{"id":461,"date":"2021-04-28T15:31:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=461"},"modified":"2021-07-07T17:47:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T17:47:31","slug":"riley-fellows-in-the-news-april-28-2021","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/riley-fellows-in-the-news-april-28-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Fellows in the News: April 28, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><em>Pictured: Jason Richards<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pamela Christopher<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Fall 2015)<\/em>, president and CEO of the Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce, is now South Carolina Department of Transportation commissioner for the third congressional district. <a href=\"https:\/\/whosonthemove.com\/pamela-l-christopher-of-anderson-is-the-new-scdot-commissioner-representing-the-3rd-congressional-district\/\">Read the article.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leon Lott<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Fall 2007)<\/em>, Richland County sheriff, was named 2021 Sheriff of the Year by the National Sheriff\u2019s Association. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3voUWZe\">Read the article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Matthews<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Fall 2007)<\/em> of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd was elected to serve on the Atlantic Legal Foundation\u2019s board of directors. <a href=\"https:\/\/whosonthemove.com\/steve-matthews-elected-to-serve-on-the-atlantic-legal-foundations-board-of-directors\/\">Read the article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Moody<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Fall 2007)<\/em> is now chief executive officer of Jadex Inc. <a href=\"https:\/\/bwnews.pr\/32Qt4Rg\">Read the article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Terry Pruitt<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Spring 2020)<\/em>, chief academic officer for Spartanburg County School District 7, was elected to represent the fourth congressional district on Lander University\u2019s board of trustees. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3eAjZSb\">Read the article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jason Richards<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Fall 2010)<\/em>, global business director with NAI Earle Furman, was named chair of the NAI Global Leadership board. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3sVuLrw\">Read the article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See what graduates of our Diversity Leaders Initiative have been up to lately and join us in congratulating them on their achievements. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":569,"template":"","update-categories":[11,10],"class_list":["post-461","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\/461","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\/461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}