About this episode

Jai Ferrell discusses her role as the first Black woman CEO of the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta and the challenges of managing a large organization.

Jai Ferrell is the first Black woman CEO of the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta in over 100 years. She walked into a $25 million business with 125 employees, three properties, horses, and 2,000 acres of land. Before this, she was managing billion-dollar portfolios at the busiest airport in the world. In this conversation, she breaks down the real enterprise behind the cookie, why women and girls receive less than 2% of all philanthropic giving, and what it actually looks like to make hard calls at scale. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Jai Ferrell

Topics covered

• leadership
• philanthropy
• women in business
• entrepreneurship
• cookies
• nonprofit management

Keywords

• Jai Ferrell
• Girl Scouts
• philanthropy
• business leadership
• cookies
• nonprofit
• women empowerment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta

Places: Atlanta, the busiest airport in the world

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