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Charleston Metro Chamber’s List of Past Chairs
With over 250 years under the Chamber’s belt, we have a lot of leaders to thank for our continued service to our region, including the fearless Past Chair’s that have helped paved the way to where we are now.
| First Name | Last Name | Year(s) as Chair |
|---|---|---|
| Commodore Alexander | Gillon | 1784-1786 |
| Edward | Darrell | 1786-1795 |
| Roger | Herlot | 1819 |
| Ken | Boyce | 1840-1847 |
| Charles | Edmonston | 1847-1851 |
| George | Trenholm | 1851-1858 |
| Henry | Gourdin | 1853-1856 |
| H.W. | Conner | 1856 |
| A.O. | Andrews | 1857-1865 |
| Robert | More | 1869-1872 |
| F.J. | Porcher | 1872 |
| S.Y. | Tupper | 1872-1883 |
| E.H. | Frost | 1883-1885 |
| William | Courteney | 1885-1891 |
| T.R. | McGohan | 1891-1893 |
| J.A. | Smyth | 1903-1910 |
| Philip | Gasden | 1910-1912 |
| Harvey | Wilson | 1912-1914 |
| B. Frank | McLeod | 1914-1915 |
| Rhett | Goodwin | 1916 |
| W.H. | Mixon | 1917-1918 |
| J. Ross | Hanahan | 1919-1920 |
| Andrew | Geer | 1921 |
| Leland | Moore | 1922 |
| Alfred | Huger | 1923 |
| Leroy | Pinkussohn | 1924 |
| H.D. | Lubs | 1925 |
| Paul | Roertson | 1926 |
| Stuart | Cooper | 1927 |
| J.D. | Rooney | 1928 |
| T. Wilburn | Thornhill | 1929 |
| Homer | Pace | 1930 |
| N.B. | Barnwell | 1931 |
| N/A | Visanski | 1932 |
| N/A | McIver | 1934 |
| Rufus | Barkeley | 1935 |
| John | Rivers | 1936 |
| Buist | Rivers | 1937 |
| Clarence | Legerton | 1937 |
| James B. | Mahoney | 1938 |
| John | Cator | 1939-1940 |
| Henry | Mann | 1941 |
| E.L. | Gasdshalk | 1942-1943 |
| D. | Bissell | 1944 |
| L.M. | Copleston | 1945-1946 |
| James M. | Hagood | 1947 |
| F.J. | Attaway | 1948 |
| Joseph P. | Riley | 1949 |
| S. henry | Edmunds | 1950 |
| EP | Schacte | 1951 |
| J.F. | Condon | 1952 |
| Butt | Harold | 1953 |
| Thom P. | Stoney | 1954 |
| Harold | Pound | 1955 |
| Edward | Knosley | 1956 |
| Harry R. | Phose | 1957 |
| James | Altman | 1957 |
| W.P. | Brennan | 1958 |
| Y.W. | Scarsborough, Jr. | 1959 |
| Henry | Deas | 1960 |
| Jas. | Lamb | 1961 |
| George | Durst | 1962 |
| Thom. E | Thornbill | 1963 |
| Thos V. | Thorne | 1964 |
| Tom | Stevenson | 1965-1966 |
| James B. | Bagwell, Jr. | 1967 |
| richard B. | Grimball | 1968 |
| G.K. | Livingston, Jr. | 1969 |
| W.M. | Kenneth | 1970 |
| John E. | Huguley | 1971 |
| Gordan | Stine | 1972 |
| Franks | Hanckel, Jr. | 1973 |
| Leonard | Fulghum | 1974 |
| Auram | Kronsberg | 1975 |
| C Ronald | Cousare | 1976 |
| Robert | Scarborough | 1977 |
| Ralph | Hendrick | 1978 |
| Derrick | Fietcher | 1979 |
| F. Bernie | James | 1980 |
| Allen | Carter, Jr. | 1981 |
| Vernon B. | Strickland | 1982 |
| J. Douglas | Donehue | 1983 |
| Joseph P. | Griffith | 1984 |
| Henry J. | Lee, Dr. | 1985-1986 |
| Montez | Martin | 1986-1987 |
| Charles T. | Cole, Jr. | 1987-1988 |
| Robert C. | Heffron, Jr. | 1988-1989 |
| Thomas A. | Blazer | 1989-1990 |
| Frank | Lucas | 1990-1991 |
| N. Steven | Steinert | 1991-1992 |
| D. Elizabeth | Inabinet | 1992-1993 |
| John M. | Settle | 1993-1994 |
| Bill | Moody | 1994-1995 |
| Sam | Applegate | 1995-1996 |
| G. Manly | Eubank | 1996-1997 |
| Anita | Zucker | 1997-1998 |
| Y.W. | Scarborough III | 1998-1999 |
| Len | Hutchinson III | 1999-2000 |
| Bill | Youngblood | 2000 - 2001 |
| Richard D. | Elliott | 2001-2002 |
| Perry K. | Waring | 2002-2003 |
| Peter | Wertimer | 2003-2004 |
| Wilbur | Johnson | 2004-2005 |
| W. Brian | Moody | 2005-2006 |
| A. Thomas | Hood | 2006-2007 |
| Thompson L. | Penney | 2007-2008 |
| Robert O. | Collins, Jr. | 2008-2009 |
| David | Maybank III | 2009-2010 |
| Robert W. | Pearce, Jr. | 2010-2011 |
| Ron | Jones, Jr. | 2011-2012 |
| Stuart | Whiteside | 2013 |
| Chris | Fraser | 2014 |
| Laura | Varn | 2015 |
| Scott | Woods | 2016 |
| Patrick | Bryant | 2017-2018 |
| Mark | Lattanzio | 2018-2019 |
| Melonie | Hammond-Trace | 2019-2020 |
| Willis | Cantey | 2020-2021 |
| Marc | Marchant | 2021-2022 |
| Kyra | Morris | 2022-2023 |
Posted on
February 7th 2023
Written by
Madison Beard
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