{"id":513,"date":"2020-05-27T18:46:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T18:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=513"},"modified":"2021-06-01T13:33:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T13:33:13","slug":"riley-fellows-in-the-news-may-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/riley-fellows-in-the-news-may-27-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Fellows in the News: May 27, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Ann Angermeier<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Fall 2005)<\/em>, executive director of the Upstate Workforce Board, was named a 2020 Woman of Influence by the GSA Business Report.<a href=\"https:\/\/gsabusiness.com\/news\/people-in-the-news\/77953\/\"> Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adrian Grimes<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2018)<\/em> is now director of marketing and communications for the South Carolina Research Authority. <a href=\"https:\/\/whosonthemove.com\/scra-announces-new-marketing-communications-director\/\">Read mor<\/a>e.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roy Laney<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2015)<\/em> is now president of the South Carolina Bar. Other Riley Fellows inducted for 2020-2021 are <strong>Mary Sharp<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2013)<\/em>, president-elect, and <strong>Rusty Infinger<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2017)<\/em>, secretary. <a href=\"https:\/\/sodacitybizwire.com\/laney-sworn-in-as-south-carolina-bar-president\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Simpkins<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Fall 2004)<\/em> is the new president of MDC. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcinc.org\/2020\/05\/11\/south-carolinian-john-l-s-simpkins-selected-new-president-of-mdc\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Natalie Zeigler<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2014)<\/em> was named Goose Creek city administrator. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live5news.com\/2020\/03\/30\/goose-creek-names-new-city-administrator\/?outputType=amp\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Series: Frontline Fellows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re honoring the exemplary leadership of Riley Fellows serving on the frontlines during the COVID-19 outbreak through our Frontline Fellows interview series. This week, we\u2019re highlighting <strong>Roland Gardner<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2011)<\/em> and <strong>Faith Polkey<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2012)<\/em>, who are working to address racial health disparities in Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton counties. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/2020\/05\/22\/frontline-fellows-qa-with-roland-gardner-and-faith-polkey-of-beaufort-jasper-hampton-community-health-services\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina educators, don\u2019t forget the deadline to apply for the 2020 WhatWorksSCTM Award is June 12. For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/public-education\/initiatives\/whatworks-sc-award\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ann Angermeier (Upstate, Fall 2005), executive director of the Upstate Workforce Board, was named a 2020 Woman of Influence by the GSA Business Report. Read more. Adrian Grimes (Lowcountry, Fall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":448,"template":"","update-categories":[11,10],"class_list":["post-513","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\/513","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\/513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}