Former Girl Scouts CEO Anna Maria Chávez now leads the National School Boards Association, an organization that represents more than 50 million public school students. They are:Anna Maria Chávez, 53: In 2011, Chávez became the first woman of color to lead the Girl Scouts of America as CEO. Today, Chávez is the executive director and CEO of the National School Boards Association, an organization that advocates for 13,000 school districts and represents the nation’s 50 million public school students. Since taking the role in June 2020, Chávez has centered her lobbying efforts on getting educators more coronavirus relief and also getting schools more funding for special education. “The move to remote learning has shown us that our educators are incredibly innovative and resourceful in how they teach our students,” Chávez said in January.

Source: Forbes May 14, 2021 12:00 UTC