Leadership Columbia, an educational program sponsored by the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, welcomes 58 members of the 2013 Leadership Columbia class. This group marks the 40th class of Leadership Columbia program. Members include Justin Abrams, Quackenbush Architects + Planners; Thomas Anderson, First Palmetto Bank; Joshua (Josh) Bennett, Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC; Kenneth (Ken) Blackstone, Richland School District II; Matt Bogan, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP; Ray Borders Gray, City of Columbia; John Boyd, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA; Jenna Bridgers, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network—Columbia; Franklin Buchanan, Sagacious Partners; Tamara Burk, Columbia College; Demetrius Chatman, S.C. State University; Lonnie Chestnut, III, TD Bank, N.A.; Tonia Cochran, Central Carolina Community Foundation; Jacob Cook, Sun Printing; Sandra (Sandi) Daly, S.C. Hospital Association; Stephanie DeFreese, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina; Craig Dunlavy, Total Comfort Solutions; Joshua (Josh) Elliott, Long’s Home Medical; Raven Gambrell, Florence & Hutcheson, Inc.; Jared Garraux, Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, P.A.; Mandi Gilbert, WLTX; Michael Goodwin, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School; Anna Gray Fender, 1x1 Design Inc.; Kaela Harmon, Columbia Metropolitan Airport; Melanie Harmon, Elliott Davis, LLC; Bernie Heller, The State Media Company; John Hilton III, Southeastern Land Brokerage, LLC; Meredith Horton, Marilyn Wilson — State Farm agent; Elizabeth Hubbard, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina; Melinda Huggins, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina; Shannon Johnson, Long’s Drugstores of South Carolina, Inc.; Azad Khan, Central SC Alliance; William (Billy) Koehler, Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC; Jason Langdale, Security Federal Bank; Anna Lange, Richland County; Scott Lindenberg, University of South Carolina; Alexis Lindsay, Sowell Gray Stepp and Laffitte, LLC; Andrew Lucas, Inn at USC; Jennifer MacLeod, Ellis, Lawhorne and Sims, PA; Angel Marvin, Abacus Planning Group, Inc.; Taylor Miller, Columbia Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB); Robert (Mark) Nevils, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina; Margaret (Peg) Nichols, United Way of the Midlands; Eric Olson, PODS of Columbia; Patricia (Tricia) Phillips, Palmetto GBA (subsidiary BCBSSC); Katherine (Kati) Price, South Carolina Department of Transportation; William (Russell) Quattlebaum, J. W. Hunt and Co., LLP; Callison Rawl, Central SC Alliance; Tylor Rhoads, Miller-Valentine Group; Marvin Robinson, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.; Ashlye Rumph-Geddis, University of South Carolina & Midlands Technical College; Robert (Bob) Schneider, VEOLIA Transportation (for Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority); Will Stevens, The Hobbs Group, PA; Kelli Sullivan, McKay, Cauthen, Settana & Stubley, P.A.; Allison Sullivan, Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado, LLC; Alice Curtin Thaxton, City Year Columbia; Marshall Tinsley, South Carolina Department of Revenue; and Priscilla Young, Palmetto Health Foundation.

Anne-Kathryn Flanagan