Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, and Injustice

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 (WI)* Honorable Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)* U.S. Senator, U.S Senator,

Elizabeth Becker (DC) Genevieve Gorder (NY) Author Celebrity Designer & Television Host

Marlo Boyle (IL) Honorable (MI) Senior Planner Former Governor of Michigan Aveda Corporation Ellen Gustafson (CA) Joy Bryant (CA) Co-Director and Principal Actress and Designer Summit Institute

Lili Buffett (NE) Cordia Harrington (TN) Founding Director CEO and President Global Impact Institute Tennessee Bun Company

Bonnie J. Campbell (IA) Honorable Maggie Hassan (NH) Attorney at Law Governor of New Hampshire Campbell Law Firm Ubah Hassan (NY) Danielle Carrig (CA) Model and Philanthropist Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Public Affairs Dr. Katharine Hayhoe (TX) Lifetime Networks CEO ATMOS Research and Consulting Neko Case (VT) Musician Jennifer James (NC) Founder Kathy Davis (IN) Social Good Moms Former Lt. Governor of Indiana; President Hannah Jones (OR) Davis Design Group LLC Vice President, Sustainable Business and Innovation Honorable (CA)* Nike, Inc. U.S. Representative, Serene Jones (NY) (MI) President Member Union Theological Seminary Democratic National Committee Musimbi Kanyoro (CA) Honorable (CA)* President U.S. Representative, California Global Fund for Women

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Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice

Nancy Kaufman (NY) Danielle Nierenberg (LA) CEO Co-Founder and President National Council of Jewish Women Food Tank

Honorable Ann Kuster (NH)* Honorable (ME)* U.S. Representative, New Hampshire U.S. Representative,

Honorable Barbara Lawton (WI) Honorable Linda Sánchez (CA)* Former Lt. Governor of Wisconsin; U.S Representative, California Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service Jane M. Swift (VT) Honorable (CA)* CEO U.S. Representative, California Middlebury Interactive Languages; Former Governor Annie Lennox (United Kingdom) Commonwealth of Massachusetts Musician Susan Ungaro (NY) Honorable (CA)* President US Representative, California James Beard Foundation

Elisabeth MacNamara (GA) Ann Veneman (NY) President Former Executive Director, UNICEF; of the United States Former Secretary of Agriculture, USDA

Honorable Marjorie Margolies (PA) Anna Walker (CA) Former Member of Congress; Senior Director President Global Policy and Advocacy Women’s Campaign International Levi Strauss & Co.

Honorable (CA)* Jody Williams (VA) U.S. Representative, California Nobel Laureate; Founder, Dorothy McAuliffe (VA) International Campaign to Ban Landmines First Lady Commonwealth of Virginia Marianne Williamson (MI) Author Honorable Betty McCollum (MN)* U.S. Representative, Honorable (CA) Former U.S. Representative Mary Sue Milliken (CA) Co-Chef and Owner Border Grill

Honorable (WI)* U.S. Representative, Wisconsin

Frances Moore Lappé (MA) Author and Co-Founder Small Planet Institute

Thao Nguyen (CA) Musician

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Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice

Honorable Danielle I. A. Adams (NC) Kim Behan (CO) Board Supervisor, Vice-Chair Executive Director Soil and Water Conservation District (Durham, Buddhist Global Relief NC) Laura Beny (MI) Honorable Linda Adams (CA) University of Michigan Law School Chair of the Climate Action Reserve; Former Secretary Annie Betancourt (FL) California Environmental Protection Agency Director League of Women Voters of Stella Adams (DC) CEO Reverend Canon Sally G. Bingham (CA) S J Adams Consulting President The Regeneration Project Anessa Allen Santos (FL) COO and General Counsel Dale Hanson Bourke (MD) Buffalo Pacific LLC Author

Susan Almono (MA) Patricia Brandes (MA) Resource Development Manager Oxfam Sisters on the Planet Ambassador Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment Board; Former Executive Committee Member Barbara Brandt (OH) Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light Columbus Council on World Affairs President and Owner Semhar Araia (DC) Barbara K. Brandt, Inc. Executive Director Diaspora African Women’s Network (DAWN) Joan Brown, OSF (NM) Executive Director Heather Arnett (AK) New Interfaith Power and Light; Principal Advisor, Advocacy North Star Group Jennifer Brunner (OH) Former Secretary of State of ; Regine Barjon (FL) Judge Chief Executive Officer Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals BioTek Solutions Jerilyn Brusseau (WA) Linda Barnes (IA) Co-founder Biology Professor PeaceTrees Vietnam Marshalltown Community College Sandra Bryan (SC) Phyllis McDougal Barren (TX) Executive Board Member Reverend Women in Philanthropy First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth Stephanie Buechler (AZ) Donna Barry (MA) Assistant Research Professor of Environmental Sister on the Planet Ambassador Policy University of , Tucson Marleine Bastien (FL) Executive Director and Founder Alderman Bev Burger (TN) Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Inc. Alderman (Haitian Women of ) City of Franklin, TN

