Famous Formers
Since 1912, nearly 50 million women in the United
States have become members of the Girl Scouts
It's no surprise, then, that many of those young girls went on to become accomplished professionals in a variety of fields.
Girl Scouting lays the foundation for a solid future. Girls are offered a splendid opportunity to develop their leadership abilities, polish their problem solving and critical thinking skills, and learn how to function as team players.
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Business
Betanzos, Amalia - President/CEO, Wildcat Service Corp
Biggins, Veronica - Assistant to President Clinton
Chavez-Thompson, Linda - Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO
d'Harnoncourt, Anne - Director, CEO, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Diaz Dennis, Patricia - VP, Gov't Affairs, Sprint, Former FCC Comm
Dole, Elizabeth - former President, American Red Cross
Falk, Susan - President, Express (clothing retailer)
Fernandez, Lillian - former Director, Int'l Affairs, Pfizer, Inc
Fields, Pam - Mrs. Fields Cookies Founder
Fine, Deborah I. - CEO, Victoria’s Secret PINK
Juliber, Lois - President, Colgate Palmolive
Katen, Karen - Vice President, Pfizer
Marram, Ellen - former President, Tropicana
Moore, Ann S. - former Chairwoman and CEO, Time Inc.
Powell, Alma J. - Vice Chair, America’s Promise – The Alliance for Youth
Williams, Kimberly A. - COO, NFL Network
Educators
Arnold, Sarah Louise - Dean of Simmons College
Ellis Alexander, Marianne - ED, Public Leadership Education Network
Fox, Muriel - Chair, NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund
Hatwood Futrell, Mary - former President, National Education Association
Jones, Elaine - Head of NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund
Kamakakuokalani Ainoa Brandt, Gladys - Hawaiian Educator
McAuliffe, Christa - Teacher and Astronaut
McGuire, Patricia - President, Trinity College
Murphy MacGregor, Molly - ED, National Women's History Project
Scott, Gloria - Educator
First Family
Bush, Laura - Wife of President George Bush, Jr (43rd President)Carter, Rosalyn - Wife of President Jimmy Carter (39th President)
Clinton, Chelsea - Daughter of Bill Clinton (42nd President)
Gore, Tipper - Wife of former VP Al Gore
Hoover, Lou Henry - Wife of President Herbert Hoover
Johnson Robb, Lynda - Daughter of Lyndon B. Johnson (36th President)
Johnson Turpin, Luci - Daughter of Lyndon B. Johnson (36th President)
Kennedy, Ethel - Wife of Robert Kennedy (Presidential candidate)
Mondale, Joan - Wife of former VP, Walter Mondale
Nixon, Pat - Wife of former President Richard Nixon (37th President)
Nixon Cox, Trisha - Daughter of Richard Nixon (37th President)
Nixon Eisenhower, Julie - Daughter of Richard Nixon (37th President)
Quayle, Marilyn - Wife of Former VP, Dan Quayle
Reagan, Nancy - Wife of Ronald Reagan (40th President)
Rodham Clinton, Hillary - US Senator & Wife of Bill Clinton (42nd President)
Wilson, Edith - Former First Lady, wife of Woodrow Wilson
Government
Albright, Madeleine - former US Secretary of State
Babbitt, Hattie - former US Ambassador, Organization of American States
Barshefsky, Charlene - former US Trade Representative
Boggs, Corrinne C. - former US Ambassador to the Vatican
Browner, Carol - former Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
Collins, Martha Layne - former Governor of Kentucky
Collins, Susan - US Senator for Maine
Coone, Jane - former US Ambassador to Bangladesh
Fenwick, Millicent - former US Representative to UN Food & Agriculture Org
Ferraro, Geraldine - former US Representative for New York
and VP candidate
Gillibrand, Kirsten - US Senator for New York
Grasso, Ella - former Governor of Connecticut
Herman, Alexis M. - former US Secretary of Labor
Hills, Carla - former US Trade Representative
Hutchinson, Kay Bailey - US Senator for Texas
