WisconsinMomma 216 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 I'm just curious. Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites
Hawkwin 299 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) Yes. Both at District and of course Nationals. Edit: Could not remember her name so had to go look her up. Not sure if you consider this position "executive" or not: https://www.scoutingnewsroom.org/about-the-bsa/national-leadership/national-commissioner-volunteer/ Edited January 22, 2019 by Hawkwin 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RememberSchiff 3438 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) Yes. Wendy Shaw , SE/CEO Coronado Area Council , comes to mind. https://www.ksal.com/first-female-scout-executive-to-begin/ "Shaw will join the Council in Salina on February 18th. Shaw will be one of only a handful of female Scout Executives in the country." Edited January 22, 2019 by RememberSchiff 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Hawkwin 299 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 You might find this of interest as well: https://scoutingwire.org/these-5-women-made-scouting-history/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RememberSchiff 3438 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Oct, 2014: Sharon Moulds, SE/CEO Laurel Highlands Council 2014-present https://triblive.com/news/editorspicks/6945412-74/moulds-scout-scouting "She is one of seven women among about 300 Boy Scout executives. She oversees programs for about 30,000 Boy Scouts in 16 council districts across Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia." 2 Link to post Share on other sites
jjlash 120 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) Sarah Dawson - Scout Exec / CEO of Hawkeye Area Council Edited January 22, 2019 by jjlash 1 Link to post Share on other sites
WisconsinMomma 216 Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 hour ago, RememberSchiff said: Oct, 2014: Sharon Moulds, SE/CEO Laurel Highlands Council 2014-present https://triblive.com/news/editorspicks/6945412-74/moulds-scout-scouting "She is one of seven women among about 300 Boy Scout executives. She oversees programs for about 30,000 Boy Scouts in 16 council districts across Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia." That is a big council! Link to post Share on other sites
qwazse 4288 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 4 hours ago, WisconsinMomma said: That is a big council! Unfortunately, many of the rural councils were teetering on collapse, so the mergers and acquisitions were the only way to keep those districts afloat. We're trying to keep everyone happy. As it turns out, venturing is working relatively well in some small towns. It's been a rough decade. FYI - Sharon is an excellent scouter. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Setonfan 52 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 There have been women Scout Executives for a long time (although out of 250+ Councils, a relatively small number), but recently, a number of women have moved up in the organization. Wendy Shaw was promoted to National and runs the Membership and Program groups. Sharon Moulds mentioned above is in her 3rd council as SE and was also an area director with national. And there is now a woman on the BSA top leadership cabinet for the first time in history. Saw a list of Scout Executives hired in the last 4 years and it's a very good picture of diversity. Many more Hispanic and African-American's in these roles. Good to see the BSA looking more like our Nation's demographics. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
NJCubScouter 1389 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 We have one female DE (although I'm not sure they use that title anymore after they reorganized everything) and there was another one who left about 5-6 years ago, but I don't think our council has had any at a higher level than that. I suspect the percentage of female DE's and Field Directors is considerably higher than that of SE/CEO's. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
perdidochas 657 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 On 1/22/2019 at 9:36 AM, WisconsinMomma said: I'm just curious. Thank you! Here at the Gulf Coast Council, we had a female DE for a few years. Link to post Share on other sites
John-in-KC 311 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Moving this to Council Relations Link to post Share on other sites
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