Board of Trustees

Susan Willetts is a retired partner of Goldman, Sachs, & Co., where she spent her career in the investment banking division. She and her husband, Alan Pritz, became part-time residents of the Savannah area in 2010. Prior to joining Goldman, Sachs, & Co., Ms. Willetts was treasurer of Microdot Inc. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College and received her Master of Business Administration from Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University. Ms. Willetts currently serves on the Board of Directors of Memorial Health, where she is vice chair; The Chicago Botanic Garden, where she is the former chair and a member of the executive committee; and the board of the Ford Plantation, where she is treasurer. She has previously served on the board of The Field Museum in Chicago; Cellular Dynamics International, a biotech company; and Yonkers Department Stores.

Leslie B. Littlejohn has served on the Board of New Canaan Country School, the YMCA, and The Taft School, where she co-chaired its development committee and was a founding board member and Chair of Steppingstones Museum for Children in Norwalk, Conn. Leslie is currently a board member of Horizons National Board since 2008 and co-chair of their development committee, she also serves on the board of Bethesda Academy and Horizons Savannah. She previously worked as a fashion editor at Glamour and Harper’s Bazaar magazines.

Alan Sheriff has worked in investment banking for over 40 years in a variety of senior positions. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of PNC Bank­-Corporate and Institutional Banking.  Alan was the founder and former co-CEO of Solebury Capital from 2005-2020. Solebury Capital is the premier equity capital markets advisory firm in the country, advising many of the largest private equity firms on monetizing their portfolio companies. Alan began his career by spending nine years at Salomon Brothers Inc. and from January 1992 until February 2005 at Credit Suisse First Boston, where he served as Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets for the Americas. Alan also chaired the firm’s Equity Valuation Committee and sat on the Investment Banking Committee.

Since co-founding Solebury Capital in 2005, Alan has worked on hundreds of IPOs, follow-ons, block trades, and general capital markets advice. He was also co-founder of the Tailwind SPAC series that issued three SPACs for over $1 billion. Two of the SPACs made successful acquisitions of Terran Orbital and Nuburu. Alan is currently a partner in the Farm Hospitality Group, which owns four restaurants in Bluffton, South Carolina, and Savannah, including FARM and Common Thread.

Alan graduated with a BA in Political Science, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Rochester in 1981 and with a Master’s in Public Policy from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in 1983. He is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations and the NationSwell Council. In January 2011 Alan served as a delegate for the U.S. State Department’s Global Entrepreneurship Program in Egypt, in an effort to promote and spur entrepreneurship around the world. In the past Alan has sat on numerous boards, including the Travis Manion Foundation (TMF), one of the country’s leading veteran services organizations, where he currently chairs TMF’s $40 million endowment campaign. Alan also sits on the Boards of several start-ups. He manages the Sheriff Group, a family run venture portfolio, and is a director of the Sheriff Family Foundation, a 501(c)3 which focuses predominantly on veterans and educational issues.

Alan lives in Bucks County, PA and Bluffton with his wife Karen. They have four sons, two of whom are United States Marines.

Nancy has served as an independent board member of multiple organizations and currently sits on the board of Signet Jewelers Limited. Signet is the world’s largest retailer of diamond and fine jewelry with over 2,800 stores. She joined the board in 2018, chairs the Human Capital and Compensation Committee and serves on the Governance, Nominating Sustainability Committee. She was a director of Big Lots Inc., a discount retailer, from 2015 to 2024, chaired the Compensation Committee and served on the Nominating and Governance Committee. In addition, she was a member of the advisory board of KidsII from 2014 to 2020 and chaired the Compensation Committee. KidsII is a privately held company focusing on educational toys and gear for infants and children. Previously, she was a director of Warnaco Group Inc. from 2005 until its merger with PVH in 2013.  There, she was a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees and co-chaired the CEO succession process.

Nancy completed her corporate career in 2012 at the Campbell Soup Company as the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources and Communications Officer, reporting to the CEO. There she was instrumental in creating the culture that was recognized by Gallup for being one of the most highly engaged workforces in the world. Previously, Nancy led the human resources function for Comcast and spent eleven years working with portfolio companies controlled by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. She began her career with General Electric in international operations and held senior HR roles with American Express and Avon Products Inc.

Nancy has been an active board member of nonprofit organizations, including the Partnership for Public Service and Girl Scouts of the USA, where she chaired the Executive Development and Compensation Committee. She served on the advisory board of the Drexel University Center for Corporate Governance, was a member of NACD and Women Corporate Directors and previously co-chaired the Philadelphia Chapter. Nancy is a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources and a YWCA Woman of Achievement.

She holds a BS from Union College and a MS from Syracuse University. Nancy currently resides with her husband in South Carolina and has two adult children.

