In a place far, far away (i.e. Arizona) Ann was the youngest person to serve a a board member on the Arizona Cactus-Pine Girl Scout Council Board. She was also the recipient of the Girl Scout’s “Thanks” badge, the highest recognition that the Girl Scouts USA and the local council at the time it was given.
If you know Ann, this would not be a big surprise. She was very active in scouting having started young as a Brownie and progressing through Senior Scouting and on into Leader training. She even served a Trainer Trainer. Not only was she involved in her local community, Ann was a counselor at several Girl Scout camps including Timbers in Michigan. She spent nine summers working in Girl Scout camps.
Ann is the first person to tell you that all of this previous experience prepared her for her current occupation, running a successful Adventure and Dream company, known as Oceanic Ventures. “Leading trips with adults and children is just like working with girls at camp, you want everyone to have some special memories and experience the adventure of a lifetime.”
Jean Janssen, one of our clients nominated Ann for as a San Jacinto Girl Scout Council’s Success to Significance Honoree. As the Girl Scouts celebrates 100 years in 2012 the Success to Significance luncheon … honors successful women leaders who have made significant contributions in their communities.
All proceeds from “Success to Significance” benefit the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. Research conducted by the nationally-recognized Girl Scout Research Institute demonstrates that only one in five girls believes she can lead the way for others and that the greatest barrier to leadership in girls is lack of confidence in their own abilities. Girl Scouts is the only organization addressing the significant female leadership gap by facilitating girl-led programs, advocacy and service projects, girl representation on high-level committees and the Board of Directors, and ample opportunities for older Girl Scouts to lead programs for younger girls.
Dreaming big is what Girl Scouts does best! As the premier leadership organization for girls, Girl Scouts will usher tomorrow’s generation of women leaders while honoring those who have exemplified its mission and values today.
Jean, a member of the San Jacinto Girl Scout Council Board and her husband Steven Pate, an attorney with Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P, are sponsoring Ann for this honor. They even invited Ann’s Senior Scout Leaders, Joyce and Bill O’Morrow from Arizona to come in for the event.
Want to find out more about Ann’s Girl Scout Career? Here is a link to her Girl Scout Bio.
Here is another article about Ann.
