Columbia Chamber Announces Leadership Columbia 2014-2015 Class
August 6, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Leadership Columbia (LC), a program for emerging and existing leaders sponsored by the Columbia Chamber, is pleased to announce the Leadership Columbia Class of 2014-2015. This group of 59 will be the 42nd class of the LC program.
They will engage in a 10-month curriculum including monthly class day sessions, a class retreat, a class project and other enrichment activities. Since its inception in 1973, Leadership Columbia has celebrated more than 1,700 graduates.
Leadership Columbia Class of 2014-2015 includes:
Jana Ackerman | URS
Michael Adams | Colonial Life
Eugenia Aldinger | BlueCross BlueShield of SC
Zack Alford | Companion Property and Casualty
Lauren Angelo | United Way of the Midlands
DeAnna Bookert | Greater Columbia Community Relations Council
Allie Boykin | InterMedical Hospital of SC, Inc.
Maudra Brown | SC Department of Health and Human Services
Marcurius Bryd | United Way of the Midlands
Annie Caggiano | Richland County
Christopher Church | USC School of Law
Patrick Cleary | Bowman and Brooke LLP
Melissa Constante | Colonial Life
Ryal Curtis | BlueCross BlueShield of SC
Michael Dover | CertusBank
Christina Emerson | Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC
Emily Farr | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Becky Fowler | South Carolina Primary Health Care Association
Morgan Harrell | SCANA
Janice Holmes | Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A.
Nikki Hutchison | SC Economics
Tiffany James | The COMET
Adam Jones | Jones McAden & Associates
Justine Jones | Richland County
Brandon Jones | McKay, Cauthen, Settana & Stubley, P.A.
Leah Kosoki | USC – Board of Trustees
Erica Lake | USC – Career Center
Janie Langdale | Collins & Lacy, P.C.
Allison Lee | Advanced Automation Consulting (AAC)
Emilie Lewis | Palmetto Citizens Federal Credit Union
Lasenta Lewis-Ellis | LLE Construction Group, LLC
Brenda Littleton | Intel
Staci Lovelace | South State Bank
Emily Luther | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Kayla Mallett | Girl Scouts of SC – Mountains to Midlands
Steven Mallett | Total Comfort Solutions
Walton McLeod | Mike Kelly Law Group, LLC
Ashton Mundy | First Palmetto Bank
Joseph Neary | USC – College of Arts & Sciences
Harrison Penn | McCarthy Law Firm, LLC
Maurice Phillips | Wentworth Printing Corporation
Shanna Poston | Autism Academy of South Carolina
Kara Powell | The Saluda River Club
Brent Reese | JD Shirley LLC
Angela Rewis | Answer Carolina
William Roach | South State Bank
John Roberts | Willhoughby & Hoefer, P.A.
Aaron Roe | Russell & Jeffcoat
Naomi Sargent | Columbia Opportunity Resource (COR)
Sam Scheib | The COMET
Kara Simmons | The Cooperative Ministry
Lana Sims | Adams and Reese LLP
Andrea Smith | Howden North America
Necole Stinson | Providence Hospital
Alexis Taylor | Alzheimer’s Association
Sallie Thomas | Midlands Technical College
Marcus Tomlinson | Elliott Davis, LLC
Kelly Truesdale | USC – Tminus6 Accelerator
Renee Williamson | Midlands Authority for Conventions, Sports & Tourism
Applications were reviewed and rated by a panel of Leadership Columbia alumni; applicants where then interviewed by a separate alumni panel. The class was chosen from the combined scores of the application review and interview. The selection criteria included civic involvement, leadership potential, diversity of perspective and commitment to the leadership program and the community.
