Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida Honors Lorna Brown-Burton with the 2026 Lifetime Service Award

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Caption: (left to right) Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida Board Chair Tula Hudson-Miller, 2026 Lifetime Service Award honoree Lorna Brown-Burton, and Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida CEO Lisa Johnson

Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida Honors Lorna Brown-Burton

with the 2026 Lifetime Service Award

The previous Board Chair has been dedicated to the Girl Scout Movement for 30 years.

Lake Worth, Fla. (June 22, 2026) – Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida (GSSEF) presented Lorna Brown-Burton with the 2026 Lifetime Service Award. Over the past 30 years, she has dedicated thousands of hours of her time and talent to GSSEF and the legacy Broward County Council.

“Lorna has strengthened and guided our council and committees for three decades,” said Lisa Johnson, CEO of Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida. “She’s a Lifetime Girl Scout who is kind, generous, helpful and totally dedicated to our Movement.”

Brown-Burton’s involvement in Girl Scouting dates back to her childhood. As a youth, she was a Girl Guide in her home country of Jamaica, West Indies. Girl Guides is the Girl Scouts equivalent in the U.K. and British Commonwealth, or Commonwealth of Nations, of which Jamaica is part of.

A talented and well-respected workers’ compensation attorney, Brown-Burton has lent her extensive knowledge and legal expertise to reviewing the GSSEF’s bylaws and gift-acceptance policies. She also assisted with long-range property planning and the council’s realignment in 2008. She served on GSSEF’s Board of Directors for five years before being elected as Board Chair from 2013 to 2019. Since then, she’s continued to be an active and present supporter of council programs.

Brown-Burton, who resides in Coral Springs with her husband, is a member of The Florida Bar Board of Governors from the 17th Circuit. She previously served as an elected member of The Florida Bar Board of Governors Young Lawyers Division and chaired a Florida Bar Grievance Committee serving the 17th Circuit.

The Lifetime Service Award was introduced in 2014 by the GSSEF’s Board of Directors. It recognizes individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the Girl Scout Mission through consistent and far-reaching acts of volunteerism that have strengthened the organization.

About Girl Scouts 

We are the preeminent leadership development organization for girls who believe that every girl can be a go-getter, innovator, risk-taker, and leader with the power to change the world. More than any other organization in our community, Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida empowers girls ages 5 to 17 with vision and voice—girls who command their future, engage their communities, and inspire others. We offer every girl a chance to practice a lifetime of leadership, adventure, and success. Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida serves more than 6,900 girls in Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, and Okeechobee Counties. To explore opportunities to volunteer or partner with Girl Scouts, call 561-427-0177 or visit www.gssef.org.