Charity Ball Board of Greenville announces new members for the 2017 Rose Ball
January 3, 2017
At its recent meeting, the Charity Ball Board of Greenville welcomed its new slate of members and executive leadership for the 2017 Rose Ball, which will be held on Friday, September 15, 2017, at The Poinsett Club. Long-time board member and Rose Ball volunteer Joyce Parks received a unanimous vote for Honorary Lifetime Membership on the Charity Ball Board of Greenville, the governing body of the Rose Ball.
2016-17 Charity Ball Board of Greenville
The following community leaders serve on the 2016-17 Charity Ball Board of Greenville:
Executive Committee
Mr. Charles Michael Smith, President
Mr. David Lee Beard, Vice President
Mrs. Edward Perry Heidtman, IV (Leigh), Secretary
Mr. Alan Monroe Robinson, Treasurer
Mrs. William Tap Haley (Jennifer), Rose Ball Chairman
Mrs. David Alan Wilson (Wendy), Rose Ball Vice Chairman
Mr. Brian Alan Rogers, Benefactors Committee Chairman
Mr. Charles Clark Mickel, Benefactors Committee Vice Chairman
Mrs. Don Wayne Cooley (Kimberly), Beneficiaries Committee Chairman
Mrs. Francis Douglas Pickney Evans (Pam), Beneficiaries Committee Vice Chairman
Mr. Benjamin Thomas Rook, Past President
Mrs. Rodney Leon Grandy, III (Linda), Ex-Officio Member
Board Members from the 2017 Rose Ball Committee
Mrs. Franklin Michael Selvy (Katherine), Past Rose Ball Chairman
Mrs. Mason Anderson Goldsmith, junior (Jeannette), Arrangements Chairman
Mrs. Allison Elizabeth Fox (Allison), Food and Wine
Mrs. Stephen Christopher Spinks (Allison), Decorations
Mrs. Robert Baldwin Thompson, III (Murray), Invitations Chairman
Mrs. William Vann Kastler, junior (Lesa), Invitations/Computer List
Mrs. Irving Eugene Peterson (Holly), Publicity/Social Media
Mrs. Samuel David Prince (Jamie), Publicity
Mrs. Andrew Ritchie Bullock (Mandy), Roses/Corporate
Mrs. Howard Lee Einstein (Angi), Seating Chairman
Members at Large
Mrs. Herbert Lynn Harton (Flavia)
Mr. William Heyward Pelham
Mr. Phillip Harris Peterson, junior
Mrs. Bradford Gage Weekes, IV (Cary)
Mr. Erik Bryan Whaley
Lifetime Honorary Members
Mr. Gordon Lee Cory
Mrs. Erving Arthur Dreskin (Jeanet)
Ms. Joyce Batchelor Parks
Joyce Parks Receives Lifetime Honorary Membership
By a unanimous vote among the Charity Ball Board of Directors’ Executive Committee at its September 2016 meeting, Mrs. Joyce Batchelor Parks received Lifetime Honorary Membership on the Charity Ball Board of Greenville.
According to the Constitution of the Charity Ball Board, nominees for Honorary Lifetime Membership “shall have exhibited the highest degree of dedication and service through years of continuous support for The Rose Ball.”
Joyce Parks has held a leadership role in fourteen of the last sixteen Rose Balls and has been involved in sixteen of the twenty-four Rose Balls – a full two-thirds of all Balls since the Ball originated in 1971. Below is a snapshot of Mrs. Parks’ leadership service, beginning with the 1987 Rose Ball.
1987 Entertainment Chairman
1989 Director
1993 Menu and Beverages Chairman
1995 Rose Ball Co-Chairman
1997 Rose Ball Chairman
1999 Past Rose Ball Chairman
2003 Beneficiaries Vice Chairman
2005-2015 Director
2017 Lifetime Honorary Member
“It is rare opportunity to be able to recognize someone as generous as Joyce Parks to Honorary Lifetime Membership,” said Mike Smith, President of the Charity Ball Board of Greenville. “Those who know her are not surprised in the least, as she deserves this and all praise for her personal contributions and effective leadership over these past four decades to the Board, the Rose Ball, and, equally important, to the many charities we have assisted in our community.”
“I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve on the Charity Ball Board since 1987 and for being so involved with The Rose Ball,” said Joyce Parks. “I was Chairman of the Ball in 1997 and worked that year and many more with such wonderful and talented people. I am so proud of the contributions we have made to the community for so many worthwhile and deserving causes.”
About The Rose Ball
Known as “The Grandest Ball of Them All,” The Rose Ball is Greenville’s longest-running charitable community event, celebrated biennially and featuring more than 4,000 roses. Since its inception in 1971, The Rose Ball has provided more than $3.3 million in funding to benefit the physical, emotional, and cultural needs of the people of Greenville. Over the past 45 years, The Rose Ball has established a reputation of being one of the most beautiful, elegant affairs in the Southeast.
The 24th Rose Ball will take place on Friday, September 15, 2017, at the Poinsett Club. For more information about or to reserve tickets for the 2017 Rose Ball, visit http://www.theroseball.org/.
