W.H. man elected to Girl Scouts board

West Hempstead resident Agnelo Dias was elected as a Member-at-Large last month to the Board of Directors of the Girls Scouts of Nassau County.

Dias, the Girl Scouts said, “has furthered his dedication and commitment to supporting, empowering and mentoring future generations of women … year after year.” He will be a great addition to the board, according to the board’s executive director, Donna Ceravolo.

“With Angelo now serving on the …board, we are confident that with the help of his strong leadership we will be able to continue our mission of building girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place,” she said.

Dias was elected to serve his second term as a Member-at-Large. He has been a member of the Girl Scout’s of Nassau County’s Asian Task Force since 2003. In 1994, he joined The Child Center of New York as the director of the Asian Outreach Program.

Dias received a master’s degree in rehabilitation from St. John’s University, and became a rehabilitation counselor for Catholic Charities of Far Rockaway. While working at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, he received his Ph.D. in Counseling Education and dedicated his work to helping chemically dependent clients. In 2002, he graduated from Adelphi University with a master’s in social work, and he now works at Communilife to direct the Vida Guidance Center, a mental health clinic serving children, adolescents and adults.