Thursday, August 31, 2017 • 11:30 AM Hilton Memphis • Tennessee Grand Ballroom a luncheon to benefit
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Picture this: a safe, no-limits place where you can inspire girls to try new things, take on challenges, and build community while they inspire you to do the same. That’s Girl Scouts. A place where every (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)™ has the space and support she needs to transform ideas into action, turn questions into adventure, and grow confidence through practice. With more than 60 million Girl Scouts and alumnae to cheer you on every step of m the way, there is no adventure too big, no challenge you can’t face, and no fear you can’t conquer together.
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Schedule of Events Silent Auction will close promptly at 11:40am.
Welcome and Invocation Lunch Sylvia Acevedo, Keynote Awards Presentations Building Smart Cookies for Tomorrow Closing Thank you to The Reverend Rebekah Abel Lamar of Idlewild Presbyterian Church, 2017 SheLeads! Memphis graduates, and GSHS Girl Scouts Morgaan Butler and Kannon Tucker for participating in today’s events.
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Starting in childhood, girls are inundated with negative messages and behaviors that prevent them from building healthy relationships and ideal about their potential. The National Stand Beside Her project is a call to action to propel women and girls forward by ending comparison and competition and creating more collaboration and support. Established in 2014 by Girl Scouts Heart of the South, the National Stand Beside Her Project has since been embraced by over 30 Girl Scout councils from across the country, banding together to encourage women and girls to support one another so that every woman and girl can reach her fullest potential. This is a crucial time for the future of girls. 51% of the US population is female, but less than 20% of our elected
leadership is. Only 21% of girls believe they currently have most of the key qualities required to be a good leader, and at the current rate of change it will take until 2085 for women to reach parity with men in leadership roles. Stand Beside Her stands to bridge this gap. Through our Stand Beside Her Memphis initiative, our council has been able to create a community of support for women and girl-serving organizations. By implementing our values throughout the community, the Stand Beside Her Memphis Coalition has brought local organizations and individuals that serve women and girls together to sit at one table. By collaborating, sharing opportunities, referring services, and connecting women and girls to resources, we have shaped monumental change in our city.
Let’s speak out and shake things up! Join us and celebrate National Stand Beside Her Week October 29 - November 4, 2017! For ideas on how you and your organization can get involved, visit our website at www.standbesideher.org
Welcome!
Thank you for joining us for the Second Annual One Smart Cookie Luncheon presented by FedEx and benefiting Girl Scouts Heart of the South. We are excited that you have chosen to join us today as we honor these seven Smart Cookies for their outstanding contributions to our community. Girl Scouts’ mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Essentially, we strive to build “Smart Cookies” just like the estimable women we celebrate today. By lifting them up we are showing our girls what true leadership and character is all about, and we encourage our girls to lead by their example. At Girl Scouts, we are all about practicing everyday leadership, preparing girls to empower themselves, and promoting G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)TM experiences. Because girls who practice leadership like a Girl Scout are more likely to reach their full potential. Again, Girl Scouts doesn’t empower girls – we prepare girls with the skills and experiences they need to empower themselves for life. Thank you for being here today to show your support for these female leaders and for your continued support of Girl Scouts and our efforts to build the G.I.R.L. leaders of tomorrow. All our best,
Mary Kay Wegner
Lori Patton
Melanie Schild
Board Chair Girl Scouts Heart of the South
Committee Chair One Smart Cookie Luncheon
Chief Executive Officer Girl Scouts Heart of the South
The Girl Scout Promise On my honor, I will try: to serve God, and my country, to help people at all times, and to live by the Girl Scout Law.
June 14-17, 2018 Memphis, TN Positive role models are important for all women. However, today’s young women need to see today’s successful women to understand that leadership and success are attainable goals. Join Girl Scouts Heart of the South as we endeavor to help create a generation of inclusive, culturally-competent leaders who know how to work together to make the world a better place.
You cannot be what you cannot see. Marian Wright Edelman.
