In a college atmosphere with professional instructors, girls and adults developed financial literacy and business skills to enhance their Girl Scout Cookie® Sale Program experience at the Cookie College on August 16, 2007. Through this program, girls had an opportunity to:

• Discover their values while using their knowledge and skills
• Connect with others as they work as team to set goals
• Take Action by implementing their knowledge to achieve personal and group goals

Guest presenters, panelists, and speakers from Baltimore area educational institutions, publications, financial institutions, self-owned businesses and a variety of other organizations taught economic and marketing basics at the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School. Keynote speaker and host of Cookie College was Dr. Pam Crantston, Interim Dean at the Carey Business School. Be sure to examine our photo gallery to see the graduates!

Educational Institutions

• Dr. Pamela Cranston, Interim Dean, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University
• Ms. Jennifer Dotzenrod, MA Director of Student and Alumni Relations, Carey Business School, John’s Hopkins University
• Caroline Laguerre-Brown, JD Director of Compliance and conflict resolution, Office of Institutional Equity, Johns Hopkins University
• Dr. Anne McCarthy, PhD Acting Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University
• Ms. Lisa Rawlings, MBA Director, Hillman Entrepreneurship Program, Prince Georges Community College
• Ms. Mary Somers, MS, NCC Acting Director, Adult Re-Entry Program, Montgomery College
• Dr. Lindsay Thompson, PhD Assistant Professor of Management, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University

Professional Publications

• Elaine Bonneau, Publisher, Expresion Magazine
• Janet Davis-Leak, Publisher, WomanScope Newspaper
• Joanna Sullivan, Editor, Baltimore Business Journal

Financial Institutions

• Kylie Ann Allen, Mgr. Public Affairs, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Baltimore Branch
• Karen Brooks, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Baltimore Branch
• Leslie Mason, Public Affairs Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Baltimore Branch
• Beverly Miles, Public Affairs Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Baltimore Branch
• Ms. Kathy Paal, Certified Financial Planner, Heritage Financial Consultants

Other Organizations

Ms. Christine Adsit, Teacher and Girl Scout Volunteer, Patterson Middle School Judith E. Antisdel, President, Anne-Tisdale Direct Christine Aspell, Partner, KPMG LLP Tonia Blackwood, President, BR MarketLaunch, LLC Molly DiPippo, Account Executive, Summit Marketing

• Naomi Hafter, Business Information Librarian, Enoch Pratt Free Library
• Joan Hatfield, President/CEO, Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce & Small Business Resources Center
• Kristle Haynes, Girl Scout Volunteer
• Lilliea Jackson, Little Brownie Bakers
• Arnetta Jones, Girl Scout Volunteer
• Brenda Lorick, Girl Scout Volunteer
• Glenn McCaslin, Little Brownie Bakers
• Sabita Persaud, Girl Scout Volunteer
• Joan H. Renner, CPA, Chief Financial Officer, The Brick Companies
• Pat Riley, Chesapeake Office Supply
• Ms. Kathy Roger, Executive Director, American Diabetes Association of Central Maryland
• Carol Sholes, Vice President, SM Consulting
• Lynn Stull, Little Brownie Bakers
• Jody Thomas, Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland
• Jenny Trostel, President & CEO, SAAB of Baltimore
• Janet Watchmaker, Little Brownie Bakers
• Joan Worthington, Vice President of Technology, Davis Inotek Instruments, LLC

The Girl Scout Cookie Sale Program activity, which began as a local fundraising effort, is now the nation’s premier economic and financial literacy program for girls ages 6-17. At Cookie College, Brownies through Senior Girl Scouts learn:

• How to manage and budget money;
• How to develop a business plan;
• How to work as a team and the community to implement that plan;
• How to advertise and market their product;
• And, most importantly, how all of these skills will help them in their future endeavors.