Famous Formers Luncheon

Thursday, November 19, 2020
Norfolk Hilton The Main 100 Main Street
11 a.m. - 1 p.m

Each year, Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast (GSCCC) honors Girl Scout alum, women in the community who were Girl Scouts as girls, and who have distinguished themselves as outstanding role models for girls and women through their professional and volunteer achievements. All honorees are women living in southeastern Virginia or northeastern North Carolina. In addition to Famous Former honorees, there is a category for a Future Famous Former as well.

2020 Famous Former Honorees:

Holly Deal, Lieutenant Commander of Coast Guard Finance Center, U.S. Coast Guard
Cathy Fox, Business Operations Manager, The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium
Suzanne Garcia, President/CEO, SeaHill Spa at the Cavalier
Dawn Peters, Associate Planner, Lincoln Financial Advisors
Janet Roach, Anchor/ Reporter, 13NewsNow
Michelle Woodhouse, Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer, Tidewater Community College

Future Famous Former: Sarah Hustead, Recruitment Coordinator, Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast

We are pleased to have Dr. Barbara Blake Gonzalez from Old Dominion University as our Keynote Speaker. Dr. Blake was the first women to present as part of the State of the Region and presented her research on the wage gap that exist for women in Hampton Roads. She is also the mother of a Gold Award Girl Scout!

Buy your ticket for this event that recognizes women leaders in our community and celebrates the ongoing mission of Girl Scouts - to help build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.

The 2020 Girl Scout Famous Former Luncheon has been re-scheduled to November 19. The safety of our guests is our top priority so we will be taking precautions to ensure safety guidelines are followed. In the event that the luncheon will need to be postponed, we will contact all registered guests.

ICYMI: 2019 Famous Formers Luncheon: Congratulations to last year's Girl Scout Famous Formers. They were celebrated at a luncheon held at The Main Hilton in Norfolk in November 2019. The G.I.R.L. Corporate Award went to TowneBank.

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2019 Famous Formers

Kate Godby, Hewlett Packard Enterprises
Janice "Jay" Johnson, Virginia Organizing
Joann Bautti, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Lisa Spiller, Christopher Newport University
Tricia Hudson, Strategic Solutions by Tricia, LLC
Bonita Billingsley Harris, Dominion Energy

Future Famous Former (Ages 18-30)
Michaela Britt, Dollar Tree

Thank you to our sponsors!

Newport News Shipbuilding
Dominion Energy
Strategic Solutions by Tricia, LLC
Barbara Tierney
TowneBank
YWCA

Corporate G.I.R.L. Champion of the Year Award

This honor is awarded to a company that continues to offer to their employees and community exposure to the Girl Scouts’ four pillars: Outdoors, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), Living Skills and Entrepreneurship. Like every Girl Scout, the Corporate Champion must be diverse in how it is making the world a better place.

The Corporate G.I.R.L. Champion of the Year honoree has made efforts:

to better the environment of the community around them
towards gender parity in STEM fields (does not need to be a STEM focused company to qualify)
to provide their employees learning, training and education opportunities to continue to hone employee’s skills
to recruit and retain women in leadership roles

We are proud to announce that the 2020 Corporate G.I.R.L. Champion of the Year is United Way of South Hampton Roads! Michele Anderson, President and CEO, will be accepting the award on behalf of the organization during the Famous Formers Luncheon.