25th Annual Breakfast Badge Awards

Hartford Marriott Downtown Thursday, March 3, 2022 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Welcome, all friends of Girl Scouting!

Thank you for joining us in celebrating our 25th Annual Breakfast Badge Award! We could not be more thankful that you’ve joined this morning as Girl Scouts of Connecticut honors three extraordinary women who are “Championing Girl Ambition:” Elicia Spearman, Edna Karanian, and Virginia Giuffré.

Your attendance here today is not just about acknowledging the successes of three outstanding women; your presence also means that you support girls locally in Hartford and across the state. They’re thankful that you’re here, and we hope you have the opportunity to meet a few today. Their stories and experiences are inspiring and help shape our continued commitment to the Girl Scout Mission of building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

Each of our honorees represents exactly what it means to be a go-getter, innovator, risk-taker, and leader. They embody all the characteristics we at Girl Scouts encourage our girls to build so they – like our honorees – can make a lasting impact. We hope that you will enjoy hearing our honorees’ stories of success as we present them with their own unique badge!

Thank you once again for being here this morning. We hope you will find this morning’s program to be inspirational and you will learn a little more about the power of Girl Scouting.

And, please join us in congratulating our 2021 Breakfast Badge honorees: Elicia Spearman, Edna Karanian, and Virginia Giuffré.

Warmly, Diana Mahoney Nicole Sandford Erica Czajkowski CEO Chair, Board of Directors Event Chair/Board Member

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On Behalf of the Event Chair

Erica Czajkowski 25th Breakfast Badge Awards Event Chair

Erica is an Audit & Assurance (A&A) managing director at Deloitte & Touche LLP, with fifteen years of experience serving public and private clients within both Deloitte’s financial services and commercial practices. Erica specializes within the insurance and manufacturing industries. She has held a number of leadership positions throughout her career. These positions include participating in Deloitte’s exclusive Management Development Program for Deloitte’s AA national office driving audit process transformation and national technical consultations for Deloitte’s insurance practice. She also currently serves as the Hartford office Diversity, Equity & Inclusion leader.

Erica is a Girl Scout alum, current board member, and currently serves as a troop leader for her daughters’, Avery and Cameron, Brownie and Daisy troop.

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List of Past Honorees 1997 Chris Dailey 1998 Duby McDowell 1999 Denise Nappier 2000 Edna Negron 2001 Pamela Partridge West 2002 Adrianne Baughns-Wallace 2003 Suzy Whaley 2004 Gina Barreca, PhD 2005 Jennifer Rizzotti 2006 Paddi LeShane 2007 Diane Alverio 2008 Rabbi Donna Berman 2009 Gwendolyn Smith Iloani 2010 Gloria J. McAdam* 2011 Dr. Elsa M. Nunez 2012 State Senator Edith Prague* 2013 Teresa C. Younger

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2014 Jill Adams Kim Sirois Pita Diane Smith 2015 Joanne Berger-Sweeney Manon Cox Kathy Kountze-Tatum 2016 Beth Alquist Christine Andrews Yvette Melendez 2017 Karen Lynch Dawn C. Morris Linda Kelly 2018 Kate Emery Jackie Mandyck Cristina Guzman-Toro 2019 Gail Baker Joan Higginbotham Meryl Mallery 2020 Dr. Jessica AbrantesFigueiredo Dr. Swathi Rachoor Dr. Kathrin Jansen *Deceased

Program

25th Annual Breakfast Badge Awards Thursday, March 3, 2022 Hartford Marriott Downtown

8:20 Program Begins Erica Czajkowski, Chairperson 8:25 Girl Scout Promise and Girl Scout Law 8:32 CEO’s Remarks Diana Mahoney, CEO GSOFCT 8:37 Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz Remarks 8:41 Mission Moment Why Girl Scouts video 8:52 Champions of Girl Ambition Honoree Highlight video 8:55 Girl Introduction – Amaia Miller Breakfast Badge Honoree – Elicia Spearman Girl Introduction – Melody Valdes Breakfast Badge Honoree – Edna Karanian Girl Introduction – Makena Logan Breakfast Badge Honoree – Virgina Giuffré 9:05 Closing Remarks Erica Czajkowski

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Thank you to our Junior Sponsors

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Thank you to our Brownie Sponsors

Enbridge Hartford Hospital People’s United Bank TD Bank Webster Bank Robinson & Cole LLP

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Thank you to our Daisy Sponsors

Assured Partners Carol Toomey Eastern Connecticut State University Ensign Bickford Flannel Dan’s Amity Laundromat Sullivan & LeShane, Inc Merrill Lynch Bill James and Shari Aser

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2021 Honorees Honoring Edna Karanian

Edna Karanian, is the Former Director of Gas Supply at Eversource Energy, and is a highly respected, well-known natural gas industry executive with decades of leadership. She is a previous Girl Scout, past Board Member of Girl Scouts of Connecticut and has served as Chair of the Board Development Committee. She was also Co-Chair of the Breakfast Badge Event in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

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2021 Honorees Honoring Elicia Pegues Spearman

Elicia Pegues Spearman – is a Girl Scout Alum and is the General Counsel & Vice President of Human Resources for Quinnipiac University in Hamden. Previously, she was the first person of color hired to the Executive Team at General Dynamics Electric Boat where she served as the Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer. Elicia mentors professionals and students and has dedicated a lifetime of community service to local and national organizations.

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2021 Honorees Honoring Virginia Giuffré

Virginia Giuffré was a top leader at Citibank Corporation for over 20 years. She was one of the first women to serve as a Division Executive, managing the worldwide business from sales and marketing to technology to operations. After retiring from Citibank, Giuffre joined Merrill Lynch and formed an advisory business which focused on helping women achieve financial independence.

Virginia is a lifelong member of Girl Scouts of Connecticut, active on its Board of Directors and a member of the Juliette Gordon Low Society. Guiffre and her husband Joel made an endowment gift in honor of her sister, Rosemary Brosnan, to support Girl Scouts who earn the Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn due to her sister’s fierce support of women and girls’ issues.

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Eversource is proud to support Girl Scouts of Connecticut’s 25th Annual Breakfast Badge Award.

Congratulations to this year’s award recipients, including Edna Karanian, Energy Executive and Former Director of Gas Supply with Eversource and a Girl Scout Alumna, for their continued efforts to make a difference in people’s lives.

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After Event Photography

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Honoree Highlight

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Mission Moment

https://youtu.be/A82ieKPZ6MY

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.

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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