Charleston Metro Chamber announces Leadership Charleston Class of 2023
August 25, 2022
The Charleston Metro Chamber is excited to announce the participants of the Leadership Charleston Class of 2023. For over 49 years, the Chamber has offered this highly sought-after professional development opportunity.
Through community immersion and interactions with diverse leaders, Leadership Charleston cultivates leaders and ignites the advancement of the Charleston metro. Throughout the year-long program, the class will meet each month, with program days focused on a facet of the community, such as local government, military, philanthropy and economic development.
Offering an intensive and up-close look at the most challenging issues and opportunities facing the region, the program introduces leaders to the realities, opportunities and challenges of our civic and business communities. Participants experience the power of working with other community leaders and organizations for positive growth and advancement of the region.
Upon graduating in August 2023, Leadership Charleston Class of 2023 members will become Leadership Charleston Alumni, a distinguished group of leaders that includes Chamber Board of Directors, elected officials and prominent local leaders.
The Charleston Metro Chamber would like to thank BlueCross BlueShield of SC, Home Telecom, Pinnacle Financial Partners, Roper St. Francis Healthcare, South Carolina Ports Authority, Santee Cooper and Thomas & Hutton for their support as Presenting Sponsors, On Purpose Adventures for being the Kick-Off Sponsor and Positively People for their continued support as the Leadership Charleston Training Sponsor. For questions about Leadership Charleston, please contact Therese Gordon at tgordon@charlestonchamber.
Leadership Charleston Class of 2023
| Name | Organization |
| Angelike Angelopoulos | Seamon Whiteside + Associates |
| Omaro Asby | South Carolina Ports Authority |
| Kelsey Barlow | Charleston County Government |
| Addie Berry | TBC Land Development |
| Kyle Boggs | Robert Bosch LLC |
| Grace Butler | CLIMB Fund |
| Addison Byrd | Operation Home |
| Georgianna Campbell | Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic |
| Laurie Carter | Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce |
| Michelle Cooke | Select Health of South Carolina |
| William Cox | Thomas & Hutton |
| Alex Croy | North Point Development |
| Maggie Dangerfield | Charleston County School District |
| Dustin Daniels | Charleston Coalition for Kids |
| Edward Darby | Monteith Construction |
| Charles Dew | Truist Bank |
| Jeremy Erling | North Charleston Housing Authority |
| Herman Fuller Baptiste | Roper St. Francis Healthcare |
| Zachary Giglio | Giglio Communications & Marketing |
| John Givens III | Edifice General Contractors |
| Darcie Goodwin | College of Charleston |
| Andrew Grayson | Choate Construction Company |
| Heather Grogan | Charleston Animal Society |
| Brian Haliena | GEL Engineering, LLC |
| Janister Herring | Sonepar USA |
| Jason Herring | Synovus |
| Kelly Hosack | LS3P ASSOCIATES LTD. |
| Daezhue Hunt | Charleston Trident Association of Realtors |
| Charles Jenkins | Home Telecom |
| Stephen Johnson | Pinnacle Financial Partners |
| Heather Johnson | Southpaw Roofing |
| F. A. Johnson, II Esq. | Charleston Redevelopment Corporation |
| Richard Kelly | First National Bank of PA |
| Audrey Lane | E3 Foundation (Educate, Empower, Elevate) |
| Lindsey LaRocque | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| Donald Linskey | Moody & O’Neal CPAs LLC |
| Andrew MacLatchie | Beemok Capital |
| Eric MacMartin | Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. |
| Christopher Makowski | Town of Kiawah Island |
| Daniel Manes | Santee Cooper |
| Phyllis Martin | Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative |
| Katie McCravy | Optus Bank |
| Stephanie McLellan | BlueCross BlueShield of SC |
| Tiffany McPherson | Medical University of South Carolina |
| Amber Mufale | McMillan PLLC |
| Kyle Neff | HLA, Inc. |
| Kevin Neller | South Carolina Ports Authority |
| Caitlin Nevin | K&L Gates LLP |
| Lance Ogren | Brighton Swim Academy |
| Andrew Parker | Anderson Insurance Associates |
| Joshua Perry | Matt O’Neill Real Estate |
| Rebecca Phillips | South Carolina Federal Credit Union |
| Kristin Pichon-Varin | Southern First Bank |
| Shelley Puckett | REV Federal Credit Union |
| Kimberly Racine | Pinnacle Financial Partners |
| Lymari Rentas Gonzalez | LRG’s Research, Taxes & Business Consultant Group LLC |
| Rhett Ricard | Nexsen Pruet, LLC |
| Brae Richardson | Charleston Wine + Food |
| Matthew Sasiene | Evans General Contractors |
| Michael Savino | Reveer Group, LLC |
| Andrew Schiavone | First Citizens Bank |
| Kathryn Sedor | Red Iron Architects, LLC |
| Catherine Skeen | Charleston Day School |
| Lauren Starkey | Buxton & Collie, LLC |
| Nicole Stenstad | 437th Airlift Wing – Joint Base Charleston |
| Christopher Walker | McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture |
| Patrick Ward | FORVIS LLP |
| Benjamin West | Raymond |
| Lewis White | Trident Construction Company |
| Erin Whitsitt | Kiawah Island Golf Resort |
| Channa Williams | Charleston County School District |
| Thomas Zamadics | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP |
About the Charleston Metro Chamber
With approximately 1,700 member organizations representing 160,000 professionals, the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce serves as the collective voice of the business community, and a catalyst for regional economic advancement and member success through Talent, Advocacy, Leadership and Business Development. Visit www.charlestonchamber.org
