Darla Moore was vice president of Rainwater, Inc., a private investment company. She is the founder and chair of the Charleston Parks Conservancy; a foundation focused on enhancing the parks and public spaces of the City of Charleston. She is the first woman to be profiled on the cover of Fortune magazine and named to the list of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business.

Moore has served on numerous corporate and philanthropic boards, including Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, the National Teach for America Board, the Board of Trustees of the New York University Medical School and Hospital, the University of South Carolina, and the Lebanese American University of Beirut. She was formerly a managing director of Chemical Bank and currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Shed, a cultural institution in New York City, the Santa Fe Institute, and Oxbow Carbon. The University of South Carolina’s business school is named in her honor — the first business school in America named for a woman.

Moore received the Business Person of the Year Award from the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and was inducted into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame. Moore and Condoleezza Rice are the first women members of Augusta National Golf Club. A graduate of the University of South Carolina, she holds an MBA from George Washington University. Currently, Moore serves as chairman of the Darla Moore Foundation.