UofSC announces presidential search committee members

The University of South Carolina announced Wednesday the members of a search committee charged with recommending candidates to replace President Harris Pastides, who will retire as president this summer after a decade of leadership.

The first committee meeting will be held at the in the Osborne Administration Building, room 107c, on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. The Board of Trustees will ultimately select among the four candidates recommended by the committee. The makeup of the search committee is determined by the bylaws of the Board of Trustees and will include the following individuals:

Board Representatives

• Hubert F. Mobley, Trustee, 6^th Judicial Circuit, Search Committee Chair
• William C. Hubbard – Trustee, 5^th Judicial Circuit
• Leah B. Moody – Trustee, 16^th Judicial Circuit
• C. Dorn Smith III – Trustee, 3^rd Judicial Circuit
• Eugene P. Warr, Jr. – Trustee, 4^th Judicial Circuit

Faculty Representatives

• Marco Valtorta – USC Columbia Faculty Senate Chair; College of Engineering and Computing
• Julius Fridriksson – USC Columbia Faculty Representative; Arnold School of Public Health
• Araceli Hernandez-Laroche – System Faculty Representative; College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, USC Upstate

Student Representative

• Taylor Wright – USC Columbia Student Government President

Alumni Representative

• Robert F. Dozier, Jr. – Trustee, USC Alumni Association President

Foundation Representative

• William C. “W.C.” Hammett, Jr. – USC Foundations  

Special Advisors

• Mark W. Buyck, Jr. – Trustee, Gubernatorial Designee
• Miles Loadholt – Trustee, 2^nd Judicial Circuit