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20 Years of Honoring Cool Women... a Lifetime of Investing in Emerging Leaders

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Congratulations

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Girl Scouts San Diego’s

Cool Women AlumsCool Women AlumsSince 2000, we have honored the Cool Women who serve as consummate role models for girls by making San Diego and the world a better place. Thank you for helping us shine a spotlight on female leadership and celebrate 20 years of inspiring contributions to our community.

With a 108-year tradition, Girl Scouts is strong and active, continuing our mission of building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

We are proud of helping to create a society that is considerably more welcoming of women in leadership positions than in the past. Girl Scouts has always been diverse, inclusive, and open to all girls, regardless of race, culture, background, or income level. Today we are a lifeline to girls navigating this era of isolation and civil unrest. Through our innovative programs, we are connecting girls with their supportive Girl Scout sisters and leaders to develop critical life skills like resiliency, problem solving, and relationship building.

Your gifts fund our Emerging Leader Girl Scouts program and other leadership opportunities that empower girls to use their voices, develop a strong sense of self, step outside their comfort zones, and become change makers. Thank you for helping us make Girl Scouts the #BestPlace4Girls.

Liza Crisafi Carol M Dedrich Board Chair Chief Executive Officer

“We move forward when we recognize how resilient and striking

the women around us are.” —Rupi Kaur

Keep up-to-date with Cool News about Cool Women alum and share the 2020 recorded celebration with

your friends: visit sdgirlscouts.org/coolwomen.

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Leader Sponsors

Champion Suponsor

Mentor Sponsors

With ThanksGirl Scouts San Diego’s

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Girl ScoutsAlienor AlexanderNoor Alramadan

Bella BertramMadison Bianes

Samantha BianesAdhiti Chandramohan

Shruti ChariLauren Crane

Nicole CurristanTaryn Duardo

Maddie EngblomAnna Ensberg

Michaela FischerSamantha Gettinger Kowalski

Maya Glover-CastroAlexi Grabia

Sydney GriffinKristen Gunter

Sarina HegliSerena IngramPrerana KelkarFrancesca KellyMegan LaplanteKatalyna Lavarez

Carina LutzKristine MackeyMikayla Mann

2020 Honorary CommitteeBink Cook ‘01

Phyllis Epstein ‘17Arlene Harris ‘13Dea Hurston ‘18

Lidia S. Martinez ‘06Patti Roscoe ‘08Lori Walton ‘11

Jaden McDanielHannah NguyenMadalyn NguyenKatie O'Connell

Emilia QuintanarKaavya Raamkumar

Emersen RiderAngeline Santa Romana

Samara ShahzadIsabel Silva

Jaddin ThomasEsha Walia

Destiny Wilcox

Special thanks to our 2020 Girl Scout mentors

Tia BallardBink Cook '01Carol DedrichSheila Garcia

Dea Hurston '18Linda L. Katz '02Angie Lasagna

Monica Ma Lidia S. Martinez '06

Samantha PatePatti Roscoe '08

Danitza VillanuevaDawn Welch

Bink Cook2001

Event Co-chairs/Cool Women Alums

Dea Hurston2018

Lidia S. Martinez2006

Patti Roscoe 2008

Dawn Barry President and Founder, LunaPBC

Nancy JamisonPresident and CEO (Ret.) San Diego Grantmakers

Gema Deleon President, WISE San Diego

Coreen Petti Associate Vice President University of San Diego

Virginia Nelson, J.D. Attorney at Law

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GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO’S2019 Emerging Leader

Girl ScoutsAlienor Alexander

Bella BertramMadison Bianes

Dani BrantIsabella Catanzaro

Taylor CloutierCadence Dobias

Taryn DuardoAnna Ensberg

Jordan Marie FinleyMichaela Fischer

Larkin GallupElizabeth Gerhardt

Maya Glover-CastroAlexi Grabia

Sydney GriffinKristen GunterKayla GunterSarina Hegli

Alina HoSerena Ingram

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Serena JonesFrancesca KellyKaitlyn Kostyzak