Keynote Speaker Sylvia Acevedo Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) Sylvia Acevedo, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA), brings to the organization a background in entrepreneurship; science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM); and innovation, as well as a lifelong commitment to girls’ success in their own lives and in the world. She was a member of the GSUSA Board of Directors from 2009 to 2016 and served as its secretary. Dedicated to girls’ leadership development long before she was named to GSUSA’s board, Sylvia has seen firsthand the power of Girl Scouts. As a girl growing up in New Mexico, after her family suffered a major tragedy, Sylvia was forced to move and leave behind her school, her neighborhood, and her friends. It was this that brought her to Girl Scouts, which would change her life forever. Her troop provided her with tools and experiences not widely available to girls of her background at that time. In Sylvia’s words, “This life-changing experience showed me what leadership looked like and enabled me to pursue it as a goal.” Over the years Sylvia has spoken across the country about the importance of helping girls discover their strengths, passions, and talents. She also served on the founding board of the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders in Austin, Texas - the largest all-girls public school in the nation. In addition, Sylvia served as a member of the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, chairing its Early Learning Subcommittee. She coauthored the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Family Engagement curriculum to help narrow academic achievement gaps in America, and she is writing an aspirational memoir that promotes STEM for middle school students, which will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in September 2018. A talented technology executive who has held positions with some of the world’s most respected companies, previously Sylvia was the founder, president, and CEO of CommuniCard LLC, a firm known for its innovative approaches to working with changing community demographics roles at REBA Technologies, Dell Computer Corporation, Autodesk Inc., Tandem Ungermann-Bass, Apple Computer, and IBM - and she began her career as a rocket scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
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The 2017 One Smart Cookie luncheon proudly honors local businesswomen and philanthropists for their outstanding work in our community! Congratulations and thank you to these exceptional women who are making it happen in the Mid-South!
Fredrika “Freddi” Felt Community Volunteer Fredrika (Freddi) Felt, a native Memphian, attended east High School and graduated from UCLA with a degree in Political Science. She has worked for the Social Security Administration, Memphis Jewish Community Center and as a Mom. She is a former president of the Lichterman Lowenberg Foundation, an independent foundation that gives to Jewish organizations and community charities such as museums, higher education and the arts. She also helps oversee the family’s philanthropic efforts through the foundation. In 1958, Freddi was looking for a place to volunteer, working through the Memphis Jewish Community Center she found a Brownie troop that Freddi Felt needed a leader. She was leader of TennArkMiss Council’s Troop 26 for 25 years and served in many capacities ranging from troop organizer to property committee to board member and Council Vice President. In her work with Girl Scouts she has changed the lives of girls that are now women business and civic leaders throughout the country. Freddi equips children and adults with skills necessary to build confidence, be better citizens and possibly save their own life or someone else’s. Her confidence, leadership and commitment to community are the epitome of a long time Girl Scout.
Jana Kerr Pettey Founder/Editorial Director Justine Magazine Jana Kerr Pettey was a Brownie and a Junior Girl Scout, with her mom as her Troop Leader. Her enthusiasm for working with teenagers has been fueled by her work for more than 40 years with the Volunteer Girls State program, a national citizenship program for rising senior high school girls.
Jana Pettey
Her dedication to helping teen girls realize how they fit into the world is what prompted her to become the Founder/Editorial Director of national teen magazine Justine. She has been instrumental in crafting a publication about which the Chicago Sun Times says, “There hasn’t been a magazine for teen girls that’s entertaining and stylish and wholesome all at the same time—until now.”
Jana graduated from Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis) in 1977 with a B.S. in marketing. She has also been involved in many civic and philanthropic endeavors including serving as the Memphis Zoo Rendezvous Chair for three consecutive years, Co-Chair of the Memphis Symphony Ball/Round-Up Gala, Nutcracker Ball Chair for Ballet Memphis, and a member of the founding committee for both The Blues Ball and The Jingle Bell Ball. She has also been a National Judge for the Miss America Outstanding Teen competition.
