Girl Scouts Appoints Emerald Circle Co-chairs
July 14, 2015
Girl Scouts of South Carolina – Mountains to Midlands has appointed Patricia C. Hartung and Rossie Corwon as 2015 Co-chairs for its Emerald Circle. The Emerald Circle is a philanthropic group for women who annually support the Girl Scout Leadership Experience and is united with Circles in other counties through a common ideal: helping girls become leaders in their families, schools, churches and communities. Both Trish and Rossie are returning for a second year of leadership to expand the Greenwood County Circle to include Abbeville, McCormick, and Saluda counties.
Trish Hartung serves as Executive Director of the Upper Savannah Council of Governments. She received her BA in political science and MBA from Clemson University. Trish currently serves as a board member of the National Association of Development Organizations and is a trustee of Francis Marion University. She was a founding board member of Community Capital Corporation/Capital Bank, serving as its chair until the bank merged with ParkSterling Bank, headquartered in Charlotte, NC. She currently serves on the ParkSterling (PSTB) board of directors. A member of the Greenwood Rotary Club, Trish served as its president in 1994 -1995. She and her husband, Stefan, are the parents of twins, Mason and Samantha.
Rossie Corwon is the County Engineer for the City of Greenwood and Greenwood County. She is an Engineering graduate of Clemson University, and she holds an MBA from Texas A&M University. A South Carolina Registered Professional Engineer, Rossie has previously worked as Project Engineer, Greenwood Mills; Operations Manager and Interim General Manager, Greenwood CPW; Environmental Engineer, International Paper Company; WRS, Inc., a Wal-Mart Development Company; and owner/operator of Stormwater Specialists, LLC. Rossie is President of the Board for the Upper Savannah Land Trust and serves as a Steering Committee Member for the Aviation Expo. She and her husband, Mike, have two sons and seven grandsons.
After their success in founding the Emerald Circle last year in Greenwood County, Trish and Rossie are enthusiastic about enlarging the Circle this year to include the three neighboring counties of Abbeville, McCormick, and Saluda. “In this part of South Carolina, there are so many visionary women we want to include in supporting girls and their leadership development. Through our combined giving power, all women in our area can help girls grow and build life skills. Girls need the opportunities Girl Scouting opens to them,” Trish explains.
“The Emerald Circle helps girls access healthy living, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), the outdoors, business entrepreneurship, and the arts. And Girl Scouts provides hundreds of hours of service in their communities every year. We are excited to be part of making it all possible for today’s girls!”
Trish adds, “I encourage you to become a member of our growing Emerald Circle of women empowering girls. When your invitation arrives, please join us through your generous gift to girls.”
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 at 800.849.4475 x2709.
For more than 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 approximately 11,500 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.
