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Girl Scouts San Diego’s C Honoring Cool Women, ool Investing inWomen Emerging 2018 Leaders P r o gr a m Welcome Lillian Wood Champion STEM Supporter Taylor Cloutier presents Caroline Winn Chief Operating Officer, SDG&E Why Girl Scouts Matters Kennedy Anderson presents Carol Dedrich Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts San Diego Introduction Amira Walia presents Emcee Wendy Urushima-Conn President/CEO, Asian Business Association Cool Women 2018 Honorees Ana de Almeida Amaral presents Paola Avila Paige Zimmerman presents Jeannie Hilger Rebecca Ebling presents Dea Hurston Cool Women 2018 Co-chairs Arlene Harris and Sue Major Cool Women 2018 Honorees Maria Burritt presents Laura Shawver, Ph.D. Elleanor Wong presents Caroline Winn Closing Remarks Regina Buckley Board Chair, Girl Scouts San Diego Cool Women 1 Major Executive Search salutes the Cool Women of today and those who are on the journey. Cool Women Paola Avila with Emerging Leader Girl Scout Ana de Almeida Amaral 2 Cool Women Thank you Champion STEM Supporter Ambassador Sponsors Patti Roscoe & Jim Tiffany Advocate Sponsors Mentor Sponsors Cool Women 3 Cool Women Mentorship Cool Women Thank you for giving me the opportunity to meet and mentor such outstanding young women at last year's Cool Women Luncheon. I look forward to continuing to be a part of this worthwhile mentorship program that is unique to Girl Scouts San Diego. PATTI ROSCOE and JIM TIFFANY 4 Cool Women Girl Scouts San Diego's Cool Women 2018 Paola Avila Jeannie Hilger Dea Hurston Vice President, International Business Affairs Vice President, Communications Business Arts Advocate, Philanthropist, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce Northrop Grumman Corporation Playwright Paola has nearly 20 years of During her 30-year career with Dea is a retired teacher and member experience in public policy, Northrop Grumman, Jeannie has of a three-generation Girl Scout community outreach, and executed multiple programs and family. She chaired the 2018 San government relations. At the led multi-disciplinary, cross- Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel chamber, she works to secure organizational teams to solve Awards and recently found a new San Diego’s position as a top global complex programmatic and technical passion: playwrighting. She is a competitor. Paola is a member of the problems. She now leads strategy staunch supporter of inclusion and Civic San Diego Board of Directors, and operations for Northrop diversity who focuses on mentor- chairs the Border Trade Alliance, and Grumman’s San Diego-based Com- ing women, providing children with serves on the International Bound- munications business, which devel- access to the arts, and employing ary and Water Commission Citizens ops and deploys advanced military artists of color. A former City of San Forum. As a member of the board of communications and support sys- Diego Commissioner of Arts, she has directors for the Foundation for the tems (e.g., aircraft avionics, airborne sponsored multiple productions and Children of the Californias, she helps gateways and networks, and military chaired events for San Diego REPer- support the Hospital Infantil de las satellite communications systems). tory Theatre, Vista Hill Foundation, Californias, a collaboration between This Girl Scout Alumna championed Mainly Mozart, and numerous other Canada, Mexico and the United “Think Outside the Cookie Box,” non-profit organizations. Dea actively States. She was deputy chief of staff Northrop Grumman’s local, day-long supports Diversionary, for San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy, STEM conference where Girl Scouts North Coast Rep, The Old Globe, advising on economic development perform hands-on science activities, Malashock Dance and other theatres policy and binational affairs. She engage with women engineers, and and arts boards. Her extensive board formerly owned a public affairs visit the company’s labs. Northrop service also includes the Balboa consulting business; and was a staff Grumman also sponsors the Girl Park Task Force and San Diego State adviser on water, energy and Scout Outreach STEM camp. Jeannie University’s Professional Studies and economic development for Senator established the Adelante Engineer- Fine Arts Advisory Board. Dea was Ben Hueso. She earned an ing Academy, which has enlightened named a Woman of Dedication, economics degree at UCSD. Paola more than 2,000 students of all ages and she has received the La Jolla was a Girl Scout and she later about the benefits of receiving a Playhouse Star Award, volunteered for the organization STEM degree. The Mexican American Sledgehammer Star Award and when her daughter was a member. Opportunity Foundation, a large, many other honors. national Latino human service organization, named her a 2016 