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Kayla Rodriguez Graff Co-Founder SweetBio Kayla Graff earned her MBA from Hult International University in San Francisco and is co-founder of SweetBio. Kayla’s passion for start-ups and her drive for business led SweetBio to being accepted in the #1 accelerator/incubator in the world, as well as the top medical device accelerator/incubator in the country. Kayla has taken the lead on securing investment for the company, resulting in investment from The Jump Fund, a Chattanooga-based, female-run firm. In 2017, Kayla began serving on the Young Professional Council that advises Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell as the council’s marketing and Kayla Graff communications co-chair. She is a fellow with the Delta Entrepreneurship Network, a program that identifies and nurtures entrepreneurs in the Delta region. She was named as one of the Top Twenty under 30 in the Memphis Flyer and a featured speaker with the United Way Dare to Dream speaker series. Kayla serves as a Setting the Standard Mentor where she helps students realize the opportunities they have to better themselves. She is a Board of Directors member of the Memphis Young Professionals for the American Cancer Society. Kayla’s business savvy has helped her lead the way in the male dominated field of medical devices. Her innovative work in the medical field finding new ways to prevent health issues through the use of medicinal honey will make a valuable difference in the lives of people in the near future.
Kristen Wright Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Customer Satisfaction AutoZone
Kristen Wright
As a wife and mother of two, Kristen Wright knows how important it is to be a leader, role model, and mentor. Kristen has demonstrated extraordinary leadership in the community, starting the “Give a Little, Help A Lot” Legal Aid Clinic at Orange Mound Senior Center, now in its ninth year; serving as the incoming Board President for Memphis in May International Festival, and serving on the Board of Directors for KIPP-Delta. She also helps raise funds for local nonprofit organizations by frequently participating in charitable runs including the St. Jude Half Marathon and the Memphis in May Great American River Run.
A successful litigation attorney, Kristen Wright broke the glass ceiling in a very traditional industry, the automotive aftermarket, when she assumed the top legal role at AutoZone in 2014. Kristen is the Fortune 300 retailer’s first female Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. She is one of the industry’s strongest advocates for inclusion and diversity. Kristen is also the founder of the AutoZone Women’s Initiative (AZ WIN) and executive sponsor of the AutoZone Diversity and Inclusion Initiative. She leads AutoZone’s legal and business relations team by supporting the aspirations and values of more than 85,000 employees across the United States, Mexico, Brazil and around the globe.
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Rose Jackson Flenorl Manager of Social Responsibility FedEx Rose Flenorl started out her adult life as a ground-breaker. She left her mark on the University of Mississippi by breaking racial barriers at a time when only 6% of the student body was minority. She was the first black woman inducted into the Ole Miss Hall of Fame and was noted as one of Glamour Magazine’s Top Ten Female Graduates in the United States. She was also the first African-American to head the Ole Miss Alumni Society. Rose has more than 30 years of experience in marketing, communications and corporate social responsibility. For the last 16 years she has been the Manager of Social Responsibility at FedEx, where she directs and implements the company’s community outreach strategy in the areas Rose Flenorl of Disaster Relief, Safety, Environment, Education, and Diversity in both national and international markets. Additionally, Rose is responsible for designing and executing programs that support the FedEx brand globally. She represents FedEx on the US Chamber BCLC Board of Directors, the Conference Board Contributions Council, and the American Red Cross Corporate Advisory Board. In this role, she communicates the company’s community philosophy, objectives, and programs to audiences worldwide. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Civil Rights Museum and the University of Mississippi Foundation. Never one to stand on the sidelines while others lead, Rose’s passion and humanitarian spirit inspire her to actively seek participation in the community. Her achievements have earned her numerous awards for a variety of civic and professional achievements from many major organizations across the region and country.
Ruby Bright Executive Director & CAO Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis
Ruby Bright
Ruby Bright has a definitive passion for the betterment of women. She shares her mission and passion with the public by frequently speaking to local stakeholder groups and is involved with numerous civic and community organizations, serving on the boards of the Women’s Funding Network, Memphis H.O.P E. strategic development committee, Partnership for the Homeless community advisory committee, Memphis Leadership Academy and the Memphis Area Women’s Council. Bright is also a member of Women of Achievement and the Network of Memphis. Additionally, she collaborates with organizations such as the University of Tennessee Center for Research on Women, United Way of the Mid-South, Shesource Speakers Bureau of the White House Project, Clear Channel Advisory board and the Tennessee Economic Council on Women.