John J. “Jay” Neely, III, Esq. currently serves as Vice President, Law & Public Affairs for Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. His law responsibilities include management of the Legal Department, its lawyers, and other personnel, and his Public Affairs responsibilities include management of State and Local Government Affairs and Community Relations. Before joining Gulfstream in 1999, Neely was an attorney in the Atlanta office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP. He served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Dudley H. Bowen, Jr., U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia, Augusta. Neely received his J.D. in 1992 from the University of Georgia School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in 1989 from Vanderbilt University. He has been married to Courtney Parks Neely since 1993, and they have two children—Laura and John. He and his family attend the Community Bible Church. Neely serves as Chairman of the Georgia Department of Economic Development Board of Directors and on the boards of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce. He also serves on the Savannah Area Chamber Board’s Executive Committee. He has served on the Leadership Georgia Board of Trustees, as the Leadership Georgia Chairman of Selections, and as President of the Leadership Savannah Board of Directors.

Jack Cay, IV, serves as CEO of Palmer & Cay, the 150-year-old insurance brokerage firm that he successfully re-launched in 2010. Jack’s professional experience includes serving as a London broker, specializing in risk management strategies for the Private Equity industry, establishing and managing de novo operations in New York City, and serving as President of one of the largest privately held insurance brokerage firms in the nation.

Jack engages in several community organizations. He recently served on the Foundation Board for Children’s Hospital of Atlanta, the board of Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, and the board of The Nature Conservancy, as well as The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation. Jack is a member of The Buckhead Coalition and is involved with the Georgia Chapter of Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) and the Young Presidents Organization (YPO). Jack and his wife Erin live in Savannah with their three children.

Charles (Charlie) A. Hinnant is the Chairman & Owner of Optima Chemical LLC, a custom manufacturing concern in Douglas, GA. Mr. Hinnant was also the founder of Charkit Chemical Corporation, located in South Norwalk, CT. Mr. Hinnant was also the owner of Arran Chemical, Athlone, Ireland, for 20 years, which he sold in 2015 to Almac Group, a global pharmaceutical contract and manufacturing operation. Prior to founding Charkit in 1982, Mr. Hinnant was employed by Fairmount Chemical in New Jersey as Vice President of Marketing. Before Fairmount, he was employed by Olin Corporation, formerly located in Stamford, Connecticut. Mr. Hinnant currently serves or has served on the Visitors Board of the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD), Board of Directors of the Maritime Aquarium (Norwalk, CT), Davidson College Board of Visitors, and United Way of Fairfield County, CT, plus Allocation Committees.

Mr. Hinnant has a B.S. in Chemistry from Davidson College, an MBA from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and has completed Post Graduate work at Tulane University. Mr. Hinnant’s primary residence is in Palm Beach, FL, but he spends time in Connecticut, South Carolina, and Nantucket as he enjoys many sporting activities, especially boating with his extended family, including six grandchildren ranging in age from 19 to 4.

Catherine Viscardi Johnston is a New York City native and the former Executive Vice President of Conde Nast Publications. During her 25-year career in magazine publishing, she held a variety of executive positions, including Associate Publisher of Architectural Digest and New York Magazine. She also served as Publisher of Mademoiselle and Mirabella magazines. As Executive VP at Conde Nast, she was responsible for advertising sales, marketing, and consumer research for the company’s 22 magazines, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. In 2000, Crain’s New York Business named Viscardi Johnston one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Business. Mrs. Johnston also has experience with numerous entrepreneurial and philanthropic ventures. She and her husband Doug founded Midway Communications, which launched various local newspapers and magazines, including Connecticut Cottages & Gardens. She is a general partner of The Cue Ball Group, a Boston VC with a diverse portfolio of innovative companies; a founding director of art + interiors, a web-based collective of contemporary artists serving the design trade; and a former director of The Westport Art Center in Westport, CT. As a founding trustee of the Harlem Village Academies, she helped launch a network of one of the highest performing charter schools in New York City. Ms. Johnston also has served on the board of trustees of ReadWorks, an education technology nonprofit venture supporting classroom literacy and ConnCAN, an advocate for higher achievement in public schools in Connecticut. Catherine and Doug have recently moved their permanent residence from Connecticut to Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina and have two sons.

David Johnson, Jr. is a founder and principal at Speyside Partners LLC, which invests in and develops commercial real estate. Before Speyside he was Director of Research and a partner at Market field Asset Management in New York City. Prior to that he was an investment analyst, portfolio manager and head of business development at Wilkinson O’Grady & Co., Inc. Mr. Johnson is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received his MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. After graduating from Darden, he spent ten years in the fixed income department of Salomon Brothers where he managed one of the firm’s primary mortgage-backed sales groups. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Board of Directors of the Savannah Music Festival and a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) Education Foundation. He resides on Hilton Head Island with his wife Caroline.

