Leadership

LaDONNA RYGGS OF SOUTH CAROLINA MEMBER-AT-LARGE to the NFRW Executive Committee Director, REGION 8 DELAWARE | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | MARYLAND | NEW JERSEY | NEW YORK | PENNSYLVANIA | VIRGINIA Adviser, NFRW Public Relations Committee  PUBLIC RELATIONS PAGE E-mail:

LaDonna Ryggs was elected NFRW member-at-large at the 34th Biennial Convention in Palm Springs and assumed the position in January 2008.

Ryggs served as president of the South Carolina FRW in 2006 and 2007. As president, she led the SCFRW in organizing several successful new programs, including a statewide caravan to promote candidates and raise awareness of gynecological cancers, a leadership development seminar, a speakers bureau, regional workshops, a statewide donor program and an Americanism essay contest. In 2007, she was a finalist for the NFRW Ronald Reagan Leadership Award for her efforts.

She co-founded the Palmetto House RW and served as its president for four years. She served two years as SCFRW membership chairman and is a graduate of South Carolina's Winning Women Excellence in Public Service and Government program.

An avid organizer of fundraising events and campaign volunteer activities for the GOP and candidates, she has served as precinct president or committeeman since 2000, has been part of her county’s GOP leadership team since 2003, and was recently elected Spartanburg County Executive Committeeman. At the state party level, she was one of two women appointed to the Presidential Primary Task Force in 2006 and recently was appointed to the state's Silver Elephant committee.

Ryggs earned a bachelor's degree in speech education and a master's degree in speech communication from Bob Jones University, where she is now employed. She resides in Greer, S.C., with her husband of 20 years and two teen-aged children. She is active in her church’s choir and children’s ministry.