Rhea KumarGabriella Luthard

Julia MacawiliKarina MartosMakayla MayorThaily Romero

Angeline Santa RomanaIsabel SilvaAnika Sood

Jaddin ThomasAlexandra Tran

Della TruppSarah UranEsha WaliaKiara WardRiley White

Destiny WIlcozCecilia Young

Page Zimmerman

Special thanks to our2019 Girl Scout mentorsMary Jean Anderson ’17

Dawn Barry '19Carolin Botzenhardt

Gema Deleon '19Joyce GlazerAlina Goldner

Dea Hurston '18Nancy Jamison '19

Angie LasagnaEmily Le

Monica MaLidia S. Martinez '06Virginia Nelson '19

Coreen Petti '19Sherry Special

Nhu Tran

Your support will fund

programs that empower

girls to use their voices,

develop a strong sense

of self, step

outside their comfort

zones, and build

resilience.

Donate today at

sdgirlcouts.org/give.

Your support will fund

programs that empower

girls to use their voices,

develop a strong sense

of self, step

outside their comfort

zones, and build

resilience.

Donate today at

sdgirlcouts.org/give.

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GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO’S

Paola AvilaVice President, International Business Affairs

San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce

Dea HurstonArts Advocate, Philanthropist,

Playwright

Jeannie HilgerVice President, Communications Business

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Laura Shawver, Ph.D.President, CEO, Director

Synathorx, Inc.

Caroline WinnChief Operating Officer

San Diego Gas & Electric

2018 Emerging Leader Girl Scouts

Kennedy AndersonMaria Burritt

Sofia ChristensenTaylor Cloutier

Taylor ColeSarah Cooper

Ana de Almeida AmaralCadence DobiasRebecca EblingLarkin GallupKayla Gunter

Alina HoMychal Johnson

Danielle LundSarah MauricioMakayla Mayor

Molly McHargueRoni NelsonSadie Neville

Kayla NitaharaAngeline Santa Romana

Teia Shannon WrightIsabel Silva

Navyaa SinhaJaddin Thomas

Sarah UranAmira Walia

Special thanks to our 2018 Girl Scout mentors

Adriana A. AvalosPaola Avila '18

Pamela CarsonEmily Catt

Susie Cranston Jean E. Vincent

Laura GeorgantosArlene HarrisKendall Helm

Jeannie Hilger '18Jenny Hill BrattDea Hurston '18

Monica MaSue Major

Kelly PrasserPatti Roscoe '08

Laura Shawver '18Nhu Tran

Wendy Urushima-Conn '17Caroline Winn '18

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Brittney ReeseOlympic Medalist

Coach, San Diego Mesa College

Lynn SchenkFormer U.S. Congresswoman, Attorney

Wendy Urushima-ConnPresident and CEO

Asian Business Association

Patty MaysentCEO, UC San Diego Health

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Carol Rowell CouncilCo-Founder, Department of

Women's Studies, SDSU

Felena HansonFounder, Hera Hub

Phyllis EpsteinCommunity Volunteer, Philanthropist

Lorie HearnExecutive Director and Editor

inewsource

2017Cool Women

GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO’S

Mary Jean AndersonOwner/President

Anderson Plumbing, Heating and Air

Marcela CelorioConsul General of Mexico in San Diego

Special thanks to our 2017 Girl Scout mentors Mary Jean Anderson ’17

Julia Brown ’05Carol Rowell Council ’17

Phyllis Epstein ’17Lorie Hearn ’17

Jo Dee C. Jacob ’16Linda Katz ’02

Pamela Mudd ’14Patti Roscoe ’08

Erica Ollmann Saphire ’16

Emerging Leader Girl Scouts and mentors were

added to the Cool Women program in 2017.

An Emerging Leader Girl Scout embodies the mission

and promise of Girl Scouts to make the world a better

place. She exemplifies the highest caliber of leadership,

courage, confidence, and character. She is the essence

of a G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)TM.