Kassenbaum, Nancy - former US Senator from Kansas
Kirkpatrick, Jeanne - former US Ambassador to the United Nations
Klimova, Rita - former US Ambassador, Czech & Slovak Federal Republic
Lowey, Nita - US Representative for New York
McCarthy, Carolyn - US Representative for New York
Mink, Patsy - former US Representative for Hawaii
Mosley-Braun, Carol - former US Senator for Illinois
Mikulski, Barbara - US Senator for Maryland
Murray, Patty - US Senator for Washington
Ray, Dixie Lee - former Governor of Washington, Chair of the
Atomic Energy Commission
Reno, Janet - former US Attorney General
Richardson, Margaret M. - former IRS Commissioner
Sauve, Jean - former Governor-General of Canada
Schroeder, Pat - former US Representative for Colorado
Shalala, Donna - former US Secretary of Health and Human Service
Stabenow, Deborah - US Senator for Michigan
Swift, Jane - former Governor of Massachusetts
Health, Science & Tech
Brothers, Joyce, Dr. - Psychologist; Radio & TV PersonalityBodar, Roberta - 1st. Canadian woman in space
Collins, Brenda - Child Psychologist
Collins, Lt Col Eileen - 1st Woman Space Shuttle Commander Astronaut
Davis, Jan - Astronaut
Fisher, Anna, Dr. - Astronaut
Hughes Fulford, Millie, Dr. - Former Astronaut; Head of Research Lab
Jemison, Mae - Astronaut
Jernigan, Tamara, Dr. - Astronaut
Resnick, Judith - Astronaut
Ride, Sally, Dr. - Astronaut, first woman in Space
Rosenweig, Cynthia - NASA Research Scientist
Seddon, Rhea, Dr. - Astronaut
Sharman, Helen - First British woman in space
Sullivan, Kathryn, Dr. - Astronaut
Thornton, Kathryn, Dr. - Astronaut
Judges
Day O'Connor, Sandra - Associate Justice, US Supreme CourtLaw Enforcement
Berry, Linda - FBI AgentWalls, Juanita - FBI Agent
Watson, Elizabeth - Houston Police Chief
Media
Bartiromo, Maria - Anchor, CNBC
Braver, Rita - Correspondent, CBS News
Chen, Joie - CNN reporter
Couric, Katie - T.V. News Anchor
DelBarco, Mandelitte - News Broadcaster, National Public Radio
George, Phyllis - Miss America 1971 and Actress
Hart, Kitty Carlyle - Actress
Hopkins, Jan - Anchor, CNN Financial News
Jones-Reynolds, Star - TV Anchor and Author
Moriarty, Erin - TV Reporter, CBS "48Hours"
Norville, Deborah - Host of "Inside Edition"
Pauley, Jane - TV reporter and Journalist
Savage, Terry - Columnist, TV Talk Show Host
Shipman, Claire - White House Correspondent, NBC News
Sweeney, Anne - President, Disney/ABC Cable Network
Switzer, Catherine – TV Sports Reporter
Walters, Barbara - Anchorwoman of ABC "20/20"
Wafts, Rolanda - Former Television Talk Show Host
Woodruff, Judy - Anchor & Senior Correspondent, CNN
Military
Allison, Jacqueline - Rear Admiral/Navy
Edmunds, Jeanette - Colonel, US Army War Reserve
Elliot, Carol C. - Brigadier General, USAF
Engel, Joan - Rear Admiral, Director, Health & Safety
Fishburne, Lillian - Rear Admiral/Navy
Frost, Kathy - The Adjutant General of the Army
Johnson, Joyce - Rear Admiral, Director, Health & Safety
McGann, Barbara - Rear Admiral/Navy
Paige, Kathleen K. - RADM, VSN
Stierle, Linda - Brigadier General
Widnall, Sheila - US Secretary of Air Force--retired
Williamson, Myrna, Gen. - Retired Army General
Performing Arts
Anderson, Melissa Sue - Actress (Little House on the Prairie)
Anderson, Marion - Singer
Arroyo, Martina - Soprano
Ball, Lucille - Comedienne
Bergen, Candace - Actress (Murphy Brown and Boston Legal)
Bergen, Polly - Actress
Black, Shirley Temple - Actress and US Ambassador
Breslin, Abigail - Actress
Carey, Mariah - Singer
Carlisle, Kitty - Actress
Carter, Lynda - Actress (Wonder Woman)
Cass, Peggy - Actress
Chafee, Susy - Entertainer
Danner, Blythe - Actress
Davis, Bette - Actress
Davis, Kristin - Actress
Dee, Sandra - Actress
Dion, Celine - Singer
Fanning, Dakota - Actress
Fisher, Carrie - Actress, Author (Star Wars trilogy)
George, Phyllis - Actress
Hatchett, Glenda - Judge and T.V. Personality
