The 2007-08 Advance Team played host to several guest speakers who appeared on Furman’s campus during the school year, including Ken Menkaus, who delivered a public address, “Crisis and Conflict in the Horn of Africa: Implications for the United States”; Marjorie Margolies, who delivered a public address, “How Do Women Make A Difference in Politics?”; Molly Mitchell Spearman, executive director, South Carolina Association of School Administrators (SCASA); Jo Anne Anderson, executive director of the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee; and Harvey Choplin, retired Traveler’s Rest High School Principal.
The Advance Team also made their annual trip to Columbia for the Third Wilkins Leadership Awards Dinner with special guests Mike McConnell, who offered a public address on global intelligence and U.S. national security, and The Right Honorable Peter Beattie, Trade Commissioner to the Americas and Former Premier of Queensland, Australia.
2007-08 Advance Team Members
Elizabeth Goss
2007-08 Advance Team Leader
Atlanta, GA
Political Science
Ben Able
Political Science
John Candeto
Economics, Asian Studies, Philosophy
Kristen Capogrossi
Political Science, Economics
Jonathan Cote
Political Science, Philosophy
Abby Elsener
Brittany Fee
Political Science
John Odell Ferguson
Cary Fontana
Political Science
Mason Freeman
Shun Griffin
Political Science
Christina Henderson
Political Science
Brian Highsmith
Economics, German
Quentin James
Ke Ji
Political Science
Abby Kobrovsky
Political Science, Communications
Matt Kuhn
Political Science, Economics
Bonnie O’Neill
Political Science, Earth and Environmental Science
Rachel Parrish
Political Science, Asian Studies
Karly Scheldwitz
Matt Springate
Political Science, Communications
Taylor Warren
Political Science, History
Kyle Wilkins
Economics, History
Emily Wilson
Political Science, History