Malden Girl Scout Iris Zhao elected to Girl Scouts of Eastern Mass. Board of Directors

Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (GSEMA), the largest girl serving organization in Massachusetts, elected Iris Zhao of Malden to serve as a girl member of GSEMA’s Board of Directors during the council’s Annual Meeting, which was hosted on May 19. Voting members of the council elected this year’s slate, which includes five new adult board members, four new girl board members, and two new Board Nominating and Development Committee members.

Iris is a high school sophomore and has been a Girl Scout since Brownie level. She volunteers with a Daisy/Brownie troop in her town and helps lead fundraising events for the younger Girl Scouts in her community. In 2022 she designed free mini-libraries with her troop to be placed throughout her neighborhood. She enjoys volunteering for the Mystic River Watershed Association, where she helps improve the ecosystem in her community. Iris also works with her neighborhood community garden, growing produce for a local food pantry. She is an ambassador of her school’s environmental club and serves as a member of the yearbook committee, cross-country team and drama club. Iris plans to pursue environmental sciences and occupational health.

“I am so excited to welcome Iris to our Board of Directors,” said GSEMA CEO Barbara Fortier. “Girl Scouts creates tomorrow’s leaders and what better way than having Girl Scouts on our Board of Directors. The Girl Scouts that serve on our Board of Directors are able to learn about governance, operations and fundraising, and in turn provide the Girl Scout perspective in our meetings.”

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