At the start of each spring semester, the Executive Council assesses student qualifications as provided in grade reports from USC's Office of the Registrar.

Executive Council Officers 2024-2025

President
Kathy Snediker
Assistant Head of Research & Instruction
University Libraries
snediker@mailbox.sc.edu

Past President
Gwendelyn Geidel 
Affiliate Faculty and Distinguished Research Professor Emerita, 
School of Earth, Ocean and Environment 
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences 
geidel@environ.sc.edu

Secretary/Historian
Craig Keeney
Cataloging Librarian
South Caroliniana Library
ckeeney@mailbox.sc.edu

Treasurer
Mary Horton 
Assistant Dean 
University Libraries 
hortonmc@mailbox.sc.edu

 

Executive Council Members

Lorraine Aun 
Faculty Fulbright Coordinator, 
Office for International Scholars 
aun@mailbox.sc.edu

Ron Cox 
Dean, Palmetto College Columbia 
Palmetto College
roncox@mailbox.sc.edu

Jack Goldsmith
Clinical Professor, Cell Biology & Anatomy
School of Medicine Columbia
jack.goldsmith@uscmed.sc.edu

D. Eric Holt
Associate Professor, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences
deholt01@mailbox.sc.edu

Thomas Lekan
Professor, History 
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences
lekan@mailbox.sc.edu

Douglas Meade
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences
meade@mailbox.sc.edu

Clifford Scott 
Retired, former Director, USC Equal Opportunity Programs
cliffscott@sc.rr.com

Alicia Wilson  
Professor, School of the Earth, Ocean & Environment, 
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences
awilson@seoe.sc.edu

Chappell Wilson 
Assistant Dean for Administration 
South Carolina Honors College 
cswilson@mailbox.sc.edu

Lara Lomicka Anderson (ex-officio) 
Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies