Maureen O’Toole Named CEO of Girl
Scouts of Silver Sage Council
The Girl Scouts of Silver Sage has selected Maureen O’Toole to serve as
the Council’s new Chief Executive Officer. She brings expertise in team
building, training, strategic planning, business systems, public speaking, and
organizational mission, vision and values alignment.
“We are excited to welcome Maureen to this important leadership
position,” said Icon Credit Union CEO Connie Miller, who is chair of the Girl
Scouts of Silver Sage Board of Directors. “She brings tremendous drive and a
passion for helping youth identify and develop their potential.”
A retired military intelligence officer and public school teacher,
O’Toole created and taught teen leadership classes and partnered with Idaho
youth organizations to provide training. “Girl Scout programs are designed to help
develop girls as leaders and build confidence by learning critical skills for
success in the real world,” she said. “I can’t imagine a better place to be.”
O’Toole earned a BA in Anthropology from The College of
William and Mary in Virginia, a BA in Bilingual Elementary Education from Boise
State University, Idaho, and a Master’s of Organizational Leadership from
George Fox University, Idaho campus. She is also certified as a Franklin-Covey
facilitator.
She served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserves for 25
years, holding two command positions and earning the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel. While in the military, she studied organizations and systems in depth
in order to predict behavior.
Maureen’s 17 years as a teacher included private tutoring,
private music instruction, K-8 curriculum and Spanish instruction. Leveraging
off civilian and military teaching experiences, she created a leadership
curriculum and instruction program to teach individual and group leadership and
soft business skills.
Specifically, her program helped youth: Identify gifts, talents and potential; set
specific goals to creating powerful, positive lives; and participate in small
group problem-solving and teamwork. She partnered with local youth-centric
organizations to build leadership boot camps and, over the course of four
years, these programs impacted over 700 Boise youth.
In her role as CEO of the Girl Scouts of Silver Sage, O’Toole will
provide strategic and tactical direction to achieve the organization’s critical
goals, which include outreach and collaboration with community partners,
increased visibility and financial sustainability, membership recruitment and
retention, and constituent engagement.
Maureen started at the Girl Scouts of Silver Sage on April 29, 2013. “I
see this position as a perfect intersection of my professional background and
passion for helping youth reach their potential with the Girl Scout mission to
build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better
place,” she said.
Girl Scouts of Silver Sage serves more than 5,000 girl members, 2,300
adult volunteers, and 400 troops in southern Idaho and parts of eastern Oregon
and northern Nevada. The Girl Scout Leadership Experience includes several
pathways for participation, including summer camps, series programs, travel
opportunities, and troop activities for girl members and adult volunteers. To
learn more, visit www.girlscouts-ssc.org.