Martha Dennis, PhDTechnology Entrepreneur

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Anne S. Fege, Ph.D.Forester, Educator and Nature Advocate

VADM Nora Tyson, USN Commander, U.S. Third Fleet

Ashley Nell TiptonFashion Designer

Debbie Turner Philanthropist

Elizabeth HosieNational Delegate

CEO’s Girl Advisory Board Member

Darcy C. BinghamCatalyst, Philanthropreneur

Betty BeysterPhilanthropist, Community Volunteer

Mary Ann “M.A.” BeysterFilm Producer; President

Foundation for Enterprise Development

Susan Shirk, Ph.D.Chair, 21st Century China Program

UCSD

Leyla SampsonU.S. Poet Laureate’s Muse, Educator

Community Volunteer

Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D.Ebola Researcher

The Scripps Research Institute

2016

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Debra L. Reed Chairman and CEO, Sempra Energy

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Jo Dee C. JacobFormer CEO, Girl Scouts San Diego

Dr. Karen S. HaynesPresident

California State University San Marcos

Reena HorowitzBusinesswoman, Philanthropist

Jewelry Designer

Carmen VannProject Executive, Turner Construction

Rose Schindler Holocaust Survivor and Educator

Sue Swenson Wireless Pioneer

Elena CrespoGirl Scout Ambassador

2015 Cool Girl

Lesley CohnCo-founder

Cohn Restaurant Group

“If you have

knowledge, let others

light their candles

in it.”

— Margaret FullerKaren ArchipleyCo-founder, Archi’s Acres

Rabbi Cantor Arlene Bernstein

Beth Israel

Susan SalkaCEO and President, AMN Healthcare

Awetash KeflezighiImmigrant Success Story

Carol LazierPresident

San Diego Opera Board of Directors

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2015

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2014

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Judith McConnell Presiding Justice

4th District Court of Appeal

Pamela Mudd Musicmatch Co-founder

Community Volunteer

Deborah Szekely Spa Business Pioneer

Community Activist

June ShillmanSan Diego-Yantai Friendship

Society President

Nancy A. Spector, J.D. Estate Planning Attorney

Ursula HardiantoPianist

2014 Cool Girl

“We cannot change what we are not aware

of, and once we are aware, we cannot help

but change.”

— Sheryl SandbergMelissa d’Arabian Celebrity Chef, Author

Ann Durst, SHCJ, J.D.Founder

Casa Cornelia Law Center

Patricia McArdle Author, Environmentalist

Zoe Ghahremani Writer, Artist

Magda Marquet, Ph.D. Althea Technologies Founder/

Co-Chairman

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2013

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Lee Ann Kim Founder/Executive Director

Pacific Arts Movement

Rosibel Mancillas Lopez University of San Diego

School of Law

Ellen Whelan, J.D. Senior Trust and Estates Partner

DLA Piper LLP

Cindy Marten Superintendent

San Diego Unified School District

Zandra Rhodes Fashion/Textile Designer

“You cannot value dreams according to the

odds of their coming true. Their real value

is in stirring within us the will to aspire.”

— Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayer

Snigdha Nandipati2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee

Champion

Kathryn Ashworth Co-founder, Voices for Children

Joye Blount Wealth Management Advisor

US Bank

Dolores Huerta Co-founder, United Farm Workers

President, Dolores Huerta Foundation

Pauline Foster Chair, Foster Family Foundation

President, Foster Investments

Arlene Harris President/Co-founder

Dyna

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2012

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Gail Naughton, Ph.D. CEO/Chairman, Histogen, Inc.

Tina Nova, Ph.D. President/Co-founder, Genoptix, Inc.

Su-Mei Yu Chef, Author

Susan Polis Schutz Filmmaker, Poet, Businesswoman

Karin Winner Journalist, Businesswoman

“Life is not so much what you accomplish

as what you overcome.”

— Robin Roberts

Sahra Abdi Director, United Women of East Africa

Beth BurnsSan Diego State University

Jeanne Jones Author, Philanthropist

Joan Embery Wildlife and Environmental Advocate

Judith Fox Artist, Author, Businesswomen

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2011

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Angele RingoBroadcast Journalist, U.S. Army Reserve

Marion RossActress

Lori M. Walton, Ph.D.Psychologist

Gayle TauberCo-Founder, Kashi Company

Sally B. ThorntonHistorian, Community Leader

“What do we live for, if not to make

life less difficult for each other?”

