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HELEN CLARK UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ADMINISTRATOR FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND

Helen Clark became the first woman to lead UNDP on April 17, 2009. She also chairs the United Nations Development Group, a committee consisting of the heads of all UN funds, programmes and departments working on development issues. Prior to her appointment with UNDP, Helen Clark served for three terms as Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999 – 2008). Throughout her tenure as Prime Minister, Helen Clark engaged widely in policy development and advocacy across the international, economic, social and cultural spheres. Complete official biography

Thursday, July 23, 2009 12 noon to 2 p.m. The Ritz Carlton, Washington, DC 1150 22nd Street, NW

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The Women’s Foreign Policy Group is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit, educational membership organization that promotes global engagement and leadership, visibility, and participation of women in international affairs. The organization also aims to promote the next generation of leaders through internships and mentoring activities.

Women’s Foreign Policy Group Women in Power Series

Each year the Women’s Foreign Policy Group highlights women’s leadership in international affairs at its Annual Luncheon. This year the WFPG is hosting a series of events to highlight prominent women administration officials and international leaders that are shaping foreign policy today. We are launching the WFPG Women in Power Series on July 23 rd with a luncheon featuring Helen Clark, recently appointed Administrator of the UNDP and former Prime Minister of New Zealand. Previous WFPG luncheons have featured women leaders including: UN World Food Programme Executive Director Josette Sheeran (2008), US Secretaries of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice (2007) and Dr. Madeleine Albright (2000), President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia (2006), and Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Kay Bailey Hutchison (2004). Each year the program is moderated by a prominent women journalist.

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The Women’s Leadership, Global Engagement

VOLUME 1II, ISSUE I Josette Sheeran speaks at Annual Luncheon The Executive Director of the UN World Food Program Delivers Keynote Luncheon Address

Washington, DC – The Women’s Foreign She described the causes of the We have learned Policy Group honored Josette Sheeran, global food crisis and the steps that that food is not Executive Director of the UN World Food can be taken to resolve it. For just a soft power Program (WFP) on September 29, 2008 example, she pointed out the critical issue but also a at its Annual Luncheon at The Four difference a cup of food can make to hard power Seasons Hotel in Washington, DC. Ms. the hungry in general and especially Sheeran delivered the keynote address in keeping girls in school in countries issue . . . hunger on the global food crisis, Hunger as a such as Pakistan. must not be National Security and Global Stability viewed solely as She noted that in September the Josette Sheeran Issue to an audience of nearly 300. The a humanitarian UN Food and Agriculture event was chaired by Mary Catherine challenge, but Organization reported that the Toker of General Mills and was attended by senior officials estimated number of hungry people also as a vital from government, corporations, international organizations, has reached more than 923 million, security issue for and NGOs, as well as numerous ambassadors. Lara Logan, largely due to the increase in food the United States CBS News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, was the event prices. That number, Sheeran said, and indeed for MC and moderator of the Q & A. could continue to rise to well over the world.

This year’s luncheon highlighted the Women’s Foreign Policy one billion if the trends continue. On -Josette Sheeran Group’s commitment to issues of particular concern to women, an optimistic note, Ms. Sheeran such as the global food crisis. At the WFPG’s 2008 UN Study pointed out that, despite the current Visit, UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro pointed crisis, the overall number of urgently hungry people has out that rising food costs are causing a “development decreased by 20 percent since 1969. emergency” that takes its heaviest toll on women. Despite her optimism, Ms. Sheeran spoke of the challenges In her keynote address, Ms. Sheeran focused on the facing the WFP. In describing the current situation, she connection between hunger and national security stating that explained, “We could either cut the kilocalories per person by “We have learned that food is not just a soft power issue but 40 percent, or cut 40 percent of those receiving emergency also a hard power issue…hunger must not be viewed solely as help.” Ms. Sheeran concluded by calling for the one percent of a humanitarian challenge, but also as a vital security issue for the world food supply that is used for humanitarian aid to be the United States and indeed for the world.” exempted from bans and excessive taxation.

