Business Report names 2019 Women of Influence

Listen to this article

Twenty-five women, in professions ranging from architecture to education, have been selected as the 2019 Women of Influence by the Columbia Regional Business Report.

Each year, the Business Report honors a group of women who are setting the pace in their careers as well as working to make the Midlands a better place. They were nominated by Business Report readers and selected by a panel of judges.

Among this year’s honorees are leaders in architecture, higher education, law and real estate, while philanthropical and entrepreneurial spirit also received recognition. A profile of each honoree will be published in the Aug. 12 issue of the Business Report, and the women will be honored at a luncheon on Aug. 22.

Click here for more information or to purchase tickets.  

The 2019 honorees are:

• Miriam Atria, president and CEO, Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board
• Cayci Banks, director of communications, 1000 Feathers
• Charlotte Berry, local philanthropist  
• Addie Bors, director of community education and outreach, Select Health of South Carolina
• Denise Bradley, founder, Miracles in the Midlands  
• Catherine Cantey, vice president, relationship manager, AgFirst Farm Credit Bank
• Sara Fawcett, president and CEO, United Way of the Midlands
• Jennifer Harding, vice president of business solutions, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World
• Sayward Harrison, assistant research professor, University of South Carolina
• Celeste Jones, partner, Burr & Forman McNair
• Erika Kirby, executive director, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation  
• Barrie Kirk, provost, Midlands Technical College
• Kathleen McDaniel, founding partner, Burnette Shutt & McDaniel
• Merritt McNeely, vice president of marketing, Flock and Rally
• Carol Moore, president, Columbia College  
• Lisa Muzekari, environmental department manager, Thomas & Hutton Engineering Co.
• Brittany Owen, tax senior manager, Elliott Davis
• Casey Pash, president and CEO, Junior Achievement of South Carolina  
• Barbara Rackes, president, The Rackes Group
• Beth Richardson, attorney, Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte
• Asheley St. John, president, 1×1 Design
• Yolanda Taylor, broker in charge, Taylored Realty Homes  
• Anne Walker, executive director, Alston Wilkes Society
• Ayanna White, executive director, Power in Changing  
• Chris Wolfe, vice president of quality engineering, Nephron Pharmaceuticals