{"id":3794,"date":"2015-05-26T20:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/05\/13\/womens-leadership-institute-graduates-33\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T14:47:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:47:46","slug":"womens-leadership-institute-graduates-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/womens-leadership-institute-graduates-33\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Leadership Institute graduates 33"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Furman University\u2019s Center for Corporate and Professional Development has announced that 33 members of its inaugural class of the Women\u2019s Leadership Institute have graduated.<\/p>\n<p>The Leadership Class of 2015, selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants, began work on campus in January. The class includes leaders from diverse backgrounds in corporations, healthcare, law, governmental agencies, educational institutions and non-profit organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The graduates of Leadership Class of 2015 are:<\/p>\n<p>Gina Boulware, Greenville<br \/>\nMary Alice Bowers, Travelers Rest<br \/>\nDena Chatfield, Conway<br \/>\nJade Cox, Spartanburg<br \/>\nLaura Crank, Greer<br \/>\nKristen Davis, Greenville<br \/>\nJacqui DiMaggio, Greenville<br \/>\nElizabeth Dubose, Greenville<br \/>\nMary Harris Edwards, Greenville<br \/>\nAshley Farrington, Knoxville, Tenn.<br \/>\nStinson Ferguson, Greenville<br \/>\nNancy Grigsby, Greenville<br \/>\nLinda Hannon, Greenville<br \/>\nKim Hutzell, Greenville<br \/>\nAmanda Hynous, Greenville<br \/>\nAnn Jaskwhich, Anderson<br \/>\nJeri Kleckley, Greenville<br \/>\nRobyn Knox, Greenville<br \/>\nCheryl Lang, Spartanburg<br \/>\nLeslie Latimer, Greenville<br \/>\nStephanie Lewis, Greenville<br \/>\nLisa Mangione, Greenville<br \/>\nMichelle Masters, Greenville<br \/>\nKaren MaWhinney, Greenville<br \/>\nNancy McCartney, Greenville<br \/>\nImma Nwobodu, Greenville<br \/>\nLauren Roach, Greenville<br \/>\nDr. Saria Saccocio, Greenville<br \/>\nDanielle Staggers, Greenville<br \/>\nLyn Torres, Greenville<br \/>\nAmanda Walker, Greer<br \/>\nRenae Wentworth, Greenville<br \/>\nNika White, Greenville<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Kirby, Director of Furman University\u2019s Center for Corporate and Professional Development says, \u201cOur first conference of the Women\u2019s Leadership Institute was a great success. The experience provided a very talented and committed group of women the opportunity to continue expanding their professional knowledge, collaborate on shared goals and strengthen their business network.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Women\u2019s Leadership\u00a0Institute of Furman, which takes place Jan.-April,\u00a0is designed for women who have demonstrated successful leadership, community involvement and a desire to help others. It brings together a unique and powerful blend of knowledge shared by accomplished business leaders and experts from the academic community addressing real world challenges and creative opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the Institute is to provide participants with knowledge and insight essential for navigating the increasingly competitive global business environment while also enhancing their appreciation for the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furman University\u2019s Center for Corporate and Professional Development has announced that 33 members of its inaugural class of the Women\u2019s Leadership Institute have graduated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":3795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,26,40,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-administrative","category-continuing-education","category-corporate-and-professional-development"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}