2024 Board Election

Chair – Cassie B. Barlow, PhD is currently serving Girl Scouts of Western Ohio for a third term as 1st Vice Chair on the Board of Directors and as a National Council Alternate Delegate. She previously served as a Member-at-Large and a member of the Board Development Committee. She is President of the Strategic Ohio Council on Higher Education (SOCHE). SOCHE is focused on Workforce Development needs across Ohio. Dr. Barlow retired from the United States Air Force after 26 years of service as the 88th Air Base Wing and Installation Commander, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. She was in command of one of the most prominent air base wings in the Air Force with more than 5,000 Air Force military, civilian, and contractor employees. The base is home to more than 27,000 employees and is the largest single-site employer in Ohio.

Cassie was commissioned in the Air Force in 1988 as a distinguished Georgetown University, Washington D.C graduate. After graduation, Dr. Barlow attended Information Management Technical School at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. She has served in various positions in the information management, behavioral science, and personnel careers fields at the squadron, Wing, direct reporting unit, major command, Air Force, and combatant command levels. Dr. Barlow was selected by the Air Force Institute of Technology to attend Rice University to earn a doctorate in organizational psychology. After graduation, she served as a behavioral scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Air Force Academy. She was then selected to lead the analysis team for the Chief of Staff of the Air Force Developing Aerospace Leaders Program. Dr. Barlow commanded the 355th Mission Support Squadron at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, where her squadron garnered multiple Air Combat Command and Air Force level awards. She also commanded at the Group level as a Mission Support Group Commander at Royal Air Force Lakenheath.

Cassie was previously the Director of Manpower, Personnel of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, and United States Northern Command, headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. She has a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University, a master's degree in clinical psychology from Chapman University, a Doctor of Philosophy from Rice University, and two additional master's degrees. Cassie is a 2014 Women of Distinction honoree from Girl Scouts of Western Ohio, was a Girl Scout leader, and is a proud mother of a Gold Award Girl Scout. Cassie is an active community member serving on multiple boards around the Dayton, Ohio, region.

1st Vice Chair – Jenny Michael is currently serving as Treasurer on the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts of Western Ohio, previously served as a Member-at-Large, and as a delegate to the National Council Session. She is the Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Marketing & Communication at CareSource, a health insurance plan headquartered in Dayton, Ohio. Jenny also leads the CareSource Foundation and directs corporate responsibility efforts and partnership strategies to support community relations and corporate philanthropy. She is responsible for managing communication, branding, marketing, and advertising. As the leader of the advocacy team, she builds collaborative working relationships with regulatory agencies, legislators, and stakeholders to strengthen the company's mission and positively impact the lives of two million members.

Jenny has over 20 years of experience in marketing communication strategy, and executive leadership. Before joining CareSource in 2010, she spent 11 years at The Berry Company. She earned a bachelor's degree in communications from The Ohio State University.

Jenny is active in her community and served three terms as a member of the Valley View Board of Education, chaired the Dayton YWCA Women of Influence event, is a member of the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio Board, is a member of the Downtown Dayton Partnership Executive Committee, serves as a Montgomery County 4H Advisor, and is the Lay Leader at her church. The Dayton Business Journal has recognized her as a 40 Under 40 winner, inducted into the Hall of Fame, as a Women of Distinction honoree by Girl Scouts of Western Ohio, and as the Heart of Leadership recipient at CareSource for her focus on mentorship and leadership.

Jenny and her husband, Jason, live on a working farm outside Dayton, Ohio, where they are raising their two sons.

2nd Vice Chair – Pamela Viscione, PhD is currently serving Girl Scouts of Western Ohio as a Member-at-Large on the Board of Directors. She retired from Procter & Gamble after 33 years. She lived in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Geneva, Switzerland, during that time. Prior to retirement, her most recent role was Director, Quality Assurance, a position she had held since July 2014.

Although Pamela's path to Northern Kentucky University was non-traditional, her passion for lifelong learning and personal and professional development led her to the Master of Science Executive Leadership and Organizational Change Program (ELOC). Her degree will further her passion for growing global leaders, helping others manage change and transition, and organizational design and development.

Her support team at home includes her husband, Peter Matthews, sons Frank and Malcolm, grandson Giancarlo, and dog Cartel. Pamela is a woman of strong faith and enjoys going to the beach and playing tennis in her free time.

