The Mother Emanuel Memorial Foundation Board is a Charleston community partnership with the Emanuel AME Church, established as a separate legal entity from the Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church, with an independent 501(c)3 designation. Our mission is to memorialize the Emanuel Nine, and to amplify the Emanuel AME Church survivors’ and families’ response, which reversed the spread of racial hatred with a message of God’s unyielding love and forgiveness.
Co-Chairs
Reverend Eric S. C. Manning
Pastor, Mother Emanuel AME Church
John C. L. Darby
CEO, The Beach Company
Treasurer
Thomas Anderson
South Carolina Market Executive, Wells Fargo
Secretary
Helen Hill
CEO, Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
Finance Committee Chair
Kevin Simmons
Assistant Vice President, First National Bank of PA
Members
Karen Bacot
Vice President of Marketing, The Beach Company
Willi Glee
Trustee, Mother Emanuel AME Church
Bishop Samuel L. Green, Sr. (Honorary Member)
AME Bishops of the Church 7th District
William Dudley Gregorie – Family Member of Susie Jackson
Charleston City Council
Member, Mother Emanuel AME Church
Kay Hightower
Manager, South Carolina Department of Aging
Wilbur E. Johnson
Managing Partner- Attorney, Young Clements Rivers, LLP
Reginald B. “Reggie” McKnight
State Policy and Government Affairs at Waymo (Google Self-Driving Car)
Polly Sheppard
June 17, 2015 Survivor
Reverend Anthony Thompson – Husband of Myra Thompson
Pastor, Holy Trinity Reformed Episcopal Church