Join more than 600 business leaders, entrepreneurs and passionate advocates for girl empowerment at our luncheon focused on what G.I.R.L.s (Go-getters, Innovators, Risk-takers, and Leaders) can accomplish with the right support! Funds raised will support our financial assistance program, so that EVERY girl can be a Girl Scout with access to powerful leadership experiences, entrepreneurial know-how, and STEM opportunities. Help us build a pipeline of girls destined to become the next designers, creators, and innovators who make their world a better place.
EVENT DETAILS
April 22, 2020
11:30 AM Registration | Noon Program
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Keynote Speaker
Amy Nelson, Founder and CEO, The Riveter
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Amy Nelson is the founder and CEO of The Riveter, a modern union of working women and allies. A graduate of Emory University and the NYU School of Law, Amy practiced corporate litigation with a focus on high-profile First Amendment matters for over a decade in New York City and Seattle.
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Amy also served on President Obama's National Finance Committee, where she co-chaired Gen44, the under 40 fundraising arm of the campaign. Additionally, Amy previously worked with President Carter's The Carter Center. In 2017, Amy launched The Riveter while pregnant with her third daughter in three years, and she welcomed daughter number four in June 2019. Amy is a contributor for Inc., has written for Forbes, and has been published broadly, including in/on outlets including The TODAY Show, Refinery29, Buzzfeed, The Washington Post and The Seattle Times. She has spoken across the world on many stages, including Forbes Under 30, United States of Women, Cannes Lions, and SXSW.
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Paris Jackson, News Anchor, KOMO TV
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Well known as a KOMO 4 Morning News Weekday Traffic Anchor and Reporter, Paris’s work has earned her several journalism awards from the Associated Press in Oregon and Alabama. She received a Regional Emmy in 2013 for her reporting contribution to WVTM-TV's one-year anniversary tornado special in Birmingham.
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Shannon O'Donnell, Meteorologist, KOMO TV
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Hailing from the Sammamish Plateau, Shannon O'Donnell is a graduate of the University of Washington, where she earned a B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences. O'Donnell's love for all things atmospheric began at seven years old, when famous local weatherman, Harry Wappler, visited and covered a weather unit at her school. Her career has come full circle since then, as she often teaches her "weatherwise" presentation to local schools. Her STEM outreach has been featured in publications by Girl Scouts and Microsoft.
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Support Girls Even if You Can't Attend The Luncheon
Please consider a gift to Girl Scouts of Western Washington's financial assistance program to support girls in need.
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