Take the Lead

Take the Lead supports the phenomenal work that Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (GSEP) is doing to give every girl the opportunity be a part of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE) throughout our nine-county footprint. As GSEP’s signature fundraising event, Take the Lead is an event for the girls, by the girls.

Our 2023 Take the Lead events will honor incredible women leaders from our community who are the positive role models our girls need today. They inspire girls everywhere and provide them with the courage, confidence, and character necessary to make the world a better place.

To nominate an outstanding leader making a difference in your community, click here.

For information and to sponsor the event or purchase tickets, select an event below:

Take the Lead 2021 Events

2021 Greater Philadelphia

Watch the Recorded Event: You can skip the event pre-show by jumping to Minute 15.
Honorees: Dona File

Corporate Safety Director
L.F. Driscoll

Nicole Marquis

Founder & CEO
HipCityVeg

Charmaine Spence Rochester DHA, CPA, FACHE, FHFMA

Chief Financial Officer
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health

Leslie Stiles

Board President
Pennsylvania Conference for Women
Sponsors: Here is a list of our 2021 Sponsors!
Committee: Philadelphia Committee

Co-Chairs:
Jackie Cuddeback
Philadelphia Phillies

Hilary Hannan Saylor
Stradley Ronon

Vice Chairs:
Deborah Hassan
Deloitte, Ret.
Chair, Board of Directors

Kim E. Fraites-Dow
Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania
Chief Executive Officer

Terri Boyer
Villanova University

Rev. Bonnie Camarda
The Salvation Army

Clare Freimuth
BB&T

Irene Horstmann Hannan
Faith in the Future

Rosella Harvey
NorthStar Owners Representation

Kathy Killian
Philadelphia Phillies

Charisse R. Lillie
CRL Consulting LLC

Rev. Dr. Lorina L. Marshall-Blake
Independence Blue Cross

Cindy Matje
Citizens Commercial Bank

Cathy Engel Menendez, APR
Community Volunteer

Hon. Diane M. Welsh (Ret.)
JAMS

Dalila Wilson-Scott
Comcast

Alex Wysocki
Blank Rome, LLP
Digital Program Booklet: 2021 Take The Lead Philadelphia digital program booklet

2021 Berks County

Watch the Recorded Event: You can skip the event pre-show by jumping to Minute 15.
Honorees: Kristin Boyd Edwards

Director of Communications
Reading School District

Susan Denaro

Attorney
Georgeadis Setley

Jacquelyn S. Fetrow, Ph.D.

’82 President of Albright College
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Debra Powell, MD, MS

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases & Medical Director of Infection Prevention
Tower Health Reading Hospital
Sponsors: Here is a list of our 2021 Sponsors!
Committee: Berks Committee

Co-Chairs:
Karen Marsdale
Greater Reading Chamber Alliance, Ret.

Michele L. Richards
Fulton Bank

Vice Chairs:
Carey Babczak
BB&T

Paula Barrett
RKL LLP

Linda Bloom
Tower Health

Jodi Corbett
Reading Area Community College

Mike Duff
Penske Truck Leasing

Loni Francis
Tower Health

Kristi Gage
Gage Personnel

Pat Giles
Community Volunteer

Crystal Gilmore Harris
Reading School District

Mary Lou Kline
Security First

Jerry Marcus
Community Volunteer

Mary Ann Moffitt
First National Bank

Jennie Rodriguez Priest
Stevens & Lee

Trish Shermot
Visions Federal Credit Union

Alison Snyder
East Penn Manufacturing
Digital Program Booklet: 2021 Take The Lead Berks digital program booklet

2021 Lehigh Valley

Watch the Recorded Event: You can skip the event pre-show by jumping to Minute 15.
Honorees: Senator Lisa Boscola

State Senator
18th District

Victoria Brifo

Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resource Officer
Air Products

Fusun Bubernack

President
ET&T

Lin Erickson

Executive Director & CEO
Da Vinci Science Center

Deborah Sundlof, DO

Cardiologist, Lehigh Valley Heart Institute, Co-Director of the Women’s Heart Program & Cardio-Oncology Programs and Physician Medical Director Regional Heart, LVH-Muhlenberg
Sponsors: Here is a list of our 2021 Sponsors!
Committee: Lehigh Valley Committee

Chair:
Stephanie Sherry
Olympus

Vice Chairs:
Anne Baum
Capital BlueCross

Amy Beck
Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living

Marlene Beers
PPL

Marilee Falco
Agili

Deborah Fries-Jackson
Boys & Girls Club of Allentown

Pam Lott
Past GSEP Board Member

Krista Ortwein
Olympus

Beverly Pesaresi
Fulton Bank

Ashley Russo
ASR Media

Laurene Ryan
Community Volunteer

Bev Saunders
LV Phantoms

Michelle Sorgi
GSEP Troop Leader & Service Unit Registrar

Ron Ticho
Advance MarCom Strategies
Digital Program Booklet: 2021 Take The Lead Lehigh Valley digital program booklet

Past Honorees

Greater Philadelphia Take the Lead Honorees

Berks County Take the Lead Honorees

Lehigh Valley Take the Lead Honorees

For any questions please contact:

Cecily S. Macy
Head of Fund Development
cmacy@gsep.org
267-281-5610

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Take the Lead

2022 Greater Philadelphia

2022 Berks County

2022 Lehigh Valley

Take the Lead 2021 Events

2021 Greater Philadelphia

Watch the Recorded Event

Honorees

Dona File

Nicole Marquis

Charmaine Spence Rochester DHA, CPA, FACHE, FHFMA

Leslie Stiles

Sponsors

Here is a list of our 2021 Sponsors!

Committee

Philadelphia Committee

Digital Program Booklet

2021 Take The Lead Philadelphia digital program booklet

2021 Berks County

Watch the Recorded Event

Honorees

Kristin Boyd Edwards

Director of Communications Reading School District

Susan Denaro

Attorney Georgeadis Setley

Jacquelyn S. Fetrow, Ph.D.

’82 President of Albright College Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Debra Powell, MD, MS

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases & Medical Director of Infection Prevention Tower Health Reading Hospital

Sponsors

Committee

Berks Committee

Digital Program Booklet

2021 Lehigh Valley

Watch the Recorded Event

Honorees

Senator Lisa Boscola

State Senator 18th District

Victoria Brifo

Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resource Officer Air Products

Fusun Bubernack

President ET&T

Lin Erickson

Executive Director & CEO Da Vinci Science Center

Deborah Sundlof, DO

Cardiologist, Lehigh Valley Heart Institute, Co-Director of the Women’s Heart Program & Cardio-Oncology Programs and Physician Medical Director Regional Heart, LVH-Muhlenberg

Sponsors

Committee

Lehigh Valley Committee

Digital Program Booklet

Past Honorees

Director of Communications
Reading School District

Attorney
Georgeadis Setley

’82 President of Albright College
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases & Medical Director of Infection Prevention
Tower Health Reading Hospital

State Senator
18th District

Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resource Officer
Air Products

President
ET&T

Executive Director & CEO
Da Vinci Science Center