Greater Chapin Community Endowment elects new board members
July 2, 2017
CHAPIN, SC – The Greater Chapin Community Endowment (GCCE) elected two new individuals to serve three year terms on its Board of Directors—Karen Owens and Ray Hunt. Board chairwoman Jennifer Perritt and Missy Earley were re-elected to serve additional terms. Missy Earley was elected to serve as Secretary for the Board.
“As a volunteer led organization, we are always looking to find capable people who share a common interest in bettering our community,” Perritt said. “Karen and Ray both bring a passion for Chapin as well as diverse skill sets that should help us grow our endowment and further increase awareness about the important role philanthropy plays in making a positive impact on our community.”
Karen Owens serves as the Director of Communications and Economic Development for the Town of Chapin. Since moving to Chapin in 2005, Owens has been active in a number of Chapin organizations, including as Executive Director of the Greater Chapin Chamber of Commerce, board chair of Chapin’s We Care Center, a member of Chapin Arbor Day Inc. and as former senior warden for St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church. She has two sons, Jimmy and Will, who both graduated from Chapin High School.
Ray Hunt is a Chapin native who serves as a principal at Dixon Wells, Inc. an insurance general agency located in seven states. Hunt is a 1986 graduate of Chapin High School and has been active in several organizations in the Chapin area. Hunt also serves on the Lander University Board of Trustees in Greenwood, SC. He is married to Julie Hunt and has two children.
The Greater Chapin Community Endowment was founded by local citizens with a deep interest in establishing an endowment fund that would be used to help local charitable organizations improve the lives of its fellow citizens. The GCCE is a component fund of the Central Carolina Community Foundation, which provides vital investment management and administrative services to the Chapin endowment as well as a number of other charitable organizations in the central South Carolina region. Led by an all-volunteer board of local advisors who work to grow the endowment fund and oversee the grant making process, the GCCE has provided more than $108,000 in funding to Chapin area nonprofits since 2004.
