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South Carolina Honors College

Alumni News - Spring 2023

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Felicia Mitchell

Felicia Mitchell '77, retired in 2020 with emeritus status after teaching English at Emory & Henry College in Virginia for 33 years. Since then, Wising Up Press has released her new book of poems: "A Mother Speaks, A Daughter Listens. Journeying Together Through Dementia." Along with writing poetry, she contributes blogs to "Cure Today." Felicia also enjoys hiking, leading hikes and monitoring rare plants with the Mt. Rogers Appalachian Trail Club.

 

1980 

T P Dr Wilkinson

T P Dr Wilkinson

T P Dr Wilkinson '80, is a Research Associate, CITCEM and CEAUP at the University of Porto in Portugal.

 

Daniel Staehle

Daniel Staehle

Daniel Staehle '82, retired from the Federal Reserve System and the Comptroller of the Currency in August 2022. In between, he was a Managing Director at Citigroup Global Markets, GE Capital and Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Bank. He is now in his post-retirement job as Managing Director for PwC in Financial & Regulatory consulting (NYC / Charlotte).

 

Allen Johnson

Allen Johnson

Allen Johnson '84, was recently named the CEO of the Adi Dassler International Family Office (ADIFO) which he co-founded along with the Adidas Family in 2020.  ADIFO is a multi-family office serving the needs of wealthy families on a global basis.

 

1990

Kimberly Land

Kimberly Land

Kimberly Land '98, was named the Director of the Honors Program at USC Upstate in August 2022. In addition to her primary role as a Senior Instructor of Marketing in the Johnson College of Business and Economics, she oversees recruitment and retention efforts for the Honors Program, creating new course opportunities and managing the Honors Coordinators in each college.

 

Lori Oxford '98, began serving as Associate Dean of the Brinson Honors College at Western Carolina University in January 2023.


2000

Victoria Custodi '02, founded Zia Pia Imports, a boutique importer specializing in artisan Italian foods.

Jessica Iseman '02 was promoted from head of the science department at Trinity Collegiate School to Director of College Placement in 2022.

Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller '06, joined the Zone North America team as the Zone Supply Chain Lead in September 2022.

 

Erin Zanders '06, was promoted to Assistant Director of Marketing Content for NC State University in July 2022.

Manish Dave

Manish Dave

Manish Dave '07, is currently a hematologist/oncologist at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey where he focuses on hematologic malignancies and has been involved with multiple research projects and clinical trials. He attended the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and graduated with a M.D. in 2011. He then completed his residency in internal medicine at Rush University Medical Center in 2014 and a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at Albert Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center.

Kellie Martin

Kellie Martin

Kellie Martin '09 is founder and CEO of SommSchool where she teaches fun and interactive virtual wine classes, creates memorable corporate events and co-leads yoga and wine retreats abroad. She is a Certified Sommelier (CS), a Certified Specialist in Wine (CSW) and a Certified Specialist in Spirits (CSS). Kellie has created luxury-tier wine experiences for wineries such as Duckhorn Vineyards, William Hill Estate, and MacMurray Estate Vineyards and for events including Super Bowl 50.

 

2010

Trey Gordner

Trey Gordner

Trey Gordner '13 was named to the first cohort of the U.S. Digital Corps, a two-year fellowship for early-career technologists that will help create a more effective, equitable government.

 

Mallory Goodrich '10 will graduate with an M.Ed. in Learning Design and Technologies in August 2023.

John Warrington '19, is currently an MD/PhD student at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis.


2020

Morgan McGovern '22, had her thesis “The Effect of Brexit on the Management Consulting Industry for EU and UK based Firms” published in the Management Consulting Journal in the February 2023 edition. The paper was also shared internally with JP Morgan senior management as well sent to a team of over 200 employees in Europe to be utilized as a resource.

Andrew Pechulonis '22, works as a financial analyst for Fiserv.

Abby Berquist '23 will work as a budget analyst for the South Carolina House Ways & Means Committee.

Chase Dorn '23 will work for PricewaterhouseCoopers as a transfer pricing associate.

Hanna Mathews '23 will be working as an attractions cast member at Magic Kingdom - Disney World.

Rahithya Meda '23 will work at Bank of America in the Finance Management Analyst Program.

Lauren Young '23 will be starting her 1L year at the University of Pennsylvania.




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