Secretary – Kimber L. Fender is currently serving Girl Scouts of Western Ohio as 2nd Vice Chair on the Board of Directors and as a National Council Delegate. She has previously served on the Board as Secretary and a Member-at-Large. She is also a member of the Olave Baden-Powell Society and co-chaired the planning committee for the Society's October 2022 meeting in Cincinnati. She was a delegate to the National Council Session representing Girl Scouts of Western Ohio.

In 2018, Kimber (Kim) retired from the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County after serving as the Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Director of the Library since 1999. She received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Northern Kentucky University, an MLS degree from the University of Kentucky, and a certificate in foresight studies from the University of Houston. She was awarded a graduate internship at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and worked at the Boone County Public Library, the Campbell County Public Library, and ATE Management and Services Company before beginning employment with Cincinnati's Library in 1988.

She currently serves on the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati Board, the United Way Public Policy Cabinet, the University of Cincinnati Library Dean's Advisory Council, the CET Community Advisory Committee, and the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information Dean's Advisory Board. She chaired the Ohio Library Council's Government Relations Committee for more than 15 years. She is an elected member of the Campbell County Board of Education and a member of the Board of Directors of the Kentucky School Boards Association. She serves as the President of Modern Lutheran Women at St. John Lutheran Church in Melbourne, KY, and is also Treasurer of the Cemetery Committee. She is a member of the Cincinnati Woman's Club.

Kim is an alumna of Leadership Cincinnati. In 2017, she was named to the Ohio Library Council's (OLC) Librarian Hall of Fame and was honored with the Council's A. Chapman Parson Advocacy Award. Kim is a recipient of an Improving Our Community Award from United Way of Greater Cincinnati, a Career Woman of Achievement award from the YWCA, a Women of Distinction award from the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio, and a Bridge Builder Award from the Cincinnati Hamilton County Community Action Agency. She received the University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science Alumni Association Outstanding Alumna Award and was honored with a Professional Achievement Award from Northern Kentucky University.

She became a lifetime member of Girl Scouts in 2015 after being a member for more than 25 years, first as a girl and later as an adult volunteering for her daughter's troop. She is a Juliette Gordon Low Society member and has been the leader of Troop 7007 in northern Kentucky for over five years.

Treasurer – Monique Sewell is currently serving as a Member-at-Large on the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts of Western Ohio. She earned her Bachelor of Science in business from the University of Dayton, and upon graduation, she began her career in the Cincinnati office of Arthur Anderson & Co. and obtained her CPA license. She then became the controller of Benefit Designs, Inc., a national structured settlement brokerage firm with offices nationwide.

Retiring as CFO, Monique became a financial consultant. She recently completed her third term as a Council Member for the Village of Indian Hill. She served as the Chairman of the Finance and Audit Review Committees and Liaison for the Green Areas Advisory Committee. Additionally, she serves or has served on the Water Works, Public Works, Law, and Grounds Committees.

As the mother of four young adult children, she has served the Indian Hill Exempted Village School District PTO and Boosters over the past 22 years in various volunteer and leadership capacities. She is a member of the Superintendent's Steering Committee for the Facilities Review and Brave Future for Facilities Committee, responsible for a building-by-building improvement and construction plan that gained community funding in 2021. As a lifetime member of the Girl Scouts of the USA, Monique served as a leader for three troops. Eight of her Girl Scouts, including her three daughters, are Gold Award Girl Scouts, and her son is an Eagle Scout. Monique has volunteered for the community's Ronald McDonald House and Josh Cares.

Maria Arcocha White is a Member-at-Large on the Board of Directors and Chair of the Board Development Committee of Girl Scouts of Western Ohio. She is the founder and CEO of Inclusity. Throughout her career of 35 years, Maria has developed inclusion and diversity training and successfully trained thousands of executives, managers, and employees across a wide range of industries.

In 2013, she launched Inclusity to pursue an empathetic, inclusion-focused approach to diversity and inclusion work, believing that when we "lead with inclusion, diversity will follow." Prior to Inclusity, Maria was executive vice president of Pope & Associates, a leading D&I training and consulting firm, and vice president of human resources for R. R. Donnelley Logistics. She began her career at Procter & Gamble, where she was the company's first Hispanic sales and marketing manager.