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Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice

Debra D. Carroll (NM) Caroline Davies (MO) Owner, Director Director of Environmental Studies Shamanic Arts Education & Counseling University of Missouri, Kansas City

Majora Carter (NY) Elizabeth Davis (MA) President Oxfam Sisters on the Planet Ambassador The Majora Carter Group, LLC Martha Davis Kipcak (WI) Peg Chemberlin (MN) Artisan Food Entrepreneur Executive Director Mighty Fine Food Minnesota Council of Churches Jaynee Day (TN) Eva M. Christensen (MD) President & CEO Food Security, Agroecology consultant Second Harvest Food Bank

Ethne Clarke (PA) Karen Dean, Ph.D (IL) Editor-in-Chief Director Organic Gardening, Rodale Inc; Al Habtoor Leadership Center; Board of Advisor Ruth Badger Pixley Professor of Social Sciences Rodale Press College

Dr. Judith Conlin (IA) Lois Detrick (MO) Executive Director Outgoing President Iowa International Center League of Women Voters of Missouri

Carole Conors (MD) Katherine Deumling (OR) Chair, Volunteer Lobby Corps Board Member League of Women Voters of the United States Slow Food USA; Founder Honorable Bekki Cook (MO) Cook With What You Have Former Missouri Secretary of State; Retired Attorney Elizabeth Dietrich (SC) Compensation, Benefits and People Reverend Dr. Marjorie Coons-Torn (NY) Development Manager Former Conference Minister Prysmian Group United Church of Christ Jan Donatelli (IL) Temra Costa (CA) National Co-Chair Author and Advocate Veterans and Military Families Council Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat Christine Downey-Schmidt (KS) Former Kansas State Senator; Ronni Council (NV) Board Member President Higher Learning Commission Board to Trustees Organized Karma Emily Detrick (MO) Paula Daniels (CA) Outgoing President Founder League of Women Voters of Missouri Food Policy Council Honorable Betsy Dunklin (ID) Leslie Danziger (TX) Former Idaho State Senator Co-Founder Working Women After 50

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Kristie Ebi (WA) Rohm and Hass Endowed Professor of Global Nina L. Gardner (DC) Health Director University of Washington Strategy International

Robin Eckstein (WI) Dr. Leah Gaskin Fitchue (OH) U.S. Veteran and Advocate President Truman National Security Project Defense Payne Theological Seminary Council Penny Gerber (PA) Louise Ehmke (KS) Vice-Chair Owner and Partner PA Public Television Network Commission 34 Star Farms Harriet Giles, Ph.D (AL) Pam Elardo (WA) Director of External Relations Co-Founder and President International Hunger Institute Living Earth Institute Auburn University

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins (CA) Reverend Brenda Girton-Mitchell (MD) Head of Care Ecumenical Officer Honor Progressive National Baptist Convention

Deb Fikes (MD) Honorable Avel Louise Gordly (OR) Executive Advisor Former Oregon State Senator; World Evangelical Alliance Associate Professor, Black Studies Department Portland State University Cornelia Butler Flora (IA) Distinguished Professor Emeritus Sara Hanks (VA) Iowa State University, CEO Kansas State University CrowdCheck, Inc.

Laura Fortmeyer (KS) Sharon Hanshaw (MS) Farmer Executive Director Board of Kansas Rural Center Coastal Women for Change

Regina Fraser (IL) Jo Ann Hardesty (OR) President President Grannies on Safari, Inc. NAACP Portland Branch

Kathleen Frith (NY) Gail Harris (CO) President Captain United States Navy (Retired) Glynwood GailForce Communications

Honorable Martha Fuller Clark (NH) Jennifer Harris-Frowen (AR) State Senator, New Hampshire Creative Executive Coordinator/Proofreader Saatchi & Saatchi X Joan Fumetti (IA) Consultant and Volunteer Honorable Pricey Harrison (NC) Food Resource Bank Iowa State Representative, North Carolina

Sybil Gallagher (MA) Nancy Hedinger (NJ) Co-Founder Vice President of Programs and Advocacy Calling All Crows League of Women Voters of New Jersey

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Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice

