Sparta Woman Makes NJBIZ's 'Best 50 Women In Business' List

SPARTA, NJ — The NJBIZ 50 Best Women in Business for 2021 have been recognized, with Sparta resident and President and CEO of the Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey, Betty Garger, among them this year.

Garger, who has worked with the Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey for over three decades, will be recognized during NJBIZ’s virtual awards ceremony on Oct. 25.

NJBIZ, according to its website, is a business journal focusing on New Jersey businesses on its website and weekly print publication.

To have selected the Top 50 Women, with Garger among them, was done by “a panel of independent judges,” according to the publication, who whittled through a list of nominations.

According to a news release on behalf of the Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey about Garger’s honor, the group wrote that she has worked “tirelessly to identify female mentors who empower and inspire girls, creating an environment where adult volunteers can help develop the leaders of tomorrow through their mentorship.”

The Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey is within the top of 111 councils nationwide, which oversees over 24,000 girls and 13,000 adults within “Bergen, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and northern Warren counties,” the organization stated.

Before Garger became president and CEO, she was COO with the organization for a half a decade; and prior to that led different areas within the Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey, from communications to recruiting members.

She was the CEO with the Lenni Lenape Council before the Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey was established.

Bette M. Simmons, Board Chair of the Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey’s Board of Directors, congratulated Garger on making NJBIZ’s top list.

“Betty is not only a visionary leader and respected non-profit professional, but she is also a champion of Girl Scouting,” Simmons said.”She works tirelessly every day to support the 24,000 girls that make up the Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey, driven by a passion to help shape the next generation of female leaders in New Jersey and beyond.”

For more about the Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey, visit www.gsnnj.org.

Click here for NJBIZ’s 2021 Best 50 Women in Business’ full list.

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