Conway
FY2025– Present
Preston L. McKever-Floyd is the Founder and C.E.O. of the Dr. Preston L. McKever-Floyd Foundation and Youth Sports Academy in Monrovia, Liberia. The organization was founded April 19, 2015, and incorporated with the Liberian government as an International Non-Governmental Organization in 2017. The prime objective of which is the education of the youth of Liberia and we use soccer as a vehicle for the teaching life and leadership skills. Our motto is Creating a New Future for Liberia One Child at a Time.
December 2015 Dr. McKever-Floyd retired after thirty-five years as a professor and two years as Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious studies, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC. During his tenure he co-founded the Women’s and Gender Studies program. He also did visiting professorships at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri in African American Literature and the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina in Women’s and Gender, African-American, and Religious Studies.
Dr. McKever-Floyd holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Virginia State University, Master of Divinity, Duke University, all but dissertation, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Religion and Literature (1985), Emory University and the Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD) in philosophy from the University of South Carolina (2009). Dr. McKever-Floyd is the first African American to earn the doctorate in philosophy from the University of South Carolina.
A native of Conway, SC, Rev. Dr. McKever-Floyd grew up in the home of the first full-time Black policeman in the state of South Carolina, Mr. Samuel P. Floyd, Sr. Rev. Dr. McKever-Floyd was one of the first five African American students to graduate from Conway High School in 1968.
Rev. Dr. McKever-Floyd currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for CareTeamPlus, medical clinic, serving Horry, Georgetown and Williamsburg counties, and the Palmetto Literacy Council serving Horry County. He believes in the sacredness of all life, and to whom much is given much is required.