Tom Reilly worked at Putnam Investments from 1982-2004 and was also the Head of European Business, London UK, 2000-2004. His extensive background includes Head and Chief Investment Officer of Value Equities, Boston MA 1986-2000, Portfolio Manager, George Putnam Fund, Boston MA 1984-1993, and CIGNA Insurance, Hartford CT 1981-1982. He was a Senior Equity Analyst at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield MA 1976-1981, a Portfolio Manager and Analyst at Allstate Insurance, Northbrook IL 1973-1976, a Venture Capital Analyst at First Chicago Corporation, Chicago IL 1968-1973 and an Investment Officer, Venture Capital Group. He graduated from the University of Chicago with an MBA in 1971 and attended Knox College where he obtained a BA in Economics in 1968. Additional activities and accomplishments include: Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) 1977, US Army Reserves- 12th Special Forces Group 1968-1974, Trustee-Savannah Music Festival 2008-Present, Board of Directors- America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia 2011-Present and Knox College Board of Trustees 1997-2009.

Josh Keller grew up in Louisville Kentucky and Southern Indiana farming, raising horses, and working with his father in the restaurant business. He attended the University of Louisville Speed School of Engineering for three years before transferring to Indiana University School of Business where he received his bachelor’s degree in marketing.

In 1998 he began working with Cellular Sales, now Verizon Wireless’ largest national independent retailer. In 2002 he and his wife Kelley moved to Savannah where he furthered his career with the company and became a Regional Director.

Josh has served on the boards ofThe Savannah Music Festival, Savannah Downtown Neighborhood Association, The Savannah Children’s Choir, The Historical Savannah Foundation, St. Andrew’s School, and has served as Board Chair for a manufacturing startup in Savannah. Currently Josh serves on the boards of Synovus Banks Advisory Committee and The Telfair Museum where he is on the Executive Committee and is current Chair Elect of the Board of Trustees.

Josh also has a passion for Historic Preservation having restored 2 houses in downtown Savannah and is currently restoring and renovating The Conrad Aiken House on Oglethorpe Avenue.

Dolly Chisholm received her B.A. degree from Sophie Newcomb College in 1981 and her J.D. degree from Tulane University in 1987.

Chisholm practices in the areas of estate planning and probate, including probate conservatorship and guardianship proceedings, real estate law, focusing on residential closings, corporate law, including the formation of limited liability companies, partnerships, corporations, and creditors rights, focusing on bankruptcy representation.

Chisholm was named one of the Best Lawyers in America 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. She is a member of the Savannah Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia. She is a member and past president of the Estate Planning Council, a past director of Georgia Legal Services Foundation, past president of the Savannah Community Foundation, secretary of the Beehive Foundation and the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, and trustee for the Georgia Historical Society. Chisholm is also a past member of the Executive Committee of the Savannah Bar Association and past director of the Coastal Bankruptcy Law Institute. She also currently serves as the Chancellor of St. John’s Episcopal Church.

Chisholm is involved in numerous community and legal organizations and received the Chief Justice Robert Benham Award for community service in 2001, the Sarah Nichols Pinckney Volunteer Award from the Georgia Historical Society in 2007, the John B. Miller award from the Savannah Bar Association in recognition for community service in 2009, and the H. Sol Clark Pro Bono Award from the State Bar of Georgia in 2015. In 2008, she was named one of Georgia’s “Legal Elite.”  She currently lives in the Historic District of Savannah with her husband, Graham Sadler.

Pamela H. Lewanda retired from IBM after a 25-year career as Vice President of Communications. While at IBM, she was responsible for media and consultant relations, executive communications, and communications to the company’s employees, salesforce, business partners, and largest customers. She headed communications for IBM’s sponsorship of the Olympic Games and managed crisis communications during the Atlanta-based games’ bomb explosion. Her IBM career included a five-year, Asia Pacific-wide assignment based in Tokyo, Japan heading communications, marketing, and corporate responsibility programs.

Before her career at IBM, Pamela was a reporter for several newspapers and city editor for both The Miami News and The Fort Lauderdale News. Before moving to Savannah four and a half years ago, she was a Trustee at the Bruce Museum of Greenwich, CT, where she served on the Executive Committee, chaired the Development and Governance Committees, and served on the Marketing, Membership, and Exhibitions Committees.

Pamela received Bruce’s 2010 Volunteer of the Year award for creating and co-chairing a unique fund-raising event. She served on the Avon Theatre Film Center board, where she helped create its first Oscar Awards night fund-raising event and chaired its Nominating and Corporate Outreach committees. She was on the Board of the Stamford (C.T.) Center for the Arts, where she co­-chaired its gala and served on its Marketing Committee.

Pamela also received the Fairfield County (CT) 2011 ‘Light A Fire Award’ for “Most Involved in the Arts” for her leadership across multiple cultural organizations. She is past Board Chair of the YWCA of Greenwich (C.T.). She chaired a broad community-based search committee in a nationwide hunt for a CEO. Pamela is programming chair for the Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO) and served on the Savannah Philharmonic’s Marketing and Public Relations Committee.

Roger Moss, Jr. is originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee. He holds a B.A. degree in interpersonal communications from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He has over 20 years of experience in advertising, ranging from working with radio stations to marketing the whitewater venues for the 1996 Olympics. He is co- founder of the Savannah Children’s Choir.

His commitment to education led him to collaborate with parents, educators, and stakeholders on the founding board of Savannah Classical Academy. When he is not founding and running nonprofits Roger is a sought-after singer. He has performed with the Savannah Symphony, Hilton Head Symphony, Beaufort Symphony, and Memphis Opera.

