Connie L. Lindsey
Girl Scouts of the USA

	During her induction ceremony, Lindsey described leadership: "Great leaders are great servants." Lindsey believes that we serve the best interests of girls by ensuring Girl Scouts has the structure, focus, and programs necessary to sustain another century of preparing today's girls to be tomorrow's leaders.

Connie L. Lindsey is National President of the Girl Scouts of the USA and the organization's highest ranking volunteer. Since her appointment in 2008, she has provided guidance in three vital areas—policy, fundraising, and management. She is an integral part of the Girl Scout transformation, committed to building and sustaining membership growth and ensuring girls receive a premier leadership development experience—no matter where they may be. Lindsey's Girl Scout experience spans decades and began at age 11 when she first became a member.

Lindsey is Executive Vice President and head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Northern Trust—a financial holding company. In this role, she is responsible for the design and implementation of the company's social responsibility goals, strategy, policies, and programs worldwide. Her duties include oversight of Northern Trust's response to environmental matters and social issues within the marketplace, workplace, and community.

Prior to that, Lindsey served as group head of the Public Entities and Institutions division at Northern Trust. In this role, she was responsible for the asset servicing and strategic management of public funds, foundation, and endowment clients. Previously, she served as the institution's director of Enterprise Relationship Management within the Worldwide Operations and Technology unit. Before that, she served as senior vice president for Northern Trust's Personal Financial Services unit, where she was responsible for community, personal, and business banking. She joined Northern Trust in 1993.

In addition to her volunteer role at Girl Scouts, Lindsey serves on the boards of the Chicago Finance Exchange, the Metropolitan Club of Chicago, Women Employed, and the Joffrey Ballet. She is chair and board secretary of Joffrey's diversity council. She is also an advisory board member of the DePaul University School of Education, a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, and immediate past president of Bottomless Closet.

Lindsey has been recognized for her outstanding professional and community leadership—most recently by the N'Digo Foundation—for making a positive impact in the community and the world. She is a recipient of Chicago United's Business Leaders of Color Award (2005), the Alpha Kappa Alpha Women Changing the World Award, the YWCA Leaders of Color Award, Chicago Defender Women of Excellence Award, Northern Trust's Chairman's Diversity Award, and Volunteer of the Year Award. An INROADS alumna, Lindsey has been inducted into the INROADS Alumni Hall of Fame, and has been featured in Black Enterprise magazine for her prominence in the business field.

Lindsey received a B.A. in finance from the University of Wisconsin. She resides in Chicago.