GSSEM's Tough Enough Breakfast
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Date: Thu Sep 25 2025, 8:00 AM EST - 10:00 AM EST
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Join us at our annual Tough Enough Breakfast on Thursday, September 25, 2025, at Elevate at One Campus Martius in Detroit.

Each year, hundreds of professionals and leaders in the Southeast Michigan community gather to celebrate those who've shown through their leadership and commitment to the community that they're "tough enough to be Girl Scouts."

Event Information
  • Date: Thursday, September 25, 2025
  • Breakfast: 8:00 AM–9:15 AM // Coffee & Networking: 9:15 AM–10:00 AM
  • Location: Elevate at One Campus Martius
  • Address: 1 Campus Martius, Floor 16, Detroit, MI 48226
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Tickets
  • $150.00 per attendee
  • $50.00 per Girl Scout alumna under 35

Guests are welcome to purchase a table or join one of our mix-and-mingle networking tables to connect with professionals in our community.

Tickets must be purchased by Thursday, September 11, at 11:59 PM EST.

Alumnae

Girl Scout alumnae are welcome to join an alumnae networking table, so please indicate that you're an alumna when registering.

Monica Woodson

Monica Woodson
CEO at Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan

Monica Woodson has served as the Chief Executive Officer of GSSEM since 2020. Her career has focused on non-profit programming and leadership in organizations across the human services spectrum. This has enabled her to engage in service to immigrants, low-income families, deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, and youth. Ms. Woodson maintains her commitment to serving the community as a volunteer for the National Conference of Artists - Michigan Chapter and serving on the board of Southwest Solutions Counseling, the Advisory Board of the Citizen's Research Council of Michigan, and the Changing Children's Worlds Foundation of Illinois.

Telva McGruder
Telva McGruder
Executive Director of Global Body Manufacturing Engineering, General Motors
Bio coming soon!
The Honorable Megan Cavanagh

The Honorable Megan Cavanagh
Michigan Supreme Court Justice

Justice Megan Cavanagh is a lifelong Michigander who grew up in East Lansing and lives in metro Detroit. She graduated from the University of Michigan College of Engineering and Wayne State University Law School. Before joining the Michigan Supreme Court in January of 2019, she had over fifteen years of experience as one of Michigan’s top appellate attorneys and was a shareholder at Garan Lucow Miller P.C. in Detroit.

Justice Cavanagh is the Supreme Court Liaison to Tribal Courts, Child Welfare Services, the Well-Being in the Law Task Force, the Attorney Grievance Commission, and the Judicial Tenure Commission. She also serves as the Co-Lead to the Child Protective Legal Representation Task Force and on the Attorney General's Elder Abuse Task Force.

Justice Cavanagh has served as Chair of the Appellate Practice Section of the State Bar of Michigan, as a council person for the Negligence Section of the State Bar of Michigan, as co-chair of the Michigan Bench Bar Appellate Conference Foundation, and as a member of the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission.​

Before her election to the Court, Justice Cavanagh was rated as one of Michigan's Super Lawyers. Michigan Lawyer's Weekly honored her as Lawyer of the Year in 2006 and a Woman in the Law in 2017.

Justice Cavanagh and her husband have four children.

JoAnn Chávez
JoAnn Chávez
Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, DTE
Bio coming soon!
Khali Sweeney
Khali Sweeney
Founder and CEO, Downtown Boxing Gym
Bio coming soon!

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