Bill Woolsey was elected Mayor in 2010. After the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled the Town improperly formed in 2011, he chaired "Free James Island" to put together the fourth and final incorporation of the Town. He was again elected Mayor in 2012, reelected in 2014, and again in 2019.

Mayor Woolsey serves as the Council liaison for the History Commission, Children's Commission and Chair for the Rethink Folly Road Steering Committee.

To contact Mayor Woolsey send an email to bwoolsey@jamesislandsc.us or call (843) 697-7020.

Term Expires: November 2023.