Poised to join more than 1700 Riley Fellows from across the state, 44 leaders from the Lowcountry 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. DLI is expertly 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. \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 Lowcountry Class 11 are:<\/p>\n
Craig Ascue Edie Blakeslee Terri Boone Amy Brennan Laura Bright Margie Bright Matthews Patrick Bryant Sara Clow Melissa Crosby Merridith Crowe Charlie Cumbaa Barbara Dilligard Kathryn Diminich Mica Dolan Laura Evans Susan Gaddy Shawan Gillians Reggie Gosnell Anton Gunn Bruce Hendricks Jackie Heyward Brian Hicks Blan Holman Anthony Jackson Brent Jonas Rodell Lawrence Lottie Lewis Christiaan Marcum Caroline Mauldin Rick Maxey Jim May Amanda McNulty Michael Boulware Moore Sally Newman Weston Newton Don Pratt Carl Ritchie James Simmons Jeannine Smalls Tiffany Spann-Wilder Jeffrey Tibbals Marjory Wentworth Loren Ziff Nancy Zisk 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 1700 Riley Fellows from across the state, 44 leaders from the Lowcountry and surrounding areas have been selected to participate in the Riley Institute at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":6040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diversity-equity-and-inclusion","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6039","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=6039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nAvision Young Commercial Real Estate
\nMt. Pleasant<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Vice President Grantmaking and Community Leadership
\nCoastal Community Foundation of South Carolina
\nCharleston<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Director
\nLeadership Institute at USC Salkehatchie
\nAllendale<\/p>\n
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\nCenter for Women
\nCharleston<\/p>\n
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\nCharleston Metro Chamber of Commerce
\nNorth Charleston<\/p>\n
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\nBright Matthews Law Firm, LLC
\nWalterboro<\/p>\n
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\nBidr
\nMt. Pleasant<\/p>\n
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\nCoastal Conservation League – GrowFood Carolina
\nCharleston<\/p>\n
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\nColleton County High School
\nWalterboro<\/p>\n
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\nTrident United Way
\nNorth Charleston<\/p>\n
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\nBlackbaud
\nCharleston<\/p>\n
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\nKaraton Services, LLC
\nCharleston<\/p>\n
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\nElliott Davis Decosimo
\nCharleston<\/p>\n
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\nAdvanced Technology International
\nSummerville<\/p>\n
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\nSmith Moore Leatherwood LLP
\nCharleston<\/p>\n
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\nThe Gaddy Law Firm
\nMt. Pleasant<\/p>\n
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\nSantee Cooper
\nMoncks Corner<\/p>\n
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\nCity of Conway
\nConway<\/p>\n
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\nMUSC
\nCharleston<\/p>\n
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\nU.S. District Court
\nGreenville<\/p>\n
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\nTown of Hollywood
\nHollywood<\/p>\n
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\nThe Post and Courier
\nCharleston<\/p>\n
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\nSouthern Environmental Law Center
\nCharleston<\/p>\n
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\nMt. Pleasant<\/p>\n
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\nCharleston Regional Development Alliance
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\nPenn Center Inc.
\nSt. Helena Island<\/p>\n
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\nTown of Allendale
\nAllendale<\/p>\n
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\nRichardson Patrick Westbrook & Brickman, LLC
\nMt. Pleasant<\/p>\n
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\nSouth Carolina Future Minds
\nCharleston<\/p>\n
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\nHorry County Schools
\nConway<\/p>\n
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\nNew Tech Network
\nNapa, CA<\/p>\n
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\nSCETV; Clemson University\/Clemson Extension Sumter County
\nSumter<\/p>\n
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\nInternational African American Museum
\nCharleston<\/p>\n
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\nCharleston Legal Access
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\nJones, Simpson & Newton, PA; SC House of Representatives
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\nWCBD-TV
\nMt. Pleasant<\/p>\n
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\nTown of Mount Pleasant
\nMt. Pleasant<\/p>\n
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\nGrace Chapel AME Church
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\nSpann Wilder Law, LLC
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\nNexsen Pruet, LLC
\nCharleston<\/p>\n
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\nThe Art Institute of Charleston
\nCharleston<\/p>\n
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\nEastrock Properties, LLC
\nMt. Pleasant<\/p>\n
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\nCharleston School of Law
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