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Board of Directors Officers Members-At-Large Board Development Committee Our Mission Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts of Nassau County’s Board of Director’s (To see individual Board Members bios and photos, click on their name) Board of Directors Board of Directors Officers Members-at-Large 2021-2023 2021-2023 Andrea Elder-Howell, Esq.* Dr. Nada Anid* President and Chief Volunteer Officer Jessica Bellucci Natalie Borneo Eileen Baker* Barbara Brudie Executive Vice President Michele Cusack Brigette DaSilva Allison Bishop White, Esq.* Vikki Ernst Chang Vice President Julie Strachan Haiber, Esq.* Shantey Hill-Hanna Tonia Bottoms, Esq.* Steven Lindo Vice President Susan MacDonald Alexandra McCormick Valerie Terzano* Lasherelle Morgan Vice President Cathy O’Reilly Melanie Sinesi Lisa Gardner, Esq.* Madison Spanodemos Treasurer Lauren Summa Chloe Van Dorn Lisa Burke* Leah Watson Secretary Board Development Committee 2021-2023 Kevin Boston-Hill Tonia Bottoms, Esq.* Raven Brewington Wanda Jackson Melanie Sinesi Anne Marie Spensieri-Fidis Angela Stanley Julie Strachan Haiber, Esq.* Denise Voda *Incumbent 2 Board of Directors, Officers Andrea Elder-Howell, Esq. Eileen Baker* President Executive Vice President Andrea Elder-Howell is the VP of Legal Services at Eileen has been a longtime supporter of the Girl PSEG Long Island. In this role, Ms. Elder-Howell Scouts, both personally and professionally. She leads the legal team on Long Island and provides is a Vice President of TD Bank, N.A. and has been legal guidance on a variety of issues to key in the banking industry for many years. Eileen stakeholders at the utility. is a member of the Juliette Gordon Low Society Previously, Ms. Elder-Howell served as Senior (formerly known as Honor Circle Society). She is Commercial Counsel at PSEG Long Island, where a current Board Member of GSNC and chairs the she advised and represented the utility in legal Community Relations Committee. matters and commercial transactions, supported Eileen is a Board Member and Past President the company’s strategic business plan, and of the Farmingdale Rotary and was honored strategically addressed potential legal issues and with a Paul Harris Award. She had received the concerns. She also reviewed, drafted, and negotiated Kaiser award after serving as President of the various commercial agreements while primarily Kiwanis Club of the Bellmores, and also serving supporting energy-related projects. on its Board. Eileen was honored with the Martin Prior to joining PSEG Long Island in 2014, Ms. Elder- Luther King Award for her community work in Howell served as Vice President and Assistant the Town of Babylon and the Women Trailblazer General Counsel for RBS Sempra Commodities and Award from Nassau County. She attended Nassau Senior Commercial Counsel for KeySpan Energy/ Community College and resides in North Merrick National Grid. with her husband, Richard. Eileen is the moth- er of five children all of whom were active in Ms. Elder-Howell has more than 20 years of scouting. Eileen and her husband were Boy Scout experience working on sophisticated commercial Leaders for their sons and she has wonderful transactions in the energy industry. She earned memo ries of when she too was a Girl Scout and her bachelor’s in accounting from Queens College, is very happy to be involved with Girl Scouts as her juris doctor from Rutgers University School an adult. of Law, and Master of Laws in taxation from New York University School of Law. She is a member of the Nassau Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She was appointed to serve on the Mentor New York Board, has served on the Girl Scouts of Nassau County Board for the past eight years and previously served on the executive boards for the New York State Bar Association and the Nassau County Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Ms. Elder-Howell has been recognized by the New York State Society of CPAs, Jack and Jill of America, and New York State PTA for her dedication to promoting opportunities for youth on Long Island. *Incumbent 3 Board of Directors, Officers (continued) Allison Bishop White, Esq.* Tonia Bottoms, Esq.* Vice President Vice President Allison Bishop-White, Esq. is Senior Vice President, Senior Managing Counsel for Pershing, a BNY Mellon Head of Early Dispute Resolution at LPL Financial company, in the Legal Department. Tonia specializes where she leads a team of attorneys who are in the areas of retirement plans and financial prod- responsible for the investigation and resolution of ucts, partnering with the business to create solu- matters involving the sale of securities products. tions that meet the needs of clients. In this role, she Prior to joining LPL Financial, Allison was employed advises all aspects of Pershing’s retirement business at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where she was which spans individual and plan markets. a Director, and