People in the community often ask us if the Girl Scouts, with its storied 106-year history, is still relevant. We contend that organizations whose mission is to grow girl leaders are as relevant now, if not more so, as when they were founded.

In 2015, the World Economic Forum Global Agenda listed lack of leadership third on its list of top 10 trends. In the United States only 14.6% of executives in top companies are women, and only 4.6 percent of CEOs in those companies are women.

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