Council delegates/voting members elected the following people to the GSMH Board of Directors or Board Development Committee at the 2012 Annual Meeting on March 31.

They join the following Board members whose terms are continuing:

• Nancy Ayers: SE Region
• Paula Baker: SW Region
• Heidi Chick: Central Region
• Carolyn Harris: SE Region
• Marla Moody: SW Region
• Terri Tomlin: SE Region
• Valerie Richardson: SW Region, Board Development Committee Chair

The CEO Search/Selection Task Group met March 16 to review the CEO Selection Criteria Survey results and establish a timeline for the search process. The council is using Girl Scouts of the USA's Executive Search Services to conduct the national search for a CEO.

After the job announcement is posted for 60 days, Evergreen Executive Source, LLC, which partners with Girl Scouts of the USA on executive searches, will screen the applicant pool, conduct preliminary interviews, and recommend finalists for the Search/Selection Task Group to interview in July or August. The task group anticipates hiring a CEO by September.

Members of the Search/Selection Task Group are:

• Vicki Myers, former Board member and task group chair, Jefferson City
• Parker McKenna, Springfield Public Schools
• Brigitte Marrs, Board member, Springfield
• Dr. Julie Middleton, former Board member, Columbia
• Valerie Richardson, Board Development Committee Chair, Springfield
• Ginger Schneider, operational volunteer, Rolla
• Terri Tomlin, Board member, Jackson
• Kristen Westerman, Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce
• Mike Wolfe, Board treasurer, Springfield

The task group appreciates your recent feedback regarding the competencies that our next CEO should demonstrate in order to be successful. Thank you for all you do every day to provide and support leadership experiences that prepare our girls for a lifetime of limitless opportunities.

Tina Stillwell
Board Chair

The council Property Committee has been working very hard for several months to develop a long-range property plan for Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland. The recommendations from that plan will be shared with the Board of Directors at their June meeting. In July, we will hold 11 volunteer feedback sessions across the council to give our membership the opportunity to provide feedback on the recommendations. The final recommendations will go to the Board of Directors for approval at their September meeting.

Dates and locations of the feedback sessions are listed below. Council Property Committee members, Board members and staff members will be at the sessions to listen to comments and answer questions. All sessions are from 6:30 - 8:30pm. Exact locations will be shared as soon as they are confirmed. We will post those locations in May. We want to share the dates and towns now so that people can put them on their calendars.

• Monday, July 9 -- Joplin
• Tuesday, July 10 -- Springfield
• Thursday, July 12 - Columbus, KS
• Monday, July 16 -- Sedalia
• Tuesday, July 17 - Jefferson City
• Wednesday, July 18 -- Columbia
• Thursday, July 19 -- Rolla
• Monday, July 23 - Mountain View
• Tuesday, July 24 -- Dexter
• Wednesday, July 25 -- Cape Girardeau
• Thursday, July 26 -- Poplar Bluff

Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland provides the premier leadership experience for girls.

Our outcomes-based program model empowers girls to develop life and leadership skills that they will use for the rest of their lives.

Our council serves over 16,000 girls and 5,000 adults across 68 counties in southern and central Missouri, southeast Kansas, and northeast Oklahoma.

Visit: www.girlscouts.org

Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland

Web: www.girlscoutsmoheartland.org

General e-mail: gscouts@
girlscoutsmoheartland.org

Delegate feedback e-mail:
delegatefeedback@
girlscoutsmoheartland.org

Phone: 877-312-GSMH (4764)