Upstate Diversity Leadership Awards

The Riley Institute partners annually with the Greenville Chamber and other chambers of commerce in the Upstate to celebrate outstanding contributions in diversity. Winners of the awards, both individuals and organizations, are role models in promotion diversity, receiving awards in the following categories:

• Calder D. Ehrmann Outstanding Individual
• William “Bill” T. Wylie VALUED Lives Award for School Excellence (K-12 School)
• Outstanding High School Student
• Outstanding College Student
• Outstanding Nonprofit Organization
• Outstanding Business

About the Upstate Diversity Leadership Awards

The annual Upstate Diversity Leadership Awards originated as a community action project in the Diversity Leaders Initiative 2004 Upstate class. The community action project team, “Inclusion Infusion,” suggested an annual event that would recognize organizations and individuals for their accomplishments in improving diversity and inclusion in the Upstate. The idea was adopted by the Riley Institute and the Anderson, Greenville, and Spartanburg Chambers of Commerce, all of which have had representatives complete the Riley Institute’s Diversity Leaders Initiative program.