Patsy Brison Believes that Serving on Hilton Head’s Town Council is about Solutions – not Politics.

As Ward 2’s representative, Patsy has focused on protecting Hilton Head’s character through responsible growth management, workforce housing initiatives, and the preservation of Gullah-Geechee culture and heritage.

Patsy brings a distinguished record of professional achievement and public service. She has been commended for guiding strategic planning initiatives that balance growth with the quality of life residents value most.

Patsy has also demonstrated strong fiscal leadership by supporting property tax reductions while maintaining essential Town services and preserving the Town’s AAA bond rating.

She has championed investments in beach preservation, especially at Pine Island in Hilton Head Plantation plus stormwater resilience, and transportation improvements to help ensure a strong future for Hilton Head Island.

Patsy is a listener a doer and a problem solver, not a politician.

About Patsy

Patsy Brison, a Hilton Head Island property owner for 15 years, has been serving on the island’s Town Council for the past four years representing Ward 2, which includes much of Hilton Head Plantation plus Bayshore, Chinaberry, Squiresgate, Allenwood and smaller neighborhoods along Gum Tree Road and parts of Squire Pope Road.

Patsy currently holds a position on the Council’s Finance and Administrative Committee as well as the Land Management Ordinance Task Force. Earlier, she served on the Council’s Public Planning Committee and Community Development and Public Services Committee. She currently represents the Town on the Southern Lowcountry Regional Board.

A North Carolina native, Patsy had a highly successful 31-year career as an attorney in both the public and private sectors in the Asheville, NC area before moving to Hilton Head Island in 2015. She and her husband Scott Camp had been visiting Hilton Head regularly since 2006 before purchasing a condominium villa in South Forest Beach. She has been a resident of Hilton Head Plantation since 2022.

Patsy at St. Patrick’s Day parade with husband Scott Camp

Patsy built a distinguished legal career in Asheville, NC

Background

Brison served as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Asheville for 16 years.

Her work for the City of Asheville included representing all City Departments and all boards and commissions. She also represented the City of Asheville in litigation before federal and state courts, including appellate divisions.

She then moved into private practice in 2000, becoming a partner with the regional law firm of Roberts & Stevens where she specialized in local government law, including zoning and land use regulation. Her clients included both neighborhoods and businesses. She also served as Town Attorney for Weaverville, NC. While in private practice, she was recognized in “Best Lawyers in America” for her work in the practice areas of Administration and Regulatory Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, and Litigation-Land Use and Zoning. She was also named as one of the ten “Citizen Lawyers of the Year” by the North Carolina Bar Association in 2008.

She is a 1972 graduate of the University of North Carolina (Greensboro) with a BS degree in Political Science and International Studies and has a JD degree from Campbell University School of Law.

Community Service – Hilton Head Island

  • Chair, HHI Board of Zoning Appeals
  • Bike Walk, Board of Directors
  • Co-founder, Coalition of Island Neighbors (COIN)
  • Member, Hilton Head Town Visioning Project
  • Past President, Springwood Villas Owners Board
  • RBC Heritage Golf Tournament Marshal

Service on Non-Profit Organizations

  • National Board Member of Girl Scouts USA (6 years)
  • President Western North Carolina Regional Council, Girl Scouts USA
  • President YWCA Buncombe County, NC
  • Co-Chair United Way Allocations Committee of United Way, Buncombe County, NC
  • Presbyterian church elder

Professional Organizations

  • President, Buncombe County, NC Bar
  • Board of Directors, NC Association of Municipal Attorneys
  • Member, Three Governing Councils, NC Bar Association (Construction Law, Litigation and Government & Public Sector Law)
  • Member, NC Bar Association Committee on Women in the Profession 

Free Time

  • Enjoys exercising classes
  • Playing golf
  • Traveling (recently Australia/ New Zealand)
  • Family visits to the beach
  • Entertaining friends with music
  • Hilton Head Island cultural events

Hilton Head Island is renowned for its bike trails with the help of Town funding

Patsy and husband Scott