Two Brown County women with active ties to Nashville and Brown County were applauded on December 12th for their many contributions and service to the Brown County Community Foundation.

Linda Welty and Carolyn Emmert are leaving the foundation’s 12-member Board of Trustees after having served the maximum number of years allowed by the foundation’s bylaws.  Their successors will be announced in early 2012.

“Linda and Carolyn gave many volunteer hours to the foundation, and our community is a better place because of their efforts,” said Bob Kirlin, chief executive officer of the foundation.  “They added in so many ways to the foundation’s diversity and strength of our board.”

Welty served as the foundation’s corporate secretary and chair of its Governance Committee to ensure compliance with foundation procedures.   She also served as a representative for the Career Resource Center.  Welty’s community involvement has included: the community’s Emerging Food and Shelter Program, Habitat for Humanity, Lions Club, Indiana’s South Central Community Action Program, and Brown County’s Domestic Violence Task Force.  

Emmert, a retired principal of Nashville Elementary School, was the chair of the Foundation’s Scholarship Committee, which works to encourage and award college/vocational scholarships to Brown County residents.  She continues to serve in the community as a member of the Brown County Citizens’ Scholarship Fund Committee.  That committee works with students, teachers and administrators to make scholarship award recommendations to the foundation.

In honor of their service, all retiring Brown County Community Foundation board members are offered the opportunity to direct a $50 donation to the fund of their choosing.  Welty chose to direct her funds to the Brown County Community Foundation and Emmert chose the Brown County Literacy Coalition. The Brown County Community Foundation would like offer our most sincere thanks to both Carolyn Emmert and Linda Welty for their many years of service to the Brown County community.

A big thanks to Linda Welty and Carolyn Emmert who are leaving the BCCF Board of Trustees after many great years of service.