Meet Our Team
Riley Institute Staff
Richard W. Riley
Former U.S. Secretary of Education and former SC governor
Donald Gordon
Executive Director, Riley Institute; Professor, Politics and International Affairs
David Fleming
Associate Professor, Politics and International Affairs; Senior Researcher, Riley Institute
Sally Morris Cote
Director, Nonprofit Strategic Learning; Co-Director, Furman Prison Education Partnership
Courtenay Nantz
Senior Associate, Diversity Leaders Initiative
Cathy Stevens
Director, Afterschool and Summer Learning Initiatives
Senior Associates and Faculty Coordinators
Cleveland Fraser
Professor, Politics and International Affairs; Coordinator, APEC
Elizabeth Smith
Chair and Professor, Department of Politics and International Affairs; Assistant Faculty Director, The Cothran Center for Vocational Reflection
Katherine "Kate" Kaup 白荷婷
James B. Duke Professor of Asian Studies and Politics and International Affairs
Senior Distinguished Fellows
Jim Guth
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Politics and International Affairs; Senior Distinguished Fellow, Riley Institute