The Greenville Chamber and the Riley Institute at Furman honored 2024 Upstate Diversity Leadership Award recipients at the Greenville Chamber’s Diversity and Economic Inclusion Summit Oct. 24.
The awards recognize individuals and organizations throughout the Upstate community for achievement in promoting diversity and inclusion. The 2024 recipients are:
- K-12 School: William “Bill” T. Wylie Valued Lives Award for School Excellence – AJ Whittenberg Elementary
- Outstanding high school student – Chandler Sherman of Christ Church Episcopal School
- Outstanding college student – Elizabeth Caldwell of Clemson University
- Outstanding Nonprofit Organization – Beauty Marks for Girls
- Outstanding Business – Think Up Consulting
- Calder D. Ehrmann Outstanding Individual – Jil Littlejohn Bostick of Winnebago Industries
- Outstanding Contribution to International Diversity – Amberly Chirolla of Lutheran Services of the Carolinas
The Upstate Diversity Leadership Awards originated as part of a capstone project in the 2004 Upstate Class of the Riley Institute’s Diversity Leaders Initiative. For more information, visit greenvillechamber.org/blog/2024/10/25/diversity-inclusion/2024-upstate-diversity-leadership-award-recipients.
