Riley Fellows in the News: March 19, 2020

Mark Bounds (Lowcountry, Fall 2009), East Point Academy’s head of school, received the Order of the Palmetto for extraordinary service and achievements across the state. Read more.

John Castile (Upstate, Fall 2006), executive director for the Greenville County Redevelopment Authority, and Joanie Martin (Upstate, Spring 2016), chief administrative officer of Michelin North America, were selected to serve on the Community Foundation of Greenville’s board of directors. Read more.

Marc Marchant (Lowcountry, Fall 2018), is now CEO of LS3P. Read more.

Tony McDade (Upstate, Fall 2010), received the Gordon L. Blackwell Alumni Service Award at Furman University’s Bell Tower Ball. United Way of Greenville, led by president and CEO Meghan Barp (Upstate, Spring 2019), received the University Partnership Award. Read more.

Deborah McKetty (Upstate, Spring 2012), vice president of community investment at United Way of Greenville County, received the 2019 Athena Leadership Award, and Adela Mendoza (Upstate, Fall 2009), executive director of the Hispanic Alliance, received the Leadership Greenville Distinguished Alumni award at the Greenville Chamber’s 131st annual meeting. Read more.

Glenis Redmond (Upstate, Fall 2013), poet-in-residence at the Peace Center and founder of Peace Voices, received the South Carolina Arts Commission’s 2020 Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Award for the Arts. Read more.

Breon Walker (Midlands, Spring 2015), partner with Gallivan White Boyd, received South Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s 2020 South Carolina Leadership in Law award. Read more.

The Riley Institute is accepting applications for the 2020 WhatWorksSC Award through April 30, 2020. The award is designed to celebrate the many great programs happening in our public schools. For more information, click here.