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  • Museum Brattonsville
  • Museum Brattonsville
  • Museum Brattonsville
  • Museum Brattonsville

CH Commission

The York County Culture & Heritage Commission (CHC) was chartered in 1997 by the York County, South Carolina, Council to govern the Culture & Heritage Museums.

2008 Culture & Heritage Commissioners

Chair

  • Fred Faircloth, III
    Rock Hill Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Chair
  • James W. Johnston, PhD
    Winthrop University, Vice Chair
  • Thi Le
    PHO ‘98 & Thi’s on Main, Treasurer
  • Suzanne M. Wright
    Bank of America, Secretary

Members

  • Anne Bunton
    City of Rock Hill
  • Nancy Cornwell-daves
    NCD Land & Communication, Inc.
  • John Castaldo
    ETV
  • Gerald T. Cloniger
    Community Volunteer
  • H. Paige Graham
    Central Piedmont Community College
  • Kay Grigsby
    Allen Tate Company
  • Zora F. Holmes
    Clinton Junior College
  • Barbara M. James
    Community Volunteer
  • Dawn Johnson
    State Farm Insurance Company
  • Karen Kedrowski
    Winthrop University
  • Stephen R. McCrae, Jr.
    Kennedy Covington
  • Rev. James H. McGill
    Community Volunteer
  • W. Louis Ridinger
    Comporium Communications
  • Robert W. Sullivan
    Springs Industries
  • Robert H. Walker, MD
    Community Volunteer
  • Diane Wells
    United Way of York County
  • Gary Williams
    Williams & Fudge, Inc.

Ex-Officio

  • Rick Jiran
    Duke Energy
  • Linda Poteat
    Guild of the Museum of York County
  • Sharon Roddey
    Junior Welfare League
  • James E. Udick
    Technical Equipment Sales Co., Inc.
  • Linda Unz
    Friends of Historic Brattonsville

Director

  • Van W. Shields

CH Foundation

In November 1998, the Culture and Heritage Foundation (CHF) was formed to raise, invest, and manage endowment, capital building, acquisition, and operating funds for the exclusive benefit of all sites and programs operated by and/or supported by the CHC.

CHF is a 501-(c)-3 charitable organization governed by an independent self-appointed board of trustees. Through its initial organization, it incorporated an existing CHC endowment for collections and exhibitions and new funds were established to provide for improvements to CHC’s existing sites as well as the development of a new museum. The CHF’s Campaign for Deeper Understanding was launched in August 2003.

Culture & Heritage Foundation Board of Trustees

President

  • Carol K. Maroska
    Vice President
  • William K. Easley
    Treasurer
  • Kathy P. Wilson
    Secretary
  • Gerald E. Shapiro
    Members
  • Frank S. Barnes, III
  • Philip Blumenthal
  • Larry W. Carroll
  • Henry Gass, III
  • Martin E. Goode
  • William C. Kimbrell
  • Barre R. Mitchell
  • James R. Olson
  • Al Steele
  • Robert L. Thompson, Jr.

Ex Officio Trustees

  • Van W. Shields