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Board
of Directors
Jean
Stapleton, Chair
Actor.
Star of numerous plays, motion pictures, and television productions.
Commissioner, National Women's Conference, Houston, Texas. Leading
proponent of the ERA. Participant in the successful effort to
have Val-Kill, Eleanor Roosevelt's home, made a national historic site.
Esther
Coopersmith, Treasurer
Public Member, U.S. delegation to the 34th session of the United Nations
General Assembly. Fund raiser for political and cultural causes.
Head of multi-million dollar drive to renovate the Cairo Museum.
Member of the Finance Committee of the Democratic National Committee.
Former chairman, Capital Children's Museum-National Learning Center
and National Symphony.
Elisebeth
Driscoll
Wealth advisor and vice president at the Private Bank of Bank Of America
advising on wealth management and distribution, business succession,
trust services, customized credit and preferred banking. Former advisor
with Credit Suisse First Boston and Alex Brown & Sons. B.S. University
of Maryland University College; M.B.A. George Washington University.
Barbara
J. Easterling
Secretary-Treasurer, Communications Workers of America (CWA).
Elected as the first-ever president of the World Women's Committee of
the global labor secretariat, which represents more than 15 million
workers in the telecommunications, professional, and information sectors.
Former executive vice president of CWA and secretary-treasurer of the
AFL-CIO. Honors include Ohio's Women's Hall of Fame, Women's Equity
Action League Award, and the Midwest Labor Press Association's Eugene
V. Debs Award. Other activities include the Pediatrics AIDS Foundation,
executive committee member of the Democratic National Committee, vice
chair of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, and executive board
member of the AFL-CIO's Industrial Union Department.
Elizabeth
Ehrenfeld
Member of the New
York Bar. For 13 years, president of the 15th Street School Foundation,
New York City. Former Director, the Putney School. B.A.,
Sarah Lawrence, J.D., Yale Law School, M.L.L., New York University.
Denise
Gwyn Ferguson
Vice President, Government Affairs, American Express Company.
Previously legislative counsel to Congressman Robert T. Matsui (D-CA)
and counsel to the Committees on Judiciary and Health of the California
Assembly. B.A., University of California, Berkeley; J.D., University
of California, Davis.
Beba
Cardona Gaines
Public
Relations and Volunteer Coordinator, Hispanic Committee of Virginia.
Host of Conversando con Beba, a radio talk show targeted at Washington
metropolitan area Hispanic families to inform them on vital topics such
as job counseling, immigration issues, and workplace rights and responsibilities.
Formerly an international radio broadcaster with Voice of America.
Also served in many capacities with the Fairfax County Public Schools
and the National Gallery of Art. Other affiliations include Coalition
Building Institute, Coalition for Equality and Human Values, Coalition
of Hispanic Professionals and Associations, Hispanics Against Child
Abuse and Neglect, and Hispanic Task Force. On the board of Borromeo
House and Pathway Homes.
Rita
Kay Green
Director for Constituency Relations with Altria Corporate Services.
She worked for Philip Morris from 1983 until they were reorganized into
The Altria Group in 2002. Working her way up from regional sales in
the Houston and Dallas areas, Ms. Green was the manager for external
affairs for the Philip Morris Companies in New York in 2002, when she
took over government affairs for Altria. A Texas native, she worked
for the 7-Up Bottling Company in Houston before joining Philip Morris
and holds a BA in business administration from Texas Southern University.
Margaret
M. Heckler
Most recently, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland.
Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Former member
of the U.S. House of Representatives, 10th District, Massachusetts.
A founder and first Republican co-chair of the Congressional Caucus
for Women's Issues.
Dorothy
I. Height, Secretary
Chairman
emeritus, National Council of Negro Women, Inc. Civil rights
activist. Author of numerous articles. Member of numerous
boards. Recipient of many awards, including the Distinguished
Service Award of the National Conference on Social Welfare. B.S.,
M.S., New York University; L.H.D., Coppin State College; LL.D., Harvard
University.
JoAnn
Heffernan Heisen
Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Johnson & Johnson.
Former vice president for corporate affairs at Primerica Corporation.
Past president of the Financial Women's Association of New York.
Recipient of the Outstanding Women in Business Award, YWCA of the City
of New York. Current board member of the Recording for the Blind
and Abbott House. B.A., Syracuse University; M.B.A., New York
University.
