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Sarah Beardsley, board member, is a realtor at Carriage Properties in Charleston. Anthony Grant, board member, is founder of Grant Business Advisors and has held senior leadership roles at NationsBank Corporation and Bank of America. He lives in Columbia. Lou Hammond, emerita board member, is founding chairman of Lou Hammond Group, a marketing and public relations firm. She served on the Spoleto Festival board for 18 years. Hammond resides in New York and Charleston. Anil Matai, board member, held key management roles at Bank of America. He has served on the boards of Freedom School Partners and United Way. Matai resides in Charlotte. Wenda Harris Millard, board member, was vice chairman of MediaLink, a founding executive at DoubleClick and chief sales officer at Yahoo! Currently, she is a director of Caleres, a footwear company. She lives in Charleston. Denis O’Hare, honorary board member, is a Tony award-winning American actor, singer and author. He portrayed the vampire king Russell Edgington in HBO’s “True Blood.” O’Hare co-wrote the plays “An Iliad” and “The Song of Rome.” He lives in Paris. Renee Romberger, board member, is a former health care executive who spent 25 years with the Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. She serves as chairwoman of the College of Charleston’s Board of Trustees. She lives on St. Helena Island. Loren Ziff, emeritus board member, is a Charleston-based real estate investor and principal owner of EastRock Properties. He lives on Sullivan’s Island.