Columbia Chamber Announces 2018-2019 Leadership Columbia Class
Aug 16, 2018 03:18PM ● By Kathleen Maris
Leadership Columbia, a Columbia Chamber program for emerging and existing leaders in the Midlands, announces the Leadership Columbia Class of 2019. The 60 individuals will be the 46th graduating class since the program was founded in 1972.
“The Chamber’s Leadership Columbia program continues to attract a higher caliber of applicants each year,” says Columbia Chamber President and CEO Carl Blackstone. “These bright individuals will go on to have a tremendous impact in our region.”
This group will engage in a 10-month curriculum including monthly class day sessions, a retreat, a class project, and a variety of enrichment activities around the area. Since its inception, Leadership Columbia has celebrated more than 2,000 graduates.
Leadership Columbia Class of 2018-2019 Class Roster:
Dwight | Armbrust Jr | South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce |
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Marcus | Backman | United Way of the Midlands |
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Henry | Batts | Janney |
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Mike | Bell | Babcock Center |
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Jennifer | Blackhurst | NBSC |
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Laura | Brandon | SC DHHS |
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Becky | Brantley | Garvin Design Group |
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Sarah | Brewer | Unum/Colonial Life |
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Justin | Brown | Colonial Life |
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Kim | Butler | Colliers International |
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Dayna | Cantelmi | Experience Columbia SC |
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Jennifer | Capell | BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina |
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Ashley | Card | Dayor Media |
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Harley | Carpenter | Special Olympics South Carolina |
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David | Collins | Beam & Hinge |
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Marissa | DeCola | Agape Hospice |
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Kevin | DeLoach | South Carolina Education Lottery |
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Joshua | Duke | Wells Fargo |
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Julie | Eisenman | WLTX |
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Derrick | Fickling | Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina |
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Stephanie | Flynn | BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina |
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Leon | Frazier | South Carolina Federal Credit Union |
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Bradley | Gainey | South State Bank |
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Lane | Goodwin | SC Commission on Higher Education |
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Chandler | Goudelock | Delta Dental of SC |
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Ashley | Graham | SCANA-South Carolina Electric and Gas |
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John | Griffin | Bobbitt Design Build |
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Dylan | Gunnels | Lutheran Services Carolinas |
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Jarrod | Haning | MindSet Performance |
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Kelsey | Desender | South State Bank |
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Amelia | Hough-Ross | Companion Data Services |
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Rachel | Hutchens | Sowell Gray Robinson Stepp & Laffitte, LLC |
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Dr.Kimberly | Johnson | Richland County School District One |
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Kelli | Kelly | Growing Home Southeast |
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Robert | Kennemur | Merrill Lynch |
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Erum | Khan | Bank of America - Corporate |
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Drew | Kirkpatrick | Southern First Bank |
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ANDREA | LANCE | Richland County School District One |
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John | Langford | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. |
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Everette | Livingston | First Citizens Bank - Corporate |
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Charles | Marshall | SCANA |
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Bre | Maxwell | Office of Congressman Clyburn |
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Paul | Medilin | Bauknight Pietras & Stormer, PA |
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Meredith | Rowley | The Ricciardi Group |
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Ed | Schafer | MPA Strategies |
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Samantha | Scott | Columbia Museum of Art |
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Mark | Scriven | Elliott Davis, LLC |
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Megan | Senn | Free Times |
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Susie | Shannon | Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina |
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Drew | Stevens | Northwestern Mutual |
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Mona | Strickland | Southeastern Institute |
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Charles | Stuart | Hood Construction, Inc. |
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Jordan | Styles | LTC Health Solutions |
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Tori | West | Talent Impact Strategies, LLC |
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David | Wiesendanger | Boudreaux Group | |
Crystal | Willis | The COMET - Central Midlands Transit | |
Hunter | Wilson | Hoffman & Hoffman, Inc. | |
Fedrick | Wilson | Live Oak AME Church | |
Dave | Yensan | Pond | |
Justin | Young | SC Retirement System Investment Corporation | |
“We are thrilled to introduce the Class of 2019, a truly outstanding group of dynamic individuals,” says Hilary Dyer Brannon, 2018-2019 Chair of the Leadership Columbia Advisory Board (LCAB). “This class has already shown their commitment to lead and become change-agents for our community, and we are excited to welcome them to the Leadership Columbia network.”
The class was chosen from combined application and interview scores, each marked by separate groups of Leadership Columbia Alumni. The selection criteria included civic involvement, leadership potential, diversity of perspective and commitment to the leadership program and the community.