Executive Leadership
Girl Scouts of Northern California is proud to have a strong leadership who understands what it means to center the Girl Scout youth experience and is committed to nurturing diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and antiracism at our council.
Our leadership team consists of subject matter experts in the fields of youth development, for-profit and non-profit administration, youth program and outdoor experiences, legal counsel, human resources, finance and accounting, business administration, evaluation, strategy, community organizing, DEI/Belonging and more.
If you have questions about our council or general inquiries that need immediate attention and you are unsure who to reach out to, please contact our Customer Care Team, or explore the gsHelpCenter to find answers to commonly asked questions.
Executive Team
Mary-Jane Strom
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Leinani Malig
Chief Financial Officer
Kristen Pierce
Chief Membership Officer
Chief Membership Officer
Girl Scouts of Northern California Board Members
- President: Ginger Bryant, Retired, Partner, Sares Regis Group of Northern California
- 1st Vice President: Tracy Teale, Audit stockholder, Aprio LLP
- 2nd Vice President: Neeracha Taychakhoonavudh, Chief Customer Experience Officer, Udemy
- 3rd Vice President: Eunice Kim, General Counsel, Securonix, Inc
- Treasurer: Jana Barsten, Retired, Partner, Global Audit Sector Leader, KPMG LLP-Silicon Valley
- Secretary: Gretchen Hoff Varner, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
- Tina Amber, Retired, Regional Operations Manager, Macy’s
- Jaime Barclay, Social Impact Leader
- Claudia Barria Heith, Deputy General Counsel, SS&C | Blue Prism
- Paula Green, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Facilities, Twist Bioscience
- Sandy Jacobs, Principal, KPMG
- Sumi Jagannathan, Entrepreneur and Founder; Former Strategy and Go-to-Market leader, Opsera
- Derek Kingham, Senior Management & Consultant for Distribution and Storage Businesses
- Anne Kubek, Senior Vice President of People & Operations, PaulHood
- Peg McAllister, Senior Vice President, San Francisco Bay Area Region, Lee Hecht Harrison
- Ann Monroe, Retired, VP of Marketing and Customer Success for Claris, Apple
- Fonz Morris, Growth Design Leader and Entrepreneur
- Claudia Mueller, Associate Professor of Surgery, Stanford University
- Sonya Simril, Principal, Saint Leo the Great School
- Susan Weinstein, Retired, Stanford University
Girl Board Participants
- Zoe A.
- Kushi H.
Board Development Committee
- Chair: Eunice Kim, General Counsel, Securonix, Inc
- Jaime Barclay, Social Impact Leader
- Sandy Jacobs, Principal, KPMG
- Sumi Jagannathan, Entrepreneur and Founder; Former Strategy and Go-to-Market leader, Opsera
- Liz Pasch, Robert Half International
- Sandy Shirai, Retired, Vice Chairman of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT), Deloitte LLP
- Susan Weinstein, Retired, Stanford University