— George EliotBetty Bulen

Founder, The Elizabeth Hospice

Ingrid CroceArtist, Author, Businesswoman

Kris MichellPresident

Downtown San Diego Partnership

Heidi Squier Kraft, Ph.D.Clinical Psychologist, Author

Yvonne LarsenCommunity Volunteer

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2010

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Madeleine Anne PickensFounder

Saving America’s Mustangs Foundation

Diane PowersEntrepreneur

Wilma Wooten, MD, MPHPublic Health Officer, County of

San Diego

Geri Ann WarnkePhysical Therapist, Community

Volunteer

Gayle Edlund WilsonEducation Advocate

First Lady of California (1991-1999)

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Barbara J. BrownCommunity Volunteer

Elizabeth CopleyCommunity Volunteer

Carol Summerhays, DDSDentist, Community Volunteer

Angelika DrakeTriathlete, Psychologist, Artist

Arline FischArtist, Professor of Art Emerita

San Diego State University

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2009

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“What you leave behind is not what is

engraved in stone monuments, but what is

woven into the lives of others.”

— PericlesRobin NordhoffCommunity Volunteer

Sarah ReinertsenParalympian

Joan WaittPhilanthropist, Community Volunteer

Deborah ScottExecutive Chef/Partner

Cohn Restaurant Group

Maureen SullivanPresident/Publisher,

San Diego Magazine

Judith HarrisChair, San Diego Public Library

Foundation, Community Volunteer

Divya Kakaiya, Ph.D.Founder/Clinical Supervisor

Healthy Within Inc.

Fary MoiniRotary International Representative

U.S. National Commission to UNESCO

Gail Vetter LevinChair, Alzheimer’s Association Board

Community Volunteer

Patricia McQuater, J.D.Senior Corporate Counsel

Solar Turbines, Inc.

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2008

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“The future belongs to those who believe

in the beauty of their dreams.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Patti RoscoeFounder, PRA Destination

Management Co

Director, Allied International

Cathryn Ramirez Vice President, Southwest Region

Tiffany & Co.

BGen Angela Salinas, USMCCommanding General, Marine Corps

Recruit Depot San Diego; Commanding

General, Western Recruiting Region

Delores McNeelySenior Vice President

Union Bank of California

Betty PeabodyChair, Board of Directors

Friends of Balboa Park

Irene BarajasBusinesswoman, Girl Scout Volunteer

Molly CartmillCorporate Communications Director

Sempra Energy

Executive Director, Sempra Foundation

Geni Cavitt10News Weathercaster/Reporter

Jenny CraigCo-Founder and Vice Chairwoman

Jenny Craig International

Jackie JenningsPresident, Johnson & Jennings

General Contracting

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2007

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“The more you praise and celebrate your

life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Peggy JohnsonExecutive Vice President of the

Americas and India, Qualcomm

Rhonda Welch-ScalcoTribal Chairwoman, Barona Band of

Mission Indians

Molly MooresCommunity Volunteer

Rana SampsonInternational Crime Consultant; Author

Carol Lam, J.D.U.S. Attorney

Southern District of California

Marissa BejaranoCalifornia Deputy Attorney General

Janice Brown, J.D.Founder, Brown Law Group

Tracy JarmanFire Chief, City of San Diego

Mary ClarkCommunity Volunteer

Wendy GillespiePrincipal, Frontier Trading, Inc.

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2006

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“It is our choices that show what we truly

are, far more than our abilities.”

— J.K. Rowling

Tina MickelsonGolf Channel Commentator

Professional Golf Instructor

Georgia Sadler, Ph.D.UCSD Clinical Professor of Surgery

Katie SullivanCommunity Volunteer, Girl Scout Leader

Abby Silverman Weiss, J.D.Attorney, Baker & McKenzie LLP

Elizabeth YamadaEducation and Community Leader

Anne EvansChairman, Evans Hotels

Cheryl FisherDirector of Diversity and Equity

San Diego State University

Doris Howell, MDPediatric Oncologist, UCSD

Karen KeltnerSan Diego Opera Conductor

Lidia S. MartinezWest Coast Multicultural Community

Affairs Manager, Southwest Airlines

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2005

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“Our deepest fear is not that we are

inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we

are powerful beyond measure.”

— Marianne WilliamsonCMDCM Kathleen Hansen, USN

Command Master Chief

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)

Regina PettyAttorney, Wilson Petty Kosmo & Turner

Phyllis SchwartzPresident/General Manager, NBC 7/39

Fran StylesSenior Athlete, Girl Scout Volunteer

Connie MatsuiVice President, Corporate Strategy and

Communications, Biogen Idec, Inc.

