genYP CEO Panel, Presented by Palmer Group

Eileen is the principal of Wixted & Company and was named the Des Moines Business Record's 2016 Woman Business Owner of the Year. She also served as interim senior vice president of communications & government affairs for Advocate Health Care, the largest health care system in Illinois. Prior to Wixted & Company, Eileen spent more than a decade as a broadcast journalist and received an Emmy Award for her work. Eileen is a graduate of Michigan State University with a degree in mass communications. She is a native of Brooklyn, New York, and the mother of four children.

Beth Shelton, Chief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa
Beth led her organization to record revenue and membership growth while simultaneously spearheading a cultural transformation that led to her organization being named on the selective Top Workplaces in Iowa, and #1 in the nonprofit category.  She has been highlighted on platforms such as 90 Ideas in 90 Minutes, Women Lead Change Global, Women of Vision, the Groundbreakers Speaker Series, and various podcasts. She was recently named one of the 15 People To Watch by the Des Moines Register and one of the Business Leaders to Know by the Business Record.  Beth received the 2018 Alumni Achievement award from Simpson College. She serves as a guest lecturer in the Drake University MBA program (where she also earned her MBA) and received the 2019 Young Alumni of Achievement Award by Drake University. She recently completed the Artificial Intelligence certificate program at MIT.

Beth, a life-long amputee, also serves on the board for the Iowa Amputee Golf Association, raising scholarships for families affected by the trauma and impact of limb loss. She has a lifelong love of sports, having been a 3-time collegiate MVP, and coaches youth teams in basketball and softball, as well as leading her local Girl Scout troop.