Mentors chosen for 12th class of Liberty Fellowship
February 17, 2016
21 South Carolina leaders heavy on business experience and community engagement
Offering a seasoned perspective to solving problems and getting results, the mentors for the newest Liberty Fellowship class will guide these Fellows to become better leaders. Accomplished and successful, the mentors represent diverse backgrounds and professions, and each one has taken a broader role in South Carolina to push for progress.
“Proven leaders don’t operate in a vacuum. They draw from other leaders for feedback and expertise,” commented Hayne Hipp, who co-founded Liberty Fellowship with his wife, Anna Kate. “As advisors to the Fellows, the mentors will share their experiences, helping the Fellows navigate moving from success to significance and learning how to work collectively for the good of South Carolina.”
Being paired with a mentor is one part of the Class of 2017’s Fellowship experience, which also includes attending four seminars over two years. One seminar – the Aspen Institute Globalization Seminar – places them with Fellows from similar programs in cities around the world. A goal of the mentor relationship is to provide principled guidance to the Fellows in their personal project, the final component of the program.
“Behind the growing network of Liberty Fellows lies a strong corps of more than 120 mentors, many of whom are Fellows themselves,” added Luanne Runge, President & CEO of Liberty Fellowship. “They share a desire to see South Carolina move forward and play an important role in making that happen through their commitment to Liberty Fellowship and values-based leadership.”
These are the mentors for the Liberty Fellowship Class of 2017:
Jimmy Addison, Executive Vice President and CFO of SCANA Corporation – mentoring George C. Johnson, Managing Partner with Johnson, Toal & Battiste, P.A. and General Counsel & Licensed Funeral Director at Leevy’s Funeral Home
James P. Clements, Clemson University President – mentoring Ted Pitts, CEO & President of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
George Fletcher, Greenville City Councilman – mentoring Sean Dogan, Pastor of Long Branch Baptist Church
Ozey K. Horton, Jr., Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company – mentoring Cheryl Stanton, Executive Director of the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce
Ted Kinghorn, business investor – mentoring Nate DaPore, former President, CEO & Founder of PeopleMatter
Pamela P. Lackey, President of AT&T South Carolina – mentoring Christine Crawford, Owner/Operator of D&G Management
Bill Mahoney, CEO of the South Carolina Research Authority – mentoring Alan Wilson, South Carolina Attorney General
Bill Masters, Founder and CEO of Focus Forums – mentoring Mandy Powers Norrell, attorney and South Carolina House Representative
Jodie W. McLean, CEO of EDENS – mentoring Heather Mitchell, President and Architect with The Boudreaux Group
David J. Moody, Executive Vice President and President of the Chemical Division at Milliken & Company – mentoring Matthew Van Patton, CEO of QLBrands
Steve Owings, Partner with Lanett Group, LLC – mentoring John Montgomery, CEO of Montgomery Development Group
Sally Parrott, Episcopal Priest – mentoring Brice Hipp, Board Chair of Upstate Forever
Linda Salane, CEO of WNN (Why Not Now) Consulting LLC – mentoring Tally Parham Casey, shareholder with Wyche, P.A.
Jack Sanders, President & CEO of Sonoco – mentoring Stephen Wukela, attorney and Mayor of Florence
Minor Mickel Shaw, President of Micco LLC – mentoring Letitia Verdin, Circuit Court Judge for the 13th Judicial Circuit
Diane Smock, Attorney – mentoring Michel Stone, a fiction writer and board chair for Hub City Press
Steve Swanson, Inside Director of Operations & Strategy at SnapCap – mentoring Stanfield Gray, Founder and CEO of the DIG SOUTH Interactive Festival
Donald R. Tomlin, Jr., President of Tomlin & Company – mentoring Ben Rex, CEO of Cyberwoven
Jane T. Upshaw, Distinguished Chancellor Emerita for the University of South Carolina Beaufort – mentoring Rose Buyck Newton, Executive Officer, Vice Chair of the Board & V.P./Marketing Officer at Bank of Clarendon
Chad Walldorf, Managing Partner of Eighty-Six LLC and Chairman of the South Carolina Board of Economic Advisors – mentoring Wim Kellett, Owner of Piedmont Hospice, LLC
Kim A. Wilkerson, South Carolina State President for Bank of America – mentoring Melanie Huggins, Executive Director of the Richland Library
To view more details on each mentor, visit http://www.libertyfellowshipsc.org/people/senior-advisors.
About Liberty Fellowship
Liberty Fellowship is a statewide initiative that seeks to inspire outstanding leadership in South Carolina, empowering the state’s young leaders to realize their full potential. Fostering a values-based approach, the Fellow program exposes leaders to diverse perspectives, critical thinking, and intellectual and personal development. Established in 2004 and including over 250 Fellows from across South Carolina, the program is a collaboration of co-founders Anna Kate and Hayne Hipp, Wofford College and The Aspen Institute. For more information: www.libertyfellowshipsc.org.
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