Maria's compassion extends to the community. In addition to years of volunteerism, she is a Rotary member and is proud to have served in an advisory capacity on the U.S. Senate Task Force on Hispanic Affairs. Maria has an MA in counseling from Xavier University and a BA in communications from the University of Toledo. She holds a certification in PROSCI change management. She works out of the central Inclusity offices in Perrysburg, Ohio.

Sheri Bogardus  grew up in Girl Scouts and was a troop leader and cookie mom in Canandaigua, New York, and Cincinnati, Ohio. She is grateful for the opportunity to serve a third term as Member-at-Large on the Board of Directors to help secure the legacy of the organization in which she developed her sense of self and forged her independence. Sheri previously served as chair of the Board Development Committee. Sheri is Vice President and Senior Digital Product Owner for KeyBank.

She previously served in strategic leadership roles in higher education financial services, where she developed and managed student loans, financial literacy, rewards, and payment solutions for Citibank, Student Loan Funding, Sallie Mae, Campus Solutions, Higher One, and Payce. Sheri holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and marketing from Old Dominion University and an executive certificate in strategic marketing management from the University of Michigan. Sheri and her husband, Dave, have been happy to call Cincinnati home for the last 20 years. They are avid hikers and are the parents of two Girl Scouts who have grown into beautiful young women.

Christine M. Castellano is currently serving as a Member-at-Large on the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts of Western Ohio. She is the Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of The Andersons (NASDAQ: ANDE), located in Maumee, Ohio. Founded in 1947, The Andersons is a diversified company rooted in agriculture that conducts business across North America in the grain, biofuels, plant nutrient, and rail sectors. In 2021, The Andersons was ranked #366 in the Fortune 500 list, with revenues over $8 billion. In addition to serving as general counsel, Christine manages the human resources; environmental, social, and governance ("ESG"); and corporate communications functions.

Before joining The Andersons, she served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer for Ingredion Incorporated, a NYSE-listed Fortune 500 company. She additionally served as a non-executive director and member of the Audit Committee of Rafhan Maize Products Co. Ltd., a public company listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange.

Christine moved to the Toledo area in January 2020. She currently serves on the Board of the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority and is a co-chair of the Business and Industry Committee of N.W. Ohio's V Project (COVID-19 vaccination). She also serves on the legacy board of The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. She previously was a Trustee of the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (Chair of Grant Committee), a Trustee of the Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, and a member of the Women's Board of the Chicago Zoological Society (Co-chair of Education and Outreach Committee). She is a member of The Economic Club of Chicago and The Chicago Network. In April 2019, Christine was certified as a diversity professional by the National Diversity Council.

Theresa Hirschauer is currently serving as a Member-at-Large on the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts of Western Ohio and is Chair of the Fund Development Committee. She has also previously served an unexpired term as 2nd Vice Chair and Member-at-Large. Theresa is Head of the Middle School at Cincinnati Country Day School (CCDS). She has been with CCDS for 32 years, serving as the Athletic Director for 20 years and MS Head for 10 years. In addition to administrative duties, Theresa has continued teaching math and coaching multiple sports. Theresa was named the National Coach of the Year for High School Soccer after CCDS won back-to-back state titles in 2018 and 2019.

After graduating from Turpin High School, she graduated from Brown University, where she was a legendary soccer and softball player named to the Ivy League Hall of Fame. Theresa is also a member of numerous Athletic Halls of Fame, including Turpin High School, Buddy LaRosa's High School Sports, and the Greater Cincinnati Softball Association. She is a recipient of Cincinnati Country Day's Lee Pattison Teaching Award, the Ohio Athletic Director of the Year, and the Coach of the Year – Local and State for Girls Soccer. Theresa is currently serving as Treasurer of the Southwest Ohio Athletic Directors Association and is the former President of the Miami Valley Conference. In addition, she is involved in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life as a team captain and a survivor. Theresa loves working and teaching young people, especially young women, to be leaders of the next generation.

Stephanie Keinath is the Vice President for Strategic Initiatives with the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce. Her focus areas include workforce and talent alignment, equity and inclusion, public policy, and economic development. As chief lobbyist for the chamber, Stephanie directs the organization's advocacy efforts on public policy issues that impact the region's business community.

In 2020, Stephanie was honored by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) as a national Forty Under 40 winner, recognizing her work as a top emerging leader in the chamber of commerce industry. Keinath received the Better Business Bureau's Women in Business Networking "25 Women to Watch" Award in 2017 and was chosen as a Dayton Business Journal's 'Forty Under 40' Award Winner in 2011.

