Capital Rotary Club

Our speaker on Wednesday morning, November 4th was Ms. Erin Galloway Hall, Director of the Palmetto Place Children’s Shelter. Prior to joining the Children’s Shelter, Erin was the Executive Director for the Midlands-area March of Dimes from 2009-2011 and Director of Marketing & Communications for the National Association of Campus Activities between 2004 and 2009. Erin earned her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of South Carolina.

Our speaker on Wednesday morning, October 14th was Dr. Dennis Pruitt, Vice President for Student Affairs, Vice Provost, and Dean of Students at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Pruitt has served in this role since 1983.

At Carolina, Pruitt oversees housing, health services, student-engagement initiatives, Healthy Carolina, judicial affairs and academic integrity, disability services, residential learning communities, campus recreation, Greek Life, the Russell House University Union, student involvement and leadership programs, multicultural student affairs, parents programs, student government and organizations, alcohol and drug programs and student media.

Pruitt earned his doctorate in education from Carolina, his master’s degree in counseling/student personnel services from West Georgia College and his bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Armstrong Atlantic State University.

Our speaker on Wednesday morning, October 7th was Ms. Erin Galloway Hall, Director of the Palmetto Place Children’s Shelter.   Prior to joining the Children’s Shelter, Erin was the Executive Director for the Midlands-area March of Dimes from 2009-2011 and Director of Marketing & Communications for the National Association of Campus Activities between 2004 and 2009.

Erin earned her Bachelors  degree in Journalism from the University of South Carolina.

Capital Rotary President David Boucher welcomes Abby Nass as the club’s newest member. Naas, vice president of marketing and public relations for the new Columbia Fireflies minor league baseball team, is a Florida native who moved to South Carolina in January.

A graduate of Florida Gulf Coast University, Nass was the 2010 and 2014 Rawlings Midwest League Female Executive of the Year while working with the Fort Wayne, IN, TinCaps – a San Diego Padres minor league affiliate. She’s a member of the Cayce/West Columbia Chamber of Commerce, the United Way of the Midlands communications committee and the North Columbia Business Association’s board of directors.