He serves on the Chatham County Board of Health, Habersham YMCA, Savannah Repertory Theatre, and Savannah Philharmonic Boards of Directors.

Marti Bellingrath Sullivan spent her childhood in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, as part of an extended family of early Coca-Cola bottlers.

Marti moved to New York for eight years in her early twenties after living a year in France. Following courses at Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design, she became an Art Director at McCann Erickson. In addition, she served on the Board of the Madeira School in McLean, VA, began a lecture series for the school’s N.Y. alumnae and was co-founder of the Atkins Fellowship in the Paintings Conservation Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Marti raised her two children in Charleston, SC, with her first husband, having relocated nine months prior to Hurricane Hugo in ’89. She embraced the 2-year restoration of their 1800s house on Montagu Street and became a relevant contributor to the community. She was deeply committed to the Spoleto Festival, served on the Board, and chaired numerous events over the years. In 2000, she became a founding member of the Charleston Horticultural Society and worked in multiple creative capacities with dedicated volunteers. In addition, there were frequent occasions to support endeavors of Historic Charleston and the School for the Building Arts, and many included tours and events in the home.

In 2012, Marti and her husband, Austin Sullivan, became permanent residents of Savannah. For the past six years, Marti has served on the Board of the Irish Georgian Society, which supports the Preservation of Ireland’s built heritage. Marti and Austin also support Telfair Museums as members of the Director’s Circle. Marti and Austin also support the Deep Center, United Way of the Coastal Empire, the Voice Experience Foundation, and the Savannah Music Festival. Her life-long passions have been music, architecture, and Fine and Decorative Arts, with her frequent travels heavily focused on these areas.

Scott Lauretti is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SAL Companies, a privately held firm. Scott was a founding member of Guggenheim Partners, the global financial services firm. He enjoyed a 26-year career in trading and senior management positions at Guggenheim, Morgan Stanley, and Lehman Brothers.

Scott is Executive-in-Residence at Georgia Southern University’s Parker College of Business, where he teaches a strategic management course and mentors students. Scott earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University and an M.B.A with a concentration in Finance from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania. He is a 2018 Fellow with the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.

Since moving to Savannah in 2001, Scott has been very active in the community. He is the immediate past Chair of the Board of the Savannah Philharmonic, having directed a strategic transformation that is a model for arts organizations across the country. He is immediate past Board President of Horizons Savannah, a summer and supplemental educational and youth development organization for which he also teaches middle school language arts. He is a former Trustee of Savannah Country Day School, and a past Chairman of the Board of the MedBank Foundation (a medication provider for the underinsured). He is former President of the Italian Society of Savannah. a former Trustee of the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist Heritage Endowment and a former Board Member of the Savannah Book Festival. He has served as a Board Member for Horizons National; the parent network of which Horizons Savannah is an affiliate. Scott is a member of social and civic clubs including The Chatham Club, The Oglethorpe Club, The Century Club and The Savannah Golf Club.

Scott is married to Jennifer (Jenna) Treat Lauretti, and he has two daughters, Sofia, a resident of New York City, and Gabriella, who resides in New Orleans.

Ronald (Ron) J. Gantt was born in New York City. He graduated from Forest Hills High School in 1968 and from Howard University in Washington, DC, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology in 1972. Upon graduation, Ron began his career with the McDonald’s Corporation as a manager trainee and rose through the ranks of restaurant management with a promotion in 1978 to a staff position as personnel supervisor.

After twenty successful years with Corporate McDonald’s, in 1992, Ron decided to become a McDonald’s franchisee of two restaurants in Washington, DC. With the assistance of his wife, Bernice, and two sons, they have dedicated themselves to operating their restaurants and developing their staff. Today, they have grown to an organization of ten restaurants and over six hundred employees. Their business focused on customer and employee satisfaction, community involvement, and education. These efforts have resulted in numerous awards, including the highly coveted Ronald McDonald Award in 2018.

Also, Ron has been Chair of the Board Trustees for his Church, a member of the 100 Black Men of Savannah, a member of the National Black McDonald’s Operator Association, and Immediate Past President of Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia Black Operators Association, and a member Congressmen Anthony Brown’s Business Advisory Council in Maryland. After 28 years in business, Ron and Bernice sold their restaurants in June 2020 and successfully retired.

Mr. Marlin is a Partner at Ellis, Painter, Ratteree & Abrams (EPRA), and was recently appointed to Governor Kemp’s Judicial Nominating Commission. Mr. Marlin represents clients in a variety of industries, including banking and finance, large corporations, small businesses, and municipalities. He has successfully overseen complex litigation in many areas of civil litigation, including loan enforcement and defense, other financial services industry disputes, commercial contractual disputes and tort claims, non-competition and trade secret enforcement, toxic tort litigation, and federal employment discrimination litigation (representing municipalities). His practice also includes real estate closings, as well as real estate litigation, including foreclosure confirmation actions, condemnation and zoning matters, landlord/tenant issues and receiverships. In addition, Mr. Marlin frequently represents commercial and residential property owners in real estate and personal property tax appeals.

