Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet initiative brings together prominent women in the U.S., including Members of Congress and leaders in civic, business, faith-based and philanthropic communities, who recognize the disproportionate impact of poverty and hunger on poor people, especially women and children. Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors support U.S. policy that responds to the needs of the most vulnerable, both at home and abroad. Key: * = Member of U.S. Congress Honorable Danielle Adams (NC) Soil and Water District Supervisor Durham County Honorable Linda Adams (CA) Senior Advisor Clean Tech Advocates; Chair of the Climate Action Reserve; Former Secretary California Environmental Protection Agency Stella Adams (NC) Principal S J Adams Consulting; st 1 Vice-Chair North Carolina Democratic Party Barbara Allen (NC) Former Executive Progress Energy; Former Chairwoman North Carolina Democratic Party Anessa Allen Santos (FL) COO and General Counsel Buffalo Pacific LLC Susan Almono (MA) Resource Development Manager Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment Board; Former Executive Committee Member Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light Ellen Anderson (MN) Executive Director University of Minnesota’s Energy Transition Lab; Former Minnesota State Senator Wendy Anderson, Ph.D (MO) Director of Campus Sustainability and Professor of Biology Drury University Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors January 2015 Semhar Araia (DC) Executive Director Diaspora African Women’s Network (DAWN) Heather Arnett (AK) Principal Advisor - Advocacy North Star Group Nancy Audette, RSM (RI) Ecology Initiative Office Sisters of Mercy Donna Aument (PA) rd 33 Democratic Ward Leader Committee of Seventy Jane Sung E Bai (NY) Executive Director Leading Change Network Honorable Tammy Baldwin (WI)* U.S. Senator, Wisconsin Kathleen Balogh (NC) Immediate Past President League of Women Voters of North Carolina Regine Barjon (FL) Chief Executive Officer BioTek Solutions Linda Barnes (IA) Biology Professor Marshalltown Community College Liz Barnwell (NV) Independent Consultant Donna Barry (DC) Director, Women's Health and Rights Program Center for American Progress 1 Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice Marleine Bastien (FL) Executive Director and Founder Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Inc. (Haitian Women of Miami) Jerilyn Brusseau (WA) Co-founder PeaceTrees Vietnam Elizabeth Becker (DC) Journalist and Author New York Times Correspondent Kim Behan (CO) Executive Director Buddhist Global Relief Annie Betancourt (FL) Director League of Women Voters of Florida Reverend Canon Sally G. Bingham (CA) President The Regeneration Project Honorable Jannie Blackwell (PA) rd Philadelphia City Councilmember, 3 District; th 46 Democratic Ward Leader Committee of Seventy JoAnn Hardesty (OR) Principal Consult Hardesty Marlo Boyle (IL) Senior Education Planner Aveda Corporation/Estee Lauder Joy Bryant (CA) Actor Stephanie Buechler (AZ) Research Associate and Lecturer School of Geography and Development University of Arizona, Tucson Lili Buffett (NE) Founding Director Global Impact Institute Miriam J. Burnett (GA) President Resource and Promotion of Health Alliance, Inc. Anne Burt (ME) Environmental Program Director Maine Council of Churches Rev. Dr. Clare Butterfield (IL) Program Director Illinois Science & Energy Innovation Foundation Bonnie J. Campbell (IA) Attorney at Law Campbell Law Firm Honorable Lois Capps (CA)* U.S. Representative, California Patricia Brandes (MA) Oxfam Sisters on the Planet Ambassador Boston, MA Debra D. Carroll (NM) Oxfam America Ambassador Barbara Brandt (OH) Columbus Council on World Affairs; President and Owner Barbara K. Brandt, Inc. Danielle Carrig (CA) Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Public Affairs Lifetime Networks Joan Brown, OSF (NM) Director New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light; President Partnership for Earth Spirituality Majora Carter (NY) President The Majora Carter Group, LLC Jennifer Brunner (OH) Former Secretary of State of Ohio; Ohio Appellate Judge Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors January 2015 Neko Case (VT) Musician Peg Chemberlin (MN) Executive Director Minnesota Council of Churches 2 Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice Honorable Margaret Cheney (VT) Commissioner