Children’s Trust Board of Directors has elected the following individuals to serve as Board officers in 2025: 

  • Beverly Hamilton, Chair 
  • Phillip Vann, Vice Chair  
  • Shawan Gillians, Secretary/Treasurer 

Children’s Trust is the only statewide organization focused on preventing child abuse and neglect in South Carolina. It leads and supports a network of community-based organizations that share the belief that all children should thrive, live in secure families, and be surrounded by supportive communities.   

It is governed by a seventeen-member board of directors, whom the Governor appoints. If anyone is interested in serving on the board of directors, please contact info@scchildren.org for more information.  

Beverly Hamilton, Phillip Vann and Shawan Gillians