Board of Directors

2025-2026 Officers

  • Dr. Cabe Loring

    Board President

    Dr. Caleb Loring, Psychologist

  • Karen Parrot

    Past President

    Community Volunteer

  • Samantha Larkins

    President Elect

    Little Larks

  • Dr. Mark Ferguson

    Vice President

    Wofford College

  • Dr. Chandra Hopkins

    Vice President

    Converse University

  • Perrin Dent Patterson

    Vice President

    Spartanburg Day School

  • Chris Strickland

    Vice President

    American Credit Acceptance

  • David Smart

    Treasurer

    Milliken & Company

  • Francisca Yanez

    Secretary

    Contec

2025-2026 Directors

  • Rachel Chalmers

    Spartanburg Day School

  • John Cribb

    Author and Historian

  • Sharon Doyle

    Community Volunteer

  • Peter Grzan

    The Piedmont Club

  • Ross Hammond

    Morgan Stanley

  • Dr. David Ike

    Spartanburg Regional Medical Center

  • Bob Ireland

    Land Speed Research

  • Marshall Jordan

    Coldwell Banker Caine

  • Dr. Curt Laird

    Spartanburg Methodist College

  • Kay Maddox

    Community Volunteer

  • Greg Murphy

    Community Volunteer

  • Marilyn Nguyen

    City of Spartanburg

  • Amy Oakes

    Community Volunteer

  • Dr. Rick Orr

    Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System

  • James A. Reese

    Community Volunteer

  • Claudia Albergotti Ruffin

    Community Volunteer

  • Myrella Samuels

    Spartanburg School District 7

  • Dr. Bill Russell Scott

    Former Music Director of the Spartanburg Philharmonic

  • Switi Thakkar

    RS Hospitality

  • Sarah Tignor

    The Johnson Collection

  • Kathy Zimmerli Wofford

    Community Volunteer

  • Dr. Sidney Fulmer

    Lifetime Board Member

  • Diana Berti

    Orchestra Committee Chair