SCHA Announces New WHY We Lead Cohort

Twenty-five hospital rising stars have been selected to participate in WHY We Lead, a leadership development series sponsored by the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA). Led by experienced content experts and facilitators from Reveille Executive Coaching & Consulting Services, the program aims to identify and equip the next generation of hospital leaders to successfully lead their teams, drive teamwork and engagement, and embrace change.

Those selected are: 

  • Alma Thaggard-Singleton, Nurse Manager, G. Werber Bryan Psychiatric Hospital  

  • Amanda Clyburn, Registered Nurse, South Carolina Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Office of Mental Health 

  • Angela D. McElrath, HR Program Manager, Self Regional Healthcare  

  • Anna Long, Talent Acquisition Manager, Self Regional Healthcare 

  • Ashley Johnson, Director of Med Surg/Orthopedics, MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Northeast 

  • Ashley McCluney, Nurse Manager, Spartanburg Rehabilitation Institute  

  • Benita Hammond, Clinical Nurse Manager, Aiken Regional Medical Centers 

  • Brittany Faulkner, Nurse Manager, Aiken Regional Medical Centers 

  • Carrie Vomund, PCU Clinical Nurse Manager, Aiken Regional Medical Centers 

  • Christine Atkinson , DCM, Encompass Health of Greenville 

  • Dana Bey, Ancillary Informatics Manager, Self Regional Healthcare 

  • Daniel Jones, ER Manager, Aiken Regional Medical Centers 

  • Daphanie Dean, Corporate Director of Managed Care Contracting, Medical University of South Carolina 

  • Djamila Kelly Mandza Sakairoun, Operations Manager for Behavioral Health Service Line, Medical University of South Carolina 

  • Dom Francis, Manager of Community Health & Social Drivers of Health, South Carolina Hospital Association 

  • Heather Weaver, Lead Staff Development Trainer, Lexington Medical Center 

  • Ilaria Holloway, Nurse Manager, Self Regional Healthcare 

  • Jessica Kritzas, Senior Rehab Liaison, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital  

  • Kristin Anderson, 7T Nurse Manager, Self Regional Healthcare 

  • Kyle Petersen, Communications Manager, South Carolina Hospital Association 

  • Latoya Myers, Nurse Supervisor, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital 

  • Leslie Rogers, Director of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Mcleod Regional Medical Center  

  • Lindsay Starkey, Director of Quality Management - Acute Care, Lexington Medical Center 

  • Lisa McCormick, Nurse Manager, MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital 

  • Mechelle Larrimore, Director Intensive Care Unit and Inpatient Dialysis, McLeod Health Loris 

  • Nic Touchstone, Director of Data and Measurement, South Carolina Hospital Association 

The program is part of WHY, the association’s comprehensive initiative to improve the healthcare workforce experience, funded through a grant from The Duke Endowment.  

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