A couple of people sent me this press release recently posted on the National Delegate website:

We are pleased to announce that the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Center for Public Leadership is partnering with GSUSA to conduct an assessment of GSUSA’s governance processes. The project will be led by Marshall Ganz, the Rita E. Hauser Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Organizing, and Civil Society, who brings decades of practice in teaching, researching, and writing on leadership. The Harvard team will partner with GSUSA staff and leadership to develop criteria for assessing the strengths of our Movement governance model, identify opportunities to learn from comparable organizations, and recommend improvements to Movement governance including ways of working and overall effectiveness. This external assessment is intended to complement the ongoing Movement governance assessment launched by the National Board in September 2023 and the work of the Movement Governance Advisory Team. The Harvard research team is eager to understand the experience and perspectives of National Council delegates. You may receive an email from senior researcher Alaina Segura [e-mail removed] inviting you to participate in surveys, focus groups, or interviews. Your participation is optional. The Harvard team will also meet with members of the National Board and the Movement Governance Advisory Team (MGAT) as part of its assessment. The Harvard team will share their insights with the National Board and MGAT in late fall 2025 so that MGAT can use the findings to inform their final report on Movement governance, to be delivered no later than the 58th National Council Session in July 2026. We look forward to collaborating with our National Council delegates on this important assessment of Movement Governance. Should you have any questions, please reach out to the Office of the National Board (boardoffice@girlscouts.org).  Continue reading