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Oxfam America's Sisters on the Planet Initiative 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) Heather Arnett (AK) Board Supervisor, Vice-Chair Principal Advisor – Advocacy Durham Soil and Water Conservation District North Star Group Honorable Linda Adams (CA) Nancy Audette, RSM (RI) Chair of the Climate Action Reserve; Ecology Initiative Office Former Secretary Sisters of Mercy California Environmental Protection Agency Donna Aument (PA) Stella Adams (NC) 33rd Democratic Ward Leader Board Member – Global Committee Committee of Seventy National Committee Reinvestment Coalition Jane Sung E Bai (NY) Barbara Allen (NC) Former Executive Director Former Executive Leading Change Network Progress Energy; Former Chairwoman Honorable Tammy Baldwin (WI)* North Carolina Democratic Party U.S. Senator, Wisconsin Anessa Allen Santos (FL) Kathleen Balogh (NC) COO and General Counsel Immediate Past President Buffalo Pacific LLC League of Women Voters of North Carolina Susan Almono (MA) Regine Barjon (FL) Resource Development Manager Chief Executive Officer Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment Board; BioTek Solutions Former Executive Committee Member Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light Linda Barnes (IA) Biology Professor Ellen Anderson (MN) Marshalltown Community College Executive Director University of Minnesota’s Energy Transition Lab; Liz Barnwell (NV) Former Minnesota State Senator Independent Consultant Wendy Anderson, Ph.D (MO) Donna Barry (DC) Director of Campus Sustainability and Director, Women's Health and Rights Professor of Biology Center for American Progress Drury University Marleine Bastien (FL) Semhar Araia (DC) Executive Director and Founder Executive Director Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Inc. Diaspora African Women’s Network (DAWN) (Haitian Women of Miami) Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors September 2015 1 Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice Judy Beals (MA) Jerilyn Brusseau (WA) Resident Fellow Co-founder Harvard Divinity School PeaceTrees Vietnam Elizabeth Becker (DC) Joy Bryant (CA) Journalist and Author Actor New York Times Correspondent Stephanie Buechler (AZ) Kim Behan (CO) Assistant Research Professor of Environmental Executive Director Policy Buddhist Global Relief University of Arizona, Tucson Laura Beny (MI) Lili Buffett (NE) University of Michigan Law School Founding Director Global Impact Institute Annie Betancourt (FL) Director Miriam J. Burnett (GA) League of Women Voters of Florida President Resource and Promotion of Health Alliance, Inc. Reverend Canon Sally G. Bingham (CA) President Anne Burt (ME) The Regeneration Project Environmental Program Director Maine Council of Churches Honorable Jannie Blackwell (PA) Philadelphia City Councilmember, 3rd District; Bonnie J. Campbell (IA) 46th Democratic Ward Leader Attorney at Law Committee of Seventy Campbell Law Firm Dale Hanson Bourke (MD) Honorable Lois Capps (CA)* Author U.S. Representative, California Marlo Boyle (IL) Debra D. Carroll (NM) Senior Education Planner Owner, Director Aveda Corporation Shamanic Arts Education & Counseling Patricia Brandes (MA) Danielle Carrig (CA) Oxfam Sisters on the Planet Ambassador Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Public Affairs Barbara Brandt (OH) Lifetime Networks Columbus Council on World Affairs President and Owner Majora Carter (NY) Barbara K. Brandt, Inc. President The Majora Carter Group, LLC Joan Brown, OSF (NM) Executive Director Neko Case (VT) New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light Musician President Partnership for Earth Spirituality Peg Chemberlin (MN) Executive Director Jennifer Brunner (OH) Minnesota Council of Churches Former Secretary of State of Ohio; Ohio Appellate Judge Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors September 2015 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) Caroline Davies (MO) Commissioner Director of Environmental Studies Public Service Board University of Missouri, Kansas City Eva Christensen (MD) Elizabeth Davis (WA) Owner Chair, Natural Resources Committee Earthtenders League of Women Voters of Washington Ethne Clarke (PA) Kathy Davis (IN) Editor-in-Chief Former Lt. Governor of Indiana; Organic Gardening, Rodale Inc; President Board of Advisor Davis Design Group LLC Rodale Press Martha Davis Kipcak (WI) Dr. Judith Conlin (IA) Artisan Food Entrepreneur Executive Director Mighty Fine Food Iowa International Center Honorable Susan Davis (CA)* Carole Conors (MD) U.S. Representative, California