Girl Scouts of Colorado announces new CEO

On May 11, the Girl Scouts of Colorado Board of Directors introduced Megan M. Ferland as their new president and CEO. Ferland brings her extensive experience in creating awareness and advocating for children’s needs as the CEO of the Colorado Children’s Campaign to Girl Scouts of Colorado -- the premiere leadership development organization for girls in the state.

“Megan is poised to step in as our organization’s leader and make an immediate impact,” said Girl Scouts of Colorado’s Board Chair Stephanie A. Foote. “Her enthusiasm, vision and experience are exactly what Girl Scouts of Colorado needs to achieve our goal of building even more girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world and our state a better place.”

Ferland was CEO at the Colorado Children’s Campaign since 2006, a non-partisan, non-profit organization that uses research and policy to create hope and opportunities for all of Colorado’s 1.2 million kids. The core focus areas for the Children’s Campaign are early care and education, K-12 education, and children’s health.

Ferland officially began her position as Girl Scouts of Colorado president and CEO on June 22, 2009. The Girl Scouts of Colorado CEO position had been vacant since October 2008. In October 2007, Girl Scouts of Colorado became the statewide face for local Girl Scouting, uniting the five previous Colorado councils and the eight Colorado counties previously served by councils in other states. View the full story.