Riley Fellows in the News: March 10, 2020

Brad Bechtold (Upstate, Spring 2006), associate professor of business at Anderson University, is the first director of their new Family Enterprise Institute of South Carolina. Read more.

Beth Brotherton (Upstate, Fall 2006), former communications director for Greenville County Schools, is now director of the department of communications and neighborhood relations for the city of Greenville. Read more.

Suzanne Dickerson (Upstate, Fall 2013), director of SC Logistics and SC Fraunhofer USA Alliance, was named Charleston Women in International Trade’s 2020 woman of the year. Read more.

Rick Mendoza (Midlands, Spring 2014), attorney with Nexsen Pruet, joined the Sisters of Charity Foundation’s board of trustees. Read more.

Dominique Milton (Lowcountry, Fall 2017), president and CEO of Carolinas-Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council, was recognized by DiversityPlus Magazine as being among the top 25 Women in Power Impacting Diversity.

Juana Slade (Upstate, Fall 2004), chief diversity officer and director of language services at AnMed Health, was named board chair for the Alliance for a Healthier South Carolina. Read more.

Marjory Wentworth (Lowcountry, Fall 2016), South Carolina poet laureate, was named a 2020 National Coalition Against Censorship Free Speech is for Me Advocate. Read more.

Selected as new Ten at the Top board members are: Eli Hestermann (Upstate, Spring 2017), executive director of Furman University’s Institute for the Advancement of Community Health; Heather Jones (Upstate, Fall 2008), CEO of the Greenwood Partnership Alliance; Adela Mendoza (Upstate, Fall 2009), president and CEO of the Hispanic Alliance; Carlos Phillips (Upstate, Spring 2017), president and CEO of the Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce; Tim Self (Upstate, Spring 2018), executive director of the AnMed Health Foundation; and Allen Smith (Upstate, Fall 2013), president and CEO of the Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce. Read more.

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