WFPG Board Members with Josette Sheeran and Event Chair Mary Catherine Toker

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U.S. officials who have addressed the WFPG include:

Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, as Secretary of State

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), as House Minority Leader Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)

Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Henrietta Holsman Fore, as Under Secretary of State for Management Karen Hughes, as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to the UN

Foreign officials who have addressed the WFPG include:

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Vaira Vike-Freiberga, as President of Latvia

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, as Croatian Foreign Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland Carolina Barco, Ambassador of Colombia and former Foreign Minister of Colombia

UN officials who have addressed the WFPG include:

Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

Shashi Tharoor, Under Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information Alicia Barcena Ibarra, Under-Secretary-General for Management John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

Kathleen Cravero, Assistant Secretary-General, UNDP Director of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery Jane Holl Lute, Assistant Secretary-General and Officer-in-charge of the Department of Field Support Robert Orr, Assistant-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning Ann Veneman, Executive Director, UNICEF

Authors and journalists who have addressed the WFPG include:

Andrea Mitchell, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News, author of Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels Karen DeYoung, Associate Editor, Washington Post, author of Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell Elisabeth Bumiller, White House Correspondent, New York Times, author of Condoleezza Rice: An American Life Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Special Correspondent, NPR, author of New News Out of Africa: Uncovering Africa’s Renaissance Martha Raddatz, ABC News Chief White House Correspondent, author of The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family Barbara Slavin, Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, USA Today, author of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S., and the Twisted Path to Confrontation Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, author of Infidel Robin Wright, Diplomatic Correspondent, Washington Post, author of Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East

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Women’s Foreign Policy Group Board

Maxine Isaacs, Chair - Lecturer on "Foreign Policy, the News, and American Public Opinion" at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, worked in the White House and US Senate for former Vice President Walter Mondale, US House of Representatives, and was a fellow at the Institute of Politics and Times Mirror (now Pew) Research Center on the People and the Press. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves on the Arlington Virginia's Signature Theatre board. She is also a Trustee of Skidmore College, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the Council for Excellence in Government. She holds her AB in American Studies from Skidmore College, her Master's in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins SAIS, and her PhD from University of Maryland.

Gail Leftwich Kitch, Vice Chair - Executive Director of By the People, an initiative of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions (M/LP), which uses public television to spur citizen dialogue around foreign affairs; previously served as President of the Federation of State Humanities Councils. Prior to that, she was Director of Cambridge Forum and principal of Strategic Business Consultants, an international business consultancy. A lawyer by training, she is a former chair of the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and was a Radcliffe College Public Policy Fellow.

Dawn Calabia, Treasurer - Consultant on the UN, international organizations, human rights, refugees, congressional affairs and post- conflict issues, she is a ten-year UN veteran as UN Information Center Washington Deputy Director and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Senior Government and NGO Relations Officer. She served as Director of Refugee Policy and International Affairs at US Catholic Conference MRS and on Capitol Hill on the House International Relations Committee and as senior legislative staff to a NY Representative. She holds a BA from St. John's University and a MSW from Fordham University.

Donna Constantinople, Secretary - Founding partner of KMA Communications, a management consultancy providing counsel to over 100 national and international corporations, industry associations and non-profit organizations. The firm's work includes strategic staffing/executive recruitment, executive counsel/training, senior management/corporate governance, internal/external communications, special events, media and public relations. She holds degrees from Northwestern University and serves on the Board of the Women's Leadership Forum and previously of the Women's Campaign Fund and the National Trust for Historic Preservation/Decatur House Council.

Debbie Dingell - Vice-Chair of the General Motors Foundation and a senior executive at General Motors, she is an active civic and community leader in both Michigan and Washington, DC and is a recognized national advocate for women and children. She is a national Democratic strategist, a member of the DNC, and has chaired numerous political campaigns. As a respected, bi-partisan voice, she is a regular contributor to media programs including Fox News and MSNBC. She chairs or sits on numerous boards in Michigan and Washington. Much of her recent work has focused on ethical issues and social responsibility as it relates to government and business.

Hon. Henrietta Holsman Fore - Chairman and CEO of Holsman International, an investment and management company which includes steel manufacturer and distributor Stockton Products and home hardware manufacturer Vicenza. Previously, she served as Administrator of USAID and Director of US Foreign Assistance, Under Secretary of State for Management, Director of the US Mint, and founder of the US-Asia Environmental Partnership. She is a Trustee of CSIS and the Aspen Institute and serves on the Leadership Council of the Initiative for Global Development. Previously she served as a trustee or director of the Asia Society, Asia Foundation, Institute of the Americas, and US Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council.