Mr. Marlin is a native of Savannah and enjoys giving back to his community by participating in various nonprofit and quasi-governmental boards throughout Savannah. He served in the Georgia Air National Guard throughout his years in college and law school, deploying overseas to Afghanistan in 2002 for Operation Enduring Freedom in 2002 and within the U.S. for Hurricane Katrina relief in 2005. He is a past president of Savannah Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, and a Board member of the Savannah Economic Development Authority, the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce, and Bethesda Academy.

Mr. Marlin represents clients in a variety of industries, including banking and finance, large corporations, small businesses, and municipalities. He has successfully managed complex litigation in many areas of civil litigation, including loan enforcement and defense, other financial services industry disputes, commercial contractual disputes and tort claims, non-competition and trade secret enforcement, toxic tort litigation, and federal employment discrimination litigation (representing municipalities). His practice also includes real estate closings, as well as real estate litigation, including foreclosure confirmation actions, condemnation and zoning matters, landlord/tenant issues and receiverships. In addition, Mr. Marlin frequently represents commercial and residential property owners in real estate and personal property tax appeals. Education, Armstrong Atlantic State University (B.A., Political Science, 2004), and Mercer University (J.D., 2007)

Susan Laney opened her gallery, Laney Contemporary, in 2017, located west of Savannah’s historic district in a converted industrial space designed by architect Lee J. Meyer. The gallery represents regional and international artists and hosts a dynamic program of solo and group exhibitions, lectures, and events. Susan originally moved to Savannah to study photography at the Savannah College of Art and Design. She has collaborated with Southern artists for more than three decades. Part of her gallery’s mission is to foster the talent that exists in Savannah and the Southeast, so that the region continues to be a viable place for artists to call home. Prior to opening Laney Contemporary, Susan was the director for the eponymous gallery of acclaimed photographer Jack Leigh. Laney has curated group and solo exhibitions in numerous galleries and museums, including “Jack Leigh: Full Circle, Low Country Photographs, 1972-2004” at the SCAD Museum of Art, which was selected by Hyperallergic.com as one of the top ten exhibitions in the U.S. for 2014. She has served on the board of the Ossabaw Island Foundation, the Alumni Executive Board of SCAD, and was a co-founder of the non-profit organization, ARC Savannah. Laney advises private and corporate clients in developing or enhancing art collections.

Jan Hill Dorman was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. She graduated from Mills College in 1968 and then served in the Peace Corps and VISTA. After several years with Bank of America she attended Stanford Graduate School of Business, receiving her MBA in 1975. She and her husband, Lawrence Dorman, also MBA 1975, then moved to New York.  Jan worked for International Paper Company, directing tax-exempt financing for several years before becoming managing partner of Institutional Energy Investors, a private equity firm investing in the oil and gas business.  After moving to Connecticut, she continued consulting and teaching. In a move to Boston, she was first on the board of UNICEF for several years. She has served on the board of the Florence Griswold Museum, in Old Lyme, CT, the Board of Overseers at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the chair of the Patrons Program at the MFA, raising millions of dollars, then becoming the Major Gifts officer for UNICEF.

She and her husband moved to the Savannah area 15 years ago. She is on the Advisory Council for the Senior Citizens Learning Center and founded their Patron Program. Jan served on the Telfair Board, Executive Committee and as Development Committee Chair for seven years, initiating the Fine Arts, Fine Wine event.

Courtland Smith Stevens is a native of Talbot County, MD., and attended the Canterbury School in New Milford, CT. She earned her Fine Arts and Gallery Management degree at Wesleyan University in Ohio. Courtland moved to Savannah in 2005, where she opened her retail store, Courtland & Company, now in its 17th year of business. Courtland & Co. is now a prominent leader in the linen and interiors world with articles and write-ups in Southern Living, House Beautiful, Vogue, and Architectural Digest.

Courtland purchased a historic building on Whitaker Street for her business and has been remarkably successful, like her aunt and cousins who own The Monogram Shop in East Hampton, NY. In 2019, she changed aspects of the business, including changing the name from Number Four Eleven to Courtland & Co. She now sells lamps, fine art by the likes of Hunt Slonem, and rehabbed vintage wares that complement brands Matouk, Busatti, Sferra, and more.

Courtland is very engaged in the community and has enjoyed volunteering for St. John’s Church, the Historic Savannah Foundation, Savannah Children’s Museum, Telfair Museums, and Savannah Country Day School.

Courtland and her husband, Dana Stevens, a native of Savannah, reside in Ardsley Park along with their three children, Poppy, Cricket, and Coates.

