52 Upstate professionals graduated from Leadership Greenville last week, marking the 50th class to graduate from the Leadership Greenville program. Greenville Chamber CEO, Carlos Phillips, gave remarks, along with the Class 50 Representative Cameron McDowell and CEO of Cargo, Toby Stansell.

Executive Director Greenville Chamber Foundation and Director of Talent and Leadership, Cheryl Garrison also provided remarks, and introduced the graduating class service projects for Rebuild Upstate and YouthBASE. The class raised $23,811 for YouthBASE and $19,086 for Rebuild Upstate, for a total of $42,897, along with thousands of dollars of in-kind donations and time donations for the projects.

Following the graduation, the Leadership Greenville 50th Anniversary Celebration, presented by the Hughes Agency, was held at Avenue, where alumni, community leaders, and supporters came together to commemorate five decades of Leadership Greenville impact. 

Leadership Greenville Class 50 Graduates

• Ronald Acker, Countybank
• Debbra Alvarado, Hispanic Alliance
• Jessie Amos, The Children’s Museum of the Upstate
• Martha Armstrong, Gateway House
• Benedicte Axboe, Greenville Chamber
• Brian Baysinger, Maynard Nexsen
• Grant R. Blackwell, Candid Home Inspections
• Braden Busold, Messer Construction
• Chuck Carnes, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture
• Nick Cherry, Fox Rothschild, LLP
• Robert Cooper, Acumen IT
• Dr. Michelle W. Covington, USC Upstate
• Bernie Crawford, Mavin Construction
• Clancy Crowly, The Tyger River Group at Morgan Stanley
• Dr. Kathy Dickson, Apprenticeship Carolina
• Marissa DiLoreto, LS3P
• Andrew Eckenbrecht, Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
• Cody Edgar, Kopis
• Emily Fournier, Emily's Table
• Stacey Franklin, The Hayes Approach
• Mike Garren, Trehel Corporation
• Michelle Guevara, VisitGreenvilleSC
• Crystal Hendrickson Pace, Pinnacle Partnership
• Lauren Hilderbran, Lowe's Innovation Labs
• Matthew Hubbard, Group Therapy Pub & Playground
• Angela Jenkins, Prisma Health
• Jay Gresham, 13th Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office
• Sandy Jordan, Able SC
• Kayla Kernich, Thomas & Hutton
• Rachel Lyons Sibilio, Bank of America
• Jeb Maloney, Marsh Bell Construction Company
• Rene McCurdy, Girl Scouts Mountains to Midlands SC
• Cameron McDowell, Eastside Family YMCA, Class Representative
• Holly McKissick, Hughes Agency
• Coley Mitchell, ITW Hartness
• Kim Mogan, GirlUp GVL
• Victoria Novak, Greenville Literacy Association (GLA)
• Katie O'Kelly, South Carolina Children’s Theatre
• Erin Predmore, Greenville Connects
• Kim Purdy, USC Upstate
• JD Redman, ITIC
• Julie Selof, Truliant Federal Credit Union
• Katie Smithson, Clemson University's Office of Human Resources and Payroll
• Rob Stevens, Elliott Davis, LLC.
• Janell Strickland, FGP
• Ebony DeVonne Sullivan, Suga Pie Honeybun
• Alan'a Thornton, Real Impact Technology Consulting
• Amber Wilson, Fluor
• Bethany Winston, Kidding Around Media
• Scott Yandle, FORVIS, LLP
• Mike Yearout, Greenville Police Department
• Megan Young, City of Greenville

To learn more about the Leadership Greenville program and how to get involved, click here.