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40 Movers and Shapers

Photos 62Issue August 2015
Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr.Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on Calhoun StreetThe Emanuel AME Nine: Ethel Lance, The Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, Tywanza Sanders, The Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., Susie Jackson, DePayne Middleton-Doctor, Cynthia Hurd, The Rev. Clementa Pinckney, and Myra Thompson (watercolor by Jia Sung)Congressman James E. ClyburnBusinesswoman & philanthropist Anita ZuckerFormer police chief Reuben Greenberg (1943-2014)Dr. Ted Stern (1912-2013)Spoleto Festival USA founder Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007), right, pictured with Ted SternSpoleto general director Nigel ReddenPiccolo Spoleto founder Ellen Dressler MorylHalsey Institute of Contemporary Art director Mark SloanWhen Chris Weihs and Franz Meier (not pictured) purchased The Colony House in 1976 and raised the bar for fine dining in Charleston.SNOB chef Frank LeeLouis Osteen opened Louis’s Charleston Grill in 1989.Donald Barickman refined the culinary genre into “Uptown Down South” at Magnolia’s in the 1990s.MCCrady’s & Husk chef Sean BrockThe Ordinary and FIG chef-owner Mike LataHominy Grill chef Robert StehlingFIG chef Jason Stanhope, right, with farmer Pete AmbroseConservationist brothers Hugh & Charles LaneHistoric Charleston Foundation director Kitty RobinsonTrident Technical College president Mary ThornleyCharleston Convention & Visitors Bureau executive director Helen HillSouth Carolina Ports Authority CEO Jim NewsomeBenefactor Martha Rivers IngramSouth Carolina Community Loan Fund executive director Michelle MappCharleston Parks Conservancy founder Darla MooreThe Rev. Joseph A. DarbyNorth Charleston Mayor R. Keith SummeyFormer Mount Pleasant town council member Thomasena Stokes-MarshallFormer Charleston County School District superintendent Nancy McGinleyErnest F. “Fritz” HollingsThaddeus Bell, MDArchitect and advocate Whitney PowersCharles P. Darby Jr., MDJazz singer and former Jazz Artists of Charleston executive director Leah SuárezJazz historian, writer, & advocate Jack McCray (1947-2011)Trident United Way CEO Chris KerriganEntrepreneur Steve SwansonLowcountry Local First executive director Jamee HaleyRiverDogs co-owner Bill MurrayRiverDogs co-owner Mike VeeckThe I’On Company cofounder Vince GrahamBenefitfocus CEO Shawn Jenkins (pictured with his family)Ruth Heffron was the first director of the Coastal Community Foundation in 1981.Coastal Conservation League cofounder Dana BeachCharleston Wine + Food Festival cofounder Angel PostellCharleston Wine + Food Festival cofounder & Circa 1886 chef Marc CollinsReal estate developer & Bennett Hospitality founder Michael BennettDarius RuckerFr. Francis Kline (1949-2006)Historian and advocate Millicent Brown, Ph.D.Poet, teacher, book store owner, & YALLFest founder Jonathan SanchezDancer, choreographer, & artistic director Robert Ivey (1937-2011)Arts ambassador Lese CorriganCharleston County Parks & Recreation Commission executive director Tom O’RourkeForester & longleaf pine whisperer Michael PrevostSkirt! founder & women’s issues advocate Nikki HardinJennet Robinson Alterman, former director of the Center for WomenBicycling advocate Don SparksCharleston Moves board chair Tom BradfordLocal Shrimpers

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