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.

Class of 2023

Rockey Burgess

Mayor of Williamston, SC

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Theresa Myers Ervin

Mayor of Florence, SC

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Qwendolyn Etheridge

Mayor of Ridge Spring, SC

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Michael D. Fuesser 

Mayor of York, SC

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Stephen Murray

Mayor of Beaufort, SC

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Class of 2022

Barbara Jo Blain-Bellamy

Mayor of Conway, SC

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Frank Crenshaw

Mayor of Pendleton, SC

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Danny Edwards

Mayor of Walhalla, SC

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Charles K. Fulton

Mayor of Lane, SC

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Robert Halfacre

Mayor of Clemson, SC

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Kim Wiley

Mayor of Estill, SC

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Briton Williams

Mayor of North Augusta, SC

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Class of 2021

Brenda Bethune

Mayor of Myrtle Beach, SC

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Alfred Mae Drakeford

Mayor of Camden, SC

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Greg Habib

Mayor of Goose Creek, SC

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Ladonna Hall

Mayor of Salley, SC

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Cornelius Huff

Mayor of Inman, SC

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James Fletcher Perry

Mayor of Pickens, SC

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Alumni

Class of 2020

Alston DeVenny

Mayor of Lancaster, SC

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Rick Osbon

Mayor of Aiken, SC

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Bob Pettit

Mayor of North Augusta

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Christie Rainwater

Mayor of Hanahan, SC

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Nathan Senn

Mayor of Laurens, SC

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Lancer Dean Shull

Mayor of Batesburg-Leesville, SC

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Class of 2019

Brandy Hart Amidon

Mayor of Travelers Rest, SC

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Corrin F. Bowers III

Mayor of Estill, SC

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Michael C. Butler

Mayor of Orangeburg, SC

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John P. Gettys, Jr.

Mayor of Rock Hill, SC

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Carl Melvin Pennington

Mayor of Hartsville, SC

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Rosa Lee Privette

Mayor of Patrick, SC

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Richard Blake Sanders

Mayor of West Pelzer, SC

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Harry Williams

Mayor of Hardeeville, SC

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