Isabel Jasinowski - Vice President, Government Relations and a Corporate Officer of Goodyear, she joined the company in 1981 and has served as the company's Senior Registered Lobbyist and Director of Federal Legislative Affairs. Having started her career as Director of Local Issues for Gov. Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign, she has more than 25 years of experience in government relations and Capitol Hill. She holds a BA from Barnard College and a MA from Columbia University.

Hon. Ann McLaughlin Korologos - Chairman of the RAND Board of Trustees, a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision making through research and analysis. She is Chairman Emeritus of The Aspen Institute, an international nonprofit educational institution, and was US Secretary of Labor under President Ronald Reagan. She currently serves as a board member of AMR Corporation (and its subsidiary, American Airlines), Harman International Industries, Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Kellogg Company, and Vulcan Materials Company and is a member of the governing boards of several civic, non-profit organizations including the Board of Overseers of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Theresa Loar - Vice President of Global Strategies at CH2M Hill, a global engineering and consulting firm. During the Clinton Administration, she worked at the highest levels of the government to promote and protect women's human rights, including executive level diplomatic positions in the White House and the State Department. She served as Director of the President's Interagency Council on Women and Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues. She is also Co-founder and Founding President of Vital Voices Global Partnership, Tahirih Justice Center Board Member, and Co-Chair of the Corporate Council of the Women & Politics Institute at American University.

Tracey McMinn - Manager, International Government Relations, Shell. Her career began in Washington, DC, with Pennzoil Company and then the US Department of Energy. After nine years, Tracey relocated to France with the International Energy Agency, and then to Australia as Government Relations Manager for Shell. In 2003, she returned to the US with Shell, first in Houston and now in Washington, DC. Tracey has a BA from Cornell University in International Relations, and a MA from American University's School of International Service.

Diana Villiers Negroponte - A nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution where she focuses on Latin America. She was a Senior Scholar at the US Institute of Peace, taught at Georgetown and Fordham Universities, practiced international trade law with Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker and published on El Salvador's peace process and the Merida Initiative in Central America. She is a board member of Freedom House, Opportunity International, and the Global Leadership Council of Habitat for Humanity International. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Council of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Ponchitta Pierce - A journalist with extensive experience as a television host, producer and magazine writer. She worked at CBS Television, WNBC-TV New York and hosted programs for WNET Channel 13 (PBS). Currently a contributing editor at Parade Magazine , she writes on subjects ranging from politics and health to finance and security policy. She serves on the boards of several nonprofits and the Foreign Policy Association and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Susan Rappaport - Currently Co-Chair of the Middle East/Northern Ireland Project for Vital Voices Global Partnership, dedicated to an on-going dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian women with Belfast women as mentors, as a path towards peace. She is president of Museum Guide Publications and founder of The Traveler's Guide to Art Museum Exhibitions series (now published by The New York Times ). She serves on the DC Advisory Committee of Human Rights First; the Folger Shakespeare Library Poetry Series Board; and Family and Child Services, Washington, DC.

Gillian Sorensen - Senior Advisor and national advocate at the United Nations Foundation, speaking on the UN and the US-UN relationship. Prior to that, she was Assistant Secretary-General for Kofi Annan for seven years and Special Advisor for Boutros Boutros-Ghali for four years. Earlier, she served as NYC Commissioner for the UN. She is a graduate of Smith College and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Mary Catherine Toker – Vice President of Government Relations for General Mills, she leads the company’s government relations initiatives and provides strategic leadership on a broad range of public policy issues around the world. She joined General Mills in 1988, having served on the legislative staff of Senator George J. Mitchell (D-Maine). She serves as the Chair of the International Committee of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, an appointee to the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade, which provides recommendations to the US Trade Representative on a wide range of agricultural trade policy issues, and on the Boards of the Congressional Hunger Center and the Public Affairs Council.

Patricia Ellis, Ex-Officio - President and Co-Founder of the Women's Foreign Policy Group, she previously covered foreign affairs for the MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, was a fellow at Harvard's Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, and taught at American University, specializing in foreign affairs news coverage. She is a founding member of the International Women's Media Foundation and member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She frequently moderates programs and speaks on the media and foreign policy, and international affairs careers.