• A Lifetime of Service: Veteran's Day Conversation with PA State Treasurer Stacy Garrity

  • Nov 8 2023
  • Length: 25 mins
  • Podcast

A Lifetime of Service: Veteran's Day Conversation with PA State Treasurer Stacy Garrity

  • Summary

  • Pennsylvania State Treasurer Stacy Garrity joins President Hanna for a special Veteran's Day episode of The Common Ground Podcast. Treasurer Garrity serves as the 78th Treasurer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She is a former businesswoman and retired U.S. Army Reserve Colonel. During her service as a Colonel in the Army Reserves, Garrity received national attention for her decorated service on the Iraq battlefields. She served three remarkable deployments in service to our country and was twice awarded the Bronze Star for exceptional service and received the Legion of Merit before retiring from the Army Reserve.

    Together, President Hanna and Treasurer Garrity talk about her journey from rural Pennsylvania to Bloomsburg University where she earned a degree in finance and economics while enrolled in the Army ROTC program. From there Garrity went on to an impressive career in the military through the Army Reserves while also working her way to the top of the corporate ladder as one of the first female vice presidents at Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

    Their conversation covers important topics from college affordability to lessons in leadership and why it's possible for young women and girls to change the world. Plus, Treasurer Garrity shares several heartwarming stories about the work she's doing to return lost military decorations to Pennsylvania families.


    For more information about initiatives within the Pennsylvania Treasury, including unclaimed property, the PA 529 College and Career Savings Program, and searching for lost military decorations, visit www.patreasury.gov


    For more information about the Common Ground Podcast, visit www.commonwealthu.edu/commonground


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