Chair, Volunteer Lobby Corps League of Women Voters of the United States Jaynee Day (TN) President & CEO Honorable Bekki Cook (MO) Second Harvest Food Bank Former Missouri Secretary of State; Retired Attorney Karen Dean, Ph.D (IL) Director Reverend Dr. Marjorie Coons-Torn (NY) Al Habtoor Leadership Center; Former Conference Minister Ruth Badger Pixley Professor of Social Sciences United Church of Christ Illinois College Temra Costa (CA) Lois Detrick (MO) Author and Advocate Outgoing President Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We League of Women Voters of Missouri Eat Katherine Deumling (OR) Ronni Council (NV) Board Member President Slow Food USA; Organized Karma Founder Cook With What You Have Pastor Beverly Crowe Tipton (SC) Pastor of Spiritual Formation Joanne DeVoe (RI) Advent United Methodist Church Board Member League of Women Voters of Rhode Island Paula Daniels (CA) Founder Elizabeth Dietrich (SC) Los Angeles Food Policy Council Compensation, Benefits and People Development Manager Leslie Danziger (TX) Prysmian Group Co-Founder Working Women After 50 Ellen Dillon (NE) Assistant Dean of Instruction Western Nebraska Community College Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors September 2015 3 Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice Debbie Dingell (MI) Liz Forrestal (MO) Member Executive Director Democratic National Committee Missouri Votes Conservation Jan Donatelli (IL) Laura Fortmeyer (KS) National Co-Chair Farmer Veterans and Military Families Council Board of Kansas Rural Center Christine Downey-Schmidt (KS) Kathleen Frith (NY) Former Kansas State Senator; President Board Member Glynwood Institute Higher Learning Commission Board to Trustees Honorable Martha Fuller Clark (NH) Emily Detrick (MO) State Senator, New Hampshire Outgoing President League of Women Voters of Missouri Joan Fumetti (IA) Consultant and Volunteer Honorable Betsy Dunklin (ID) Food Resource Bank Iowa Former Idaho State Senator Sybil Gallagher (MA) Robin Eckstein (WI) Co-Founder U.S. Veteran and Activist Calling All Crows Louise Ehmke (KS) Honorable Linda Garrou (NC) Owner and Partner Former North Carolina State Senator 34 Star Farms Dr. Leah Gaskin Fitchue (OH) Pam Elardo (WA) President Co-Founder and President Payne Theological Seminary Living Earth Institute Penny Gerber (PA) Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins (CA) Vice-Chair PA Public Television Network Commission Honorable Anna Eshoo (CA)* U.S. Representative, California Harriet Giles, Ph.D (AL) Director of External Relations Monique Essed-Fernandes (NY) International Hunger Institute Immediate Past Board Chair Auburn University Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) Heather Giles (DC) Oxfam Sisters on the Planet Ambassador Mary Faucett (MO) Founder Honorable Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)* Bambino’s Café U.S Senator, New York Deb Fikes (MD) Reverend Brenda Girton-Mitchell (MD) Executive Advisor Ecumenical Officer World Evangelical Alliance Progressive National Baptist Convention Cornelia Butler Flora (IA) Joleen Goff (MO) Professor Art Instructor Kansas State University Northeast Missouri State University Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors September 2015 4 Oxfam America’s Sisters on the Planet Initiative Women Leaders Across the US Speaking Out to End Hunger, Poverty and Injustice Honorable Avel Louise Gordly (OR) Dr. Katharine Hayhoe (TX) Former Oregon State Senator; CEO Associate Professor, Black Studies Department ATMOS Research and Consulting Portland State University Nancy Hedinger (NJ) Honorable Jennifer Granholm (MI) Vice President of Programs and Advocacy Former Governor of Michigan League of Women Voters of New Jersey Jane Gray-Todd (AR) Sheri Heitker-Dixon (FL) Research Executive Co-Producer Paschall Strategic “EveryThreeSeconds” Ellen Gustafson (CA) Carolyn Hembree (MO) Founder Philanthropist; EG, Inc. Instructor of English Missouri State University Sara Hanks (VA) CEO Leonie Hermantin (FL) CrowdCheck, Inc. Deputy Director Lambi Fund for Haiti Sharon Hanshaw (MS) Executive Director Marcia Hirshberg (MA) Coastal Women for Change Board Member League of Women Voters of Westwood- JoAnn Hardesty (OR) Walpole, MA Principal Consult Hardesty Linnea Hirst (WA) Immediate Past President Gladys Hardin (MT) League of Women Voters of Washington Co-President League of Women Voters of Missoula, MT Bridget Holcomb (MN) Executive Director Cordia Harrington (TN) Women, Food and Agriculture Network CEO and President Tennessee Bun Company Makini Howell (WA)
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