Honors College Advisory Board
The Honors College Advisory Board brings together alumni, parents, and community members who use their expertise to support you as an Honors College student.
Board members offer professional expertise, unique perspectives, and access to opportunites, all to help the Honors College accomplish its goal: Providing talented students with a place where they can flourish and grow.
The Honors College Advisory Board
Providing yet another level of support to help Honors College students thrive.
2025/26 Honors College Advisory Board
Chair
Mindy Hong
Educational Consultant and Instructor with the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Honors College
Vice Chair
Chris Bailey '12, '15Head Cross Country Coach with the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
Secretariat
Mary Conley '94Southeast Marine Conservation Director with The Nature Conservancy
Student Representative
Jakob Highducheck '27Biology & environmental and sustainability studies double-major at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Honors College
Board Members
David Adams
Distinguished University Professor of Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina
Elizabeth Crotty
Early Childhood and ESOL(K-12) with Dorchester School District
Jerry Crotty
Systems analyst with the Scientific Research Corporation
Neil W. Draisin '65
Founder and Optometrist, Draisin Vision Group
Kenny Gardner '08
Attorney with Butler Snow LLP
Emily Giarrocco '10
Adjunct Instructor with the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Department of Biology
Justin Herp '15
Manager, National Tax Practice with Elliott Davis
Caroline Kenny '15
White House Producer with NBC News
Sabine Lang
Former Director with MEKRA Lang North America
Jacki Lovegrove
Former Business Development Manager with Owens Corning
Robb Lovegrove
Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Milliken & Company
Kelley McWhirter
Art historian and member of the Society 1858 auxiliary group at the Gibbes Museum of Art
Anna Musselman '92
Teacher-Librarian with Fort Dorchester High
Isaiah Nelson '12
Principal at McKenna Media
John Newell
Dean emeritus of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Honors College
Nathan C. Rowland
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery & Neurology at MUSC
Sam Stafford '68
Retired Dermatologist with Mt. Pleasant Dermatology
Susan West Story '93
Former Peer Mentor with the US Department of State