The Board of Trustees is responsible for providing governance and oversight of Furman University and for identifying, deliberating and acting upon matters of strategic importance to the university’s well-being and successful achievement of its mission and goals.
Board Members
View a current list of board members and read their biographies.
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Charles Ambrose
Chancellor, Henderson State University
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Kevin R. Bryant
Managing Director, Marsh McLennan
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Kevin T. Byrne
Chief Executive Officer, The University Financing Foundation
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Christi Newsom Byron
Retired President, Southeast for NFP Corporation
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Jolley Bruce Christman
Founder, Research for Action
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Thomas Cullen
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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Cynthia Davis
Former Vice President, Nike, Inc. & President, Nike Golf
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Kristin Baucom Davies
Partner – Family-Owned Business Franchises
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Lee C. Dilworth
Founder and CEO, ReVIDA Recovery Centers
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Frances Ellison
RETIRED
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Johnna Frierson
Asst. Dean, Graduate & Postdoctoral Diversity & Inclusion/Asst. Professor of the Practice of Medical Education at Duke University School of Medicine
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David L. Hauser
Chairman and CEO (Retired), FairPoint Communications, Inc.
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Robert E. Hill
Retired CEO, Acosta, Inc.
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Yendelela Neely Holston
Partner & Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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Mark A. Kaiser
Independent Consultant
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Raymond B. King
President and CEO, Zoo Atlanta
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James A. Lanier Jr.
Retired Vice President, Interface
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David Laxer
PRESIDENT / OWNER, BERN’S STEAK HOUSE
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Anthony W. McDade
Retired Executive Director, United Ministries
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Traci Miller
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGIST
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Jason Richards
Global Business Director, NAI Earle Furman
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Paul Robertson
Partner, Edge Capital Group LLC
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Susan Thomson Shi
Retired First Lady and Civic and Community Volunteer
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A. Alexander Taylor
Retired Chairman and CEO, FGX International
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Elizabeth B. Taylor
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Brenda J. Thames
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF ACADEMIC EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PRISMA HEALTH
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Lizanne Thomas
Chair, Corporate Governance Practice
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Rachelle H. Thompson
Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Carpenter Technology Corporation
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C. Kemmons Wilson, III
Principal, Kemmons Wilson Companies
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Matthew W. Wilson, MD, FACS
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Director, Hamilton Eye Institute
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Richard W. Wrenn
President (Retired), Premier Magnesia, LLC
Trustees Emeriti
Trustees emeriti are former board members who have made extraordinary contributions to Furman.
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Robert H. Buckman
Former CEO, Bulab Holdings, Inc.
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Merl Code
Counsel, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak, & Stewart
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John C. Cothran
Retired Chair, Cothran Company and Past President, Greenville Board of Realtors and Home Builders Association
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Ravenel B. Curry III
Founder and Co-CIO, Eagle Capital Management, LLC.
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W. Randy Eaddy
Former President and CEO, The Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County/Former Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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David G. Ellison
Wealth Management Advisor, Northwestern Mutual
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P. Edwin Good Jr.
Founder, Hampton Development Co.
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Sean P. Hartness
CEO of Hartness Development
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Francie Heller
MANAGING PARTNER
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William B. Howes
Retired CEO, Inland Paperboard & Packaging, Inc.
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Stanford J. Jennings
Southeast Central Regional Sales Manager, New Balance Athletics, Inc.
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Carl F. Kohrt
Former Interim President, Furman/Former President and CEO, Battelle
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Richard W. Riley
Former U.S. Secretary of Education and former SC governor
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Leighan Roberts Rinker
Founder and President, Beginnings of Palm Beach County
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Daniel S. Sanders
Former President, ExxonMobil Chemical Company and former Chairman, American Chemical Council
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Emilyn Childs Sanders
Member of the Board of Trustees, Upcountry History Museum
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Elizabeth Peace Stall
Founding President, The Peace Center
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Peace Sullivan
Retired Psychoanalyst
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David Trone
U.S. House of Representatives; Founder and Former CEO/President, Total Wine & More
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Baxter M. Wynn
Retired Minister of Pastoral Care and Community Relations, First Baptist Church
Staff
Meet the staff who serve as a liaison between board members and our community.
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Liz Seman
Chief of Staff, Liaison to the Board of Trustees
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Meagan Magnus
Executive Assistant for Chief of Staff and Liaison to the Board of Trustees, Office of the General Counsel
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Michelle Shaw
Executive Assistant to the President and the Provost