the New York Stock Exchange, Tonia is a passionate advocate for developing talent (now known as the Financial Industry Regulatory and promoting diversity. She serves as a member Authority), where she held a number of senior roles. of the Global Governance Committee of IMPACT, a Ms. White is a member of the New York City Bar global resource for BNY Mellon and its employees, Association, the Financial Women’s Association, with a specific emphasis on the recruitment, reten- the New York State Medical Review Board, and tion, professional development and advancement the Securities Industry and Financial Markets of multicultural employees. As a member of BNY Association. Mellon’s D&I Advisory Council to the CEO, she part- She also serves on the Public Policy Council of the ners with representatives from all of BNY Mellon’s Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards. Ms. business to serve as a sounding board for the CEO White is a graduate of Northeastern University and and help shape the enterprise strategy on D&I. Tonia has a Juris Doctor (JD) from the Maurice A. Dean was honored in 2016 by the Harlem YMCA as a recip- School of Law at Hofstra University. ient of the Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Excellence award and named on the EMpower 100 Ethnic Minority Executives Role Model list for 2019. Tonia has over 20 years of experience in the finan- cial services industry. She previously held in-house counsel positions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Prudential Securities Incorporated. Ms. Bottoms began her legal career as an assistant district attor- ney for the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. Tonia is a member of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and cur- rently serves as co-chair of its Retirement and Education Savings Committee. Tonia is a member of the National Bar Association and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Maryland. Tonia resides in West Hempstead with her husband, Marlon and daughter, Makayla. *Incumbent 4 Board of Directors, Officers (continued) Valerie Terzano* Lisa Gardner, Esq.* Vice President Treasurer Valerie Terzano currently serves on the Girl Scouts Lisa M. Gardner, a resident of Massapequa Park, is of Nassau County’s Board of Directors as Vice a family law attorney at Donohoe Talbert LLP. Ms. President since 2019. She has served as a Member- Gardner earned her law degree at Hofstra Univer- at-Large for three terms from 2013–2019, and on sity School of Law, with a concentration in Child and the Nominating Committee from 2016-2018, and the Family Advocacy, and her undergraduate degree from Board Development Committee from 2018-2020. the University of Michigan. Ms. Gardner is serving as Starting her career as a Nursing Supervisor at NYU a Member-at-Large of the Board of Directors. Langone Hospital–Long Island (formerly NYU In her family law practice, Ms. Gardner has hosted Winthrop Hospital) in 1982, Valerie Terzano has complimentary legal support groups, focused on served as the Chief Nursing Officer since 2000. She family law issues, which are open to the community. currently holds the position of Vice President for She has been a presenter at continuing education Nursing and Patient Care Services, responsible for workshops for mental health professionals on issues an operating budget of approximately $170 million, concerning custody, parenting time, supreme court overseeing over 2,100 registered professional nurs- and family court. In 2016, Ms. Gardner was a co- es and unlicensed ancil- lary staff personnel. Her presenter on New York Family Law for Hofstra Law areas of responsibility include inpatient Medical/ School’s Continuing Legal Education Program. Surgical (specialties inclusive of orthopedics, bariat- Ms. Gardner’s time as a Girl Scout growing up in rics, oncology, neurosurgery/neu- rology), Critical Michigan taught her the importance of community Care, Telemetry, Maternal/Child Health (4,800 involvement and friendship with other women. She deliveries), Level I Trauma Center Emergency carried those values with her in college, as a member Department (82,000 visits/year), Clinical Education of the executive board of her sorority. Her dedication & Professional Development; Nursing Research, to advocacy of women’s issues continued in her role Magnet Program Development; Inpatient Wound in fundraising for the chapter’s national philanthropic Care; Bed Utilization Coordination, Central Staffing cause, domestic violence awareness. Office; Discharge Callers, and Clinical Alert Team. At Hofstra Law School, Ms. Gardner participated in She holds a Master of Science degree in Nursing the Child Advocacy Clinic, aiding in the representation Administration from Adelphi University and is cur- of children in family court. She also volunteered for rently seeking a PhD in Nursing from Molloy College. the Courtroom Advocates Project, assisting victims of In 2008, Ms.

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