Girl Scouts of Connecticut: Patricia Russo

Patricia Russo

- presently serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Women's Campaign School at Yale University. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame and the Advisory Council of Women's Health Research at Yale University. For the past 30 years, she has been a women's rights leader in Connecticut on the state and national level.

Ms. Russo is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Southwestern Connecticut Girl Scout Council. She is also a former Cookie Chair and Girl Scout Leader. A former Girl Scout herself, she attributes her commitment to serving the "greater good" as a direct result of being a Girl Scout in her youth.

She holds an undergraduate degree from The George Washington University and a certificate in health care management from the Yale School of Management. She has taught and lectured extensively on the rights of women in America. She is a resident of New Canaan, Connecticut.