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Barbara Murphy-Warrington Named New CEO of the Girl Scouts of Greater
New York

New York, NY (June 17, 2011) Barbara Murphy-Warrington has joined the Girl Scouts of Greater New York, as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In this role, Murphy-Warrington will provide leadership for accelerating growth and development of Girl Scouting for girls and volunteers in five boroughs – The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and Staten Island. Murphy-Warrington stated that working with the board, staff and volunteers to serve the Girl Scouts of Greater New York is the “opportunity of a lifetime.”

Murphy-Warrington credits her own early experience as a Girl Scout for providing the early foundation for her impressive leadership journey. She has demonstrated her passion for people and organization excellence through more than 25 years of senior leadership experience working in major global and domestic organizations including The Ford Foundation and CARE USA. According to Patricia Stensrud, Board President, “Barbara’s unique blend of experience, expertise and accomplishment will add tremendous value to our Council especially as we approach our 100th anniversary and continue to experience demand for our programs which outpace our capacity. We look forward to her leadership in making Girl Scouting as relevant as ever for New York City girls.”

Murphy-Warrington holds a Juris Doctorate from Rutgers and Master of Laws in Tax (LLM) from New York University, a Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Science from the University of Kansas, and certificates in coaching from The Fielding Graduate University and executive human resources management from Cornell University.

Contact: Lalitha Sarma
(212) 645-4000, ext. 278
lsarma@girlscoutsnyc.org

About the Girl Scouts
of Greater New York
The Girl Scouts of Greater New York provides New York City’s largest girls-only leadership development program reaching more than 23,000 girls aged 5 to 17. Approximately two-thirds of our girls are from low-income families and we reach girls in virtually every zip code of all five boroughs. Girl Scouts enjoy programs that include college prep and career exploration, financial literacy, science, community service and global citizenship. Today’s Girl Scouts are prepared to lead today as well as tomorrow, fulfilling our mission of building girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. Visit www.girlscoutsnyc.org to learn more.

About Girl Scouts
Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls with 3.4 million girl and adult members worldwide. Girl Scouts is the leading authority on girls’ healthy development, and builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. For more information on “It’s Your Story – Tell It!” Visit girlscouts.org/itsyourstory

New CEO, Barbara Murphy-Warrington, meets NYC
Girl Scout Gold Awardees Ashley McCorey(left) and Lauren Iacovano(right). Ashley recruited volunteers and formed a youth squad for the College Point Ambulance Corps, she was awarded a scholarship.
Lauren ran workshops about choosing a family pet to combat the problem of euthanatizing animals in overcrowded shelters. Lauren also earned a scholarship.

Click here to learn more about the Gold Award

Barbara Murphy-Warrington meets NYC Girl Scouts at
the 2011 Gold Award and Scholarship Ceremony.