by George Jared (gjared@talkbusiness.net)
Shanna Richardson had a unique problem. At the age of 19, she was running her own private school for kindergartners. The 400 students consumed much of her time and she decided she just wanted to be a normal college student.
She sold the business, but then she needed a job. She looked at a job board one day and noticed there was an opening with the Cub Scouts. Little did she know that would lead her to becoming CEO of Natural State Council, a Boy Scouts of America affiliate organization in Arkansas.
Richardson told Talk Business & Politics she has been with the Scouts for more than 23 years and is one of only a handful of women in an upper leadership position nationwide.
Shanna Richardson.