The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium Board of Directors will hold its annual meeting from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 29, 2024. The meeting will be held virtually.
Members of the media and the public are invited to attend. Please register on/by Monday, October 21 at www.scseagrant.org/bod-registration.
Items on the agenda include a discussion of the agency’s FY2025-2026 state budget request; an update on the agency’s program performance including highlights of the year’s activities; discussion of the upcoming federal site review and election of the next Consortium Board Chair and Vice-Chair.
The Consortium’s Board of Directors is composed of the executive officers of its member institutions. Current board members are: Mr. Robert H. Boyles, Jr., director of S.C. Department of Natural Resources and Consortium Board Chair; Consortium Board Vice-Chair; Dr. Geoffrey I. Scott, Clinical Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at University of South Carolina; Dr. James P. Clements, president of Clemson University; Dr. Michael T. Benson, president of Coastal Carolina University; Dr. Luther F. Carter, president of Francis Marion University; Dr. David J. Cole, president of Medical University of South Carolina; General Glenn M. Walters, president of The Citadel; Dr. Andrew T. Hsu, president of College of Charleston; Colonel Alexander Conyers, president of South Carolina State University; and Dr. Michael Amiridis, president of University of South Carolina.