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- Enhancing educational opportunities for local youth through programs that expose students to valuable life lessons and skills including strategies for character-building;<\/li>\n
- Assisting adult men experiencing homelessness transition to a better situation;<\/li>\n
- Providing a personal piece of luggage to children in foster care offering them a sense of belonging, continuity, and respect;<\/li>\n
- Improving safety and accessibility for every rider in the Greenlink transit system; and<\/li>\n
- Fostering community dialogue around racial terror aimed to raise awareness, build trust, and break down barriers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Graduates of the Riley Institute’s Diversity Leaders Initiative become Riley Fellows and members of a powerful, cross-sector, statewide leadership network.<\/p><\/div>\n
DLI class members are identified through a rigorous process including a nomination, application, and interview. Individuals are selected to join the class based on their capacity to impact their organizations and communities. Each class is crafted to reflect the diverse demographics in South Carolina. In addition to the Upstate, DLI classes are selected annually in the Midlands and Lowcountry.<\/p>\n
DLI graduates become Riley Fellows, members of a powerful, cross-sector, statewide leadership network that includes CEOs of corporations, mayors, city and county council members, legislators, school superintendents, pastors and rabbis, non-profit heads, chamber of commerce directors, and community leaders. The full roster of Riley Fellows is available online at riley.furman.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are excited to add this group of thoughtful leaders, unafraid to take on a challenge and passionate about this state, to our alumni list,\u201d said Don Gordon, executive director of the Riley Institute.<\/p>\n
The newest Riley Fellows in the Upstate are:<\/p>\n
Miranda Asson
\nCommunity Relations Director\/On-air Personality
\nEntercom
\nGreenville<\/p>\nMelissa Bailey-Taylor
\nMedical Director
\nPrisma Health
\nGreenville<\/p>\nMeghan Barp
\nPresident and CEO
\nUnited Way of Greenville County
\nGreenville<\/p>\nGina Blohm
\nDirector of Development
\nCommunity Foundation of Greenville
\nGreenville<\/p>\nJonathan Cote
\nAssociate
\nWomble Bond Dickinson, LLP
\nGreenville<\/p>\nSally Morris Cote
\nDirector of Planning and Evaluation Capacity Building
\nThe Riley Institute at Furman
\nGreenville<\/p>\nGary Daniels
\nVice President, Business Development
\nWells Fargo
\nGreenville<\/p>\nKenneth Dean
\nPastor
\nMount Zion Baptist Church
\nBelton<\/p>\nSophia Dopher
\nLearning and Development Manager
\nMilliken
\nSpartanburg<\/p>\nMary Garvey
\nDirector of Innovation and Inclusion
\nInstitute for Child Success
\nGreenville<\/p>\nYukichi Hagins
\nReal Estate Professional
\nYukichi Hagins Realty
\nGreenville<\/p>\nGwen Hall
\nDirector, Talent and Organizational Development | Human Resources
\nPrisma Health
\nGreenville<\/p>\nLakeia Harris
\nSection Manager, Benefits
\nBMW
\nGreer<\/p>\nJohn Harvey
\nExecutive Vice President, Human Resources
\nScanSource
\nGreenville<\/p>\nBaker Hatcher
\nRegional Manager
\nMAU Workforce Solutions
\nAugusta<\/p>\nMarlon Hunter
\nChief Executive Officer
\nReGenesis
\nSpartanburg<\/p>\nMegha Lal
\nChair
\nGreenwood County Community Foundation
\nGreenwood<\/p>\nJohn Lattimore
\nSenior Director of Project Management
\nHabitat for Humanity of Greenville County
\nGreenville<\/p>\nElizabeth Mann
\nInterim Dean, Public Service, Arts & Sciences
\nGreenville Technical College
\nGreenville<\/p>\nBrad Mock
\nChief Medical Officer
\nAnMed Health
\nAnderson<\/p>\nJudy Pham
\nProcess Engineer
\nMichelin North America
\nGreenville<\/p>\nDonnie Porter
\nPublic Affairs Manager
\nCity of Greenville Police Department
\nGreenville<\/p>\nDorothy Priester
\nExecutive Director
\nCherokee County First Steps
\nGaffney<\/p>\nCarlotta Redish
\nAssistant Superintendent for Human Resources
\nSpartanburg School District 7
\nSpartanburg<\/p>\nShawn Reid
\nFiscal and Program Operations Specialist
\nDuscha Management, LLC
\nFountain Inn<\/p>\nAnsel Sanders
\nPresident and CEO
\nPublic Education Partners
\nGreenville<\/p>\nChris Scalzo
\nCircuit Public Defender, 13th Judicial Circuit
\nSouth Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense
\nGreenville<\/p>\nFeliccia Smith
\nProfessor of Business
\nNorth Greenville University
\nTigerville<\/p>\nKaty Pugh Smith
\nExecutive Director
\nPiedmont Health Foundation & Greenville Partnership for Philanthropy
\nGreenville<\/p>\nLiz Smith
\nProfessor and Chair, Department of Politics and International Affairs
\nFurman University
\nGreenville<\/p>\nEllen Stevenson
\nOrganizational Consultant
\nOptimal Performance
\nGreenville<\/p>\nScott Strong
\nVice President
\nSnider Fleet Solutions
\nAnderson<\/p>\nSummer Tebalt
\nDirector of AccessHealth Spartanburg
\nSRHS
\nSpartanburg<\/p>\nTroy Terry
\nExecutive Director of Graduate and Evening Studies
\nFurman University
\nGreenville<\/p>\nTiffane Thompson
\nDirector, Consumer Experience
\nMichelin North America
\nGreenville<\/p>\nMike Ungar
\nCompetency Manager
\nMichelin North America
\nGreenville<\/p>\nSally Wills
\nExecutive Director
\nLiveWell Greenville
\nGreenville<\/p>\nLisa Wine
\nProduction Section Manager
\nBMW Manufacturing
\nGreer<\/p>\nAbout the Riley Institute at Furman University
\n<\/strong>The Riley Institute at Furman University broadens student and community perspectives about issues critical to South Carolina\u2019s progress. It builds and engages present and future leaders, creates and shares data-supported information about the state\u2019s core challenges, and links the leadership body to sustainable solutions. It is committed to nonpartisanship in all it does and to a rhetoric-free, facts-based approach to change. For more information, visit riley.furman.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thirty-eight leaders from the Upstate and surrounding area have completed the Riley Institute at Furman\u2019s Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI). Over the past five months, participants have examined sensitive issues related […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,29,7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-centers-and-institutes","category-riley-institute","category-top-four-news-2nd-story","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8249","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\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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