ULI Center for Sustainable Leadership

Fifty-four founding class members, equally representing the state's three regions (Upstate, Midlands and Coastal), were selected to participate in this unique and rare opportunity to acquire rich knowledge, critical resources and an invaluable support network for developing a shared, sustainable vision for the Palmetto State.

Ray Anderson City of North Charleston; Special Assistant to the Mayor
Alan Ballew Furman Co. Investment Advisory Services, LLC; Executive Vice President / Principal
Mary Beth Branham LS3P Associates LTD.; Vice President/Managing Principal (Columbia)
Jim Burns Carolina First; Sr. Vice President of Real Estate
Fred Delk Columbia Development Corporation, Executive Director
M. Richard DeVoe S.C. Sea Grant Consortium; Executive Director
Diane Eldridge Greenville County Planning Commission; Chair
Richard Fletcher N. Augusta Planning Commissioner; Architect
George Fletcher SC Council on Competitiveness; Executive Director
Sam Foster Tower Real Estate Group, LLC; President
Edwin B. Garrison Town of Blythewood; Councilman
Andy Gowder Pratt-Thomas Walker; Shareholder/Attorney
Ben Hagood S.C. House of Representatives; Member
Doug Harper Harper Construction; President
Same Hayes ARCADIS; Charleston Manager
J. Glenn Hollis, Jr. The Beach Co.; Vice President, Development
Tammie Hoy Lowcountry Housing Trust; Executive Director
Phil Hughes Hughes Investments, Inc.; President
Thomas J. Hund LS3P Associates Ltd.; Managing Principal (Charleston)
Alan Kahn Kahn Development Company; President
Matt Kennell City Center Partnership, Inc; President & CEO
Chris Kerrigan Trident United Way; President
Butch Kirven Greenville County Council; Chairman
William H. Lewis, PE Charleston County School District; Executive Director Capital Improvements
Gene Luna, Ph.D. University of South Carolina; Associate Vice President for Student Affairs
W. Leighton Lord III Nexsen Pruet, LLC; Member
Josh Martin City of Charleston; Director of Planning, Preservation & Economic Innovation
H. Lee Mashburn, Jr Mashburn Construction; Vice President
Pat Mason Center for Carolina Living; Co-founder
Bernett William Mazyck SC Association of Community Development Corporation; President & CEO
Ron Mitchum BCD Council of Governments; Executive Director
Stephanie D Monroe, AICP City of Spartanburg, Planning Director
Robert M. Mundy Estates Management Company ; President
Stephen P. Navarro, CRE, CCIM, FRICS The Furman Co., Inc.; President
Don Nickell The Cliffs Communities; Vice President of Planning & Engineering
Thompson E. Penney, FAIA, LEED AP Charleston Chamber of Commerce; President
J. Milton Pope Richland County; Administrator
Chad Prosser SC Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism; Director
Jeffrey B. Randolph The Randolph Group; President
Ron Rasmussen IMI Living; Principal Partner, Finance & Administrative Operations
Neil C. Robinson, Jr. Nexsen Pruet; Managing Member
Kenneth Seeger MeadWestvaco Corporation; President, Community Development Land Management
Bill Settlemyer Setcom Media, Inc.; President & CEO
Kit Smith Richland County Council, District 5
J. Michael Taylor, AIA, LEED AP DP3 Architects, Ltd.; Principal
Todd Usher Addison Homes LLC; President
Dennis Waldrop City of Simpsonville; Mayor
Norm Whitaker Central Midlands Council of Governments; Executive Director
Knox White City of Greenville; Mayor
Nancy Whitworth City of Greenville; Economic Development Director
Brad Wyche Upstate Forever; Executive Director