Meet our 2022 Icons & Phenoms

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This year’s Icons & Phenoms will take on a different look than past versions.

For the first time, SC Biz News will recognize influencers from across South Carolina.

The event, to be held Thursday, July 21, at the Doubletree by Hilton Columbia, will shine the spotlight on established leaders shaping their regions while making time to give back to the community, and rising stars who are already making an impact.

Six Icons and six Phenoms will be honored from each of three regions: Upstate, Midlands and Coastal counties. From these 36 honorees, one Icon and one Phenom will be named as the top honoree.

Twelve Icons and 12 Phenoms were honored last year.

To purchase tickets to this year's event, click here.

Sponsors are Doctors Care, Nephron Pharmaceuticals and Doubletree by Hilton Columbia.

Here’s a list of 2022 honorees:

Icons Upstate Region

• Stewart Spinks: The SPINX Company LLC
• Heather Simmons Jones: MRB Group
• Pamela Evette: State of South Carolina
• Chris Manley: Engenius
• Ric Standridge: Standridge Studio & Gallery
• Jennifer Sutton: Curiosity Inc. BRIGHT+CO and OrangeWIP

Icons Midlands Region

• Elizabeth Igleheart: Transitions Homeless Center
• Jean Toal: Supreme Court of South Carolina
• Ann Marie Stieritz: Liberty Fellowship
• Catherine Cantey: Cantey Advisors
• Lila Anna Sauls: Homeless No More
• Sam Moses: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein

Icons Coastal Region

• Ford Graham: McGuireWoods Consulting LLC
• Sean Popson: Select Health of South Carolina
• Shanda Johnson: Cornerstone Camp
• Jim O'Connor: JMT
• Edie Blakeslee: Coastal Community Foundation
• Tiffany Johnson-Wilson: Johnson & Wilson Real Estate Co.

Phenoms Upstate Region

• James Jordon : Jordon Construction Company
• Jessica McCoy: Brasfield & Gorrie LLC
• Jennifer Belshe: Novus Advisors
• Bill Hathaway: Noregon Systems Inc.
• Sallie Holder: The BRIMM
• Brian Stearns: RingoFire

Phenoms Midlands Region

• Kiara Streater: Extraordinary Headhunters LLC
• Nancy Lee: Habitat for Humanity, South Carolina
• Sh'Kur Francis: Main Street United Methodist Church; Bamberg County
• Trevor Knox: Terminix Service Inc.
• Katherine Myers: Burnette Shutt & McDaniel PA
• Ayanna White: Power in Changing – The Diaper Bank of the Midlands

Phenoms Coastal Region

• Kathleen Domm: Select Health of South Carolina
• Karriema Calhoun: The Boeing Company
• Wes Wilson: US Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District
• Jana Riley: Public Works Art Center
• Katie Blomquist: Going Places
• Edward Copes: Atlas Technologies Inc.