Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr.
Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on Calhoun Street
The Emanuel AME Nine: Ethel Lance, The Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, Tywanza Sanders, The Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., Susie Jackson, DePayne Middleton-Doctor, Cynthia Hurd, The Rev. Clementa Pinckney, and Myra Thompson (watercolor by Jia Sung)
Congressman James E. Clyburn
Businesswoman & philanthropist Anita Zucker
Former police chief Reuben Greenberg (1943-2014)
Dr. Ted Stern (1912-2013)
Spoleto Festival USA founder Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007), right, pictured with Ted Stern
Spoleto general director Nigel Redden
Piccolo Spoleto founder Ellen Dressler Moryl
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art director Mark Sloan
When Chris Weihs and Franz Meier (not pictured) purchased The Colony House in 1976 and raised the bar for fine dining in Charleston.
SNOB chef Frank Lee
Louis Osteen opened Louis’s Charleston Grill in 1989.
Donald Barickman refined the culinary genre into “Uptown Down South” at Magnolia’s in the 1990s.
MCCrady’s & Husk chef Sean Brock
The Ordinary and FIG chef-owner Mike Lata
Hominy Grill chef Robert Stehling
FIG chef Jason Stanhope, right, with farmer Pete Ambrose
Conservationist brothers Hugh & Charles Lane
Historic Charleston Foundation director Kitty Robinson
Trident Technical College president Mary Thornley
Charleston Convention & Visitors Bureau executive director Helen Hill
South Carolina Ports Authority CEO Jim Newsome
Benefactor Martha Rivers Ingram
South Carolina Community Loan Fund executive director Michelle Mapp
Charleston Parks Conservancy founder Darla Moore
The Rev. Joseph A. Darby
North Charleston Mayor R. Keith Summey
Former Mount Pleasant town council member Thomasena Stokes-Marshall
Former Charleston County School District superintendent Nancy McGinley
Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings
Thaddeus Bell, MD
Architect and advocate Whitney Powers
Charles P. Darby Jr., MD
Jazz singer and former Jazz Artists of Charleston executive director Leah Suárez
Jazz historian, writer, & advocate Jack McCray (1947-2011)
Trident United Way CEO Chris Kerrigan
Entrepreneur Steve Swanson
Lowcountry Local First executive director Jamee Haley
RiverDogs co-owner Bill Murray
RiverDogs co-owner Mike Veeck
The I’On Company cofounder Vince Graham
Benefitfocus CEO Shawn Jenkins (pictured with his family)
Ruth Heffron was the first director of the Coastal Community Foundation in 1981.
Coastal Conservation League cofounder Dana Beach
Charleston Wine + Food Festival cofounder Angel Postell
Charleston Wine + Food Festival cofounder & Circa 1886 chef Marc Collins
Real estate developer & Bennett Hospitality founder Michael Bennett
Darius Rucker
Fr. Francis Kline (1949-2006)
Historian and advocate Millicent Brown, Ph.D.
Poet, teacher, book store owner, & YALLFest founder Jonathan Sanchez
Dancer, choreographer, & artistic director Robert Ivey (1937-2011)
Arts ambassador Lese Corrigan
Charleston County Parks & Recreation Commission executive director Tom O’Rourke
Forester & longleaf pine whisperer Michael Prevost
Skirt! founder & women’s issues advocate Nikki Hardin
Jennet Robinson Alterman, former director of the Center for Women
Bicycling advocate Don Sparks
Charleston Moves board chair Tom Bradford
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