
Board of Directors (2026-2027)

Carter Hudgins
Chair
Charleston, SC

Louis Venters
Secretary
Florence, SC

Brian Branton
Member
Edgefield, SC

Bill Fitzpatrick
Member
Greenville, SC

Josh Johnson
Member
Pendleton, SC

George Thornton
Member
Edgefield, SC

Fred Delk
Vice Chair
Columbia, SC

John Hildreth
Past Chair
Charleston, SC

Jay Ervin
Member
Darlington, SC

Vivian Glover
Member
Orangeburg, SC

Donnie Love, Jr.
Member
Spartanburg, SC

Cecil Williams
Member
Orangeburg, SC

Bill Comer
Treasurer
Lexington, SC

David Blake
Member
Aiken, SC

Janie Campbell
Member
Columbia, SC

Willie Jeffries
Member
Orangeburg, SC

Sarah Spruill
Member
Cheraw, SC

Timika Wilson
Member
Union, SC
Ex-Officio

Elizabeth Johnson
Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer
South Carolina Department of
Archives and History

Joe McGill
Founder & Executive Director
The Slave Dwelling Project

Joseph C. Mester
Assistant Site Director, Historic Brattonsville
Confederation of South Carolina Local Historical Societies
