DIS ABILITIES FOUNDATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- IT Director of the College of Medicine
Ben Rogers currently serves as IT Director of the College of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. In addition to serving on the board of the DisABILITIES Foundation of Charleston County, he also serves on the board at the Family Resource Center for Disabilities and Special needs, which serves the Tricounty area. He is a parent of an individual with a developmental disability.
For the last twenty-five years, Mr. Ewing has worked with individual and institutional clients on setting investment policy, establishing asset allocation with risk guidelines, selecting investment managers and monitoring those managers and their performance against established criteria. Held position of vice chairman and member of the SC Retirement Commission. Served as Chairman of the DisABILITIES Foundation and is serving currently as an active board member.
Dorothy L. White retired from the Disabilities Board of Charleston County after 20 years of service as an Executive Assistant. She is also a U.S. Army Veteran. She is a graduate of Southern Wesleyan University and an avid Dallas Cowboys fan. Dorothy lives in Goose Creek with her husband James.
Job Titles:
- Vice - Chairman
- Director of Digital Strategies and Innovation
Erick Lemon is the Director of Digital Strategies and Innovation at MUSC Libraries. In this position, Erick Leads innovative new technology efforts to support the research and education of students, faculty, and staff. In his current role, he has served as Principal Investigator of a Technology Improvement grant awarded by the Network of the National Library of Medicine. Erick is the co-author of Using Virtual Cohorts for Wellness, Problem-Solving, and Leadership Development. He holds a Master of Science in Information Technology from Kennesaw State University and a Bachelor of Science in Technology Support and Training Management from the University of South Carolina.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Access Specialist
Victoria Drohan is the Access Specialist in the Center for Disability Services at the College of Charleston. Victoria has dedicated her career to working with children, youth, and college students in schools, hospitals, and higher education settings, particularly those with disabilities. She knows the challenges the disabled community faces first hand, as she was diagnosed with mild cerebral palsy at the age of three. Prior to her current position, she worked with AccessAbility as a transition specialist. Currently, she is on the SCAHEAD board as the co-programming chair. Other community highlights include giving a TEDx talk in 2017 titled "How to Interact with Disabled People," being part of the Link20 movement, and also being invited to the Link20 National Leadership Conference in Baltimore in 2019. She also helped create the Disabilities Inclusion Program (D.I.P.) in the Office of Workforce Development at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Victoria graduated from the College of Charleston in 2014 with her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and from Boston College in 2019 with her Master of Social Work.