Occupation:
President, Francis Marion College; Retired Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
Previous Experience:
Executive Director, South Carolina Budget and Control Board; Senior Executive Assistant to Governor Carroll Campbell; Faculty Member and Political Science Department Chairman, College of Charleston
Community Involvement:
S.C. Bar Association Commission for an Independent Judiciary; Board of Trustees, Carolina Hospital System; Chair, South Carolina Commission for International Cooperation and Agreements; Recipient, Order of the Palmetto, Public Official of the Year Award (South Carolina Regional Councils of Government), Public Servant of the Year Award (South Carolina Chamber of Commerce), Governor’s Award in the Humanities, American Association of University Professors’ Ralph Brown Award, the National Governors’ Association Distinguished State Executive Award, and the Lucius D. Clay Medal from the Federation of German-American Clubs
Education:
B.A., University of Central Florida; M.P.A. and Ph.D., the University of South Carolina
