Board of Trustees – Copy
Board of Trustees Members & Bios (Current Term)
David Miller ‘84, Chair
Co-Founder/Chief Operating Officer,
OurWeekly
Los Angeles, California
Traci Young Cooper, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Director,
Richland School District One
Columbia, South Carolina
Rev. James Williams ‘71,
M.Ed, M.Div, D.Min., Treasurer
Senior Pastor, Easley Union Missionary Baptist Church Easley, South Carolina
Michelle Meekins '74, Ph.D.
(Retired) Assistant Superintendent for School Leadership Elementary Schools Group Two
Greenville, South Carolina
Rev. Calhoun Warpole, Secretary
The Episcopal Church in South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Kevin Voorhees Carroll
Real Estate Advisor, Colliers
Los Angeles, California
Arturo Chavez, AIA, LEEP AP
Senior Principal I Architect, Page
Houston, Texas
Rev. Sam Davis '79
Pastor, Beulah Growve
Greenville, South Carolina
Michelle Meekins '74, Ph.D.
President, Voorhees University National Alumni Association I Team Lead Patient Access, Healthcare It
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Laverne Lewis Gaskins
Attorney at Law, Law Office of Laverne Lewis Gaskins P.C
Augusta, Georgia
Jerome Geathers '72
CEO, Geathers Enterprises, Inc.
Huntersville, North Carolina
Arturo Chavez, AIA, LEEP AP
Senior Principal I Architect, Page
Houston, Texas
Jerome Geathers ‘72
CEO
Geathers Enterprises, Inc.
Huntsville, North Carolina
Term: 2021 – 2024
LaTonya Gillespie-Johnson, DDS ‘09
Owner
Southern Pearl Dentistry
College Park, Georgia
Term: 2021 – 2024
Solomon Jackson, Jr., L.H.D, D.D.
Philanthropist
Pastor/Founder of Solomon’s Temple
Columbia, South Carolina
Term: 2022 – 2025
John Loveday
Vice President of Innovation and Growth
Rhodes Branding
Columbia, South Carolina
Term: 2022 – 2025
Dan Martin ‘77
Agency Owner
Dan Martin Agency / Allstate Insurance Company
Charleston, South Carolina
Term: 2020 – 2023
Nathaniel Miller
Interim Director, Department of Public Works
Department of Transportation
Columbia, South Carolina
Term: 2022 - 2025
Linda Flowers McCullough ‘76
(Retired) Educator, Atlanta Public Schools
Atlanta, Georgia
Term: 2022 – 2024
Scott McGregor
Senior Diversity and Inclusion Leader
Cisco Systems
Durham, NC
Term: 2022 - 2025
Michelle Meekins ‘74, Ph.D.
(Retired) Assistant Superintendent for School Leadership
Elementary Schools Group Two
Greenville, South Carolina
Term: 2021 – 2024
Samuel Ntewusu, Ph.D.
Institute of African Studies
University of Ghana
Legon-Accra, Ghana
Term: 2022 – 2025
Fulton Porter, MD
Physician
Flossmoor, Illinois
Term: 2022 – 2023
Laverne Lewis Gaskins
Attorney
Law Office Of Laverne Lewis Gaskins P.C
Augusta, GA
Term: 2022 - 2025
Leslie Simpson
Attorney
South Carolina Assoc of Counties
Columbia, South Carolina
Term: 2022 – 2025
Leah Taylor ‘64
(Retired) Program Coordinator
Howard University
Denmark, South Carolina
Term: 2022 – 2023
Kevin Voorhees Carroll
Real Estate Advisor
Colliers
Los Angles California
Term: 2022 - 2025
Tiffany Gary '04
President
Voorhees University National Alumni Association
Term: 2024 - 2026
Trustee Representatives
Marcus Amos, Ph.D.
Faculty Representative
President, Voorhees University Faculty Senate
Denmark, South Carolina
Nicholas Brown
President, Voorhees University
Student Government Association
Denmark, South Carolina
Ex-Officio Members
Ronnie Hopkins, Ph.D.
President
Voorhees University
Denmark, South Carolina
Rev. Daniel Wagner
Vicar
St. Sugustine of Canterbury
Aiken, South Carolina
David Miller ‘84, Chair
Co-Founder/Chief Operating Officer
Ourweekly
Los Angeles, California
David Miller ‘84, Chair
Co-Founder/Chief Operating Officer
Ourweekly
Los Angeles, California
