{"id":523,"date":"2020-03-10T19:17:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T19:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&p=523"},"modified":"2024-01-29T02:58:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T02:58:05","slug":"riley-fellows-in-the-news-march-10-2020","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/riley-fellows-in-the-news-march-10-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Fellows in the News: March 10, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brad Bechtold<\/strong> (Upstate, Spring 2006)<\/em>, associate professor of business at Anderson University, is the first director of their new Family Enterprise Institute of South Carolina. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Beth Brotherton<\/strong> (Upstate, Fall 2006)<\/em>, former communications director for Greenville County Schools, is now director of the department of communications and neighborhood relations for the city of Greenville. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Suzanne Dickerson<\/strong> (Upstate, Fall 2013)<\/em>, director of SC Logistics and SC Fraunhofer USA Alliance, was named Charleston Women in International Trade\u2019s 2020 woman of the year. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rick Mendoza<\/strong> (Midlands, Spring 2014)<\/em>, attorney with Nexsen Pruet, joined the Sisters of Charity Foundation\u2019s board of trustees. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dominique Milton<\/strong> (Lowcountry, Fall 2017)<\/em>, president and CEO of Carolinas-Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council, was recognized by DiversityPlus Magazine as being among the top 25 Women in Power Impacting Diversity.<\/p>\n

Juana Slade<\/strong> (Upstate, Fall 2004)<\/em>, chief diversity officer and director of language services at AnMed Health, was named board chair for the Alliance for a Healthier South Carolina. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Marjory Wentworth<\/strong> (Lowcountry, Fall 2016)<\/em>, South Carolina poet laureate, was named a 2020 National Coalition Against Censorship Free Speech is for Me Advocate. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Selected as new Ten at the Top board members are: Eli Hestermann<\/strong> (Upstate, Spring 2017)<\/em>, executive director of Furman University\u2019s Institute for the Advancement of Community Health; Heather Jones<\/strong> (Upstate, Fall 2008)<\/em>, CEO of the Greenwood Partnership Alliance; Adela Mendoza<\/strong> (Upstate, Fall 2009)<\/em>, president and CEO of the Hispanic Alliance; Carlos Phillips<\/strong> (Upstate, Spring 2017)<\/em>, president and CEO of the Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce; Tim Self<\/strong> (Upstate, Spring 2018)<\/em>, executive director of the AnMed Health Foundation; and Allen Smith<\/strong> (Upstate, Fall 2013)<\/em>, president and CEO of the Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Join us March 31st for \u201cChina\u2019s Global Rise: Engaging China in a New Era.\u201d Learn more and register<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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