Wauwatosa resident elected to Girl Scout Board

The Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast (GSWISE) announces the appointment of Wauwatosa resident Nicole Best to its board of directors for 2012-2013.

As Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer—Heartland Advisors, Inc., Best’s primary responsibilities include implementing, managing and controlling all financial-related activities for the investment advisor and mutual funds. She is a Certified Public Accountant and active American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and Wisconsin Institute of CPAs (WICPA) member. She received her Bachelors of Business Administration from Creighton University and her Masters of Science of Business Administration from the University
of Wisconsin.

"The staff and board of GSWISE are happy to welcome Ms. Best as a new Board member. Her background, experience, and unique perspective make her a great asset to our mission of building girls of courage, confidence, and character,” said Carol Robinson, interim CEO of Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast.

Also newly appointed are Anjana Murali (Shorewood, Wisconsin), a junior at Shorewood High School; Julie Ledger (Germantown, Wisconsin), Vice President/General Manager of Opus Development Corporation; Robert Monnat (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), partner and chief operating officer at Mandel Group, Inc.; and Andrew Narrai (Bayside, Wisconsin), Chief Operating Officer and partner at Trefoil Group.

The board officers for the Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast for 2012-2013 are Board Chair, Kathleen O'Brien, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Alverno College; 1st Vice Chair, Tom Myers, Attorney at Reinhart, Boerner, Van Duren s.c.; 2nd Vice Chair, Teri Jacobson, Kenosha County Treasurer; Treasurer, Georgann Stinson, Chief Operational Officer at General Converters & Assemblers, Inc.; and Secretary, Carita Twinem, Vice President – Tax at Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

ABOUT GIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST

Girl Scouts of the USA is the pre-eminent leadership development organization for girls. Ranked #4 nationally in Girl Market Share for the 2010-2011-membership year, Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast (GSWISE) serves more than 28,500 girls in Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha, and Washington counties; southern Ozaukee County; and East Troy in Walworth County. Girl Scouting is the leading authority on girls' health development, and builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. For more information, visit www.gswise.org, or call 1-800-565-4475.