Alcoa /quotes/comstock/13*!aa/quotes/nls/aa （AA 13.62, +0.02, +0.15%） announced Vanessa Lau, chief financial officer for Alcoa Global Rolled Products, was honored today as a "Woman of Distinction" by the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York during its 18th annual Women of Distinction Breakfast. Held as part of the celebration of Girl Scout founder Juliette Low's birthday, the event recognizes several women whose lives and careers represent diverse paths of achievement and the fulfillment of the Girl Scout Promise.
Lau, who grew up in Hong Kong, and her family have been active in Scouting. Her father had been a Boy Scout for years and rose to the rank of "Queen's Scout" during the time when Hong Kong was a British colony. Lau was selected as a Brownie when she was eight years old, as was the custom in Hong Kong at that time.
"For me and my family, it was considered a great honor. Even as a child, I felt the real responsibility that went with the uniform," Lau said upon accepting the award. "My Brownies experience reinforced the emphasis my family placed on community service. In Hong Kong we didn't sell Girl Scout cookies, instead, we sold small stickers to raise money for charity every Saturday which helped prepare me for a lifelong love of numbers. Most importantly, Scouting laid a foundation of high ethics and a sense of responsibility -- two principles that are critically important to me not only in my job, but in my personal relationships as well."
Girl Scout Council Board President Patricia Stensrud said that all recipients are examples of outstanding leadership.
"They represent powerful role models for our girls, demonstrating that if they can dream it, they can do it," Stensrud said. "Girl Scouting equips girls with confidence, skills and a path for accomplishing their goals. Belief in their own self-worth will serve them, their families and their communities for a lifetime."
Joining Lau as honorees were:
Terri D. Austin, Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion, The McGraw-Hill Companies; Barbara J. Cooperman, Global Chief Marketing Officer, LexisNexis Group; Arlene Isaacs-Lowe, Senior Vice President, Moody's Investment Service; and Nadja Swarovski, Vice President, International Communications, Swarovski.
Over the Women of Distinction Breakfast's 17-year history other notable honorees include television journalist Maria Bartiromo, Pulitzer Prize-winning Newsweek columnist Anna Quindlen, fashion designer Vera Wang, and Vishakha Desai, President and CEO of the Asia Society.
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