Hayes, Helen - Actress
Holm, Celeste - Actress
Hudgens, Vanessa - Actress
Kain, Karen - Prima Ballerina
Kelly, Grace - Actress
Lamour, Dorothy - Actress
Lewis, Shari - Puppeteer
Lucci, Susan - Actress (All my Children)
Merchant, Natalie - Singer
Mouse, Minnie - Actress
Norman, Jessye - Opera Singer
Palmer, Keke - Actress
Reynolds, Debbie - Actress
Rivers, Joan - Comedian and TV Personality
Rivera, Chita - Actress
Shore, Dinah - Actress
Star, Brenda - Singer
Stewart, Martha - TV Personality; Martha Stewart Living
Swift, Taylor - Musician
Thomas, Marlo - Actress
Tiegs, Cheryl - Model
Turner, Kathleen - Actress (Romancing the Stone, War of the Roses…)
Tyler Moore, Mary - Actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Warwick, Dionne - Singer
Witherspoon, Reese - Actress
Publishing
Edwards, Virginia - Editor, Education Week, and President,
Editorial Projects in Education
Eng, Phoebe - Publisher, "A" Magazine
Fiore, Mary - Managing Editor, "Good Housekeeping" magazine
Moore, Ann - Publisher, "People" magazine
Santiago, Esmeralda - Author
Wolf, Wendy - Senior Editor, Harper Collins
Ying, Mildred - Food Editor, "Good Housekeeping" magazine
Sports
Ackerman, Valede - President of the WNBA
Bell, Judy - Former President, US Golf Association
Blair, Bonnie - 1994 Olympic Gold Medalist, Speed Skating
Caponi, Donna - Golfer
Chaffee, Suzy - Skier; World Freestyle Skiing Champion 1971-73
DeFrantz, Anita - Attorney, Int'l Olympic Committee; 1976 Olympic Bronze Medalist, Rowing
Evans, Janet - 1992 Olympic Gold Medalist 800m Freestyle
Fawcett, Joy - US World Cup Team 1999
Fleming, Peggy - 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist, Figure Skating
Griffith-Joyner, Florence - Olympic Gold Medalist, Track and Field
Hamill, Dorothy - 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist, Figure Skating
Green, Tina Sloan - President, Black Women Sports
Joyner-Kersee, Jacqueline - 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist, Long Jump
Linkin, Nastia - Olympic Gold Medalist, Gymnastics
Lobo, Rebecca - WNBA Basketball Player
Lopez, Nancy - Pro-golfer
MacMillan, Shannon - Women's World Cup Member
Marquis, Gail - Olympic Silver Medalist, Basketball; Basketball Commentator
McPeak, Holly - Beach Pro Volleyball
McTiernan, Kerri-Ann - 1st Woman Coach Men's Basketball
Powell, Renee - 1st African American Golf Player on LPGA
Richardson, Donna - Fitness Expert
Redman, Susie - Pro-Golfer
Rigby-Mason, Cathy - Olympic Silver Medalist, Gymnastics; TV Commentator
St. John Deane, Bonnie - Paralympic Silver Medalist, Skiing
St. James, Lyn - Auto Racer; 1992 Indy 500 "Rookie of the Year"
Thompson, Jenny - 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist, Swimming
Williams, Venus - Tennis Pro
Vanderveer, Tara - Women's Basketball Coach
Writers/Authors
Bombeck Erma - Author
Bloodworth-Thomason, Linda - Writer; TV Producer
Dove, Rita - 1993 US Poet Laureate
Gaudette, Marie - Writer/Songwriter/Poet
Homes, A.M. - Author
Landers, Ann - Advice Columnist
Steinem, Gloria - Author
VanBuren, Abigail - Advice Columnist
Viorst, Judith - Author of poetry collections, children books
Other
Brandon, Barbara - Cartoonist
Elizabeth II - Queen of Great Britain (Girl Guide)
Gist, Carole - 1st African-American Miss USA
Goodman, Linda - Astrologer
Guisewaite, Cathy - Cartoonist
Princess Anne - Olympian and President of Save the Children (Girl Guide)
Saun, Kara - Fashion Designer, Project Runway, Season 1
Wang, Vera - Fashion Designer and Style Maker
Whitestone, Heather - Miss America 1995
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Girls - what was your favorite badge that you earned this year and why? Leaders - what was your favorite badge or Journey book to work on with your girls this year and why? We invite you to share your accomplishments with the larger Girl Scout community.
