Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees Members
Dr. David Miller ‘84, Chair
Co-Founder / Chief Operating
Officer
Our Weekly
Los Angeles, California
Dr. Traci Young-Cooper, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Director
Richland School District One
Columbia, South Carolina
Reverend James Williams ‘71, M.Ed, M.Div, D.Min., Treasurer
(Retired) Vice President of Student Affairs
Tri County Technical College
Senior Pastor
Easley Union Missionary Baptist Church
Easley, South Carolina
Reverend Calhoun Walpole, Secretary
The Episcopal Church of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Dr. Michelle Meekins ‘74, Ph.D.
(Retired) Assistant Superintendent for School
Elementary Schools Group Two
Leadership Parliamentarian
Greenville, South Carolina
Mr. Kevin Voorhees Carroll
Real Estate Advisor
Colliers
Los Angles California
Mr. Arturo Chavez, AIA, LEEP AP
Senior Principal I Architect
Houston, Texas
Reverend Sam Davis ‘79
Pastor, Beulah Grove
Baptist Church
Augusta, Georgia
Reverend Deacon Dianna
Deaderick
Vicar
Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina
Ms. Tiffany Gary '04
President, VU NAA
team Lead Patient Access (Healthcare IT)
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Attorney Laverne Lewis Gaskins
Attorney
Law Office Of Laverne Lewis
Gaskins P.C
Augusta, GA
Reverend Solomon Jackson, Jr., L.H.D, D.D.
Philanthropist
Pastor/Founder of Solomon’s Temple
Columbia, South Carolina
Dr. LaTonya Gillespie-Johnson, DDS ‘09
Owner
Southern Pearl Dentistry
College Park, Georgia
Mr. Jonathan Leysath '07
Interim Northeast Florida Regional
Manager at Self-Help Credit
Union
Mr. John Loveday
Vice President of Innovation and
Growth
Rhodes Branding
Columbia, South Carolina
Dr. Dan Martin ‘77, Ph.D.
Agency Owner
Dan Martin Agency / Allstate Insurance
Company
Charleston, South Carolina
Mr. Scott McGregor
Senior Diversity and Inclusion
Leader
Cisco Systems
Durham, NC
Mr. Nathaniel Miller '82
Interim Director, Department of
Public Works
Department of Transportation
Columbia, South Carolina
Dr. Samuel Ntewusu, Ph.D.
Institute of African Studies
University of Ghana
Legon-Accra, Ghana
Dr. Fulton Porter, MD
Physician
Flossmoor, Illinois
Attorney Leslie Simpson
Attorney
South Carolina Assoc of Counties
Columbia, South Carolina
Mrs. Leah Taylor ‘64
(Retired) Program Coordinator
Howard University
Denmark, South Carolina
Bishop Ruth Woodlift-Stanley - Proxy
bishop@episcopalchurchsc.org
The Rt. Rev. Daniel P. Richards – Proxy
The Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina
Ronnie Hopkins, Ph.D.
President
Voorhees University
Denmark, South Carolina
Trustees Representatives
Marcus Amos, Ph.D.
Faculty Representative
President, Voorhees University
Faculty Senate
Denmark, South Carolina
Mr. Armond Hopkins
SGA Representative
Voorhees University