Public Service Board Caroline Davies (MO) Director of Environmental Studies University of Missouri, Kansas City Eva Christensen (MD) Owner Earthtenders Elizabeth Davis (WA) Chair, Natural Resources Committee League of Women Voters of Washington Ethne Clarke (PA) Editor-in-Chief Organic Gardening, Rodale Inc; Board of Advisor Rodale Press Kathy Davis (IN) Former Lt. Governor of Indiana; President Davis Design Group LLC Dr. Judith Conlin (IA) Executive Director Iowa Council for International Understanding Carole Conors (MD) Chair, Volunteer Lobby Corps League of Women Voters of the United States Martha Davis Kipcak (WI) Artisan Food Entrepreneur Mighty Fine Food Honorable Susan Davis (CA)* U.S. Representative, California Honorable Bekki Cook (MO) Former Missouri Secretary of State; Retired Attorney Karen Dean, Ph.D (IL) Director Al Habtoor Leadership Center; Ruth Badger Pixley Professor of Social Sciences Illinois College Reverend Dr. Marjorie Coons-Torn (NY) Former Conference Minister United Church of Christ Lois Detrick (MO) Outgoing President League of Women Voters of Missouri Temra Costa (CA) Author and Advocate Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat Katherine Deumling (OR) Board Member Slow Food USA; Founder Cook With What You Have Ronni Council (NV) President Organized Karma Joanne DeVoe (RI) Board Member League of Women Voters of Rhode Island Pastor Beverly Crowe Tipton (SC) Pastor of Spiritual Formation Advent United Methodist Church Paula Daniels (CA) Founder Los Angeles Food Policy Council Leslie Danziger (TX) Co-Founder Working Women After 50 Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors Ellen Dillon (NE) Assistant Dean of Instruction Western Nebraska Community College Debbie Dingell (MI) Member Democratic National Committee Jan Donatelli (IL) Executive Board VETPAC January 2015 3 Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice Christine Downey-Schmidt (KS) Former Kansas State Senator; Board Member Higher Learning Commission Board to Trustees Emily Detrick (MO) Outgoing President League of Women Voters of Missouri Honorable Betsy Dunklin (ID) Former Idaho State Senator Honorable Martha Fuller Clark (NH) State Senator, New Hampshire Joan Fumetti (IA) Consultant and Volunteer Food Resource Bank Iowa Sybil Gallagher (MA) Co-Founder Calling All Crows Honorable Linda Garrou (NC) Former North Carolina State Senator Robin Eckstein (WI) U.S. Veteran and Activist Dr. Leah Gaskin Fitchue (OH) President Payne Theological Seminary Louise Ehmke (KS) Owner and Partner 34 Star Farms Penny Gerber (PA) Vice-Chair PA Public Television Network Commission Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins (CA) Honorable Anna Eshoo (CA)* U.S. Representative, California Monique Essed-Fernandes (NY) Immediate Past Board Chair Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) Harriet Giles, Ph.D (AL) Director of External Relations International Hunger Institute Auburn University Heather Giles (DC) Oxfam Sisters on the Planet Ambassador Mary Faucett (MO) Founder Bambino’s Café Honorable Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)* U.S Senator, New York Deb Fikes (MD) Executive Advisor World Evangelical Alliance Reverend Brenda Girton-Mitchell (MD) Ecumenical Officer Progressive National Baptist Convention Cornelia Butler Flora (IA) Professor Iowa State University Joleen Goff (MO) Art Instructor Northeast Missouri State University Liz Forrestal (MO) Executive Director Missouri Votes Conservation Honorable Avel Louise Gordly (OR) Former Oregon State Senator; Associate Professor, Black Studies Department Portland State University Laura Fortmeyer (KS) Farmer and Vice President, Fairview Board of Kansas Rural Center Honorable Jennifer Granholm (MI) Former Governor of Michigan Kathleen Frith (NY) President Glynwood Institute Jane Gray-Todd (AR) Research Executive Paschall Strategic Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors January 2015 4 Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice Ellen Gustafson (CA) Founder and Executive Director The 30 Project; Co-Founder Food Tank Leonie Hermantin (FL) Deputy Director Lambi Fund for Haiti Marcia Hirshberg (MA) Board Member League of Women Voters of WestwoodWalpole, MA Sara Hanks (VA) CEO CrowdCheck, Inc. Linnea Hirst (WA) Immediate Past President League of Women Voters of Washington Sharon Hanshaw (MS) Executive Director Coastal Women for Change Bridget Holcomb (MN) Executive Director Women, Food and Agriculture Network Dale Hanson Bourke (MD) President PDI Gladys Hardin (MT) Co-President League of Women Voters of Missoula, MT Gail Harris (CO) CEO GailForce Communications Jennifer Harris-Frowen (AR) Creative Executive Coordinator/Proofreader Saatchi & Saatchi X Honorable Pricey Harrison (NC) State Representative, North Carolina Honorable Maggie Hassan (NH) Governor of New Hampshire Ubah Hassan (NY) Model and Philanthropist Sherry Huber (ME) Chair of the Board Mainewatch Institute; Executive Director Maine Timber Research and Environmental Education (TREE) Foundation Melissa Jackowski (NV) Director of Field and Marketing Operations Organized Karma Dana Jackson (MN) Past Senior Advisor Land Stewardship Project Jennifer James Founder Mom Bloggers for Social Good Nancy Hedinger (NJ) Vice President of Programs and Advocacy League of Women Voters of New Jersey Sheri Heitker-Dixon (FL) Co-Producer “EveryThreeSeconds” Erica Jeffries (VA) Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer Exelis, Inc. Valerie Ann Johnson (NC) Mott Professor of Women's Studies and Director of Africana Women's Studies Bennett College Carolyn Hembree (MO) Philanthropist; Instructor of English Missouri State University Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors Makini Howell (WA) Chef-Owner Plum Bistro Hannah Jones (OR) Vice President, Sustainable Business and Innovation Nike, Inc. January 2015 5 Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice Serene Jones (NY) President Union Theological Seminary Margret J. Kim (CA) Counsel to the Chair California Air Resource Board Linda Jorgenson (WI) Board Member League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Sam King (NV) Grassroots Advocate/Lobbyist League of Women Voters of Nevada Honorable Babette Josephs (PA) Former Pennsylvania State Representative Maria Kingery (NC) Co-Founder and CEO Southern Energy Management Annie Kane (NY) Philanthropist and Volunteer Eleanor Kinney (ME) Environmental Activist and Philanthropist Musimbi Kanyoro (CA) President Global Fund for Women Nancy Kaufman (NY) CEO National Council of Jewish Women Rachel Kleinfeld (DC) President Truman National Security Project; Senior Advisor Carnegie Endowment Tupou Kelemeni (HI) General Board of Ministries, United Methodist Women The Honorable Mary Kramer (IA) Former Iowa State Senator; Former President of Senate; Former US Ambassador to Barbados & the Eastern Caribbean Anne L. Kelly (MA) Director, Public Policy Ceres; Director Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy Melinda Kramer (CA) Founder and Co-Director Women’s Earth Alliance Hilary Krane (CA) Vice President and General Counsel, Nike, Inc. Sonia Kendrick (IA) Executive Director Feed Iowa First; Agronomist and Farmer Farmer Veteran Coalition Alika Kumar (AZ) Director Phoenix MBDA Center Stacey Kennealy (NJ) Certification Program and Sustainability Director GreenFaith Honorable Ann Kuster (NH)* U.S. Representative, New Hampshire Monya Kian (CA) Program Coordinator Western Justice Center Foundation Anna Lappé (CA) Author and Co-Founder Small Planet Institute Angelique Kidjo (United Kingdom) Musician Steph Larsen (NE) Assistant Director of Organizing Center for Rural Affairs Honorable Mary Jo Kilroy (OH) Former U.S. Representative Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors January 2015 Honorable Sylvia Larsen (NH) Former State Senator, New Hampshire 6 Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice Mary Elizabeth Lawrence, SC (AZ) Eco Justice Coordinator Sisters of Charity Honorable Barbara Lawton (WI) Former Lt. Governor of Wisconsin; President/CEO Americans for Campaign Reform Pam Locker (IN) President League of Women Voters of Southwestern Indiana Honorable Zoe Lofgren (CA)* US Representative, California L. Hunter Lovins (CO) President Natural Capitalism Solutions Judy Lear (DC) National Chair Gray Panthers Honorable Barbara Lee (CA)* U.S. Representative, California Emily Luchetti (CA) Chief Pastry Officer Farallon and Waterbar Restaurants Catherine Lee (ME) Managing Director Lee International Elisabeth MacNamara (GA) President League of Women Voters of the United States Uma Lele, Ph.D. (DC) Independent Scholar Honorable Marjorie Margolies (PA) Former U.S. Representative; Founder and President Women’s Campaign International Annie Lennox (United Kingdom) Musician Honorable Doris Matsui (CA)* U.S. Representative, California