Michael Foradas is a retired partner from the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis. Michael received his bachelor’s degree in 1978 from the College of William & Mary, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa. He received his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1981, serving as Editor in Chief of the Northwestern Law Review from 1980-81. Michael was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis from 1987-2019 and Of Counsel from 2020-2024. During his tenure at Kirkland, Michael served as a Member of the Firm’s Global Management committee and chaired various firmwide committees. Michael tried multiple cases to judgment in state and federal courts throughout the United States and argued cases before several United States courts of appeal and state supreme courts. He was elected a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2011. Michael has devoted substantial time and energy to various non-profit and charitable organizations. From 2012 to 2020 he was a board member of the William & Mary Foundation, which solicits and manages charitable giving for William & Mary. He was Chair from 2018 to 2019. Michael subsequently served as Chair of the 1693 Management Committee, which oversees the Foundation’s professional investment staff. He currently serves as a member and Chair of the Nominating and Governance committee of William & Mary’s Council of Arts and Sciences, an advisory board to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. During William & Mary’s most recent $1 billion capital campaign (“For the Bold”), Michael served as co-chair of the Midwest region campaign committee. From 2017 to 2023 Michael was a board member of the Ford Field & River Club, serving as secretary for his final three years. He currently chairs the Green & Grounds Committee and has served on multiple other committees. Between 2004 and 2020 Michael was a board member of Metropolitan Family Services of Chicago, the oldest charitable foundation in Chicago. Michael was president in 2006-2007 of the Kenilworth Assembly Hall Association, the Village of Kenilworth, Illinois’s local community center. He helped spearhead the donation of its assets to the village’s park district. Michael and his wife, Valerie, divide their time between Kenilworth, Illinois and The Ford Field & River Club in Richmond Hill. They have two adult children. They have had their home at The Ford for over 20 years.

Pam Voss is currently an Honorary Trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  She served as elected Trustee from 2008-2020.  She was elected to the Board of Advisors in 2004 before becoming a Trustee.  Pam has served on the Nominating Committee and Patron Committee.  Pam chaired the Conservation Visiting Committee and the Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Visiting Committee.  She has been a member of the Collections Committee there since 2010.  Pam currently serves on the Learning and Community Engagement Committee and has for several years.

With a lifelong interest in art, Pam became involved with the museum in 1996 as a Museum Associate which was a core group of Museum Volunteers.  It gave Pam the opportunity to become knowledgeable about the MFA collections and guide public tours throughout the museum.

Like the MFA, Pam served for twelve years on the founding board of what is now Trinity Boston Connects.  This organization arose from the community service arm of Trinity Church in the City of Boston with a goal to unlock the opportunity and change the odds for the youth of Boston.

Pam and her husband, Peter, are residents of Sunapee, New Hampshire and the Ford Field and River Club in Richmond Hill, Georgia.

Kristina Collins Riopelle is an Emergency Medicine Physician at Memorial and will take on an additional role as Emergency Clerkship Director this July. Originally from Statesboro, Georgia, she earned both her undergraduate and master’s degrees from Mercer University before completing her medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia. After residency, she returned to Georgia to continue her career. She fondly recalls growing up enjoying free museum Sundays and visiting the Telfair. Kristina and her husband, Jason Riopelle, also serve on the board for Gari Melchers Collectors’ Society. Outside of her professional life, she enjoys spending time with their animals, gardening, and being out on the water.  She is also known for being quite the conversationalist, so be prepared!

Dale C. Critz, Jr. is a native of Savannah and President and CEO of Critz Auto Group, a third-generation dealership group founded in 1938 representing Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Buick, GMC Truck and Sprinter Vans in Savannah, Ga. and Cadillac, Buick and GMC in Florence , SC. Dale served on the Telfair Academy Board from 2001-2004 and from 2015 to 2023. He served as Board Chair from 2019-2021 and as Telfair Ball Chair in 2023. He has served The United Way of the Coastal Empire in numerous roles, including Campaign Chair in 2008 and Board Chair in 2010. He has also served as Chair of the Savannah Community Foundation and The Savannah Historic Board of Review. He previously served on the boards of the Savannah Country Day School, Junior Achievement, and The Savannah Association for the Blind. He founded the Critz Tybee Run Fest, the proceeds of which are donated to local charities focused on education and healthy living. Since the race-series began in 2009, over $600,000 has been donated to local charities.  He currently serves on the Investment Committee of the Savannah Community Foundation and the Endowment Committee of the Ga Historical Society. Dale graduated cum laude with a B.A. in English from the University of Virginia and received his M.B.A. from the University of Texas. He graduated from Leadership Savannah in 1992. He and his wife, Debbie, have four children.

Robert S. Jepson, Jr., is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Jepson Inc., a private investment company located in Savannah, Georgia. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Richmond. Jepson was formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kuhlman Corporation (NYSE) from 1993 until its sale to Borg-Warner Automotive Inc. in 1999. Prior to that, Jepson founded and was Chairman and CEO of the Jepson Corporation from 1983 until its sale in 1989. During his tenure as CEO, Jepson built the corporation into a Fortune 500, NYSE-traded company. He currently serves as Chairman on SCAD’s Savannah Board of Visitors and is on the board of the Georgia Historical Society.