Ruby is the Executive Director and Chief Administrative Officer of the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis (WFGM). Since 2004, Bright’s leadership has helped the City of Memphis to leverage $120 million in federal HOPE VI grants by raising nearly $10 million to support wrap around case management services for more than 3,200 former public housing families. WFGM has launched the Vision 2020 Strategic Plan which focuses on reducing poverty by 5% over 5 years in zip code 38126. Widely recognized for her expertise in strategic leadership, community relations, operational management, marketing and fund development, Bright has received many leadership awards including the 2014 Memphis Business Journal Super Women in Business, 2013 Memphis Theological Seminary Henry Logan Starks Award, and 2011 International Changing the Face of Philanthropy Award presented by the Women’s Funding Network. She has been named a Power Player by Memphis Business Quarterly Magazine for seven consecutive years.
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Susan Stephenson Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and President Independent Bank
Susan Stephenson
Susan S. Stephenson’s mother was the first woman to be made a bank officer in the company she worked for during Susan’s childhood. Following in her footsteps, Susan is leading the way for women in a predominately male industry – finance. She is the Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and President of Independent Bank in Memphis, Tennessee. Established in 1998, Independent Bank is now a $1 billion institution and is the second largest bank headquartered in Shelby County. Independent Bank has been recognized as one of the top performing banks in the state and country in terms of earnings, margins and asset quality.
Prior to starting Independent Bank, she was Chairman, President and CEO of Boatmen’s Bank of Tennessee. When named to the position in 1995, the then 37-year-old Stephenson was the first female bank Chairman and CEO in Tennessee history. Susan serves as a board member of the St. Louis Federal Reserve and is deeply involved in the Memphis community. She has worked with a wide variety of historic and nonprofit agencies that serve women.
Danni Bruns
Amy Speropoulos
On-Air Personality 98.1 The Max
On-Air Personality Local 24 Memphis
Danni Bruns was born in Chicago, but raised in Memphis. She attended Germantown and Houston High Schools and the summer following high school she started her career at a local rock station. Danni attended The University of Alabama and stayed in Tuscaloosa after graduating to continue her career in radio. After two years of country radio in Alabama, she moved to Los Angeles for a shot at stand-up comedy. Although she enjoyed the west coast and comedy, home and radio were calling her back to Memphis. Danni has been with 98.1 The Max since 2007 and has been on every time slot at one time or another. She currently is on the afternoon show with Jarmon as well as Program Director for 98.1 The Max and 98.9 The Vibe. Danni loves college football - when she’s not doing radio - with the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Memphis Tigers being her favorites. She resides in Germantown with her husband and 2 young girls. She enjoys any time or weekend adventures with her family even if it’s just reading a book to her girls.
Amy Speropoulos has been in the Memphis Television Market for 17 years. She graduated from the University of Alabama with a Degree in Journalism and after working her way through the state of Alabama with a variety of networks, she got hired with the CBS Affiliate in Southeast Missouri. Several years later Amy took a job in Memphis and moved to the station on the River, WREG in 1999. What was intended to be a step in her career turned out to be a stop, when she met her husband and became Amy Speropoulos. Fast forward to another TV station, this time on Union Avenue, and 3 little girls, Amy Speropoulos did early mornings for 6 years with WMC. She left the 3 am shift for Local 24, where she has her own show, Local Memphis Live, and as a full time mommy of 3, wife and Christian woman, she now spends an hour a day telling the community about the place she proudly calls HOME. You can see Amy, weekdays at 9 am on Local 24.
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a “Next-Level Leadership” experience for girls in grades 9-10 SheLeads! is a “Next-Level Leadership” experience for girls in grades 9 and 10. Currently available for girls in the Greater Memphis area (and coming soon to other areas across our council), the SheLeads! experience seeks to empower, motivate, and inspire girls to advance their leadership potential and transform their local and global community – all while having fun and making friends along the way! Through an annual series of unique and inspiring workshops, events, and activities, the SheLeads! experience offers girls the opportunity to develop leadership skills, build confidence, define personal values and be inspired to take action–each in her own way. With a different theme and program offering every year, SheLeads! gives each girl the freedom to embark on her own leadership journey by encouraging her to choose the sessions that best fit her individual needs, goals, and dreams!
SheLeads! 2017-2018 Begin Your Journey! Heed the Call to Adventure! Throughout the year, participants will get the chance to hear from and meet influential speakers and local community leaders, engage in fun and innovative personal development activities, meet their cohort, and determine their personal values and causes that inspire them to be a leader!
