Leadership Council Members are champions of innovation and entrepreneurship at Furman University. Council members serve as mentors to students and liaisons to the local, regional and national entrepreneurial ecosystem.
- FORD BLAKELY CEO, Zingle
- AMANDA BORON Principal, Korn Ferry
- REED BROWN Vice President, Brown Packing Co.
- DAVID BURTON President & CEO, Burton Holdings
- KEVIN BYRNE President & CEO, The University Financing Foundation**
- DAVID CHORBA National Sales Manager, Delaware Funds
- KEN CLEMENS President & CEO, URL Insurance Group
- RICHARD CULLEN Senior Partner, McGuire Woods, LLP**
- GARY DAVIES CEO, CAPE Asset Management
- DILLON DIEFFENBACH Principled Leader, EY
- AMY DIEFFENBACH Private Investor
- DAVE ELLISON Wealth Advisor, Northwestern Mutual**
- GORDON FORD Founder/Chairman, CrossLink
- EVA-MARIE FOX VP-Marketing, T&S Brass
- NEAL FREEMAN CEO, Competitive Social Ventures, LLC
- CHAD HARDAWAY Deputy Director, University of South Carolina
- DAVID HAUSER Retired Chairman & CEO, FairPoint Comm., Inc.**
- ROBERT HENRY CEO; Pierian Biosciences
- ROBERT HILL Retired Vice Chair, Acosta**
- MARSHALL HILL Director, Invest Operations at SoFi
- DIANA HURLEY
- JOE HURLEY President & CIO, Chi Rho Financial
- KELLY-ANN JENKINS Managing Partner, Jenkins Law PL
- JAMES JENKINS Managing Partner, Jenkins Law PL
- ZACH JOHNSON President, Metropolitan Properties
- MARK KAISER External Advisor, Bain & Co.
- LOU KENNEDY CEO/Co-Founder, Nephron Pharmaceuticals
- RAYMOND KING President & CEO, Zoo Atlanta
- LES KNIGHT Retired Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
- ANDY KURTZ CEO/Founder, Kopis USA
- JAIME LANIER Trustee, Ray C. Anderson Foundation**
- TODD MALO Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Mavin Construction
- SUZANNE MALO Director, DHG Search Advisors
- RON MALONE PE Operating Partner, Shore Capital Partner
- MALCOLM MCCOMB Vice Chair, CBRE
- METT MILLER Executive Managing Director, Savills Studley
- TRACI MILLER Psychologist PhD, Assessment Services
- JOHN PAZDAN CEO, Roy Metal Finishing
- LIBBY PHILLIPS Managing Partner, Phillips Family Office
- KATHRYN PHILLIPS Founder & Managing Director, Kaina Strategic Counsel
- KEVIN PHILLIPS Partner & COO, Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock
- JEFF POWELL General Manager Americas, BioSerenity
- NORM RICHARDSON President, Anchor Power Solutions
- CHRIS RINKER President, GCP Ventures
- LEIGHAN RINKER Founder & Chair, Beginnings of Palm Beach County**
- DAN SANDERS JR. Partner, Nelson Mullins
- CHRISS SPIRES Partner, BKS Partners
- PAUL STASKO President/Founder, Exceptional Software
- SANDY STASKO Product Manager, Exceptional Software
- TOM SWAIN Principal, Findley
- ALEC TAYLOR Retired CEO/Chairman, FGX International**
- ROB VICTOR Principal, Foster Victor Wealth Advisors
- ERIK WEIR Principal and Founder, WCM Global Wealth
- WILL WILLIAMS Vice Chair, KPMG LLP
- KEM WILSON III Principal, Kemmons Wilson Companies
- JOHN YATES Partner, Morris, Manning & Martin LLC**
**Furman Board of Trustee
