{"id":986,"date":"2016-02-17T19:46:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T00:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/17\/class-members-and-speakers-set-for-connections\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T14:15:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T18:15:23","slug":"class-members-and-speakers-set-for-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/class-members-and-speakers-set-for-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Class members and speakers set for &#8220;Connections&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Furman University has selected the 2013 class and slate of speakers for \u201cConnections: Women Leaders of the Upstate,\u201d the university\u2019s premier leadership development program. Since its inception in 1997, the program brings women together to connect, take control of their careers, become stronger leaders, and make significant contributions to their communities.<\/p>\n<p>Eight Upstate communities are represented in this year\u2019s class with 33 members from Fountain Inn, Greenville, Greer, Inman, Mauldin, Simpsonville, Spartanburg and Taylors. Connections class members are selected based on employer nomination and track record of community and professional leadership activities.<\/p>\n<p>Class members are: Carol C. Perrin Cobb, Betty Cox, Ashley Cuttino, Pam Davis, Ann Driscoll, Natalie Dunham, Joy Grayson, Euleta Hagins, Stephanie Haltiwanger, Denice Harris, Berri Hicks, April Huttunen, Kacie Jackson, Anna Joiner, Brooke Jones, Keri Macaulay, Barbara Martin, Betsy McMillan, Sara Montero-Buria, Tammy Moore, Emily Muserallo, Lindsey Myers, Amanda Perkins, Rhiannon Poore, Carrie Priddy, Tamara Robertson, Deidre Sandrock, Lauren Scoggins, Melissa Seely, Michelle Walley, Tracy Waters, Heather Witt, and Nicole Wood.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers for Connections 2013 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ms. Deb Sofield, Executive Speech Coach, \u201cThe Voice of a Leader,\u201d Jan. 14<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Colleen Keith, President, Spartanburg Methodist College, \u201cA Leader\u2019s Sense of Self,\u201d Feb. 11<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Allison Black Cornelius, Principal, Blackfish Consulting, \u201cThe Mind of a Leader,\u201d March 4<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Luanne Runge, Chairperson, Greenville Chamber of Commerce, \u201cThe Soul of a Leader,\u201d March 25<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Tan Kirby-Davis, Founder, Kirby Resource Group, \u201cA Leader Embodied,\u201d April 8<\/li>\n<li>The Hon. Aphrodite Konduros, South Carolina Court of Appeals (Graduation Speaker), April 29<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information about Connections, visit www.furman.edu\/learningforyou, or contact Learning for You director, Beth Crews at 864-294-2156.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furman has selected the 2013 class and slate of speakers for \u201cConnections: Women Leaders of the Upstate,\u201d the university\u2019s premier leadership development program. Since its inception in 1997, the program brings women together to connect, take control of their careers, become stronger leaders, and make significant contributions to their communities.<\/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":[15,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-continuing-education"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986","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=986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33273,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions\/33273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}