Leigh Ann Garrett

Age: 29
Events coordinator, Center for Women
• Organizes and coordinates the center’s larger-scale events, as well as community partnered events; coordinates the counseling program and co-coordinates a job counseling program. Garrett organizes more than 10 empowerment groups each year and also co-manages in-office volunteers and interns, as well as event volunteers.

Community involvement
• Brownie Girl Scout troop leader in Mount Pleasant.
• Advisory board member, Students in Free Enterprise, College of Charleston.
• Board member, Charleston County Junior Miss Scholarship Program.
• Member, Charleston Young Professionals.
• Member, Women@Work.

What made you select your chosen profession? I adored women’s studies classes at the College of Charleston, so when it was time to choose an internship and I saw Center for Women listed as an option, it seemed like a natural fit. I love to work with people, and the nonprofit sector, work specifically designed to help advance women, seemed wonderful. Seven years later and still here, I’d say it was a great fit!

What is your professional goal? To challenge myself to take on new things, but at the same time know my strengths and weaknesses. Some things I am happy to do and good at them, others I will enlist some help and know when to call on others!

Person you would like to meet: Our little girl, Mollie Bess Garrett, due June 26, 2010.

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