{"id":1021,"date":"2022-02-09T19:17:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T19:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=1021"},"modified":"2022-03-15T16:07:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T16:07:08","slug":"riley-fellows-in-the-news-february-9-2022","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/riley-fellows-in-the-news-february-9-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Fellows in the News: February 9, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>David Feild<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Upstate, Spring 2020)<\/em>, Colliers International market president, was named chair of Ten at the Top&#8217;s board of directors.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ukX0nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Grady Johnson<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2009)<\/em>\u00a0was named executive director of the Harbor Entrepreneur Center.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3B09GSf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryan Stirling<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Midlands, Spring 2016)<\/em>, South Carolina Department of Corrections director, received the national Correctional Leaders Association&#8217;s Tom Clements Innovation and Achievement Award.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3oiASGA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tiger Wells<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Midlands, Spring 2012)<\/em>\u00a0of Duke Energy Corporation was appointed to the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina&#8217;s board of directors, and\u00a0<strong>Tony McDade<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Upstate, Fall 2010)<\/em>\u00a0is now a committee member.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3uhzM1P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among those selected as entrants to the\u00a0<em>Greenville Business Magazine<\/em>&#8216;s Hall of Fame are\u00a0<strong>Carlos Phillips<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Upstate, Spring 2017)<\/em>, president and CEO of the Greenville Chamber, and\u00a0<strong>Nika White<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Upstate, Spring 2011)<\/em>, president and CEO of Nika White Consulting. In addition, nine Riley Fellows are among those selected as\u00a0<em>Greenville Business Magazine<\/em>&#8216;s 2021 50 Most Influential:\u00a0<strong>Michael Allen<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Upstate, Spring 2012)<\/em>, CEO of MOA Architecture Inc.;\u00a0<strong>Louise Connell<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Upstate, Spring 2014)<\/em>, supplier diversity manager with BMW Manufacturing Co.;\u00a0<strong>Justin Hawkins<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Upstate, Fall 2010)<\/em>, South Carolina regional bank director of Wells Fargo &amp; Company;\u00a0<strong>Tammie Hoy Hawkins<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Statewide, Fall 2020)<\/em>, president and CEO of Community Works;\u00a0<strong>Merle Johnson<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Upstate, Fall 2021)<\/em>, director of economic and community development for the City of Greenville;\u00a0<strong>James Jordon<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Upstate, Fall 2012)<\/em>, founder and president of The Jordon Companies;\u00a0<strong>Deborah McKetty<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Upstate, Spring 2012)<\/em>, president of the South Carolina Community Loan Fund;\u00a0<strong>Max Metcalf<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Upstate, Fall 2007)<\/em>, manager of government and community relations for BMW Manufacturing Co.; and\u00a0<strong>Burke Royster<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Upstate, Fall 2017)<\/em>, superintendent of Greenville County Schools.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3umgGaW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the latest updates about Riley Fellows career changes, board and commission appointments, professional honors, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1049,"template":"","update-categories":[11,10],"class_list":["post-1021","furman-update","type-furman-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","furman-update-category-diversity-strategies","furman-update-category-riley-fellows-bulletin"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/furman-update"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=1021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}