Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York Announces New Board Members

ALBANY, NY (01/11/2012)(readMedia)-- Kerry Connolly, CEO of Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York, recently announced the addition of three new members to the organization's 15-member Board of Directors which serves the 15 counties of the council: Carol Bosco, Department Chair of Nursing at Hudson Valley Community College; Kevin O'Brien, retired Director of the Office of Driver Safety for the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV); and Pamela H. Hannan, a Nurse Consultant for Living Resources Corporation. New officers of the board include Board Chair Ellen C. Schell, Esq. (Counsel at The Legal Project in Albany) and Board Secretary Courtney Moore (Mechanical Engineer, Knolls Atomic Power Lab). Board members are elected to an initial 2 year term. Members of the community interested in sharing their time and talent in one of more than 30 volunteer roles within the council should email volunteering@gsneny.org, call (518) 489-8110 or visit www.gsneny.org for more information. The nation's premier leadership organization for girls grades K-12, the Girl Scout mission is to build girls of courage, confidence & character who make the world a better place.

Girl Scouts is celebrating 100 years in 2012. Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York serves 11,000 girls and 5,000 volunteers throughout 15 counties: Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Columbia, Greene, Schoharie, Montgomery, Fulton, Washington, Warren, Hamilton, Essex, Franklin & Clinton. Offices are located in Albany, Halfmoon, Queensbury and Plattsburgh.