Board of Directors

The Alston Wilkes Society is governed by a Board of Directors of 18 members from across the Carolinas. Board members are elected for a three-year term and can be re-elected for one additional three-year term after which they must rotate off of the board for at least one year before serving again, unless they are serving an unexpired term, in which case they can still serve two full three-year terms.

Our Board Officers

  • Clay Catoe

    BOARD PRESIDENT
    Director of Lancaster County EMS

  • David "Digit" Matheny

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT
    Real Estate Agent - Mt. Pleasant SC

  • Jerry Adger

    BOARD SECRETARY
    Retired Director of SC Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services

  • Andrew Cole, Esq.

    BOARD TREASURER
    Asst. Attorney General, SC Attorney General’s Office

  • Gary Maynard

    PAST PRESIDENT
    Retired, Commissioner of SC Department of Corrections

Our Board Members

  • Dr. Julia Boyd

    BOARD MEMBER
    Retired, District 2 Education Administrator

  • Vickey L. Edwards

    BOARD MEMBER
    Placement Director, Faces Inc.

  • Jeffrey Jones

    BOARD MEMBER
    Deputy Adjutant General of SC

  • Gary Maynard

    BOARD President
    Retired, Commissioner of SC Department of Corrections

  • David "Digit" Matheny

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT
    Real Estate Agent - Mt. Pleasant SC

  • Wendy Regoeczi, PhD

    BOARD MEMBER
    Professor & USC Department Chair, Criminology & Criminal Justice Department

  • Ann Eldridge Kolb

    BOARD MEMBER
    Retired Education Consultant

  • Jeff Black

    BOARD MEMBER
    Founder & CEO, Blacksheep Inc., Global Leadership Company

  • Judy Anderson

    BOARD MEMBER
    Retired Warden, Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution

  • Molly McCartha

    BOARD MEMBER
    Assistant Vice President / Branch Manager, South State Bank

  • Lucas McMillan, PhD

    BOARD MEMBER
    Lander University Dean of the College of Behavioral & Social Science & Professor of Political Science

  • Leon Lott

    BOARD MEMBER
    Richland County Sheriff

  • Amy A. Land, Esq.

    BOARD MEMBER
    Drug Court Judge

  • Jerry Adger

    BOARD SECRETARY
    Retired Director of SC Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services

  • Jay Dowd, PhD

    PAST PRESIDENT
    CEO, The Citadel Foundation

  • Cecile N. Makhuli

    BOARD MEMBER
    Retired Supervisory US Probation Officer

  • Chuck Gallagher

    BOARD MEMBER
    Vice President at Security National Financial Corporation

  • Skip Holbrook

    BOARD MEMBER
    Columbia Chief of Police

  • Paul Riggs, PhD

    BOARD MEMBER
    Assistant Principal, Riverside High School, Greenville SC

Past Board Presidents

Clay Catoe

Bob Jeter*

Rev. Claude McIntosh*

Rhett Jackson

Paul Bendt

Dr. Harris Parker*

Betty McKellar*

Ellis MacDougall*

J.W. Witherspoon*

Allan Shurr*

Dr. Joanne Fraser

Rallie Seigler

Rev. Dr. David Donges

Mark Taylor, Esq.

Claude Huguley*

John Bourne

Maurice Halloway

Nancy Godbold

Dr. Sylvia Clark

Robert Barber

Bill McDonald

The Honorable Mary Clark

Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea

Rev. Dr. James Adams

W.H. Nicholson, III, Esq.

Faith Line

Jonathan Williams, Esq.

Rev. Stephen Taylor

Jay Dowd, PhD

Founder

Rev. Eli Alston Wilkes*

First Executive Director

Parkar Evatt

* Indicates this person is now deceased