Webb School holds second camp to teach middle school girls CEO skills [Video]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A group of middle school girls now have skills to help them become the next generation of business leaders, after attending the “CEO Camp for Young Women,” held at the Webb School of Knoxville.

The camp was started just last year by Ann Baker Tolsma, who graduated from Webb School this year. She said her family has plenty of female entrepreneurs and she wanted to share the knowledge with other girls.

“For me, I’ve seen many instances in our community and in my family of how entrepreneurship can be such a catalyst for leadership and making a difference,” she said. “And so we thought going with middle school girls, it’s such a great age to teach them those leadership and critical thinking skills.”

In a five-day camp, rising 6th through 8th grade girls from …