CLAW Community Advisory Board
The CLAW Community Advisory Board encourages collaboration, inclusivity, and community engagement in promoting Lowcountry and Atlantic World research and scholarship.
Anna-Catherine Alexander
Director of Advocacy Initiatives
Lorna Shelton-Beck
Carribean Culture & Hertiage
Beth Bush
Kellen Butler
President and Director
Friends of the Hunley
Nic Butler
Historian
Elizabeth Chew
CEO, South Carolina Historical Society
Sterling de Vries
Director of Education, Gaillard Center
John Fisher
Curator of Archaeology, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Museum
Paul Garbarini
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø History Specialist/Tour Guide
David George
Mebkin Abbey
Elyse D. Gerstenecker
Curator of Decorative Arts
Grey Gowder
Rhoda A. Green
Camela Guevara ‘10
Community Engagement Coordinator
Lisa Hayes
Archivist
Katie Hirsch
Director and Chief Curator
Nicole Isenbarger
Archaeologist
D. Andrew Johnson
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
Kailey Jones
Education Coordinator, Gaillard Center
Amalia Leifeste
Historic Preservation
Valinda Littlefield
Director, Africana Studies
University of South Carolina Professor of History
Gabriel Long
Renee Marshall
John Navin
Katherine Pemberton
Valerie Perry
Aiken-Rhett House
Harriet Pierce
Librarian
Patricia Ploehn
Historic Preservation Specialist
Bernie Powers
Emeritus Professor of African American History
Director
Brenna Reilley
Associate Curator
Ian Sanchez
Community Organization/Barbados Connection
Jenna Simpson
Victoria Smalls
Smalls Cultural Resources
Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Steward & Environmental Strategist
Philip Smith
Classical and Traditional Vernacular Architecture (professor)
Toby Smith
Head Cultural History Interpretation Coordinator
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø County Park Service
Brandon Stone
Development Officer
Emily West