Stephanie is a 2013 Leadership Dayton graduate actively involved in the community, serving on the Community Advisory Board for the Dayton Daily News, the Welcome Dayton Committee, and the Board of Governors for The Contemporary Dayton. Stephanie also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Aviation Heritage Alliance as well as the Board of Directors for the Wright State University Alumni Association.

Stephanie earned her BA in international studies from Wright State University and her master's degree in public administration from the University of Dayton. Stephanie and her husband, Marcus, reside in Washington Township.

Jaime Lanham is currently serving as a Member-at-Large on the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts of Western Ohio. She is Vice President, Stock Plan Services with Fidelity Investments. Jaime is busy carpooling three kids to their various activities when not at work. She is a proud mother of Hildi (a student at the University of Dayton), Max, and Quinn. As a family, they love to create new memories through travel and frequently find joy in visiting their lake house in South Haven, where they enjoy skiing in the winter and lake life in the summers.

Jaime is involved in her community through her children's schools and is an avid reader of fiction and non-fiction. Her other hobbies include cheering from the sidelines of soccer, lacrosse, and volleyball games, along with track and wrestling meets and attending musical and choir performances. She is a young widow who unfortunately lost her husband unexpectedly five years ago. She couldn't have made it without her community at work and home and has thrived due to her solid and supportive community, which includes her friends, family, and loyal neighbors. Because of this experience, she has learned to worry less about the small stuff and to live like you have no tomorrow. Jaime's personal and professional priorities include diversity and inclusion, women's leadership, community impact, and financial literacy.

Rhonda E. Reagh, PhD is currently serving as a Member-at-Large on the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts of Western Ohio. She is the recently retired principal owner of Reagh and Associates, a firm she launched in 2011 after a 32-year career in leadership of Ohio child welfare agencies. As the owner and CEO of Reagh and Associates, Rhonda provided personal and executive coaching, consulting, and leadership development training. She was a well-respected resource for organizations and small businesses seeking help with problem-solving, skill development, teamwork, and performance improvement. Rhonda was a Certified Daring Way™ and Dare to Lead™ Facilitator. Both embrace a highly experiential methodology based on Dr. Brené Brown's research. The method was developed to help men, women, and adolescents learn how to show up, be seen, and live braver personal and leadership lives. This work led Rhonda to facilitate numerous retreats on topics such as empathy, fear, and courageous leadership, as well as facilitation using The Daring Way, Rising Strong, and Dare to Lead curricula.

Rhonda is a 2014 WiBN Top 25 Women to Watch Honoree and a 2015 OSU College of Social Work Alumni Society Distinguished Career Award recipient. She lives on a mini-farm in West Milton, Ohio, with her husband, Jerry, and their Labrador Retriever, Dickens.

Amy Walter  is currently serving as a Member-at-Large on the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts of Western Ohio. She is an executive leader in technology and strategic transformation. She has led global teams in engineering, technology infrastructure, global integrations, and quality. Her leadership experience includes technology Services Delivery, Strategic Organizational and Digital Transformation, and Enterprise Relationship Management. Amy is passionate about people leadership and team development and champions early career mentorship.

Maria Arcocha White is a Member-at-Large on the Board of Directors and Chair of the Board Development Committee of Girl Scouts of Western Ohio. She is the founder and CEO of Inclusity. Throughout her career of 35 years, Maria has developed inclusion and diversity training and successfully trained thousands of executives, managers, and employees across a wide range of industries.

In 2013, she launched Inclusity to pursue an empathetic, inclusion-focused approach to diversity and inclusion work, believing that when we "lead with inclusion, diversity will follow." Prior to Inclusity, Maria was executive vice president of Pope & Associates, a leading D&I training and consulting firm, and vice president of human resources for R. R. Donnelley Logistics. She began her career at Procter & Gamble, where she was the company's first Hispanic sales and marketing manager.

Maria's compassion extends to the community. In addition to years of volunteerism, she is a Rotary member and is proud to have served in an advisory capacity on the U.S. Senate Task Force on Hispanic Affairs. Maria has an MA in counseling from Xavier University and a BA in communications from the University of Toledo. She holds a certification in PROSCI change management. She works out of the central Inclusity offices in Perrysburg, Ohio.