Renée Dobbins Anderson, Ph.D.
Chief Advancement Officer, Charleston Gaillard Center
President & CEO, Rivers Performance Hall Foundation

Highlights:
• Architect and consultant of multiple successful nine- and ten-figure fundraising campaigns, including the Gaillard Center’s $142M capital campaign, a public-private partnership with the City of Charleston
• 40+ years’ experience in development, consulting, and institutional advancement
• 2019 Outstanding Community Volunteer, AFP South Carolina Lowcountry Chapter

Education:
• Ph.D., Organizational Theory, Structure, and Behavior
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Certificate, Harvard Institute for Educational Management (IEM)
Harvard Graduate School of Education

About Renée:
Renée is the founding Vice Chairman of the Rivers Performance Hall Foundation, as well as a founding executive board member of the Charleston Gaillard Center. Serving as President & CEO of the Rivers Performance Hall Foundation and Chief Advancement Officer for the Charleston Gaillard Center, she also chairs the Gaillard Center’s first Artistic Programming Committee.

Renée’s regional and national involvement in educational leadership includes graduate education, higher education, and institutional advancement consulting, fundraising, and training. Spending more than twenty years as associate dean for graduate education for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and thirteen years in institutional advancement and development there, her tenure concluded with the successful completion of UNC’s $2.4 billion Carolina First Campaign.

She retired in 2003 as associate dean of Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. While remaining active at UNC-Chapel Hill, Renée also serves on the Board of Governors at the Business School at the College of Charleston.

Elizabeth V. Milhous
VP Charitable Giving, Charleston Gaillard Center
Vice President, Rivers Performance Hall Foundation

Highlights:
• Generated revenue of $500M+
• 20+ years’ experience in charitable giving, philanthropic consulting, and education
• Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE)

Education:
• M.Ed., Clemson University

About Elizabeth:
As the Gaillard Center’s Vice President for Charitable Giving and as Vice President of the Rivers Performance Hall Foundation, Elizabeth contributes her skills as a former development consultant and regional philanthropy officer with fifteen years of experience in charitable giving. In her career, Elizabeth has helped generate revenue of more than $500M, earning a reputation among her colleagues as the “program builder.”

Before joining the Foundation, Elizabeth assessed organizational readiness, developed strategy, and implemented campaigns and programs for nonprofit institutions in the education, arts, and human services sectors as a vice president for Graham-Pelton.

At the start of her career, Elizabeth served sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade students as a teacher of history in the metro Atlanta area and in the upstate region of South Carolina. Elizabeth is a past chair of Clemson University’s Women’s Alumni Council.