Shorewood resident elected to Girl Scout Board

Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast (GSWISE) announces the appointment of Shorewood resident Anjana Murali to its board of directors for 2012-2013.

Murali is a junior and honor roll student at Shorewood High School. She is sports editor of the school newspaper, president of the school chess club, and a member of the science club and student council. A Girl Scout since second grade, Murali has participated in numerous community service projects through her Girl Scout troop, has earned her Girl Scout Silver Award, and is currently working on her Girl Scout Gold Award. She is one of a select group of teens on the Girl Scouts Girls' World Forum Planning Team.

"The staff and board of GSWISE are happy to welcome Ms. Murali as a new Board member. Her background, experience, and unique perspective makes her a great asset to our mission of building girls of courage, confidence, and character,” said Carol Robinson, interim CEO of GSWISE.

Also newly appointed are Nicole Best (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin), senior vice president and chief financial officer at Heartland Advisors Inc.; Julie Ledger (Germantown, Wisconsin), vice president and general manager at Opus Development Corporation; Robert Monnat (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), partner and chief operating officer at Mandel Group, Inc.; and Andrew Narrai (Bayside, Wisconsin), Chief Operating Officer and partner at Scheibel Halaska, Inc.

The board officers for the Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast for 2012-2013 are Board Chair, Kathleen O'Brien, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Alverno College; 1st Vice Chair, Tom Myers, Attorney at Reinhart, Boerner, Van Duren s.c.; 2nd Vice Chair, Teri Jacobson, Kenosha County Treasurer; Treasurer, Georgann Stinson, Chief Operational Officer at General Converters & Assemblers, Inc.; and Secretary, Carita Twinem, Vice President – Tax at Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

ABOUT GIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST

Girl Scouts of the USA is the pre-eminent leadership development organization for girls. Ranked #4 nationally in Girl Market Share for the 2010-2011-membership year, Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast (GSWISE) serves more than 28,500 girls in Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha, and Washington counties; southern Ozaukee County; and East Troy in Walworth County. Girl Scouting is the leading authority on girls' health development, and builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. For more information, visit www.gswise.org, or call 1-800-565-4475.