Philadelphia Magazine,Obama S School Speech

Philadelphia Magazine,Obama S School Speech:Girl Scouts become leaders. Ann Meredith is CEO of Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (GSEP). It is one of the nation’s largest girl scouts councils, serving over 42,000 girls with more than 14,000 adult volunteers.

More than 50 million American women have been Girl Scouts since 1912. Notable alumnae include Sandra Day O’Connor, the first women to sit on the US Supreme Court, Drew Gilpin Faust, the first female president of Harvard University and Katie Couric, the first woman to anchor a news broadcast in the United States.

Former Scouts make up 64 per cent of Who’s Who in American Women, and 70 per cent of women serving in Congress were Girl Scouts.

Meredith thinks these figures and facts can make scouting grow bigger and faster.

“To continue Girl Scouts’ success, we have to make broader, more adaptive efforts to stay true to the original promise in today’s changing society,” said Ann Stacey Woodland, 45. Woodland is a former CEO of Lights of Liberty, a producer of high-tech “edutainment” for millions of students and visitors to Philadelphia. She was among Philadelphia Magazine’s “76 People to Watch” in 2008. The magazine chose people whose ideas will “shape our lives over the next decade.”

Taking the job as the first CEO of Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (GSEP) in 2007, Ann Meredith wants to transform a century old brand into a dynamic force to win one of the today’s toughest crowds – adolescent girls. “There are many things out there competing for their time, attention and interests– internet, malls, sports, other activities,” said Stacey Woodland, Membership Development Director of GSEP.