Riley Mayors' Design Fellowship 
About
A tradition of empowering communities throughout our State
Formerly known as the South Carolina Mayors’ Institute for Community Design and relaunched in 2018, the Riley Mayors’ Design Fellowship was founded in 1999. The Fellowship is modeled after the National Mayors’ Institute on City Design founded in 1986 by former Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Currently, South Carolina is the only state to have such a program.
Alumni
Class of 2026
Lethonia Barnes
Mayor of Florence, SC
Demetrius Chatman
Mayor of Winnsboro, SC
Jennifer Rushing
Mayor of Scotia, SC
Lisa Talbert
Mayor of Easley, SC
Russ Touchberry
Mayor of Summerville, SC
Jeffrey Washington
Mayor of North, SC
Class of 2025
Thomas E. Andrews III
Mayor of Forest Acres, SC
Reginald “Reggie” Burgess
Mayor of North Charleston, SC
Luke D. Giddings
Mayor of Bishopville, SC
Stellartean Jones
Mayor of Gray Court, SC
George Patrick “GP” McLeer, Jr.
Mayor of Fountain Inn, SC
Paul Shewmaker
Mayor of Simpsonville, SC
Class of 2024
Billy Chavis
Mayor of Holly Hill, SC
Will Haynie
Mayor of Mount Pleasant, SC
Sterling Lee
Mayor of Lake View, SC
Yamekia Robinson
Mayor of Lake City, SC
Brandon Smith
Mayor of Greenwood, SC
Erica Romo Woods
Mayor of Liberty, SC
Class of 2023
Rockey Burgess
Mayor of Williamston, SC
Theresa Myers Ervin
Mayor of Florence, SC
Qwendolyn Etheridge
Mayor of Ridge Springs, SC
Michael D. Fuesser
Mayor of York, SC
Stephen Murray
Mayor of Beaufort, SC
Class of 2022
Barbara Jo Blain-Bellamy
Mayor of Conway, SC
Frank Crenshaw
Mayor of Pendleton, SC
Danny Edwards
Mayor of Walhalla, SC
Charles K. Fulton
Mayor of Lane, SC
Robert Halfacre
Mayor of Clemson, SC
Kim Wiley
Mayor of Estill, SC
Briton Williams
Mayor of North Augusta, SC
Class of 2021
Brenda Bethune
Mayor of Myrtle Beach, SC
Alfred Mae Drakeford
Mayor of Camden, SC
Greg Habib
Mayor of Goose Creek, SC
Ladonna Hall
Mayor of Salley, SC
Cornelius Huff
Mayor of Inman, SC
James Fletcher Perry
Mayor of Pickens, SC
Class of 2020
Alston DeVenney
Mayor of Lancaster, SC
Rick Osbon
Mayor of Aiken, SC
Bob Pettit
Mayor of North Augusta, SC
Christie Rainwater
Mayor of Hanahan, SC
Nathan Senn
Mayor of Laurens, SC
Lancer Dean Shull
Mayor of Batesburg-Leesville, SC
Class of 2019
Brandy Hart Amidon
Mayor of Travelers Rest, SC
Corrin F. Bowers III
Mayor of Estill, SC
Michael C. Butler
Mayor of Orangeburg, SC
John P. Gettys Jr.
Mayor of Rock Hill, SC
Carl Melvin Pennington
Mayor of Hartsville, SC
Rosa Lee Privette
Mayor of Patrick, SC
Richard Blake Sanders
Mayor of West Pelzer, SC
Harry Williams
Mayor of Hardeeville, SC
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