National Latina of the Year. Cool Women 5 Laura Shawver, Ph.D. Caroline Winn President, CEO, Director Chief Operating Officer Emerging Leader Girl Scout Mentors Synathorx, Inc. San Diego Gas & Electric Laura is president, chief executive Caroline earned a degree in electrical officer, and director of Synthorx. engineering from California State Previously, she was CEO and director University Sacramento. When she of Cleave Biosciences, entrepreneur- joined SDG&E, she was one of only in-residence for 5AM Ventures, a few women pursuing a career in CEO and director of Phenomix electrical engineering. She began as Corporation, and president of SUGEN an associate engineer, and worked Inc. (acquired by Pharmacia). She her way up through the company. has been involved with several SDG&E provides service to 3.6 clinical development programs million consumers in San Diego including two FDA-approved and southern Orange counties. Her therapies. Laura is a director of previous positions include chief Relay Therapeutics and an advisor energy delivery officer (overseeing to the industry. An active member all energy delivery activities for of the American Association for SDG&E, including electric distribution Cancer Research, she serves on operations and gas services, the Scientific Advisory Committee customer services, and external for Stand Up to Cancer. Laura and state legislative affairs) and knows firsthand what it is like to director of supply chain management be a cancer patient. After surviving for both SDG&E and Southern ovarian cancer, she founded The California Gas Co. Caroline serves Clearity Foundation, a nonprofit on the management council and organization that provides access board of directors of the San Diego to molecular profiling for ovarian Regional Chamber of Commerce, and cancer patients to improve their the boards of the Western Energy treatment options. Laura received Institute and the UC Davis Energy her microbiology and pharmacology Efficient Center. As a Girl Scout, degrees from the University of Iowa. Caroline loved earning badges and Her favorite Girl Scout memories developing skills she still uses in her include earning badges, camping, personal and professional lives. and participating in the Girl Scout Cookie Program. C o n g r a tu l a ti o n s 6 Cool Women Thank you Emerging Leader Girl Scout Mentors Adriana A. Avalos Compliance & Privacy Officer, Kaiser Permanente Paola Avila Vice President, International Business Affairs; San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce Pamela Carson AVP/ Branch Manager, Mission Federal Credit Union Emily Catt Accounting Controller, Anderson Plumbing, Heating & Air Susie Cranston Executive Vice President, First Republic Bank Investment Management Jean E. Vincent Vice President, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley Laura Georgantos Director of Organizational Effectiveness, San Diego Gas & Electric Arlene Harris President and Co-Founder, Dyna, LLC Kendall Helm Origination & Portfolio Designation, San Diego Gas & Electric Jeannie Hilger Vice President, Communications, Northrop Grumman Jenny Hill Bratt Partner, Withersworldwide Dea Hurston Arts Advocate, Philanthropist, Playwright Monica Ma Chief Investment Officer, Blankinship & Foster, LLC Sue Major Founder & CEO, Major Executive Search Kelly Prasser Project Manager of Stakeholder Outreach, San Diego Gas & Electric Patti Roscoe Founder, PRA Destination Management Company Laura Shawver President/CEO/Director, Synthorx, Inc.; Founder, The Clearity Foundation Nhu Tran Community Relations Manager, San Diego Gas & Electric Wendy Urushima-Conn President and CEO, Asian Business Association Caroline Winn Chief Operating Officer, San Diego Gas & Electric Cool Women 3 Girl Scouts San Diego's Emerging Leader Girl Scouts 2018 An Emerging Leader LEADER LEADER GO-GETTER Girl Scout embodies the mission and promise of Girl Scouts to make the world a better place. She exemplifies the highest caliber of leadership, courage, confidence, and charac- Kennedy Anderson Maria Burritt Sofia Christensen Ambassador Girl Scout, 12th grade Senior Girl Scout, 10th grade Ambassador Girl Scout, 11th Grade ter. She is the essence Girl Scout honors: Bronze, Silver Girl Scout honors: Bronze and Girl Scout honors: Bronze, Silver of a G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, and Gold Award, Camp Exec, Silver Award, Cookie Captain, and Gold Award, Global Action Innovator, Risk-taker, A-Troops Technovation Challenge, Camp Award, Counselor-in-Training, Exec, Empowerment Theatre, Day Camp Aide, Encampment TM Leader) . Other activities: Student Senate A-Troops, National Delegate, Planning Board, Senior Community founder, Ambassadors program Counselor-in-Training, Day Camp Service Board, Senior Service to lead, Wonderist Agency employee, Aide, Volunteer-in-Training, Girl Scouting Bar, Senior Leader- Sara Jacobs campaign