Columbia Regional Business Report names 2021 Women of Influence

Twenty-two influential women, from nonprofit giants to marketing mavens, have been named 2021 Women of Influence by the Columbia Regional Business Report. 

These groundbreaking women, nominated by CRBR readers and selected by a panel of judges, will be honored during a luncheon at the DoubleTree by Hilton Columbia on Nov. 30. Tickets can be purchased online now. 

Profiles of the 2021 honorees will be published in the Nov. 22 print edition of the Business Report. 

Congratulations to the 2021 honorees: 

• Ethel Bunch, president and CEO, Sustain SC 
• Pamela Bynoe-Reed, manager, marketing and public information, The COMET 
• Kendria Cartledge, owner, Vista Vision  
• Lindsey Culley, director of marketing and communications, Mashburn Construction  
• Stephanie DeFreese, vice president, sales and marketing, Blue Cross Blue Shield of SC  
• Michelle Dickerson, deputy city administrator, city of West Columbia  
• Amy Firestone, vice president, Apprenticeship Carolina, South Carolina Technical College System  
• Jan Fuller, director of finance, Select Health of South Carolina  
• Cynthia Giles, CEO, Cut Throat Marketing  
• Lindsey Griffin, senior vice president, private client advisor, Bank of America  
• Mickey Layden, president and CEO, LCK  
• Liz McCary, vice president, marketing, Colliers International  
• Kristen Meetze, owner, Capital Kitchen & Bath LLC  
• Georgia Mjartan, executive director, South Carolina First Steps  
• Jill Moylan, owner and broker in charge, Home Advantage Realty LLC  
• Sarah Ostergaard, teacher and program director, Irmo High School 
• Sheila Robinson, partner, Moore Bradley Myers  
• Lila Anna Sauls, president and CEO, Homeless No More 
• Nekki Shutt, partner, Burnette Shutt & McDaniel PA 
• Ann Marie Stieritz, president and CEO, Liberty Fellowship  
• Kiara Streater, founder and CEO, Extraordinary Headhunters LLC  
• Kimberly Tissot, president and CEO, Able South Carolina