Board of Directors
The Lowcountry Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is a 501(c)(3) organization and as such is governed by a Board of Directors who exercise the powers of the corporation through oversight and policy making. The Board of Directors is composed of one representative member from each of the twelve (12) counties in the Lowcountry Region served, the Executive Director of South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium, and the Executive Director of Lowcountry AHEC. The counties served by Lowcountry AHEC are Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper and Orangeburg.
| Allendale County | Bamberg County |
| Lari Gooding, MBA At Large, Executive Committee CEO Allendale County Hospital | Danette McAlhaney, MD Physician & Owner Bamberg Family Practice |
| Barnwell County | Beaufort County |
| Jennifer Rahn, MD Chief Medical Officer, Board Certified Family Physician Low Country Health Care System, Inc | Joy M. Solomon, MSN, RN-BC Secretary, Executive Committee Director of Education Beaufort Memorial Hospital |
| Berkeley County | Calhoun County |
| Sherrel Smith, MSN, RN-BC, NE-BC Director of Nursing Services Roper St. Francis Healthcare | Dee Ward Robinson, LISW-CPS, LAC, CS Deputy Director Tri-County Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse |
| Charleston County | Colleton County |
| Andreea Moran, DNP, MSN, RN Director of Nursing Excellence Medical University of South Carolina | Michelle O’Quinn, RPh, PharmD Chairperson, Executive Committee Director of Pharmacy Services Colleton Medical Center |
| Dorchester County | Hampton |
| Theresa M. Kloewer, MSN, RN, CENP Chief Nursing Officer Summerville Medical Center | Julie B. Allen, BS Treasurer, Executive Committee Chief Financial Officer Hampton Regional Medical Center |
| Jasper | Orangeburg |
| Gloria B. Warner, MHA Vice Chairperson, Executive Committee Chief Operations Officer Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton | Jonathan L. Vallentine, SHRM-SCP Director, Workforce Development MUSC Health – Charleston Division |
| Ann Lefebvre, MSW, CPHQ Executive Director South Carolina AHEC | Diane Mathews, MS. (ex officio) Executive Director Lowcountry AHEC |