2025-2026 Board of Directors
Board Chair
Melanie Stith, Culture Wins/The McNair Group
Chair-Elect, Marketing & Communications Chair
Peter LaMotte, Chernoff Newman
Immediate Past Chair
Barbara Melvin, South Carolina Ports Authority
Audit Chair
Chris Glenn, Cape Fear Valley Health System
Community Impact Chair
Don Smith, Hendrick Charleston
Campaign Cabinet Chair
Michael Samuel, SouthState Bank
Finance Chair
B. Shawan Gillians, Santee Cooper
Investment Committee Chair
Brenda Szymanowski, AstenJohnson
HR & Governance Chair
Cathy Almquist, Community Volunteer
2025-2026 Board Members
- Rita Berry, Greater Summerville/Dorchester County Chamber of Commerce
- P.J. Browning, Evening Post Publishing
- Eric Craine, First Citizens Bank
- Brad Davis, Community Volunteer
- Joseph Deleon, Roper St. Francis Healthcare
- B. Keith Faulkner, JD, LLM, MBA, Charleston Southern University
- Bob Fei, Life Cycle Engineering
- Travis Frank, South Carolina Ports Authority
- CJ Gathers, Big Borthers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry
- David Ginn, Charelston Regional Development Alliance
- Mollie Gore, Santee Cooper
- Greg Habib, City of Goose Creek
- Courtney Howard, Ph.D., College of Charleston
- Scott Howell, Ground Swell Capital
- Deon Jackson, Community Volunteer
- Todd Lant, Blackbaud
- Mark Lattanzio, Truist Bank
- Katie McCravy, SC Women in Leadership
- Lauren Nilan, Elliott Davis LLC
- Rev. Marion Platt, Star Gospel
- Casandra Price, AstenJohnson
- Marcela Rabens, Universal Latin News & Charleston Latin Guide
- Geona Shaw Johnson, City of Charleston
- Jerome Smalls, Charleston Police Department
- Jimmy Staton, Santee Cooper
- Jeremy Willits, Harbor Commercial Partners
- Jon Witherow, Nucor Company
- Bill Zobel, Banks Construction
Trident United Way Life Directors
Trident United Way Life Directors are pillars in our community who demonstrate a deep commitment to the Tri-County region and embody the core values upheld by Trident United Way —Integrity, Respect, Opportunity, Collaboration and Innovation. Each honoree has been duly nominated and unanimously conferred the title of Life Director by the Trident United Way Board of Directors.