Thriving Together for 100 Years

Girl Scouts have been thriving together since the first troops in our communities were chartered in 1922. One hundred years of growing, taking on challenges, and pursuing passions. By any measure, reaching a centennial is a significant accomplishment worth celebrating. Girls Scouts are adventure-seekers, stewards of the environment, entrepreneurs, and thoughtful leaders who make our communities better. In 2022, there were 33,000 Girl Scouts and 17,000 adult volunteers working together, embodying the Girl Scouts sisterhood, and defining courage, confidence and character throughout the more than 500 zip codes and 6,200 square miles that make up Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles.

As we move into our next 100 years, we are building on our history and traditions, and squarely focused on a future that empowers more and more girls throughout this unique, diverse region.

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Dear Girl Scout Family,

Happy Birthday to us! This year marked our centennial – 100 years of Girl Scouting throughout Greater Los Angeles. And what a year to celebrate! We all emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic changed in so many ways. Seasoned experts in navigating a new way of life by the end of fiscal year 2021, our ever-resilient Girl Scouts stayed the course and started to enjoy more in-person activities with families, friends and their troops. They showed us beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are thriving and ready to lead the way into our next 100 years with courage, confidence and character.

This report covers our Fiscal Year 2022, October 2021 to September 2022. During this period, in addition to gathering more often in person, we continued to offer unique virtual experiences in STEAM, Life Skills, Entrepreneurship, and Outdoors. After pandemic-related delays, we were delighted to open our Inglewood Innovation Center in March, hold a formal dedication for Camp Lakota in April, and, for the first time in two years, celebrate the 239 Girl Scouts who earned their Gold Awards in person.

This report is your investment in action. It highlights these milestones and features stories of girls in our community who have made the world a better place during our centennial year. Compare these stories with those we feature from the past and you’ll see the strong foundation we have cultivated. These values and traditions are guiding us into our next 100 years, a future full of new challenges and opportunities as we show new communities what it means to be a Girl Scout and embrace what Girl Scouting can mean for everyone.

Please join us in celebrating all our Girl Scouts, their achievements, and our collective successes. Thank you for championing Girl Scouts.

Yours in Girl Scouting,

Theresa Edy Kiene Chief Executive Officer Mia Britel Interim Chair, Board of Directors

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.

*Members may substitute for the word God in accordance with their own spiritual beliefs.

Board of Directors

10/1/2021 - 9/30/2022

Officers

BOARD CHAIR

Ellen Swarts

Spectrum Chemical Mfg. Corp.

VICE CHAIR

Denise Gutches

Film L.A.,Inc.

VICE CHAIR

Tania Van Herle

HED SECRETARY

Erin Dawkins

House of Taylor

TREASURER

Michelle Wroan

KPMG LLP

CEO

Theresa Edy Kiene

STAFF BOARD LIAISON

Current - Kim Visokey

BOARD MEMBERS

Mia Britel, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Sue Callaway, Glovebox Media

Carolyn Cassidy, 20th Television, The

Walt Disney Company

Dean Catalano, Capital Group

Juanita Dawson, Raytheon Technologies

Elisabeth (Liz) Dick, Business Executive

Monique Earl, Guidehouse

Renee Fraser, Fraser Communications

Mackenzie Green, Clique Brands

Judy Ho, PhD, Clinical and Forensic

Neuropsychologist

Sheetal Medatia, Netflix

Bill Nelson, HR Executive

Jim Niemiec, Southern California Edison

Erin Oremland, City National Bank

Andy Park, EY

Dawn Solér, ABC Signature / Disney

Anna Tom, PNC