Girl Scouts Appoints 2015 Emerald Circle Co-Chairs
March 31, 2015
SPARTANBURG, SC – Girl Scouts of South Carolina – Mountains to Midlands has appointed Anna Habisreutinger Converse and Carter Graves as 2015 Emerald Circle Co-chairs. The Emerald Circle is a philanthropic group of visionary women who annually support the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. The Spartanburg County group is united with Circles in other counties through a common ideal: helping girls become leaders in their families, schools, churches and communities.
Anna Habisreutinger Converse, a Spartanburg native, has been a commercial interior designer since 1997, and she started her own firm in 2005. A graduate of Leadership Spartanburg, Anna has volunteered with many organizations over the years, currently serving as Mary Black Foundation trustee; Converse College trustee; incoming Board Chair of the Walker Foundation; Brookgreen Garden trustee; Way to Wellville Obesity Prevention Co-chair; and Spartanburg Day School Parents Club Vice-chair. She is a graduate of Converse College and Wofford College. Anna and her husband, Justin, have two children.
Carter Graves is a dedicated wife, mother and community volunteer. She has served as a board member for the Thomas Hannah YMCA and for the Wofford Terrier Club. Currently Carter is a board member of the Greater Spartanburg Area YMCA; Parents Club Co-chair at the Spartanburg Day School; and a member of Women Giving for Spartanburg. In addition to being the reigning Dancing with the Spartanburg Stars champion, Carter is also a member of the 2015 committee for the Cancer Association of Spartanburg and Cherokee counties. She is a native of Anderson, SC and graduate of the University of South Carolina. Carter and her husband, Ben, are the parents of two sons.
Anna Habisreutinger Converse and Carter Graves
The Emerald Circle began in Spartanburg in 2000 and has raised more than $1,000,000 for girl leadership development. As the co-chairs for the 15th annual appeal, Anna and Carter are enthusiastic about sharing the mission. “Girls need the opportunities that Girl Scouting offers them,” Anna states. “Girls learn not only about their own communities but the state, nation and world as well. They participate in everything from the arts and technology to the outdoors and business entrepreneurship. Girls develop the skills they need to improve the lives of others today and for the future. It is so exciting to help make Girl Scouting accessible and relevant for today’s girls!”
Carter explains, “The Emerald Circle has been helping girls become the best they can be for 15 years all across Spartanburg County. Through our combined giving power, women are helping girls grow and build lifelong leadership skills every year. When your invitation arrives in your mailbox this spring, I urge you to join our Emerald Circle of women investing in girl leadership.”
For more information on how to support girl leadership development through Emerald Circle, please contact Lee Ann Maley at Girl Scouts of South Carolina – Mountains to Midlands, 800.849.4475 x2709.
For 103 years, Girl Scouting has helped girls develop positive values and become active, responsible leaders in their communities. With emphasis on personal growth and leadership development through service to others, Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts of South Carolina-Mountains to Midlands serves more than 11,450 girls, grades K5-12, and 4,700 adults in 22 counties of central and western South Carolina, including Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Greenwood, Kershaw, Lancaster, Laurens, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Richland, Saluda, Spartanburg, Sumter, and Union.
