Educational Administrator Joins Beaufort Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees

Beaufort County Council has appointed Carolyn M. Banner, Ph.D., an experienced educational administrator, and an expert in academic program development, to a three-year term on the nine-member Beaufort Memorial Hospital (BMH) Board of Trustees. Banner replaces Kathryn McDonagh, Ph.D., a former hospital CEO who had served on the board since 2019.

Over the past 20 years, the newly appointed trustee has worked extensively with diverse student populations, among them minority students, nontraditional students and students who are academically challenged.

An adjunct professor at University of South Carolina Extended Campus, Coastal Region since 2008, she has also served in high-level administrative positions at the Beaufort campus, including as director of its Opportunity Scholars Program and of its adjunct faculty.

Previously Banner was director of Student Services and of Career Planning and Job Placement at Technical College of the Lowcountry in Beaufort.

The St. Helena Island native holds a doctorate in education from Walden University in Minneapolis, a master’s degree in public health from University of South Carolina in Columbia and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Voorhees College in Denmark, S.C.

Remaining in their leadership positions on the Beaufort Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees are David House, chair; William “Bill” Himmelsbach, vice chair; Steve Larson, M.D., secretary; and Vernita Dore, finance chair.