If you're a Junior, there's still time to register for Take Action Mini-Sleepaway Weekend at Camp Kaufmann on July 12-14. Girls will explore the challenges facing our environment today and learn how to take action! They also will experience our climbing wall and archery range. Juniors who come to this session will fully earn the Camper Badge and will work on parts of the Agent of Change Journey Book. Check out the brochure and register today: http://www.girlscoutsnyc.org/uploaded/files/camp/camp%20online%20brochure%206-10-13.pdf
If you're a Cadette, there's still time to register for Night Crawlers at Camp Kaufmann on June 28-30! Camp turns into a whole different environment at night. Cadettes will experience an electricity-free night, star-gazing, a bat and insect hike, and a campout, and the daylight hours will be filled with fun on the archery range and the ropes course as girls complete the requirements for the Night Owl and Trailblazing Badges. Check out the brochure: http://www.girlscoutsnyc.org/uploaded/files/camp/camp%20online%20brochure%206-10-13.pdf
You may know that last week, we honored fifty young women from throughout New York with the Girl Scout Gold Award, our highest honor, for their acts of community service. But do you know all about their amazing projects? Throughout the summer, we'll be sharing them with you right here on Facebook! Rachel of Troop 4382 in Queens collected lap robes for senior centers, children’s hospitals, and Hurricane Sandy victims. Inspired initially by wounded veterans’ stories, she decided that through giving a personalized handmade gift to those in need, she could bring a smile to those who were less fortunate.
What can Girl Scout Cookies do? Writes K. Porcher of North Riverdale Troop 1477: "The Girl Scouts saved their cookie money to purchase their new vests and attend the 100th Anniversary GSGNY Bridge Crossing event. They bridged from Juniors to Cadettes and were able to put their cookie money towards new Binders, Journey Books, Cadette vests as well as go on the 100th Anniversary Bridge Crossing so they could 'officially' bridge to Cadettes. They were able to have fun, attend the historic GSGNY Council event, and afford their new uniforms. They are 'smart Cookies.' See attached photos of this financially savvy troop. THAT'S what a cookie can do!"
Check out this great NY1 piece on our CEP girls at camp: http://www.ny1.com/content/183691/bronx-middle-schoolers-in-girl-scouts-career-exploration-program-participate-in-camp Middle schoolers at five Bronx schools are getting a unique experience, one they might not have if it wasn't for the Girl Scouts of Greater New York's Career Exploration Program, which reaches out to girls in disadvantaged neighborhoods. www.ny1.com
Sunday is Father's Day! Click on the link below to see the message from Rose M. Littlejohn, our Board President, and Barbara Murphy-Warrington, our CEO, to all those dads out there who support and encourage their daugthers every day to make the world a better place. www.girlscoutsnyc.org
Jo-Anne and Debbie of Brownie Troop 3451 tell us: "Our GS Cookie Troop 3451 sold 3,452 boxes of cookies this year. "Our girls voted on a service goal to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy at the start of our cookie selling program. When the program was finished, they selected the NY Aquarium as the recipient of their efforts. We had a representative from the NY Aquarium come to meet the girls and tell them about the devastation and the rebuilding efforts at our last meeting. The girls donated $1,200 to the aquarium. Attached is a photo of our Brownies with Kate Fitzgerald from the NY Aquarium - Wildlife Conservation Society. "In addition, the girls chose to help the ASPCA whose HQ is in our neighborhood. They donated blankets, towels, toys and food to the ASPCA. The girls toured the facilities and presented their representatives with a check for $500. "Their fun goal was a pajama party." Isn't it amazing how big a difference cookies can make?
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FY13 Troop Leader Cookie Survey, 6 days ago
Are you a Troop Leader in New York City? Have you completed our end of the year Cookie Program survey? It only takes a few minutes and we want your responses! The link is below. You can complete it right now. The survey will be open through tomorrow. Web survey powered by SurveyMonkey.com. Create your own online survey now with SurveyMonkey's expert certified FREE templates. www.surveymonkey.com
This film featuring the honorees of our 100th Anniversary Gala, Renee Haugerud, Michelle Lee, Sandra Lee and Trish McEvoy and our New York City Girl Scouts includes five chapters: "100 Year Commitment," "Global Citizens," "The Sky is the Limit," "Making a Difference" and "Today's Girls, Tomorrow's Leaders."
To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouting in New York City, this film featuring Girl Scout Board President Rose Littlejohn, CEO Barbara Murphy-Warrington and our New York City Girl Scouts, includes highlights from our first 100 years and then focuses on the importance of "making the history of tomorrow" today.
Trish McEvoy, Founder and CEO, Trish McEvoy Beauty hosted Girl Scouts and Volunteers in her New York City Studio in April 2013.
Thank you for being a friend to New York City's 26, 658 Girl Scouts.
Michelle Y. Lee, Northeast Regional President, Wells Fargo Bank, hosts a group of Girl Scouts at the Wells Fargo Learning and Development Center for a "Hands-on-Banking" Financial Literacy Lesson and an inspirational Career Presentation.
Renee Haugerud, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Galtere, hosts a troop of Brownie Girl Scouts in her offices and teaches them about global currency and the importance of being global citizens.