Sheri Heitker-Dixon (FL) Anne L. Kelly (MA) Co-Producer Senior Program Director “EveryThreeSeconds” Policy and BICEP Program CERES Leonie Hermantin (FL) Deputy Director Sonia Kendrick (IA) Lambi Fund for Haiti Executive Director Feed Iowa First; Linnea Hirst (WA) Agronomist and Farmer Immediate Past President Farmer Veteran Coalition League of Women Voters of Washington Stacey Kennealy (NJ) Bridget Holcomb (MN) Certification Program and Sustainability Director Executive Director GreenFaith Women, Food and Agriculture Network Monya Kian (CA) Makini Howell (WA) Program Coordinator Chef-Owner Western Justice Center Foundation Plum Bistro Angelique Kidjo (United Kingdom) Sherry Huber (ME) Musician Chair of the Board Mainewatch Institute; Honorable Mary Jo Kilroy (OH) Executive Director Former Member of Congress, OH-15 Maine Timber Research and Environmental Education (TREE) Foundation Margret J. Kim (CA) Counsel to the Chair Dana Jackson (MN) California Air Resource Board Past Senior Advisor Land Stewardship Project Sam King (NV) Grassroots Advocate/Lobbyist Valerie Ann Johnson (NC) League of Women Voters of Nevada Mott Professor of Women's Studies and Director of Africana Women's Studies Maria Kingery (NC) Bennett College CEO Southern Energy Management Nancy Jones (IL) Founder and Former Executive Director Eleanor Kinney (ME) Chicago Fair Trade Environmental Activist and Philanthropist

Honorable Patty Judge (IA) Rachel Kleinfeld (CO) Former Lt. Governor Founding CEO Truman National Security Project; Sarah Day Kalloch (MA) Senior Advisor MIT Sloan School of Management Carnegie Endowment

Annie Kane (NY) The Honorable Mary Kramer (IA) Philanthropist and Volunteer Former Iowa State Senator; Former President of the Senate; Tupou Kelemeni (HI) Former US Ambassador to Barbados & the General Board of Ministries Eastern Caribbean United Methodist Women

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Melinda Kramer (CA) Emily Luchetti (CA) Founder and Co-Director Chief Pastry Officer Women’s Earth Alliance Big Night Restaurant Group

Hilary Krane (CA) Peggy Malecki (IL) Vice President and General Counsel Publisher & Owner Nike, Inc. Natural Awakenings Chicago

Alika Kumar (AZ) Dena Marino (FL) Executive Director Chef/Partner Phoenix MBDA Business Center MC Kitchen Miami

Anna Lappé (CA) Tricia Martinez (IL) Author and Co-Founder CEO Small Planet Institute Shift

Honorable Sylvia Larsen (NH) Barbara McDade (ME) Former State Senator, New Hampshire President League of Women Voters of Maine Mary Elizabeth Lawrence, SC (AZ) Eco Justice Coordinator Janet McKinley (CA) Sisters of Charity Former Board Chair Oxfam America Catherine Lee (ME) Managing Director Nicki Micheaux (CA) Lee International Actor

Amy Leonard (CA) Stacey Monahan (MA) Senior Vice President Senior Consultant JC Penney Mass Insight Global Partnerships

Bian Li (IA) Colonel Jill Morgenthaler (IL) Co-Founder Author Project Leverage Leadership Expert President Kaye Lingle Koonce, Esq. (SC) Jill Morgenthaler Inc 1st Vice Chair Democratic National Committee & South Gepsie Morisset-Metellus (FL) Carolina Democratic Party Executive Director Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center Emily Linnemeier (CA) Program Director Kiah Morris (VT) Western Justice Center Foundation State Representative State of Vermont Diana Liverman (AZ) Director, Institute of the Environment Robin Morris Collin (OR) University of Arizona Norma J. Paulus Professor of Law Willamette University College of Law Pam Locker (IN) President Josie Noah (WA) League of Women Voters of Southwestern Director, Partnership & Strategic Alliances Indiana Global Impact

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Honorable Terie Norelli (NH) Jane Raybould (NE) Former Speaker of the House Vice President New Hampshire House of Representatives; B&R Stores, Inc. President & CEO City of Lincoln Councilwoman New Hampshire Women’s Foundation Lisa Renstrom (DC) Emily Oakley (OK) Director Partner Bonwood Social Investments Three Springs Farm Mary Louise Resch (SC) Denise O’Brien (IA) Government Relations and Grants Manager Organic Farmer Harvest Hope Food Bank Rolling Acres Farm Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown (PA) Won Y. Palisoul (NY) Philadelphia City Councilmember Founder and Board Member Women Veterans and Families Network Serena Rice (NJ) Executive Director Pam Person (ME) Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey Member, Climate Change Task Force League of Women Voters of the United States Rynne Roark (AR) Owner Kathleen Petitjean (IN) GreenTrees LLC Member, Climate Change Task Force League of Women Voters of the United States Maggie Robertson (NY) Advocate for Women Farmers Judith Pim (IA) Director of Secretariat Operations Marla Rose (IL) The World Food Prize Foundation Writer Chicago VeganMania and Vegan Street Carla Prater (WA) Assistant Executive Director Barbara Ross (MO) Buddhist Global Relief Director of Social Services Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Peg Prendergast (MO) Missouri President League of Women Voters of Kansas City, MO Cynthia Ryan (DC) Jackson, Clay and Platte Counties Principal Schooner Foundation Deborah Price (MN) Vice President, Membership Jauretsi Saizarbitoria (NY) League of Women Voters of Minnesota Digital Media & Curator Sugar Barons, eBay Midge Purcell (OR) Director of Advocacy and Public Policy Zainab Salbi (DC) Urban League of Portland Founder Women for Women International Cassandra Walker Pye (CA) CEO Mary Schantz (MO) 3.14 Communications, LLC Executive Director Missouri Alliance for Home Care Honorable Kesha Ram (VT) State Representative, Vermont