Priscilla
Hill-Ardoin
Senior Vice President, AT&T. Previously,
she was the President-Missouri for Southwestern Bell, where she served
as chairman of the board for the SBC Foundation and worked on telecommunications
issues with the International Operations Subcommittee of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee. Honors include the Phenomenal Woman Award from Spelman
University; the Woman of Distinction Award from the Houston NewsPages;
and inclusion in Dollars & Sense magazine's "America's
Best & Brightest Business Professional Men & Women." Serves
on the boards of the National Exchange Carrier Association and the National
Association of Black Telecommunications Professionals. MBA, Washington
University; MA, Perdue University; Juris Doctorate, St. Louis University.
Matina
S. Horner
Recently retired as Director of Teachers Insurance and Annuity
Association and College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF).
Former president of Radcliffe College and associate professor of psychology
and social relations at Harvard University. Author of numerous
articles in scholarly publications and papers presented at meetings
and professional societies. Recipient of many honorary degrees
and awards for outstanding service. Member of the boards of TIME
Warner, Inc., New England Board of Higher Education, Higher Education
Research Institute, Groton School, the Population Institute, the National
Science Foundation, and Catalyst. A.B., cum laude, Bryn Mawr College;
M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Robert M. Kaufman
Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP of New York. Expert in legal issues
surrounding non-profit organizations. Previously legislative assistant
to Senator Jacob Javits; attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust
Division; and economist, New York State Division of Housing. Served
on the Board of Visitors at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point
and for many years on the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the
Services (DACOWITS). Vice Chair of New York Community Trust. Director,
September 11th Fund. Trustee, Brooklyn Law School.
Juanita
M. Kreps
James B. Duke Professor of Economics
and vice president emeritus, Duke University. Former U.S. Secretary
of Commerce. Retired director of the New York Stock Exchange and
several corporate boards. Trustee of the Duke Endowment, Berea
College and UNC at Wilmington. President of the Board of Overseers
of TIAA-CREF. Author and editor of several books and numerous
articles in economics journals.
Judith
Paulus
Private
Consultant. Formerly, Director, Civic and International Affairs, Sara
Lee Corporation. Also served as corporate director of communications
at FMC Corporation and vice president strategic planning/chief of staff
of Citibank's retail banking operations outside New York City.
Earlier, a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International
Studies and senior international staff member of the Treasury Department. Current
member of the board of the Children's Memorial and the Chicago Council
on Foreign Relations. Former director of the Illinois State Libraries,
the University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs,
and Gateway. B.A., Stanford, M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University.
Alma
E. Rangel
Producer
of C-Span cable broadcast "Ask Congress." Former chair
of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Foundation. Member of
numerous boards including the National Coalition of 100 Black Women
and the New York Foundation for Senior Citizens. Active in New
York civic and community organizations.
Barbara
Reinke
Manager, Community Relations, Lockheed Martin Aerospace Corporation. Winner
of the YWCA Leadership Award, the Technology Corridor Leadership Award,
and the Business Communications and Marketing Association of Los Angeles
Award of Merit for Excellence in Advertising and Communications. On
the board of the Economic Club of Washington, the Montgomery County
(MD) Red Cross Board, the Washington Board of Trade, and the Young Musicians
Foundation Board (LA). B.S. Perperdine University.
Lisa
Rickard
President,
Institute for Legal Reform, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a branch of the
business group that advocates civil justice reform. Formerly vice president,
Federal and State Government Affairs, The Dow Chemical Company. Former
partner and associate with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.
Previously worked on the hill in the offices of U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski
(R-AK) and U.S. Senator Richard Stone (D-FL). Member of the District
of Columbia Bar Association and a founding member of the Democratic
Senatorial Campaign Committee-Women's Council..
Diane
E. Watson
Elected to fill the open Congressional seat in California's 32nd
District in June 2001. Previously, U.S. Ambassador to the Federated
States of Micronesia. Member of the California State Senate, to which
she was the first black woman elected (1979). Former chair of
the California Legislative Black Caucus. Founder of the National
Organization of Black Legislators/Women. Recipient of numerous
awards and honors. A.B., Los Angeles City College; B.A., University
of California, Los Angeles; M.S., California State University; graduate
study at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Ph.D.,
Claremont Graduate School.
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