"I believe it is that each of us will exemplify in our own lives, in our own work, the positive model of a leader who is a woman, for girls growing up today. If we believe that 'changing lives' is one part of our calling, and 'to serve is to live,' the other, then we are ready to respond to a new call to serve.

"Today, all around us are girls and young women, growing up in one of the most difficult periods in our history for young people. This challenge offers remarkable opportunities for all of us who are leaders and women to be role models, mentors, friends, positive examples of what they can be, positive inspiring examples for girls and young women growing up in the turbulence of today's world. …The experience is rich and rewarding. And it is circular. I learn as much from the young women I mentor, advice, as they do from me".

Frances Hesselbein