Girl Scouts River Valleys is pleased to announce Marisa C. Williams as the next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Marisa C. Williams will assume the role in January 2023, succeeding Tish Bolger, who will retire after 23 years of service at the end of the year.
Marisa comes to Girl Scouts from North Hills Affordable Housing (HEARTH) in Pittsburgh, PA. During her tenure at HEARTH as the CEO, she built organizational systems and infrastructure, created new meaningful partnerships, and led collaboration efforts to improve financial operations. Prior to that, Marisa spent five years at YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh as the Regional Executive Director. She is a strategic and results-driven leader with years of leadership experience in non-profit and corporate sectors who brings a proven record of driving organizational change, growth, profitability, and performance improvement.
“I am excited to become the new CEO of Girl Scouts River Valleys,” says Marisa C. Williams. “The Girl Scouts' mission to build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place uniquely fills the intersection of my passion and purpose. This role puts me on the preventive side of services to support the health and wellness, education, entrepreneurship, life skills, and self-love of girls.”
