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Three South Carolina Professionals Accepted to The Women’s Campaign School at Yale

Submitted by: Stacey Lemmond on Jun 08, 2009 at 7:28 pm Tagged with: Women’s Campaign School (WCS) at Yale University Source: Ask and Receive, Inc.

Greenville, SC -- Pam Batson, Stacey Lemmond and Sheryl McAlister have been selected to attend The Women’s Campaign School (WCS) at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, July 14 – 18, 2009. The Women's Campaign School at Yale is a nonpartisan, issue-neutral political campaign training program. The school’s mission is to provide the best training in the world for women who want to run for office, who want to move up the ladder to higher elective office, or who want to support other women running for public office. Yale’s WCS trains women to run political campaigns and to advance their careers in public service.

With South Carolina statistically lagging behind other states regarding women in politics, it is an honor for three South Carolina professionals to be selected for this highly recognized and prestigious political campaign program. The program will offer valuable skills and resources Batson, Lemmond and McAlister as they forge into the political arena in a variety of capacities.

The Women's Campaign School Board President is another South Carolina woman, the Honorable Deb Sofield. Sofield is an award-winning speaker and executive speech and presentations coach who creates and trains world-class public speakers nationwide. Actively involved in her community and using the skills she helps impart to others through the Yale program, Sofield represents the City of Greenville as a Commissioner of Public Works for the Water System and is the first woman to hold this position since its inception in 1918. Sofield’s expertise is a valuable asset for both Yale’s WCS and our community as the doors begin to open for more women in the local and state political arena.

For more information on the program, please visit www.wcsyale.org.

Pam Batson is a Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Wealth Advisor with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney with 15 years of financial experience. She has received various honors such as being awarded The National Director’s Award for three consecutive years and is a member of Morgan Stanley’s Pacesetters Club in recognition of excellent performance. Pam is founder and advisory board member for The Greenville International Alliance for Professional Women and was named Greenville Magazine’s “Best and Brightest 35 and under” in 2007.

Stacey Lemmond founded Ask & Receive, Inc. in 1999. Ask & Receive provides a broad range of services including website programming, design, search engine optimization, web hosting, graphics, and more to small and mid-sized business across the Carolinas. Lemmond is active in numerous Upstate organizations. She is a founding member of the Greenville International Alliance for Professional Women, a graduate and advisory board member of Furman Connections: Women Leaders of the Upstate, a member of The International Center of the Upstate and an ECPI College of Technology advisory board member.

Sheryl McAlister, who most recently served as the Executive Director of The Alliance for Women, retired in 2007 from Bank of America in Charlotte after 18 years. She was a Senior Vice President and Corporate Public Relations Executive. Her experience included public relations for Chairman and CEO Kenneth D. Lewis as well as many of the company's brand-defining moments. McAlister is a graduate of Leadership Charlotte and served as a board member for the Charlotte Community School of the Arts. She served as a member and chair of the Columbia College Board of Visitors, and as a board member of the Alzheimer's Family Services of Greater Beaufort. She was a member of the marketing committee of the Charlotte NASCAR Hall of Fame bid committee, and was a member of the Charlotte Organizing Committee for the 1996 NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four.

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