At the start of each spring semester, the Executive Council assesses student qualifications
as provided in grade reports from USC's Office of the Registrar.
Executive Council Officers 2024-2025
President
Kathy Snediker
Assistant Head of Research & Instruction
University Libraries
snediker@mailbox.sc.edu
Past President
Gwendelyn Geidel
Affiliate Faculty and Distinguished Research Professor Emerita,
School of Earth, Ocean and Environment
College of Arts and Sciences
geidel@environ.sc.edu
Secretary
Craig Keeney
Cataloging Librarian
South Caroliniana Library
ckeeney@mailbox.sc.edu
Treasurer
Mary Horton
Assistant Dean
University Libraries
hortonmc@mailbox.sc.edu
Historian
Sarah B. Wise
Retired Faculty
College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management
Executive Council Members
Lorraine Aun
Faculty Fulbright Coordinator,
Office for International Scholars
aun@mailbox.sc.edu
Ward Briggs
Distinguished Carolina Professor Emeritus, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
College of Arts and Sciences
briggsw@mailbox.sc.edu
Ron Cox
Dean, Palmetto College Columbia
Palmetto College
roncox@mailbox.sc.edu
Jack Goldsmith
Clinical Professor, Cell Biology & Anatomy
School of Medicine Columbia
jack.goldsmith@uscmed.sc.edu
Jennifer Gunter
English/Speech
College of Arts and Sciences
gunter2@mailbox.sc.edu
D. Eric Holt
Associate Professor, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
College of Arts and Sciences
deholt01@mailbox.sc.edu
Thomas Lekan
Professor, History
College of Arts and Sciences
lekan@mailbox.sc.edu
Douglas Meade
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences
meade@mailbox.sc.edu
Clifford Scott
Retired, former Director, USC Equal Opportunity Programs
cliffscott@sc.rr.com
Alicia Wilson
Professor, School of the Earth, Ocean & Environment,
College of Arts and Sciences
awilson@seoe.sc.edu
Chappell Wilson
Assistant Dean for Administration
South Carolina Honors College
cswilson@mailbox.sc.edu
Lara Lomicka Anderson (ex-officio)
Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies