{"id":519,"date":"2020-04-08T19:03:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T19:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&p=519"},"modified":"2024-12-10T14:50:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T14:50:54","slug":"riley-fellows-in-the-news-april-8-2020","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/riley-fellows-in-the-news-april-8-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Fellows in the News: April 8, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aimee Crouch<\/strong> (Midlands, Spring 2016)<\/em>, formerly senior producer for News and Public Affairs, is now director of News for South Carolina ETV. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sky Foster<\/strong> (Upstate, Spring 2013)<\/em>, communications manager at BMW Manufacturing, was named the 2020 SC Manufacturers Alliance Woman of the Year. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dominik Mjartan<\/strong> (Midlands, Spring 2019)<\/em>, president and CEO of Optus Bank, was elected to the South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development\u2019s board of directors. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kimaka Nichols-Graham<\/strong> (Upstate, Fall 2015)<\/em>, managing attorney of the South Carolina Legal Services\u2019 Greenville office, was elected to the South Carolina Family Court Bench. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Carlos Phillips<\/strong> (Upstate, Spring 2017)<\/em>, Greenville Chamber president and CEO, joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Leon Wiles<\/strong> (Upstate, Fall 2006)<\/em>, former chief diversity officer at Clemson University, received the University ofPittsburg\u2019s Distinguished Alumni Award for Psychology in Education. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Named 2020 Women of Influence by the GSA Business Report are: Brandy Amidon<\/strong> (Upstate, Fall 2018)<\/em>, mayor of Travelers Rest and co-president of Brains on Fire, Inc.; Carol Burdette<\/strong> (Upstate, Fall 2005)<\/em>, president and CEO of United Way of Anderson County; Catriona Carlisle<\/strong> (Upstate, Spring 2014)<\/em>, executive director of Meals on Wheels of Greenville County; Pam Christopher<\/strong> (Upstate, Fall 2015)<\/em>, CEO of the Anderson Chamber of Commerce; Jennifer Evins<\/strong> (Upstate, Fall 2006)<\/em>, CEO of the Chapman Cultural Center; Heather Jones<\/strong> (Upstate, Fall 2008)<\/em>, president and CEO of the Greenwood Partnership Alliance; Adela Mendoza<\/strong> (Upstate, Fall 2009)<\/em>, executive director of the Hispanic Alliance of South Carolina; Tiffany Santagati<\/strong> (Upstate, Fall 2011)<\/em>, senior vice president of Community First Bank; and Nika White<\/strong> (Upstate, Spring 2011),<\/em> founder and CEO of Nika White Consulting. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Riley Institute is now accepting applications for the 2020 WhatWorksSC\u00a0Award which celebrates the\u00a0many great programs in SC public education. The application deadline has been extended to June 12<\/strong>. For more information, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aimee Crouch (Midlands, Spring 2016), formerly senior producer for News and Public Affairs, is now director of News for South Carolina ETV. Read more. Sky Foster (Upstate, Spring 2013), communications […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":448,"template":"","update-categories":[11,10],"class_list":["post-519","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\/519","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2548,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/519\/revisions\/2548"}],"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=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}