November 13, 2011

Girl Scouts’ Outgoing CEO Previews Drive for $1-Billion

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By Caroline Bermudez

Girl Scouts of the USA is one of the most successful charities in the nation. But as Kathy Cloninger, the chief executive who is retiring this month, writes in a new book, Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons From 100 Years of the Girl Scouts, the organization has had to struggle to prove its relevance in the last decade. In an interview with The Chronicle, Ms. Cloninger discusses how the group is overcoming the problem and its plans for a $1-billion fund-raising