PRESIDENT'S BIOGRAPHY

Betty S. Poe of Greenville is president of the South Carolina FRW. Previously, she served as first vice president and was chosen as SCFRW's Republican Woman of the Year at the biennial state convention in 2007. She also has served as vice chair of the NFRW Fundraising Committee and as an NFRW board member.

In April, Betty was elected chair of the Greenville County Republican Party. Previously, she served as first vice chair and second vice chair. She also served on the South Carolina Republican Party Resolutions Committee for 2011, was an elected member of the Electoral College for 2008, and received the James B. Edwards Award for service to the state party.

Betty served as chair of the Greenville County Victory 2006 campaign to get out the vote for Republican candidates. Despite Republican losses throughout the country, all Republican candidates for constitutional offices in South Carolina were elected except one.

From 2006-2007, Betty served as president of the Greenville County Republican Women’s
Club, the largest club in the state. Previously, she served as first vice president.

Betty is a retired insurance executive. She is the co-chair of the Capital Campaign at Clemson University and serves on the Foundation Board at Clemson, following in the footsteps of her husband Billy’s commitment to his alma mater. One of her passions is donating time as volunteer coordinator in the Infusion Room of the Chemotherapy Department at the Cancer Center of the Carolinas. She serves on numerous other boards and is active in her church and community.

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FEDERATION PROFILE

The South Carolina Federation affiliated with the NFRW in 1961. There are six districts and 25 local clubs.

SCFRW offers campaign management schools and leadership training seminars in conjunction with biennial conventions. The annual Legislative Day has featured a political forum with the Republican women in the state legislature, a legislative briefing by members of the house and senate and a reception at the governor's mansion hosted by First Lady Jenny Sanford.

SCFRW has sponsored billboards across the state that read, "Vote Republican ... It's a Vote for America." Local clubs and their members sponsor candidate debates and participate in get-out-the-vote efforts and voter registration drives. Members have worked on campaigns at the local, state and federal levels, both as volunteers and as paid campaign staff.

Members serve in elected positions and on appointed boards and commissions as state representatives, county auditors, court clerks, and on school boards, city councils and election commissions.

Past presidents include:
Mary C. McAbee, 2008-09
LaDonna Ryggs, 2006-07
Linda Butler-Johnson, 2004-05
Jan Allgood, 2002-03
June Smith, 1998-2001
Frances Stogner, 1993-97 
Ann Lucas, 1992
Irby Schultz, 1988-91
Sharon Chellis, 1984-87
Betty Janzen, 1980-83
Ginny Childs, 1976-79
Ann Ebersbach, 1972-75
Beverly Gosnell, 1967-71
Susan Kirkpatrick, 1966
Constance Armitage Antonsen (founding; also served as NFRW president)

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