Girl Scouts to Honor Binghamton University’s Sheila E. Doyle as 2025 Woman of Distinction on September 18
Event presented by the YS Kim Foundation
September 15, 2025
Sheila E. Doyle (provided photo)
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Binghamton, N.Y. (September 15, 2025) — Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways (GSNYPENN) will honor Sheila E. Doyle, Senior Associate Vice President & Deputy Chief of Staff to the President of Binghamton University and Executive Director of Binghamton University Foundation, as its 2025 Woman of Distinction later this week. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the annual event.
Presented by the YS Kim Foundation, a breakfast honoring Doyle takes place Thursday, September 18, from 7:30-9 a.m. at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Binghamton, 225 Water St.
“Sheila Doyle is a dynamic leader whose dedication to service, professional excellence and lifelong commitment to Girl Scouting inspires us all,” said GSNYPENN Council CEO Julie Dale.
The annual Women of Distinction event recognizes exceptional women in the greater Binghamton community who demonstrate outstanding leadership that embodies Girl Scouts’ mission of building girls of courage, confidence and character.
With more than 20 years’ experience in higher education and financial management, Doyle oversees strategic planning, real estate development, endowment management and advancement operations for Binghamton University and its affiliates.
She has held past leadership roles in personal trust and estate administration at Chase Manhattan Bank and M&T Bank, serves on multiple community boards and has received several honors, including the Chancellor’s Award for Professional Service and Women of Achievement Award.
A lifelong Girl Scout, Doyle is a former board president of the Girl Scouts of Indian Hills Legacy Council and served on the realignment committee that helped form GSNYPENN after a merger of several legacy councils. She is also a recipient of the prestigious Girl Scout Thanks Badge.
Tickets for GSNYPENN’s 25th Annual Women of Distinction are available for $45 per person; proceeds support council scholarships for Gold Award Girl Scouts—Girl Scouting’s highest achievement. Visit gsnypenn.org/wod to learn more and register.
With special thanks to the 2025 event sponsors:
Presenting Sponsor
YS Kim Foundation
Pearl Sponsors
Binghamton University Foundation, Guthrie, Mirabito
Gold Sponsors
M&T Bank, NBT Bank, Visions Federal Credit Union
Silver Sponsors
Akel Family, Anita & Randy Borkenstein, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, IBM, Stuart Koenig, M.E. Creativeworks, Pyramid Brokerage Company, UHS, Unger Family Fund
Table Hosts
Binghamton University Athletics, Binghamton University Division of Operations, Friends of Amahami, FustCharles, Keith Horn, Newman Development Associates, Lana Rouff, Southern Tier High Technology Incubator Inc., SUNY Broome Community College, Mark Zurack & Kathy Ferguson Foundation
(All photos & graphics used with permission, courtesy of Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways)
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About Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways, Inc. (GSNYPENN)
Girl Scouts is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls* in grades K-12. Our extraordinary journey began in 1912 when our Movement was founded by Juliette Gordon Low (also known as “Daisy”). Today, we continue our mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place and offer every girl the chance to practice a lifetime of leadership, adventure and success. We are chartered by Girl Scouts of the USA to administer the Girl Scout program in 24 counties of New York and two in Pennsylvania.
*GSNYPENN uses the term “girl” inclusively to speak to everyone who identifies with the Girl Scout experience, which includes cisgender girls, gender-expansive youth, transgender youth, non-binary youth, gender non-conforming youth, genderqueer youth and any girl-identifying human.
