Girl Scouts Leading Women Awards Breakfast

(Boston, MA) - Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts CEO Patricia A. Parcellin and Board President Elizabeth Stevenson are pleased to announce the honorees for the 24th annual Leading Women Awards breakfast. This special event will take place on Thursday, March 24, 7-9:30 AM, at the Sheraton Boston Hotel.

Among four remarkable role models, Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts will honor Hannah Grove, Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, State Street Corporation.

In addition to Grove, the prestigious list of honorees includes Stephanie Browne, Senior Director, Information Technology-Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts; Dr. Divina Grossman, Professor and Former Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; and Linda K. Zecher, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Each honoree will be introduced by a local Girl Scout, remarkable in her own right. In the weeks leading up to the event, each girl will have had the opportunity to meet with the honoree she will introduce. The extraordinary bonds that form each year during this process are a testament to the power of adult role models in the lives of girls, a central tenet of Girl Scouting.

“It is an annual tradition at Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts to celebrate individuals like Hannah Grove who are making a positive impact in their professional lives and in their communities, especially when they are directing those efforts to support the advancement of girls and women,” explains Parcellin. “The event is also one of the best ways we can demonstrate the importance of investing in girls who will become the women leaders of tomorrow.”

Grove is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of State Street Corporation. In this position, Grove leads the brand, reputation management, media relations, digital and social media, employee communications, and event management teams across the company.

Under Grove’s leadership, the global team supports the company’s revenue growth, customer acquisition and retention, and serves to positively influence all constituencies’ understanding of State Street. Hannah also serves as executive sponsor for State Street Pride, the company’s GLBT employee network and as a founder of “Leading Women,” a mentoring program for senior women across the company.

Prior to joining State Street in 1998, Grove was marketing director for the Money Matters Institute, a collaborative between the United Nations and the World Bank that sought to foster sustainable development in emerging economies.

Early in her career Grove owned and operated a public relations company in London, England. With dual citizenship of both the UK and the U.S., she came to the U.S. as communications director of the World Economic Development Congress in Washington, D.C.

Grove serves as the President of the Board of Directors of the Women’s Lunch Place, a daytime community in Boston for disadvantaged women and children.

This year’s Leading Women Awards Ceremony will also showcase a milestone for our Movement – the centennial of the highest achievement in Girl Scouting. Attendees will hear about the extraordinary effort that our young women dedicate to earning the Gold Award. We will also highlight our growing community partnership initiative, FaB Factor, through the words of an inspiring young woman who participates.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts embraces diversity and inclusion and is committed to ensuring all girls in eastern Massachusetts, regardless of their circumstances, have access to the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. Support for the Leading Women Awards Breakfast allows us to maintain this powerful programming.

Girl Scouts has honored more than 200 women and four men with the Leading Women Award since its inception in 1992. The prestigious list of honorees includes individuals with outstanding careers who have made a significant, positive impact in an impressive array of fields. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.leadingwomenawards.org.

About Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts

We’re Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts ― 50,000 strong, with 35,000 girls and 15,000 volunteers in 178 communities in eastern Massachusetts. We’re here to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. For more information, please visit www.hergirlscouts.org