Alumni Profiles

Carolyn Risinger Boltin M ’99

Fall 2005

Agricultural and applied economics graduate Carolyn Boltin of Goose Creek received the U.S. Department of Defense’s Women Change America award during the 2005 National Women’s History Month.

The U.S. Coast Guard nominated her for the honor as a math, science and engineering role model for women. At the time, she served as chief of the Natural Resource Damage Division of the National Pollution Funds Center in Arlington, Va.

In August, she became deputy commissioner for the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) with the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control in Charleston. She now heads the office that is responsible for preserving sensitive and fragile areas while promoting responsible development in the eight coastal counties of South Carolina.

Earlier in her career, Boltin was a researcher with the Strom Thurmond Institute at Clemson where she focused on coastal zone plantations.