About

Sheila is a Girl Scout Lifetime member and has been a GSSD volunteer for over 15 years.  She has been a troop leader for 12 years. She started off as a cookie manager for her oldest daughter's troop and then after helping the troop plan their Bronze Award and their San Francisco Bridging Trip, she then transitioned into being the Co-Leader.  She remained leader of that troop until the girls graduated in June 2020.  In addition to forming this Travel Troop 21, she is also a troop leader for Ambassador Girl Scout Troop 4035.  

Sheila has received the Girl Scout Volunteer Awards including the GSSD Volunteer Appreciation Pin and Honor Pin.  She also led the Park Hills Service Unit (PHSU) in receiving the Service Unit President's Award when she was Service Unit Manager. She has also served as the Activities Consultant, Service Unit Manager and Treasurer, Encampment Director and helped guide the PHSU Camper Council.  Sheila served as a GSSD National Delegate from 1/2020 - 8/2022.  She is a Girl Scout Trainer and has taught classes at Council and the GSSD Volunteer Conference. 

 Sheila has experience taking her troops on domestic travel trips to Catalina, Santa Monica & San Francisco (3 times), and out of state trips to Portland, Oregon & Seattle, Washington, plus the Girl Scout Convention in Orlando, Florida .  She has taken troops to Utah for white water rafting, tubing, ziplining, an adventure course, hiking in Bryce Canyon NP, plus hiking the Narrows and horseback riding in Zion NP. Recently, she went on her first international Girl Scout trip to Japan with Troop 21! 

Sheila is excited to lead this travel troop and loves all the fun travel adventures and lasting Girl Scout memories.

Trista was a Girl Scout and remembers the fun she had with her mom leading that troop. She followed that tradition when her daughter started as a Girl Scout Daisy 15 years ago. She became the leader of that troop when they bridged to Brownies and continued leading her troop for the next 11 years. Her roles included leader, treasurer, and product sales manager. Her troop of Ambassadors took their final bridging trip to Paris, Freiburg and London in July 2022. She has been an active team member of the Park Hills Service Unit for several years including positions such at Service Unit Manager, Registrar, and Recognitions Chair. She received the Appreciation Pin Girl Scout Volunteer Award.

Trista has a passion for traveling with Girl Scouts and her family. She is an experienced travel planner and has traveled with her troop to San Francisco, and on a high adventure trip to Utah. During summer of 2022, she traveled to Paris, Freiburg and London with her Ambassador troop. She has traveled with family and friends to China, Indonesia, Mexico, Canada, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain, Portugal, England, Scotland, Wales, Switzerland and Vatican City. She also lived in Granada, Spain her junior year of college.

As a leader with Travel Troop 21 she has traveled to Orlando, FL, Santa Monica, and most recently to Japan. Trips in the works for the troop are San Francisco and Our Cabana WAGGGS center in Cuernevaca, Mexico.  

Her daughter was able to take advantage of travel opportunities with Girls Scouts and traveled to go horseback riding in the Rockies for a week and also spent over two weeks in India including time at the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Center in Pune, India. She used these experiences to successfully describe her passions and leadership skills on college applications.

Trista is looking forward to helping lead girls to fulfill their travel dreams, discover their passions, gain confidence and grow their leadership skills.