Leadership

Grace Chien
Chief Executive Officer

Active in leadership roles with Girl Scouts at a national level, Grace has served as a member of the Core Strategies Task Force and as a member of numerous national think tanks to help address and shape critical issues facing Girl Scouts. She is the past chair of the board of directors of the Executive Alliance, an organization of non-profit executives promoting a powerful nonprofit sector, and serves as the treasurer of the Asian Pacific Directors Coalition. She is on the board of Seattle Rotary #4, and is a graduate of Leadership Tomorrow and the Executive Development Institute. She is an appointee of the Governor on the Washington State Commission for National and Community Service and currently serves as a member of the State Children and Families of Incarcerated Parents Oversight Committee. Grace received a bachelor's degree in political science from Washington State University, her Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law, and her master's in Public Administration from the University of Washington Evans School of Public Affairs. 

Board of Directors  

Patti Meyers, President
Community Volunteer

Patti has been involved with Girl Scouts as a troop leader, co-chair of Totem Council’s $7.7 million capital campaign, has served on the board of Totem Council and currently serves on the board of Girl Scouts of Western Washington as the president. Her daughter is a recipient of the Gold Award, and Patti has advised other girls working on their Gold Award. Patti's civic and community work includes serving as president and board member of Northwest Children's Fund, president and board member of The Overlake School in Redmond and as a member of the Board of Trustees of Claremont McKenna College. Patti is also a member of the Washington Women’s Foundation.
 

Catherine Gelband, 1st Vice President
Pacific Crest School 

Laura Clinton, 2nd Vice President
K&L Gates

Dave Hamilton, Secretary
Weyerhaeuser

Erin Dimopoulos, Treasurer
Community Volunteer