As a member of Girl Scout Troop 60077, Matheny student Katherine Gaudio got to meet former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman. Gaudio’s Girl Scout troop invited Governor Whitman to meet with them as part of “Breathe Journey,” a program that focuses on clean air and requires the troop members to interview experts in the field. When Governor Whitman accepted the troop’s invitation, other local Girl Scout troops were invited to join them.
The event was held on May 13 at the Clarence Dillon Library in Bedminster, NJ, and Governor Whitman spoke to the girls about her career and her work with the environment as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 2001 to 2003.