Amy Leonard (CA) Senior Vice President JC Penney Honorable Betty McCollum (MN)* U.S. Representative, Minnesota Bian Li (IA) Project Leverage Dr. Robin Lilienthal (IA) Provost Marshalltown Community College Kaye Lingle Koonce, Esq. (SC) 1st Vice Chair Democratic National Committee & South Carolina Democratic Party Emily Linnemeier (CA) Program Director Western Justice Center Foundation Diana Liverman (AZ) Director, Institute of the Environment University of Arizona Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors January 2015 Suzanne McCormick (ME) President and CEO United Way of Greater Portland Barbara McDade (ME) President League of Women Voters of Maine Phyllis McDougal (TX) Pastor First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth Janet McKinley (CA) Former Board Chair Oxfam America Naomi Mermin (ME) President Naomi Mermin Consulting 7 Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice Gepsie Metellus (FL) Executive Director Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center Honorable Terie Norelli (NH) Former Speaker of the House New Hampshire House of Representatives Ann Mezzell (MO) Assistant Professor of Political Science Lincoln University Emily Oakley (OK) Partner Three Springs Farm Nicki Micheaux (CA) Actor Denise O’Brien (IA) Farmer and Founder Women, Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN) Reverend Sondria Miller (PA) Senior Pastor God’s Convent of Grace International Church Won Y. Palisoul (NY) Founder and Board Member Women Veterans and Families Network Mary Sue Milliken (CA) Co-Chef and Owner Border Grill Honorable Sandra Pappas (MN) President, Minnesota Senate Honorable Gwen Moore (WI)* U.S. Representative, Wisconsin Mary Pendergast, RSM (RI) Northeast Ecology Initiatives Coordinator Sisters of Mercy Frances Moore Lappé (MA) Author and Co-Founder Small Planet Institute Pam Person (ME) Member, Climate Change Task Force League of Women Voters of the United States Robin Morris Collin (OR) Norma J. Paulus Professor of Law Willamette University College of Law Honorable Jeanette Mott Oxford (MO) Executive Director Missouri Association for Social Welfare; Former State Representative Jean Murin, RSM (PA) Justice Coordinator Sisters of Mercy New York, Pennsylvania, and Pacific West Community Thao Nguyen (CA) Musician Danielle Nierenberg (LA) Co-Founder Food Tank: The Food Think Tank Josie Noah (WA) Director, Partnership & Strategic Alliances Global Impact Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors January 2015 Kathleen Petitjean (IN) Member, Climate Change Task Force League of Women Voters of the United States Judith Pim (IA) Director of Secretariat Operations The World Food Prize Foundation Honorable Chellie Pingree (ME)* U.S. Representative, Maine Peg Prendergast (MO) President League of Women Voters of Kansas City, MO Jackson, Clay and Platte Counties Deborah Price (MN) Vice President, Membership League of Women Voters of Minnesota Wayzata, Plymouth Areas Midge Purcell (OR) Coordinator, Organization and Public Affairs, Urban League of Portland 8 Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice Ann Rahn (PA) Vice President of Programs Earth Force, Inc. Jauretsi Saizarbitoria (NY) Filmmaker and Writer Sugar Barons Honorable Kesha Ram (VT) State Representative, Vermont Zainab Salbi (DC) Founder and President Women for Women International Jane Raybould (NE) Lancaster County Commissioner; Vice President B&R Stores, Inc. Jessica Reiser (MI) President League of Women Voters of Michigan Honorable Linda Sánchez (CA)* U.S Representative, California Mary Schantz (MO) Board President Missouri Association for Social Welfare Debbie Schmieding (OH) Secretary League of Women Voters of Athens County, OH Lisa Renstrom (DC) Director Bonwood Social Investments; Board Member ecoAmerica Honorable Claudine Schneider (CO) Former Rhode Island State Representative Mary Louise Resch (SC) Director of Development SC Lions Foundation Ronda Scholting (CO) Public Relations Manager RE/MAX LLC Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown (PA) Philadelphia City Councilmember Alejandra Schrader (CA) Chef and Co-Owner Cucina Cocina Linda Rice (VA) Board Member League of Women Voters of Williamsburg Rynne Roark (AR) Owner GreenTrees LLC Honorable Allyson Schwartz (PA) Former U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania Maggie Robertson (PA) Farmer Pennsylvania Women’s Agricultural Network Barbara Ross (MO) Director of Social Services Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri Cynthia Ryan (DC) Principal Schooner Foundation Susan Scrimshaw (NY) President The Sage Colleges Heidi Secord (PA) Manager/Owner Josie Porter Farm; Executive Committee Chair Pennsylvania Women in Agriculture Honorable Jeanne Shaheen (NH)* U.S. Senator, New Hampshire Cindy Sagers (AR) Professor of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors Honorable Jill Schupp (MO) State Representative, Missouri January 2015 Ritu Sharma (DC) Co-Founder and President Women Thrive Worldwide 9 Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice Honorable Carol Shea-Porter (NH) Former U.S. Representative, New Hampshire Shamshad Sheikh (CT) Associate Chaplin Islamic Center of New Haven Masjid Al-Islam Cheryl Smith, CFA, Ph.D. (MA) Managing Partner Trillium Asset Management, LLC Nita Smith (KY) Co-Vice President League of Women Voters of Kentucky Diane Smock (SC) Community Volunteer; Mediator and Retired Judge Laura Sohn (TN) Director of Bonnaroo Sustainability Bonnaroo Nancy Soreng (MD) President League of Women Voters of Maryland Ellen Southard (WA) Hon. AIA Member Seattle Site Story Christina Tobias-Nahi (VA) Director of Public Affairs & Institutional Funding Islamic Relief USA Jane Todd (MN) Minnesota Conference Social Action Coordinator, United Methodist Women Emily Torgrimson (MN) Executive Director Eat for Equity Harriet Trudell (NV) Political Director Nevada State Democratic Party Susan Ungaro (NY) President James Beard Foundation Julie Urbanik (MO) Assistant Teaching Professor Department of Geosciences, University of Missouri, Kansas City Marjorie Van Buren (KS) Co-President Board Kansas Rural Center Patti Southard (WA) Program Manager King County GreenTools Ann Veneman (NY) Former Executive Director, UNICEF; Former Secretary of Agriculture, USDA Ashley Stanley (MA) Founder and Executive Director Lovin’ Spoonfuls Reverend Sandra Strauss (PA) Director of Public Advocacy Pennsylvania Council of Churches Betsey Swan (NY) President League of Women Voters of New York State Jennifer Vigran (IN) CEO Second Helpings, Inc. Angela Vincent (MA) Municipal Management Specialist Northern Middlesex Council of Governments Anna Walker (CA) Senior Manager Worldwide Government Affairs & Public Policy Levi Strauss & Co. Suzy Swanson (OH) CEO Swanson & Co Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors Lynn Taborsak (CT) Climate Change Specialist League of Women Voters of Connecticut January 2015 10 Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice Marsha Wallace (SC) Co-Founder Dining For Women Honorable Lynn Woolsey (CA) Former U.S. Representative Maura Walsh (IA) Group Leadership Manager, The Experiment in International Living, a program of World Learning; Former Special Assistant to the President, The World Food Prize Foundation Linda C. Wuest (TX) Executive Director World Affairs Council of Houston Angelic Young (MD) Senior Coordinator Resolution to Act Institute for Inclusive Security Ellen Walsh-Rosmann (IA) Organic Farmer Rosmann Family Farms Barbara Zia (SC) Co-President League of Women Voters of South Carolina Honorable Diane Watson (CA) Former U.S. Representative Alumni Ambassadors Honorable Jackie Weatherspoon (NH) CEO/Founder Decisions in Democracy International; Former New Hampshire State Representative Carol Browner (DC) Former Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change (Former Secretary of the US EPA) Honorable Kathy Webb (AR) Former Arkansas State Representative Kristie Ebi (CA) Executive Director of the Technical Support Unit and Human Health Lead Author Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Judy Wicks (PA) Co-Founder Business Alliance for Local Living Economies; Founder White Dog Café Kathleen Sebelius (KS) Secretary of Health and Human Services; (Former Governor of Kansas) Raj Wiener (MI) Founder (Retired) Wiener Associates Hilda Solis (CA) Former Secretary of the US Department of Labor (Former Congresswoman of California) Karen Wilkin-Donachie (IL) Chief Executive Officer Pivot-Point International Jody Williams (Canada) Nobel Laureate; Founder International Campaign to Ban Landmines Marianne Williamson (MI) Author Mary Wilson (NM) Membership Outreach to MALs & New Leagues League of Women Voters of New Mexico Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors January 2015 11
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