Dr. William T. (Ted) Moore retired from the University of South Carolina as Distinguished Professor Emeritus. He earned a Ph.D. in finance and statistics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1982, joined the faculty at Indiana University in that year, and moved to the University of South Carolina in 1986. He held the Berlinberg endowed chair at USC and in 2004 he began serving in various posts in university administration. These positions included Associate Provost, Vice-Provost, Vice-President for Planning, Executive Vice President and Provost, and Vice-President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer at USC, overseeing an annual budget of $1.1 billion. Ted is an expert in capital investment analysis and has published 75 scholarly articles, a book, and a monograph on financial topics. Working with Dr. S. Chen in the 1980s and 1990s he helped develop modern methods for accounting for uncertainty in assessing capital project values. Collaborating with other colleagues from the 1990s until present, he has focused on corporate financing policy involving option-embedded securities, and evaluation of capital investment projects to account for growth and timing options. Much of this work is contained in his book, Real Options & Option-Embedded Securities, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2001. During his academic career, Moore received numerous awards for research and teaching, including the highest awards offered for teaching excellence and research accomplishments from the University of South Carolina. Prior to entering the academic world, he served on active duty in the U.S. Army in various positions as an infantry officer which included combat experience in Vietnam in 1968-69. Moore’s wife is Linda T. Moore, an attorney who served as director of legal affairs at the USC School of Medicine. They have recently moved to Savannah where both are active in civic and philanthropic activities.

Cathy Solomons attended Savannah Country Day School and the University of Georgia where she majored in art education. From 1978 to 1982, she was the Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of Savannah. Since that time, she has been a homemaker and community volunteer, focusing her efforts on education and the arts. Cathy has been involved with various organizations such as Savannah Junior League (past President – current sustaining member), Savannah Country Day School (past Co-Chairman, long range plan), Jewish Food Festival (past Co-Chair), Chatham County Jury Commissioner, and the Savannah Arts Commission (past board member, past Chairman). She has also been involved with the Savannah Symphony women’s guild (past board member), Washington University in St. Louis (past member, Executive Committee, Parents’ Council), Parent and Child Development Services (past board member) and the Savannah Science Museum (past board member). In 1985, she was the recipient of the Savannah Jaycees Young Person of the Year Award.

Robert Faircloth has lived in Savannah for the past 23 years. He is a retired international business executive. His career was primarily in manufacturing, starting in the oil and chemical paper industries in Canada. He is a 1956 graduate of the University of Manitoba (Canada) with a B.S. in Geology. In 1974 he joined BTR plc, a London-based manufacturing firm with operations throughout the world. He spent several years in Europe, based in or near London, and managed a diverse range of companies on six continents. His specialization was acquisitions and company turnarounds. He retired from BTR in 1995 as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director, settling in New Hampshire and Savannah. On retirement, he held several board positions, including at BTR, and joined National Grid plc as a director in 1995. National Grid operates the electric and gas utility grids in England and Wales, and today is also one of the United States largest utilities, centered in the Northeast. Since retirement, Mr. Faircloth has also done consulting work in Southern Africa and Europe. He has been actively involved as a trustee of the New London, NH, hospital, and played a key role in this hospital’s modernization and expansion in 2006-2009 as both a fundraiser and major donor. Mr. Faircloth joined the board of the Savannah Music Festival in 2007 and served as chairman for three years. In 2020, Dale Critz, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Trustees requested that Bob serve as Acting-Director of Telfair Museums until a new director could be selected. Bob served with distinction, lending his tremendous leadership skills to deal with the difficulties brought by the worldwide pandemic. He and his late wife Jean were active in supporting many community philanthropies in both New Hampshire and Savannah. Bob and Jean have four children, eight grandchildren, and his interests include travel, golf, art, and music.

A native of Richmond, VA and a graduate of Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, VA, Alice and her husband, Robert S. Jepson, Jr. moved to Savannah in 1990. She has served on the Boards of Savannah Country Day School, Savannah Health Mission, Hospice Savannah, Savannah Book Festival, Bethesda Home for Boys (Chair 2000-2002) and Telfair Museums (Chair 2013-2015). She is one of the founders of the Charter Circle at Memorial University Medical Center. Alice is the recipient of an Honorary Degree of Humane Letters from her alma mater and an Honorary Degree of Humane Letters from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She has received the Savannah Technical College Community Star Award, Savannah Children’s Choir “One Small Voice” Award and recognition from SCAD as one of the “Savannah Women of Vision.” She currently serves on the Foundation Board of the Savannah Classical Academy.

Frida Sinkler is a native Savannahian and attended Savannah Country Day School; however, she graduated from Oldfields School in Glencoe, Maryland. She then attended Mount Vernon College. After moving to Charleston, Frida joined the Gibbes Art Gallery board and was President of their Women’s Council. Aside from her lengthy contributions and involvement with the Telfair, Frida is involved with other Savannah organizations. She is the past President of the Trustees Garden Club, a board member at the Wormsloe Plantation, a press advisory board member for the University of Georgia, and a past President (and currently involved) with the Wildlife Education Center at Georgia Southern.

