Background
Anna Maria Chavez was born in 1968 in the small farm town of Eloy, Arizona and is of Mexican-American heritage.
Anna Maria Chavez was born in 1968 in the small farm town of Eloy, Arizona and is of Mexican-American heritage.
She attended Yale University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in American History. She attended James East. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona, received the Juris Doctorate degree, and was admitted to the bar of the Arizona Supreme Court, the bar of the United States. District Court for the District of Arizona and, ultimately, the bar of the United States. Supreme Court.
She joined the Girl Scouts as a child. Her family moved to Phoenix, Arizona during her high school years. Anna currently resides in New Jersey.
After completing her law degree, she served as legal counsel to the Federal Highway Administration in Washington District of Columbia She also served as an attorney advisor in the Office of the Counsel to the President.
During her time in Washington, she served as public policy advisor to several offices including United States Secretary of Transportation and the offices of Government Contracting, Size Standards, Technology, and Small Disadvantaged Business Certification and Eligibility. Prior to joining the Girl Scouts organization, Chavez served as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for then-Governor of Arizona, Janet Napolitano.
In 2009, the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas appointed Chavez as Chief Executive Officer and in 2011 she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Girls Scouts of the United States of America. She has also been recognized for her work in Science Technology Engineering And Mathematics (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) technologies and increasing the participation of Girl Scouts in Science Technology Engineering And Mathematics-related fields. She is recognized as one of the 100 Women in Science Technology Engineering And Mathematics by STEMConnector.
The "Ban Bossy" Campaign
The Ban Bossy social media campaign is co-sponsored by Leanin.org and the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. lieutenant encourages young girls to become leaders and aims to remove the stigma associated with the word bossy.
In addition to Chavez, the campaign features some of the nation"s most influential women, including Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, popular-star Beyonce, designer Diane Von Furstenberg.