Sandra Lee, Childhood Hunger Advocate and Emmy and Gracie Award Winning TV Host with 300 Girl Scouts doing a park-clean up in Prospect Park, Brooklyn on April 6, 2013. Girl Scouts have made a 100 Year Commitment to keep this area of the park clean.
This webinar is designed for Alumnae, Parents, & Volunteers to get all of the info you need to lead girls in earning Girl Scouting's highest awards. Learn the requirements along with some interactive project planning activities to bring back to your girls.
As you may know, the Girl Scout Cookie Sale is the largest girl-led Business & Entrepreneurship program in the world. Through their cookie sales, Girl Scouts learn five essential skills that equip them to succeed in school, work and beyond: •Money Management •Decision Making •Goal Setting •People Skills •Business Ethics We have developed the Cookie University program as a way for girls to develop and build on these skills through engaging in fun, hands-on interactive activities centered around the Cookie Sale and learning from older girls, who have Cookie Sale experience, when possible. In Fall 2012, we launched our first-ever Cookie University and Cookie University Mentor Training. At Cookie University Mentor Training at ING Direct Café, Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors had the unique opportunity to learn from and engage with professionals from a range of fields such as Business, Finance, Marketing, Customer Service and Sales. They learned about these fields and what it takes to work in them successfully. They also gained invaluable firsthand knowledge and skills that they can apply to selling cookies and planning for their future careers. Girls also worked together to design a plan for sharing their newfound knowledge and skills with Brownies at our Cookie University. At Cookie University at The Cooper Union, Brownies learned from Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors about how to succeed in their cookie sales. The older girls taught and mentored the Brownies and shared the invaluable knowledge and skills they gained at their workshop and their own cookie sales experiences. Brownies developed and built on their knowledge and skill sets in the areas of Goal-Setting, Decision Making, Money Management, People Skills and Business Ethics. They "graduated" from Cookie University ready to tackle and excel in their entrepreneurial endeavors! In addition to offering these special initiatives, we have developed a Cookie University Mentor Training curriculum for Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors (go to www.girlscoutsnyc.org to download curricula) and this webinar to help teach you to use the curriculum. Webinars and curriculum are also available for Daisies and Brownies, to be used in conjunction with this training on www.girlscoutsnyc.org and our YouTube channel. These curricula are meant to serve as guides for Troop Leaders and Parents to offer the Cookie University program either to their troops at their troop meetings or for them, their Borough Program Committee and/or Service Unit to organize their own Multi-Troop, Borough-Wide or Service Unit events.
As you may know, the Girl Scout Cookie Sale is the largest girl-led Business & Entrepreneurship program in the world. Through their cookie sales, Girl Scouts learn five essential skills that equip them to succeed in school, work and beyond: •Money Management •Decision Making •Goal Setting •People Skills •Business Ethics We have developed the Cookie University program as a way for girls to develop and build on these skills through engaging in fun, hands-on interactive activities centered around the Cookie Sale and learning from older girls, who have Cookie Sale experience, when possible. In Fall 2012, we launched our first-ever Cookie University and Cookie University Mentor Training. At Cookie University Mentor Training at ING Direct Café, Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors had the unique opportunity to learn from and engage with professionals from a range of fields such as Business, Finance, Marketing, Customer Service and Sales. They learned about these fields and what it takes to work in them successfully. They also gained invaluable firsthand knowledge and skills that they can apply to selling cookies and planning for their future careers. Girls also worked together to design a plan for sharing their newfound knowledge and skills with Brownies at our Cookie University. At Cookie University at The Cooper Union, Brownies learned from Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors about how to succeed in their cookie sales. The older girls taught and mentored the Brownies and shared the invaluable knowledge and skills they gained at their workshop and their own cookie sales experiences. Brownies developed and built on their knowledge and skill sets in the areas of Goal-Setting, Decision Making, Money Management, People Skills and Business Ethics. They "graduated" from Cookie University ready to tackle and excel in their entrepreneurial endeavors! In addition to offering these special initiatives, we have developed a Cookie University curriculum for Brownies (go to www.girlscoutsnyc.org to download curricula) and this webinar to help teach you to use the curriculum. Webinars and curriculum are also available for Daisies and for the Cookie University Mentor Training for Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors on www.girlscoutsnyc.org and our YouTube channel. These curricula are meant to serve as guides for Troop Leaders and Parents to offer the Cookie University program either to their troops at their troop meetings or for them, their Borough Program Committee and/or Service Unit to organize their own Multi-Troop, Borough-Wide or Service Unit events.