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Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice

Debbie Schmieding (OH) Nita Smith (KY) Executive Director Co-Vice President League of Women Voters of Athens County, OH League of Women Voters of Kentucky Havar, Inc. Diane Smock (SC) Honorable Claudine Schneider (CO) Community Volunteer; Former U.S. Congresswoman, RI Mediator and Retired Judge

Ronda Scholting (CO) Laura Sohn (TN) Fellow Director of Bonnaroo Sustainability Truman National Security Project Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival

Alejandra Schrader (CA) Nancy Soreng (MD) Chef and Co-Owner President Cucina Cocina League of Women Voters of Maryland

Honorable Jill Schupp (MO) Ellen Southard (WA) State Representative, Missouri Principal Seattle Site Story Honorable Allyson Schwartz (PA) Former U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania Patti Southard (WA) Program Manager Susan Scrimshaw (NY) King County GreenTools President The Sage Colleges Ashley Stanley (MA) Founder & Executive Director Heidi Secord (PA) Lovin’ Spoonfuls Farmer Josie Porter Farm; Reverend Sandra Strauss (PA) Executive Committee Chair Director of Advocacy & Ecumenical Outreach Pennsylvania Women in Agriculture Network Pennsylvania Council of Churches

Sarah Severn (WA) Suzy Swanson (OH) Principal CEO Sarah Severn Consulting Swanson & Co.

Honorable Jeanne Shaheen (NH)* Catherine Swoboda (IA) U.S. Senator, New Hampshire Director of Planning The World Food Prize Foundation Ritu Sharma (DC) Co-Founder and Former President Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate (TN) Women Thrive Worldwide Former FCC Commissioner and ITU Laureate

Honorable Carol Shea-Porter (NH) Yalem Teshome (IA) Former U.S. Representative, New Hampshire Adjunct Assistant Professor Iowa State University Shamshad Sheikh (CT) Associate Chaplin Christina Tobias-Nahi (VA) Islamic Center of New Haven Masjid Al-Islam Director of Public Affairs Islamic Relief USA Cheryl Smith, CFA, Ph.D. (MA) Managing Partner Trillium Asset Management, LLC

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Jane Todd (MN) Honorable Jacquelyne K Weatherspoon (NH) Minnesota Conference Social Action CEO/Founder Coordinator, Decisions in Democracy International; United Methodist Women Former New Hampshire State Representative

Emily Torgrimson (MN) Judy Wicks (PA) Executive Director Co-Founder & Chair Emeritus Eat for Equity Business Alliance for Local Living Economies; Founder Harriet Trudell (NV) White Dog Café Political Director Nevada State Democratic Party Raj Wiener (MI) Founder (Retired) Deborah Turner (IA) Wiener Associates Vice President of International Programs Outreach, Inc. Karen Wilkin-Donachie (IL) Chief Executive Officer Julie Urbanik (MO) Pivot-Point International Assistant Teaching Professor Department of Geosciences, Marianne Williamson (CA) University of Missouri, Kansas City Author

Marjorie Van Buren (KS) Michele Wucker (IL) Co-President Author Board Kansas Rural Center Gray Rhino & Company

Jennifer Vigran (IN) Linda C. Wuest (TX) CEO Director Second Helpings, Inc. The Yonkofa Project

Angela Vincent (MA) Angelic Young (MD) Municipal Management Specialist Senior Coordinator Northern Middlesex Council of Governments Institute for Inclusive Security

Marsha Wallace (SC) Barbara Zia (SC) Co-Founder National Board Member Dining For Women League of Women Voters of South Carolina

Maura Walsh (IA) Alumni Ambassadors Former Group Leadership Manager The Experiment in International Living, Carol Browner (DC) a program of World Learning; Former Assistant to the President for Energy Former Special Assistant to the President and Climate Change The World Food Prize Foundation (Former Secretary of the US EPA)

Ellen Walsh-Rosmann (IA) (KS) Farmer & Owner Secretary of Health and Human Services; Pin Oak Place and FarmTable Delivery (Former Governor of Kansas)

Honorable (CA) (CA) Former U.S. Representative Former Secretary of the US Department of Labor (Former Congresswoman of California)

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