Poised to join more than 1,700 Riley Fellows from across the state, 43 leaders from the Upstate and surrounding areas have been selected to participate in the Riley Institute at Furman\u2019s Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI).<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are excited to welcome these accomplished people into DLI. The relationships they will form and tools they will gain over the course of the DLI program will support their progress as passionate and influential leaders in the state,\u201d says Dr. Don Gordon, Executive Director of the Riley Institute.<\/p>\n
Class members meet over the course of five months in a format driven by timely, relevant case studies and other experiential learning tools designed to maximize interactions and productive relationships among program participants.<\/p>\n
DLI is facilitated by Juan Johnson, an independent consultant and former Coca-Cola Vice President. \u201cDLI is unique among South Carolina\u2019s leadership programs. In addition to the opportunity to develop new relationships and take part in positive action in their communities, participants gain deep knowledge of how to effectively manage and lead increasingly diverse workers, clients and constituents,\u201d says Johnson.<\/p>\n
As part of the program, leaders also work in cross-sector groups to respond to real issues and opportunities in their communities through capstone service projects.<\/p>\n
Participants, who reflect South Carolina\u2019s demographics and who represent the corporate, nonprofit, education, faith-based and government sectors, are chosen by nomination and application.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is increasingly evident that our state benefits from having a unified body of leaders committed to working to break down barriers that hinder progress as we move toward a thriving economy and brighter future for all South Carolinians,\u201d Gordon says.<\/p>\n
The Riley Fellows for DLI Upstate Class 22 are:<\/p>\n
Deborah Allen<\/strong> Selynto Anderson<\/strong> Bruce Barkley<\/strong> Kevin Bryant<\/strong> Laura Caligan-Gilliam<\/strong> Starla Collins-Ross<\/strong> Cara Cornelius<\/strong> Brad Cuttino<\/strong> Ralph Dimenna<\/strong> Jason Elliott<\/strong> Corey Epps<\/strong> Stephanie Estrada<\/strong> Janet Foster-Whitley<\/strong> Alex Garvey<\/strong> Danielle Gibbs<\/strong> Cheryl Grant<\/strong> Gerald Hunt<\/strong> Chris Kerscher<\/strong> Tricia Linder<\/strong> Akan Malici<\/strong> Mike McGirr<\/strong> Kim Moultrie<\/strong> Margaret Oakes<\/strong> Mark Patterson<\/strong> Beth Paul<\/strong> Courtney Porrello<\/strong> Mikelle Porter<\/strong> Karen Potter<\/strong> Dennis Raines<\/strong> Summer Ramsey<\/strong> Jane Robelot Decarvalho<\/strong> Luanne Runge<\/strong> Rebecca Rush<\/strong> Scott Sasser<\/strong> JoKeitha Seabrook<\/strong> Lamont Sullivan<\/strong> Tony Thomas<\/strong> Peter Tilkemeier<\/strong> Bobbie Watts<\/strong> Gage Weekes<\/strong> Lisa Wells<\/strong> Cheryl Wiggins<\/strong> Shane Williams<\/strong> Learn more about the Riley Institute at Furman\u2019s Diversity Leaders Initiative<\/a>. Or contact Megan Dodgens, Manager of Diversity Leadership Programs at (864) 294-3253, or megan.dodgens@furman.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Poised to join more than 1,700 Riley Fellows from across the state, 43 leaders from the Upstate and surrounding areas have been selected to participate in the Riley Institute at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":6009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6008","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=6008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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