Midlands Diversity Leaders Initiative Spring 2019 – Class XII

Mike Adams
Vice President, Business Development &
Government Relations
Goodwill Industries of Upstate Midlands SC
Columbia

Sean Baird
Senior Vice President and CFO
Snider Fleet Solutions
Newton

Betty Best
Director of Strategic planning
SCANA
Cayce

Bridget Brown
Attorney
SC Appleseed Legal Justice Center
Columbia

Evelyn Coker
Executive Director
Blackville Community Development Corporation
Blackville

Ferlecia Cuthbertson
Virtual Lab Coordinator
Lloyd Kennedy Charter School-Aiken Performing
Arts Academy
Aiken

Latoya Dixon
Director – Office of School Transformation
South Carolina Department of Education
Columbia

Sherry East
The SCEA President/Teacher
The SCEA/Rock Hill Schools
Columbia

Jermaine Easterwood
Department Manager
Michelin North America
Lexington

Les Echols
Director of Community and Minority Enterprise
Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce
Florence

Chuck Epps
Superintendent
Fort Mill School District
Fort Mill

Sara Fawcett
President/CEO
United Way of the Midlands
Columbia

Jean Cecil Frick
Senior Strategic Advisor
NP Strategy
Columbia

J.R. Green
Superintendent
Fairfield County Schools
Winsboro

Elizabeth Harris
Executive Director of Tribal Operations/Tribal
Administrator
Catawba Indian Nation
Rock Hill

Scott Huffmon
Professor of Political Science and Executive
Director of the Center for Public Opinion &
Policy Research
Winthrop University
Rock Hill

Ashley Jacobs
Assistant County Administrator
Aiken County
Aiken

Lindsay Joyner
Attorney
Gallivan, White, & Boyd, P. A.
Columbia

Beatrice King
Richland One School Board
Richland One
Columbia

Frank Knapp, Jr.
President/CEO
South Carolina Small Business Chamber of
Commerce
Columbia

Jim Lehman
Managing Partner
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Columbia

Manny Licata
Vice President of Operations
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
Columbia

Randy Mann
SP Development Partner
Michelin North America
Lexington

Yvette McDaniel
Director of Choral Activities
Denmark Technical College
Denmark

Dominik Mjartan
President/CEO
South Carolina Community Bank / Optus Bank
Columbia

Georgia Mjartan
Executive Director
South Carolina First Steps
Columbia

Bill Nettles
Attorney
Columbia

Anthony Padgett
President/CEO
SCETV
Columbia

Jon Pedersen
Dean
University of SC College of Education
Columbia

Bob Reeder
Program Director
Rural LISC
Columbia

Lee Ann Rice
Attorney
South Carolina Human Affairs Commission
Columbia

Beth Burke Richardson
Partner
Robinson Gray Stepp and Laffitte, LLC
Columbia

Tiffany Richardson
General Counsel and Director of Policy and
Legal Services
South Carolina School Boards Association
Columbia

Vicki Ringer
Director of Public Affairs
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
Columbia

Hope Rivers
Executive Vice President
SC Technical College System
Columbia

David Ross
Executive Director
South Carolina Bar
Columbia

Ed Sanchez
Vice President
Palmetto GBA
Columbia

Cindi Scoppe
Communications and Public Policy Professional
Columbia

Mary Sumter
Sergeant
City of Columbia Police Department
Columbia

Della Watkins
Executive Director
Columbia Museum of Art
Columbia

Carl White
Principal
Aiken County Schools
Graniteville

Stephanie Wildrick
Shop Manager
Michelin North America
Lexington