Banquet Program

The Young Professional Award Recipient
Ms. Lauren Reichstein
An unlikely outdoor lover, Lauren spent her childhood convinced that
everything outdoors would kill her and that life was best spent inside,
nose buried in a good book. Yet, after one fateful summer as a camp
counselor and a semester-long internship at Walt Disney World, she was
hooked. She switched her major to RPTS, completed several internships
and immediately after graduation applied to the Master’s program. As a
youth development graduate student, she studied with Dr. Corliss Outley,
focusing on bullying and the influence of recreational sex on teenagers.
During this time, she also worked with the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto
Council and was inducted as a member of Rho Phi Lambda.
Since graduating, Lauren has broadened her experience internationally
as a teacher with Disney English in China, worked with Keystone
Adventures as a guide in southern China and with Our Chalet as a
volunteer program assistant in Switzerland. Currently, Lauren is the
Camp Director at Camp Holloway at Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee in
Nashville. Camper sessions focus on desired outcomes of the Girl Scout
movement through innovative programming. Since accepting the position
in 2015, camper enrollment has increased by 30%, an accomplishment
Lauren credits to the skills she learned at Texas A&M.
Lauren continues to be inspired to grow her career in the camping
industry so that she can continue to mentor young women and
encourage her campers to take risks, be adventurous and gain
confidence. She believes that her unique position working with both staff
and Scouts allows her to focus on youth development at all levels and
that there is no better feeling than hearing a success story from a former
staff member, camper or student.