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First statewide cohort of Riley Fellows announced

Staff Report //October 30, 2020//

First statewide cohort of Riley Fellows announced

Staff Report //October 30, 2020//

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Furman University’s Riley Institute has announced the lineup of its first statewide cohort for the 17th year of its Diversity Leaders Initiative.

Juan Johnson, Coca-Cola’s first vice president for diversity strategy, will lead the course, which included case studies, scenario analyses and a capstone community project.

“The extreme hardship brought on by the pandemic has exacerbated the existing social and economic divisions that we address through our Diversity Leaders Initiative,” Donald Gordon, executive director of the Riley Institute, said in a news release. “The road ahead will present its share of challenges, but our new group of leaders are uniquely positioned to create real-world solutions within their own enterprises.”

Currently, more than 2,300 Riley Fellows live in South Carolina as CEOs, legislators, superintendents and community leaders. This year’s cohort includes:

  • Edward Anderson of United Way of Greenville County
  • Amy Barrett of the Urban Land Institute
  • Neil Batavia of Dority & Manning, P.A.
  • Jody Bedenbaugh of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
  • Karl Brady of Carolina Youth Development Center
  • Ivette Burgess of the city Beaufort
  • Willis Cantey of the Charleston Metro Chamber Board
  • Laura Cantral of the Coastal Conservation
  • Genevieve Caplette of Michelin North America
  • Francisco Cardona Mena of Michelin North America
  • Mary Caskey of Haynworth Sinkler Boyd PA
  • Jeremy Cass of Furman University
  • Daniel Claas of Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina
  • Galen DeHay of Tri-County Technical College
  • Wolfgang Dieminger of BMW MC
  • Kacey Eichelberger, University of South Carolina School and Prisma Health Upstate
  • Adrienne Fairwell of South Carolina ETV
  • Matthew Ferguson of the Education Oversight Committee
  • Elizabeth Fletch of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
  • Kenya Ford of BMW Manufacturing
  • Sh’Kur Francis of New Hope United Methodist Church
  • Herb Frazier of Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission
  • Ryan Gilchrest of The Post and Courier Greenville
  • Jill Goulette of Michelin
  • Kayla Green of The Sumter Item
  • Julio Hernandez of Clemson University
  • Wanda Cheeks Holmes of TK Gregg Community Center, city of Spartanburg
  • Tammie Hoy-Hawkins of CommunityWorks
  • Mark Humphrey of Prisma Health Midlands
  • Michael Jennings of Furman University
  • Danny Kassis of Dominion Energy South Carolina
  • Jesica Mackey of NP Strategy
  • Jonathan Markowitz of University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Prisma Health Upstate
  • Andy Mies of Companion Data Services, BlueCross BlueShield of SC
  • Amy Mirabelli of Michelin North America
  • Jay Norman of Whiting-Turner
  • Jeffery Payne of AgFIrst Farm Credit Bank
  • Heather Pierce of LS3P
  • Katie Quine of Te Riley Institute at Furman University
  • Michael Seemuller of AnMed Health Wren Family Medicine
  • Sue Shugart of KershawHealth
  • Jasmine Smith of Robinson Gray Stepp Laffitte
  • Steve Spinks of Spinx Company
  • Tammy Stephens of BlueCross BlueShield of SC
  • Gregory Whittaker of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardons
  • Matt Williams of KnowledgeWorks

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