Board of Directors

The Medical University of South Carolina's Alumni Association's board of directors (formally known as the MUSC Joint Alumni Board) provides oversight for MUSC's alumni programs and evaluates matters of mutual concern and interest for all the constituent groups. Each college association appoints four representatives to the Joint Alumni Board. The presidency of the Board rotates among the colleges.

2009-2010 MUSC Joint Alumni Board

President
Ms. Karlayne Toole ('01)

Immediate Past President
Dr. Charles L. "Buddy" Garrett ('66)

Representatives by College:

College of Dental Medicine
Dr. Michael Nimmich ('84) - President
Dr. Deborah Broyles ('88) - President Elect
Dr. Calvin Fuller ('76) - Immediate Past President
Dr. Richard Albenesius ('83), Faculty Alumni Liaison

College of Graduate Studies
Dr. Donald L. Wilbur ('74) - President
Dr. Carol J. Lancaster ('74)
Dr. Debra J. Hazen-Martin ('84)

College of Health Professions
Mr. Don Lundy ('74) - President
Ms. Lynn Shull ('01) - Immediate Past President
Ms. Patty Houser ('81, '86)
Ms. Lauren Melton, Faculty Alumni Liaison

College of Medicine
Dr. Charles L. (Buddy) Garrett ('66) - President
Dr. Stoney Abercrombie ('76) - Immediate Past President
Dr. Peter C. Gazes ('44), Assistant Dean for Alumni Affairs
Dr. Henry W. Rittenberg ('56)

College of Nursing
Ms. Karlayne Toole ('01) - President
Ms. Susan Newman ('95, '08) - President Elect
Dr. Nancy Finch ('85) - Immediate Past President
Ms. Mardi G. Long, Alumni Liaison

College of Pharmacy
Dr. David Shirley ('02) - President
Mr. Terry Blackmon ('80) - President Elect
Dr. Arnold Karig
Dr. David Owings ('60)

Ex-Officio Members
Ms. Jean Grooms, Director, Office of Alumni Affairs
Mr. William J. Fisher, Vice President for Development


Efforts sponsored by the MUSC Joint Alumni Board have included the establishment of an endowment fund for the Alumni Association, development of a Joint Alumni Board scholarship award of $2,000 given to a continuing student of a different MUSC college each year, an organization-wide celebration of the Alumni Association's 100th birthday in 1992, publication of alumni directories of MUSC graduates and the allocation of a centennial donation of $10,000 to assist with the restoration of the Medical University of South Carolina's St. Luke's Chapel after Hurricane Hugo.