A longtime scout professional with the Boy Scouts of America has been selected as the next leader of the Illowa Council based in Davenport.
On its social media, the Illowa Council/Scouting America (as its now known) announced late Wednesday, May 21, that Raymond W. Brauer will become the scout executive, effective Tuesday, July 1, of the bistate council.
Currently the scout executive for the Twin Valley Council in Mankato, Minnesota, Mr. Brauer has led the south central Minnesota council since December of 2015.
The Illowa Council, which serves Boys Scouts and Scouting of America scouts across eastern Iowa and western Illinois, is replacing former Scout Executive Jonathan Cartner. Mr. Cartner left last October after nearly 18 months as executive to accept a position as deputy scout executive and chief operating officer for the Mid-America Council, BSA, in Omaha, Nebraska.
It’s the first scout role in Iowa and Illinois for the Midwesterner. Mr. Brauer began his professional scouting career in 1992 in Columbia, Missouri. At the Great Rivers Council of the BSA he served as district executive, senior district executive and support services director.
Mr. Bauer moved up the professional scouting ranks to become a district director and later field director with Crossroads of America Council in Indianapolis. He also was director of field service of the Clinton Valley and Great Lakes councils, (Pontiac and Detroit, Michigan); and field service director for the Heart of America Council in Kansas City, Missouri.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in science in fish and wildlife management from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1992.
Today, Mr. Brauer and his wife, Mardell, have four children; Reagan (26), Ana (23), Nick (20), and Becca (15). Outside of work, he enjoys camping, hunting, fishing and hiking.
