Liberty Fellowship is governed by a Board of Directors who owe the highest fiduciary responsibility to Liberty Fellowship. Our Board Members are Fellows who generously contribute their time to this service over three-year terms.
Kerri Forrest (’18)
Chair
Jason Tompkins (’14)
Vice Chair
Jason Tompkins is a founder and Managing Partner of Asana Partners. He has 24 years of commercial real estate experience.
Jason Tompkins is a founder and Managing Partner of Asana Partners. He has 24 years of commercial real estate experience in investments, asset management, operations, capital markets, and institutional investor relations.
Jason has served as lead execution officer on more than $20 billion of private and public real estate and capital markets transactions.
Prior to co-founding Asana Partners, Tompkins was the Chief Financial Officer of EDENS, one of the nation’s leading owners, operators, and developers of retail real estate. Before joining EDENS, Jason held positions as Vice President with Wachovia Securities’ Real Estate Investment Banking, Director with Andersen Corporate Finance, LLC (NASD Broker-Dealer subsidiary of Arthur Andersen), and Vice President of European Mergers and Acquisitions with GE Capital Real Estate in Paris, France.
Jason earned a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech. He lives in Columbia.
Dehler Hart (’19)
Treasurer
At a relatively young age, Dehler Hart found himself as a key executive in his family’s business, working at the intersection of real estate development and environmental concerns in a rapidly growing region of South Carolina. At a slightly older age, he now oversees the real estate holdings for The Springs Company, serving on its Board and as the President of its Real Estate Development Companies.
As the only member of his generation (5th generation) working full-time in the Springs/Close family business, Dehler has also become the family spokesperson in the local community. While he is active in local civil and real estate groups, Dehler’s passion is combining smart land development with conservation through the Anne Springs Close Greenway, named for his late Grandmother. Dehler serves on the Boards of the Greenway and its parent company Leroy Springs and Company. This public non-profit was originally developed to provide recreation for textile workers and their families. It now serves the local communities with roughly 500 employees and over 300,000 annual visitors to the Greenway.
Dehler earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from The Charleston School of Law and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Rhodes College. His legal and business education provides a strong foundation for navigating the complexities of real estate, finance, and land development, allowing him to blend strategic growth with responsible stewardship of natural resources.
Michael Allen (’14)
Michael offers more than 19 years of successful architectural business development and project management experience, including LEED and Green Globe Sustainability projects.
Michael’s client relationship development skills and project lead generating suitabilities have helped him win numerous projects throughout his career. His valuable knowledge of project scale and budget stems from opportunities working with a wide range of Higher Education, K-12, Municipal, and Sports & Recreation clients, frequently following projects from conception through completion.
A former Clemson Football player, Michael was awarded the 2019 Brian Dawkins Lifetime Achievement Award for excellence in career and community achievements.
Patrick Cawley (’13)
Dr. Patrick J. Cawley is the Chief Executive Officer of MUSC Health and Vice President for Health Affairs of the Medical University of South Carolina.
Prior to being appointed as CEO, Dr. Cawley served as the chief medical officer of the MUSC Medical Center where he led MUSC’s improvement transformation in quality and patient safety. He co-founded the first hospital medicine program at Duke University and later managed a private practice hospital medicine group in Conway, SC. He has served as a consultant to numerous hospitals in hospital medicine program development. Dr. Cawley is a Past-President of the Society of Hospital Medicine and is actively involved in leadership roles in the American Hospital Association, the South Carolina Hospital Association, America’s Essential Hospitals, Vizient, and the health care collaborative, Initiant.
He received his medical degree from Georgetown University, his MBA from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and his Bachelor of Science in Biology and Business from the University of Scranton.
Michelle Logan-Owens (’18)
Michelle Logan-Owens is a visionary healthcare executive with extensive experience leading and supporting health systems through transformative growth, operational excellence, and workforce innovation.
Currently serving as Vice President of Human Resources at McLeod Health, she directs workforce development, talent acquisition, and organizational learning strategies across a seven-hospital network. Her leadership has driven measurable results, including $60M in workforce savings, a 56% reduction in nurse vacancies, and the launch of a graduate nurse residency program to strengthen recruitment and retention.
Previously, Michelle served as Chief Operating Officer of McLeod Regional Medical Center, where she worked to improve clinical outcomes and expanded critical behavioral health partnerships. As CEO of Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital, she led teams through major ownership transitions, reduced turnover by 52%, and introduced innovative technologies to improve patient care. Earlier in her career, Michelle was Acting President and CEO of Tuomey Healthcare System, where she successfully negotiated a hospital acquisition, resolved a decade-long DOJ lawsuit, and stabilized operations during a financial crisis.
Michelle earned her Doctor and Master of Healthcare Administration from the Medical University of South Carolina and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of South Carolina. She is a Liberty Fellow, recipient of the 2023 ATHENA International Leadership Award, and was recognized among “Who’s Who Among Women in South Carolina.” A sought-after speaker, she has presented on leadership, diversity, and healthcare transformation at conferences and institutions across the Southeast.
Deeply committed to service, Michelle serves on the Wilson Hall School Board, the Francis Marion University Business School Advisory Board, and is an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Rotary Club of Florence, and the ETV Endowment of South Carolina.
Ted Swann (’20)
Dr. Ted Swann is the President of TIGER Diagnostics Laboratory and the President of Swann Medicine, a small direct primary care medical practice in Clemson, SC.
Ted Swann has been a family doctor in the Clemson community for over 20 years. Privileged to work with his mentor early in his career, in 2014, he started Swann Medicine to address the many shortcomings of the current medical system by putting patients first, embracing complex problems, optimizing lifestyle choices, and restoring the sacred doctor-patient relationship. During the COVID-19 pandemic, free to act as an independent physician, Ted was able to partner with Clemson University in the development of a novel saliva PCR test and lead a community-facing effort that demonstrated the power of timely diagnostic turnaround for community health. In 2024, inspired by the successes of his partnership with the REDDI lab at Clemson and again frustrated by the medical status quo, Ted, along with top scientists and seasoned healthcare entrepreneurs, founded TIGER Diagnostics Laboratory. TIGER is a robust patient-first, physician-led, community-minded lab built to serve the whole state. Remembering that every sample represents a life, TIGER is built on the conviction that timely turnaround matters to doctors and patients.
A proud South Carolinian, Ted earned his Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from Clemson University, where he served as student body president, and his Doctor of Medicine from MUSC in Charleston.
Rochelle Williams (’23)
Rochelle Williams is the Chief Strategy Officer and Vice President of Community Impact at the Mary Black Foundation, where she leads the Foundation’s grantmaking and community impact strategies and manages the community impact team.
With more than 20 years of experience in the social sector, Rochelle has worked as a policy analyst, management consultant, and nonprofit executive director. Before joining the Foundation, she served as Executive Director of the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities Foundation.