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Executive Council

At the start of each spring semester, the Executive Council assesses student qualifications as provided in grade reports from USC's Office of the Registrar.

Executive Council Officers 2026-2027

President
Ron Cox 
Executive Director, Palmetto Programs
Palmetto College
roncox@mailbox.sc.edu

Past President
Kathy Snediker
Assistant Head of Research & Instruction
University Libraries
snediker@mailbox.sc.edu

Secretary/Historian
Craig Keeney
Cataloging Librarian
South Caroliniana Library
ckeeney@mailbox.sc.edu

Treasurer
Mary Horton 
Assistant Dean 
University Libraries 
hortonmc@mailbox.sc.edu


Executive Council Members

Gwendelyn Geidel
Affiliate Faculty and Distinguished Research Professor Emerita, 
School of Earth, Ocean and Environment 
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences 
geidel@environ.sc.edu

Jack Goldsmith
Clinical Professor, Cell Biology & Anatomy
Floyd School of Medicine
jack.goldsmith@uscmed.sc.edu

D. Eric Holt
Associate Professor, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences
deholt01@mailbox.sc.edu

Troy Etta Knox
Director of Data and Enrollment Programs
Darla Moore School of Business
troyetta.knox@moore.sc.edu

Lisa Myrick
Director of Clinical Education and Clinical Assistant Professor
Floyd School of Medicine 
lcmyrick@mailbox.sc.edu

Brandon Waldon
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences 
bwaldon@mailbox.sc.edu

Olivia Ward
Property Manager at Delta Zeta
Student Affairs and Academic Support
oliviaward@sc.edu

Alicia Wilson  
Professor, School of the Earth, Ocean & Environment, 
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences
awilson@seoe.sc.edu

Chappell Wilson 
Assistant Dean for Administration 
South Carolina Honors College 
cswilson@mailbox.sc.edu

Lara Lomicka Anderson (ex-officio) 
Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies 


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