Facilitators: St. Thomas Aquinas College tour guides will lead attendees on a tour around campus!
Girl Scouts L.E.A.D. 2026
Girl Scouts, this is all about YOU!
At the 11th annual Girl Scouts L.E.A.D. Conference, you will LEARN new things, ENGAGE with other Girl Scouts, ADVOCATE for yourself and for change, and DISCOVER what is possible through Girl Scouts.
With this year's theme, "Adventures in Leadership," you'll learn how to change the world and make a difference one step at a time. In the morning, you will hear from a panel of Girl Scout young alum and changemakers who will share their stories and inspire you to start your own. After lunch, you'll attend interactive workshops where you'll meet with girl leaders and subject matter experts who will teach you new skills and how to harness your own power to change the world.
Girl Scouts will eat lunch at the St. Thomas Aquinas dining hall. Vegetarian and gluten-free options are available.
Each participant will receive a swag bag and a custom patch.
Agenda
10:00 AM to 10:30 AM GSHH Welcome & Opening Remarks
10:40 AM to 11:20 AM Session 1: Adventures in Leadership Panel
11:25 PM to 12:00 PM Lunch
12:20 PM to 1:00 PM Session 2
- Campus Tour: Explore St. Thomas Aquinas College
- Find Your Spark: Designing a Future That Feels Like You
- Movement & Mindfulness: Yoga with Tatyana
- Own Your Story: Personal Branding for Emerging Leaders
- Tough Talks: Navigating Conflict with Friends
1:10 PM to 1:45 PM Session 3
- Find Your Spark: Designing a Future That Feels Like You
- From Gold to Greatness: A Leadership Journey
- Movement & Mindfulness: Yoga with Tatyana
- Passport to Possibility: Global Adventures with Girl Scouts
- Tough Talks: Navigating Conflict with Friends
1:50 PM to 2:00 PM Closing Remarks
Facilitators: Stephanie Palacios
College Affordability Advisor at Latino U College Access
Facilitators: Elizabeth Verboys
Elizabeth is in her Junior year at SUNY Cortland, studying a dual major in Business Economics and Communications with a minor in Entrepreneurship.
Facilitators: Tatyana Kochergina
Tatyana Kochergina is the founder and president of Balance with TK, where she strives to help clients optimize their Health and Wellness so they can reach their highest potential. Her guidance is grounded in compassion and deep insight honed through over 25 years of experience as a yoga educator and health coach.
Facilitators: Facilitator: Amber Corbett
Amber Corbett is a luxury brand marketer and creative storyteller known for blending professionalism with a polished, modern point of view. At Compass Luxury, she helps shape high-impact marketing and brand strategy while simultaneously building her own platforms—Glowgetter, Formally Put Together, and Amber Hours Studio. Amber leads with curiosity, confidence, and generosity, sharing her journey so young women can see what’s possible for them. She creates tools, stories, and communities that encourage girls to dream boldly and build lives they’re proud of. With a sharp editorial eye and a natural ability to turn ideas into meaningful action, Amber shows that ambition and authenticity can go hand in hand. She hopes every girl she meets walks away feeling inspired, capable, and excited to step into her own potential.
Facilitator: Tiffany Summerville
Tiffany builds cultures that fuel innovation because people are the heartbeat of every breakthrough.
As a Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief People Officer, she leads transformative people strategies across the life sciences, biotech, pharmaceutical, and research industries. Her specialty lies in aligning HR with business strategy, building inclusive high-performance cultures, and guiding organizations through growth, mergers and acquisitions, scientific scale-up, and operational transformation.
Her leadership philosophy is Couture Leadership: precise, intentional, and human-centered. Not one-size-fits-all, always tailored.
Facilitator: Molly McGarity
Molly McGarity is a GSHH lifetime member, alum and volunteer. In her 16 years as a Girl Scout, Molly earned her three highest awards, worked at Girl Scout camps locally and internationally, canoed with the Hudson Hurricanes, and served in various governance positions for GSHH. Her Girl Scout travels have taken her to Switzerland, Germany, Taiwan, and Mexico (so far), and she hopes to continue exploring the world through Scouting and Guiding. She is a senior at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, studying Environmental Education and Interpretation, a major she was inspired to pursue due to her experiences with her Gold Award and at Camp Addisone Boyce.
