Darla Moore, Vice President of Rainwater, Inc., is founder and chair of the Palmetto Institute, a nonprofit think tank aimed at bolstering per capita income in South Carolina. She serves on the boards of the University of South Carolina and New York University Medical School and Hospitals. The University of South Carolina's business school is named in her honor and she is the first woman profiled on the cover of Fortune magazine and named to the "List of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business". She has served on numerous corporate boards, including Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. She currently serves on the board of The South Financial Group and MPS Group and the National Advisory Board of JP Morgan and was formerly a managing director of the predecessor Chemical Bank. She recently received the "Business Person of the Year Award" from the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, and in May will be inducted into the SC Business Hall of Fame. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and has an M.B.A. from George Washington University.