Beatriz BarrazaDirector of Health Promotion

Colaborativo SABER Project

Julia BrownAdvisor to CEO, Amylin Pharmaceuticals

Joyce Gattas, Ph.D.Dean, SDSU College of Professional

Studies and Fine Arts

Constance Carroll, Ph.D.Chancellor, San Diego Community

College District

Theresa Drew, J.D.Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP

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2004

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“Ours is a circle of friends united

by ideals.”

— Girl Scout founder

Juliette Gordon LowM. Margaret McKeownU.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Susan McClellanCommunity Volunteer

Zenaida RosarioTeacher, La Mirada Elementary School

Cindy MooreGirl Scout Volunteer

Chair, National Standards Commission,

American Camp Association

Susan Ten Eyck MalloryRegion President, Northern Trust Bank

Sue EbnerManaging Director

Marsh Risk & Insurance Services

President, UCSD Athena

Nora Faine Sykes, MD, MPHVP/Chief Medical Officer,

Sharp Health Plan

Carol LeBeauNews Anchor, KGTV 10News

Mary Lyons, Ph.D.President, University of San Diego

Captain, U.S. Naval Reserve (retired)

Sheila HardinCo-Chair, San Diego Multicultural

Festival Committee Member

United Negro College Fund

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2003

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“The price of wisdom is above rubies.”

— The Bible, Job 28:18

Maxine PeoplesPast President

Girl Scouts, San Diego-Imperial Council

Communication Specialist,

Marsh, Risk & Insurance

Dee SanfordFounder, African American Business

Women of Vision

President, Dee Sanford International

Mary Walshok, Ph.D. Associate Vice Chancellor for Public

Programs, Dean of University Extension,

Adjunct Professor of Sociology, UCSD

Suzy Spafford LidstromCreator, Suzy’s Zoo Studio

Rozeanne StecklerScientist/Researcher

UCSD SuperComputer Center

Girl Scout Leader

Sandra BrueFounder and CEO, Sandicast

USD Board of Directors

Ronne FromanChief Operating Officer

City of San Diego

Rosie GonzalezOwner, Rosie’s Calico Cupboard

Quilt Shop

Diane KastamaHorse Breeder, Senior Software

Engineer

Sammantha McDonaldPresident, Susan G. Komen Foundation

“Lasting change is a series of

compromises. And compromise is all right,

as long as your values don’t change.”

— Jane Goodall

Linda KatzCommunity Volunteer

Darlene Marcos ShileyPhilanthropist; Community Volunteer

Gale WalkerPresident, Bronze Triangle Community

Development Corporation

Maggie WatkinsVice President for Advancement and

Alumni Relations

National University

Major Karen Tribbett, USMCF/A-18 Fighter Pilot

U.S. Marine Corps

Doris AndersonExecutive Director

Elementary Institute of Science

Maria CabreraCaptain

San Diego Fire Department

JJ IslerOlympic Sailing Medalist, Author

Cathryn CampbellBiotechnology Attorney; Founder

Campbell & Flores Arts Foundation

Maria ChavezSenior Director, Migrant Education

Program, San Diego and Orange

Counties

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2002

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2001

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“If you find it in your heart to care for

somebody else, you will have succeeded.”

— Maya AngelouAnna Mathews

Chair and Vice Chair, City of San Diego

Human Relations Commission

Margaret Porter-Troupe Host, Harlem Arts Salon; Former Owner,

Porter-Troupe Gallery

Isabelle Tihanyl Owner, Surf Diva

Rosalba Rodriguez, MDMedical Director, Sharp South Bay

Medical Infusion Center; Chief of Staff

Carol Sing English Channel Swimmer

Susan Lew Vice President, 1st Pacific Bank

Barbara BryCo-founder, “I’m There For You, Baby!”

radio talk show; Athena; Proflowers.com

Irma CastroProgram Director, Casa Familiar

Bink CookPresident, The Brighter Side, A Boutique

for Women with Cancer

Ruth Henricks Founder, Special Delivery

The Girl Scout PromiseOn 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.

The Girl Scout LawI 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.

Keep up-to-date with Cool News about Cool Women alum and share the 2020 recorded celebration with your friends at:

sdgirlscouts.org/coolwomen.

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