A Thin Mint for your thoughts: America's head Girl Scout to speak at NPC luncheon

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the USA, Girl Scouts CEO Anna Maria Chavez will speak at a National Press Club Luncheon on Wednesday, May 30.

Today, Girl Scouts is the largest leadership development organization for girls in the world. Research shows that 61% of girls are either ambivalent about leadership or say it's not important to them at all, so Girl Scouts is working on a new goal to reach gender-balanced leadership in one generation. Fewer than 17% of senators, representatives and governors are women, and even fewer are Fortune 500 CEOs.

Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $19 for Press Club members, $30 for guests of members, and $37 for general admission. To reserve tickets, please e-mail [email protected] or call 202-662-7501. Tickets must be paid for at time of reservation.

To submit a question in advance, put GIRL SCOUTS in the subject line and email to [email protected] before 10 a.m. on the day of the luncheon.

Upcoming Luncheons:

April 4 Dr. Deepak Chopra, Founder of The Chopra Foundation and Founder and Chairman of The Chopra Center

April 5 Douglas Shulman, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service

April 11 Michael Weiner, Executive Director, Major League Baseball Players Association, on collective bargaining

April 17 Gary Gensler, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

April 19 (THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT) Alec Baldwin, Actor and spokesperson, Americans for the Arts

April 24 Secretary Ken Salazar, U.S. Department of the Interior

May 4 Mike Rizzo, General Manager, The Washington Nationals

May 9 Billie Jean King, Tennis Legend