Constituency Advisory Board

The enabling ordinances approving the partnership between the Regional Medical Center (RMC) and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) included changes in Board structure. In addition to an 11-member Board of Trustees, an 18-member Constituency Advisory Board was established to provide input and policy recommendations to the Board of Trustees based on identified healthcare needs of areas served by RMC. The Constituency Advisory Board does not have governance power or authority related to RMC. 

Constituency Advisory Board Officers

John E. McLauchlin Jr. - CHAIR 
Calhoun County Administrator

Labrena Aiken-Furtick - VICE CHAIR 
Chief Operating Officer of CASA Family Systems 

Dr. Stefanie Gadson-Brown - SECRETARY
Dean of Healthcare Preparation & Workforce at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College

The ordinance passed by both County Councils (Orangeburg and Calhoun) designated the following agencies as members of the Constituency Advisory Board:

• Harold M. Young
  Orangeburg County Administrator
• John E. McLauchlin Jr. - CHAIR
  Calhoun County Administrator
• Natashia Smith, PhD & Bryant Williams
  Orangeburg Area Mental Health Center
• Mike Dennis
  Tri-County Commission on Alcohol & Drug Abuse
• Charlene Nimmons & Lakieba Brooks-Leach
  South Carolina Department of Social Services
• Bridgette H. Zimmerman
  South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice
• Vonda Steward
  South Carolina Department of Disabilities & Special Needs
• Dr. Stefanie Gadson-Brown - SECRETARY & Candance Tooley
  Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College
• Karen Myers
  Denmark Technical College
• Shannon B. Smith, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, CNE
  Claflin University
• Melanie Jones
  HopeHealth
• Labrena Aiken-Furtick - VICE CHAIR
  CASA Family Systems
• Dr. Louis Whitesides
  South Carolina State University 1890 Research & Extension
• Dr. Shawn Foster
  Orangeburg County School District Superintendent
• Dr. Ferlondo J. Tullock
  Calhoun County School District Superintendent
• Lee L. Given
  Orangeburg County Development Commission
• Demetrius Hardy
  YMCA - Orangeburg County
• Family Health Centers