Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles (GSGLA) will welcome more than 800 of the most accomplished and influential women in Los Angeles to its second ToGetHerThere Luncheon, which aims to celebrate female leadership and inspire 100 high school Emerging Leaders — Girl Scouts who are making a difference in their communities. At the luncheon, the girls will have an opportunity to meet and be matched with female executives who work in various careers for mentoring sessions.
The luncheon will recognize the Girl Scout Emerging Leaders for their extraordinary accomplishments, demonstration of high leadership potential, dedication to the values of Girl Scouting, community service, and personal development. Representing the best and brightest of today’s youth and tomorrow’s leaders, most have earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting earned by girls who have led individual service projects to address a community need and leave a lasting impact.
The ToGetHerThere Luncheon will also honor GSGLA’s ToGetHerThere Champions, Deloitte and Toyota Motor North America, Inc., corporations who innovate in the fields of leadership; business and financial literacy; outdoor adventure; STE[A]M (science, technology, engineering, art, math); and healthy living, and which have made a commitment to ToGetHerThere through their financial support of these Girl Scout programs.
Keynote speakers include Lise L. Luttgens, Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles CEO, and Anna Maria Chávez, national CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA; as well as ToGetHerThere honorees Robin McGraw, who is featured regularly on the Dr. Phil show and is a bestselling author, philanthropist, and entrepreneur; and Julie A. Hamp, communications officer for Toyota Motor North America, Inc. The event is emceed by Studio 11 LA and FOX 11 News co-anchor Christine Devine.
GSGLA’s ToGetHerThere Luncheon is a part of a national effort by Girl Scouts to address the confidence gap girls face: Research shows that girls opt out of leadership roles for fear of being judged, criticized, or ridiculed for standing out or achieving success. Between elementary and high school, girls’ self-esteem drops 3.5 times more than boys’, and only one in five girls believes she has the key qualities to be a leader.
“Our Girl Scout Emerging Leaders are the face of girl leadership and leadership for the future,” said Lise L. Luttgens, CEO, Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles. “The ToGetHerThere Luncheon is a chance for LA’s most influential women executives to reflect on their own leadership path and pave a new road so that even more girls can step up as leaders.”
For more information on the ToGetHerThere campaign and luncheon, visit girlscoutsla.org.