For more information or to Begin YOUR SheLeads! Journey, visit our website at www.girlscoutshs.org/sheleads
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Special Thanks to These Sponsors Do-Si-Do Sponsors Morgan Stanley University of Memphis Watkins Uiberall PPLC Mary Kay Wegner Younger Associates The Jerry and Nina Patton Family Foundation Lori Patton Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis
The Girl Scout Law I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do, and to respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.
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An inclusive leadership institute experience for women across the Mid-South.
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Giveaway Sponsors Huey’s Restaurants Kendra Scott
Girl Scouts Heart of the South is currently seeking female volunteers with prior leadership training experience and a strong desire to enlighten and elevate women from all backgrounds to help design and guide our upcoming We Lead Leadership Institute. This inspiring program, slated to begin in Spring 2018 is aimed to provide an affordable, quality, formal leadership training experience for all women with a vision to better and strengthen their communities.
For more information, please contact Melanie Schild, CEO, Girl Scouts Heart of the South.
2017 Event Sponsors
Special Thanks to Our Silent Auction Sponsors The Alluvian Arts Memphis The Art Project Babalu Tacos & Tapas Backbeat Tours Bayou Bar & Grill Barks & Recreation Boarding & Doggy Day Care Beauty by Brady Cardio Barre Carpenter Art Garden Ms. Kim Cherry Children’s Museum of Memphis Ms. Patricia Childress, Independent It Works Distributor Choose 901 Ciao Bella Italian Grill Ms. Amy Denison Diva Nails Draper’s Catering of Memphis Ms. Cassie Ealy, Independent Scentsy Consultant Ms. Rosemarie Fair Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar Folk’s Folly Prime Steakhouse Fresh Market Frost Bake Shop GCD Interiors Germantown Commissary Half Shell Hilton Memphis Hollywood Feed (Yates) Huey’s Hunter Fan Hutchison School Indigo Boutique Jill Hertz Interior Design Jim’s Place Grille
Kroger (Collierville-Houston Levee) Kroger (Mendenhall) Kroger (Truse Parkway) Letters & Ladybugs Malco Theatres, Inc. Memphis Botanic Garden Memphis Incredible Pizza Company Memphis Pizza Café Memphis Redbirds Memphis Zoo MemPops Ice Pop Shop Mississippi River Kings Molly’s La Casita Muddy’s Bake Shop My Cup of Tea Nest Olivia James Art Outdoors Inc. Outlet Pancho’s Mexican Food & Restaurant Ms. Lori Patton Pavo Salon & Spa The Peabody of Memphis Pink Bakery Pinot’s Palette (Cordova) Pinot’s Palette (Sanderlin) Playhouse on the Square Pugh’s Flowers Pyro’s Pizza Ms. Leigh Ragsdale, Perfectly Posh Consultant Roadshow BMW Stovall Collection Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe Theatre Memphis The University of Memphis Athletics Wiseacre Whole Foods
Improving the world through compassion, appreciation and respect, the One Heart Program leads girls on a year long journey to discover more about themselves and the world around them. Focusing on homelessness, poverty, diversity, and human and civil rights this 7-part series will examine various aspects of life affecting girls today through monthly service projects and community events. Learn more at www.girlscoutshs.org/oneheart
This world needs more G.I.R.L. leaders, and no organization prepares girls to lead better than Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts prepares girls to lead by practicing the skills that many of today’s leaders lack the four key G.I.R.L. leadership skills - grit and goal setting, innovation and real-world problem solving, risk taking, and leading others with empathy. We believe deliberate practice is the key to reaching one’s full leadership potential, and we do this by preparing girls to lead—deliberately and consciously—through everyday experiences and activities. Girls can only reach their full potential when they practice leadership the Girl Scout way over a lifetime, not just during a specific life stage. Girl Scouts is for every girl, at every age, every day. Help Girl Scouts Heart of the South build more G.I.R.L. leaders who are ready and prepared to create a better future for themselves and for their communities. Complete the enclosed card or visit us online to Give for G.I.R.L.s today!
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Empower girls. Change the world. It takes a lot of drive to push past boundaries and limits to change the world. We’re proud to support Girl Scouts Heart of the South and everyone who works to give girls the confidence they need to make their communities a better place. We’re glad they’re a part of our global community.
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