Table For Six Networking Dinner - May 2013

TF6 | Table for Six

A unique dinner connecting aspiring leaders
with seasoned executives
presented by COR | Columbia Opportunity Resource

Join us for Table for Six on Thursday, May 9 from
6:15 - 9 p.m. at Hay Hill Garden Market.

Table for Six (TF6) is a unique networking event that connects experienced executives with emerging leaders in the community. Instead of the usual, stuffy networking event, TF6 takes place over dinner to facilitate open and free conversation, Q&A and relationship building.

TF6 is a key part of COR's efforts to attract and retain top Midlands talent by providing opportunities for young professionals to gain leadership exposure and experience.

Executives participating May 9th include:

• David Campbell, President & CEO - Chernoff Newman
• Kelly Davis, Founder & CEO - Davis Public Relations and Marketing
• Dana Bruce Fulmer, Executive Director - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• Will Johnson, Partner - Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd
• Wes Lyles, President - Studio 2LR Architecture & Interiors
  

Join us for a delicious dinner by Southern Way Catering at the beautiful Hay Hill Garden Market. These seats are in high demand, so be sure to get a ticket while they last.

Executive Biographies

David Campbell
President & CEO - Chernoff Newman

David has served as president and ceo of Chernoff Newman since 2002. He successfully negotiated and integrated a merger between Chernoff/Silver & NS&G, two of the largest agencies in South Carolina as well as the later acquisition of ASA Advertising in Charleston, SC.David achieved more than $2 million in cost savings through consolidation.

David set and communicates the vision for 50 employees and branch offices. He is directly responsible for the profitability and resource allocation for the agency, and has developed succession plans for founders as well as second generation of partners.

David received his MBA from George Washington University and his BA in Business Administration from Mississippi State University. He is involved in many community organizations, including serving as a former board member for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, past chair of Richland County CASA and past state chairman of South Carolina March of Dimes.

Kelly Davis
Founder & CEO - Davis Public Relations & Marketing

Kelly J. Davis, APR is the founder and CEO of Davis Public Relations and Marketing, an independent full-service communications firm based in Columbia. Her passion for helping nonprofit, public health and philanthropic organizations with strategic public relations planning, brand development, issues management and grassroots advocacy has led to historic policy change in South Carolina and more than 40 communications awards, including the 2006, 2009 and 2010 Best in Show Awards from the South Carolina Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (SCPRSA).

Kelly was recognized as SCPRSA’s “Distinguished Public Relations Practitioner of the Year” in 2007. A Columbia native, Kelly received her bachelor of arts degree from Furman University and her master of mass communications degree from USC, where she teaches as an adjunct professor of public relations. Kelly is a Director at Large on the National Board of Directors of the Public Relations Society of America; Vice Chair for Communications for the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce; and Chair of the Trenholm Road United Methodist Preschool Board.

Dana Bruce Fulmer
Executive Director- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Dana Bruce was born and reared in the upstate of South Carolina. She obtained her bachelors in Spanish and a certificate in Latin American Studies from Wofford College in 2001. After graduation, she worked for the United Way as a parent educator for the Hispanic families of Spartanburg, SC until her acceptance into USC graduate school where she focused on international politics and non-profit management.

Upon graduating from USC in 2004, Dana worked as a program coordinator in the Office of International Support for Faculty and Staff where she helped post-doctoral researchers to obtain short-term visas so that they could collaborate with USC professors on cutting edge research. During her time at USC, Dana remained an active volunteer in several local organizations serving on the board for the League of Women Voters and fundraising for the MDA association, Kidney Foundation and Zig the Pig. After three years with USC, Dana felt the desire to move into a career in the non-profit field. She started at the Palmetto Chapter of JDRF in February 2007 as then JDRF’s youngest executive director.

Dana is a member of the 2009 Leadership Columbia Class, a 2012 20 under 40 award recipient, and the 2012 Chair of the Community Health Charities Board and a 2012 Palmetto Center for Women Twin Honoree. During her spare time, Dana teaches International Relations at Midlands Technical College and participates in the JDRF Ride to Cure Diabetes program. She is married to Scott Fulmer and they are expecting their first child in October.

Will Johnson
Partner - Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd

Will practices in the areas of tax and economic incentive matters. He has worked extensively on structuring incentives to facilitate investments by domestic and foreign companies of over $2 billion in South Carolina. He regularly appears before local government bodies on behalf of clients and is a frequent speaker on economic development matters.

The Lake City, South Carolina native is actively engaged in the economic development and legal communities at the local, state, and national levels. A graduate of the Leadership Columbia and Leadership South Carolina programs, he is the president-elect of the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division and co-chaired the host committee of the 2012 ABA YLD Fall Conference in Charleston. He represents Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd in the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA, the only global association devoted to lawyers and in-house counsel aged 45 and under.

Will graduated from the University of South Carolina and New York University.

Wes Lyles
President - Studio 2LR Architecture & Interiors