Tim Williams Completes Diversity Leaders Initiative Program

Aug. 9, 2010 - PRLog -- Greenville, SC - Dority & Manning is proud to announce that shareholder Tim Williams recently graduated from Class IX of the Diversity Leaders Initiative at Furman University's Riley Institute.  The program is made available to those who hold leadership positions in business, government, and community organizations, and participants are chosen from nominees who have been asked to apply. Classes, limited to around 40 participants, are shaped to reflect the diverse demographic characteristics of South Carolina.

The Riley Institute program encourages community leaders to consider the challenges and opportunities presented by the many facets of diversity in our state, including among others, differences in cultural background, language, gender, and physical ability.  

Since its inception in 2003 in the upstate of South Carolina, the Riley Institute Diversity Leaders Initiative now operates statewide, adding classes in the South Carolina Lowcountry (2005) and Midlands (2006). Over 400 CEOs of corporations, mayors, city and county council members, legislators, school superintendents, pastors and rabbis, non-profit heads, chamber of commerce directors, and community leaders have graduated from the program.

Dority & Manning is glad to support the diversity-furthering objectives of the Riley Institute in our community.

Please visit http://riley.furman.edu/diversity/about/about-initiative  for information on the Diversity Leaders Initiative.

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