 to 2015.

Michael Money

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Oak Care Team
  • Nurse Practitioner
Certified as a family nurse practitioner, Mr. Money completed his degree at the University of South Carolina.

Molly M. Spearman

Job Titles:
  • State Superintendent of Education

Mr. Peter Han

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Technology

Rich Harrill

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Center and Institute Directors Team
  • Director / International Tourism Research Institute

Richard A. Jones Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Governor

Richard M. Southall

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Center and Institute Directors Team
  • Director / College Sport Research Institute

Robert Corbett

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Dogwood Care Team
  • Physician
Board-certified in family medicine, Dr. Corbett completed medical school at Rush University and residency at Valley Medical Center in Renton, WA.

Robert Coxe

Job Titles:
  • Physician
Robert Coxe, MD Physician Board-certified in family medicine, Dr. Coxe completed medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina and residency at McLeod Family Practice in Florence, SC.

Robin D. Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Alumni Association President
Media Executive | B.A., Advertising and Public Relations, USC, 1976 | Board member, ex officio; current term, 2020-2022

Robin DiPietro

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Center and Institute Directors Team
  • Director / International Institute for Foodservice Research and Education
  • Director, School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management
  • Professor and Ph.D. Program Director / School of Hotel

Sam Todd

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean of Faculty and Operations

Scott Kaplan - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer

Thad H. Westbrook

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chairman

Thomas Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Library
The primary library for students at the University of South Carolina, Thomas Cooper Library houses seven levels of research materials, subject matter experts and partner organizations that complement your learning experience.

Thomas Harrison, III

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Regional Director, Sales

Tina Weaver

Job Titles:
  • Director of Alumni and External Relations

Todd C. Koesters

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Center and Institute Directors Team

Warren Jahn

Job Titles:
  • HR Business Partner - Growth and Commercial Functions

William "Bill" S. Dissen

Job Titles:
  • Executive Chef and Owner / the Market Place Restaurant

Woody Eckard

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Economics / Business School / University of Colorado - Denver