Helen Steward is a graduate of Savannah Country Day School and St. Mary’s College in Raleigh, North Carolina. She was a previous member of the Junior League of Savannah (Area Council 1973 – 1975) and the Cultural Arts Commission of Savannah (1987 – 1994). Helen has served as a board member for Savannah Speech and Hearing Center (Vice-Chairman), Steward Palliative Care Endowment (2006-2009), Savannah Music Festival (2007-2010), and the Endowment Board of the Bethesda Union Society of Savannah. She was also actively involved with Hospice Savannah and served as a board member, President, and chairman of the board. Currently, Helen is involved with First Families of South Carolina and the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the state of Georgia. She is a member of the Independent Presbyterian Church and an associate member of the First Presbyterian Church in Highlands, North Carolina.

Ann Miller was born in Lowville, New York and attended the University of Rochester. She moved to Savannah with her husband Bill in 1967. Since then, she has been an active community volunteer and has worked with organizations such as the Junior League of Savannah and the Historic Savannah Foundation. She was a member of the board for Memorial Health and is a former Chair of the Telfair board. Ann was also the Chair of the Telfair Ball Committee for two years.

Ken Sirlin began his professional career working as a CPA in Cleveland and has lived in various cities throughout the world, including Madrid; Barcelona;s Brussels; Muncie, Indiana; San Francisco; and Toronto. In 1999, after working for Levi Strauss & Co. for almost two decades, Sirlin retired and moved to Savannah, where he serves on several nonprofit boards. Ken is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance of the University of Pennsylvania, 1964; and earned an MBA in 1968.

Litchfield Carpenter, a native of Hendersonville, North Carolina, graduated from Wake Forest University with a degree in Art History.  After spending a year studying and working with American Silver and Estate Jewelry with Firestone and Parson, Boston, Mass, he joined Emly Jenkins Appraisals based in Raleigh, NC, conducting appraisals across the country.  Through a series of different positions all focused on various aspects of the Decorative Arts, including a chief curatorial position with Traveler’s Rest Historic House Museum, Nashville, TN, he spent the last 20 years operating an Estate Sale company in Atlanta, Ga.  Litchfield purchased a home here in downtown Savannah in 1999.  In 2015, he started a multiyear full renovation taking it back to a single-family home and made the move full time to Savannah after retirement in 2021.

B. H. Levy, Jr. is a native Savannahian and has been a member of Telfair Museums since 1973, when he returned to Savannah after law school. He is a retired partner of the Bouhan Falligant law firm and concentrated in the areas of workers’ compensation defense, commercial transactions, wills, and probate. He was admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit as well as in all Georgia courts. Levy is a member emeritus of the State Bar of Georgia.

In 1970, Levy graduated with a B.A. in history from the University of Virginia where he was an Echols Scholar. He obtained his J.D. from the University of Georgia Law School in 1973. While in law school, Levy was noted editor for the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law and attended the Hague Academy of International Law in the Netherlands. After law school, Levy served on active duty in the United States Air Force and in the active reserves attaining the rank of captain.

Levy is very involved in the Savannah community and devotes significant time to various charitable organizations, both locally and internationally. He has served on numerous boards including Savannah Symphony Society; Historic Savannah Foundation; United Way of the Coastal Empire; Arthritis Foundation; Rotary Club of Savannah; Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion; and Congregation Mickey Israel, where he served as board president. He was the founding president of Roots of Reform Judaism, whose board he currently chairs. He also currently serves on the boards of College for Contemporary Judaism and Savannah Music Festival, and he serves as board chair of the Gari Melchers Collectors’ Society of Telfair Museums.

Dr. Annissa Roland is the owner and designer of AJ Stone Jewelry. Her love of rocks began with a 9th-grade earth science rock collection project. A desire for unique self-expression then and now led her to design jewelry and adorn herself with those semi-precious stones. The real stones illuminated beautiful colors and inspired one-of-a-kind combinations, each piece a statement of self, style, and worth. Daily admirers of her jewelry would inquire where they could get jewelry like this. As a result, AJ Stone Jewelry was created in 2007 to provide women and men with statement jewelry to express themselves. Roland has crafted jewelry shown in art galleries, fashion shows, wedding parties, and custom orders. Based in Savannah, Ga, AJ Stone Jewelry is available on Etsy, Bobby Baggley Fine Art Studio Gallery 11 in City Market, and The Diaspora Marketplace, artisan festivals, and custom design orders shipped to customers nationwide. AJ Stone Jewelry is a proud member of the Greater Savannah Black Chamber of Commerce, Telfair Museums’ Friends of African American Arts, and the Savannah Art Association.

Professionally, Dr Roland is the Director of Special Projects for the Schlechty Center. Her civic commitments include Board of Directors Chair of the Taste of the Junction, Inc., Discover Black Savannah advisory board, R.E.A.L. Task Force education subcommittee, Hip Hope Inc. curriculum designer/facilitator/mentor/conference facilitator, Tremont Temple Missionary Baptist Church and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.