South Carolina Philharmonic 2007/2008 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Magnificent Seven

Robert E. Stepp, Esq., presidentOfficers

  • Robert E. Stepp, Esq., president (pictured right)
  • James K. Lehman, Esq., immediate past president
  • William McDowell, Jr., treasurer
  • Thomas R. Gottshall, Esq., secretary and parliamentarian

Committees and Chairs

  • Regan Voit, annual fund/strategic planning chair
  • Harold Crawford, education chair
  • William McDowell, Jr., finance chair
  • Thomas R. Gottshall, Esq., governance chair
  • William Danielson, marketing chair
  • J. Richard Palyok, orchestra relations chair
  • Lani Mustard Stringer, Painted Violins chair
  • Petrea Warneck and Doug Graham, players' co-chairs
  • Elizabeth Trenbeath, special events chair
  • R. Emery Clark, Esq., sponsorship chair

Board Members At-Large

  • Anne Bauknight
  • Mary Green Brush
  • R. Emery Clark, Esq.
  • R. Harris Cohn
  • Robert Fletcher
  • Dr. Jack Gottlieb
  • Lynn Hodge, Symphony League president
  • Jared Johnson, music director search committee liaison
  • Dr. Todd Kolb
  • Kevin Markland
  • Sharon Cook McEwen
  • Mary Q. Milling
  • Ellen Monahan
  • Rev. Diane Moseley
  • Bruce W. Shaw, Esq.
  • J. Reeves Skeen
  • Diane Sumpter
  • Reece Williams, Esq.

Advisory Council

  • Mac Bennett, United Way of the Midlands
  • The Honorable Joan Brady, S.C. House of Representatives
  • Frank Brown, MarketSearch
  • The Honorable Gilda Cobb-Hunter, S.C. House of Representatives
  • Richard Cohn, Sr., Cohn Construction, LLC
  • Tom Fowler, SCETV
  • Councilman L. Gregory Pearce, Jr., Richland County Council
  • Joe Pinner, WIS-TV
  • Mel Stebbins, WIS-TV
  • Kim Wilkerson, Bank of America
  • Congressman Addison Graves “Joe” Wilson
  • Helen Zeigler, University of South Carolina
  • Andy Witt, ex officio, Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties