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An opportunity not missed
Gail sat as board member prior to her leadership entitlement for the Girl Scouts. Many times has she been asked to take on the position as executive, and many times the search committee has failed to persuade her. Eventually, she decided to take a look at the job offer thinking that this might open new doors for her. She did not fail on her intuition.
"I thought I should take a look at it, and did, and went through the interviewing process, and then found out that it actually is an excellent job, something that I would really want to do," Gail said.
Had she totally given up on this possibility, Gail would have missed an opportunity of a lifetime.
"The one thing I have found in life is sometimes when things come to you in interesting and different ways that you have to stop and take a look at it, because sometimes, many times, people say that they don't have opportunities, when in fact opportunities came and went because they weren't looking. They didn't realize it was an opportunity."
Under her leadership, the Council is transforming its personal and leadership development model and operations to ensure that the Girl Scout Program remains inviting and relevant to not only today's girls but also future generations.
Besides her involvement with Hawaii Alliance or Arts and Girl Scouts Council, Gail also serves on the Board of Directors of the Children's Alliance of Hawaii, a non-profit organization dedicated to making life better for sexually and physically abused children and their families living on the island of Oahu. She serves on the Steering Committee of the Hawaii Alliance of Non-Profit Organizations (HANO).
Gail has accomplished so much for her adopted home regardless of her apparent status as first lady of Honolulu. She surely has gone a long way from being a college student unsure of her destiny to being a figure of woman empowerment not only in the city and county but the whole of the Hawaiian Islands.
Posted on AroundHawaii.com, November 1, 2006
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