ADVISORY COMMITTEE

WOMEN FORWARD INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

GINA ABERCROMBIE-WINSTANLEY
Ambassador (ret.), Consultant

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ODEH ABURDENE, Ph.D. 
President of OAI Advisors

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STEPHANIE AHERN, Ph.D. 
Colonel, U.S. Army; Director for Strategic Planning, National Security Council Staff

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ALYSSA AHRABARE 

Project Officer, European Network of Migrant Women

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FATEMA AL BAKER
Diplomat, Embassy of the State of Qatar

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AISHA AL MESNED
Assistant Defense Attache for Policy, Ministry of Defense of the State of Qatar

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SARA AL SAADI
Diplomat, Embassy of the State of Qatar

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SEEMA ALIM, Ph.D. 

Honorary Fellow at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London

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JOYCE ANTONE IBRAHIM 

Private Sector Development Specialist (Subnational Doing Business Unit), The World Bank

NEYLA ARNAS
Senior Research Fellow and Director for Women, Peace, and Security Initiatives at the National Defense University’s Institute for National Strategic Studies

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FEDERIGA BINDI, Ph.D.

Jean Monnet Chair and Professor of Political Science, University of Rome Tor Vergata; Senior Fellow and Director of the Foreign Policy Initiative, Institute for Women Policy Research

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MEHERA BLUM

Founder and Creative Director, Blumera

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SALAH BRAHIMI

President and CEO, Grey Matter LLC 

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KATRINA CARTER-TELLISON, PhD

Vice President for Academic Affairs, Lynn University

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MARTA CHICANO CATALAN

Global Practitioner, The Exetor Group 

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ALEXA CHOPIVSKY
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Transnational Education Group; Executive Director of the American Center for a European Ukraine; Director, Program on the World Economy, The Aspen Institute

PEGGY CLARK
Vice President of Policy Programs and Executive Director of Aspen Global Innovators Group

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ALLAN COHEN, Ph.D. 
Founder of Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

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BARBARA SHAW COHEN
Persuasive Communication Specialist,Washington Post (ret.); Professional Artist

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COURTNEY COOPER 
Former International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Director for Afghanistan on the National Security Council staff

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BENJAMIN CROCKETT
Colonel, U.S. Army (ret.); Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University

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KENT DAVIS-PACKARD, Ph.D. 
President and Executive Director, Women Forward International

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THERESA ALFARO DAYTNER

CEO, Daytner Construction Group

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VASIA DELIYIANNI

Art Instructor, The Art Institute of Washington, George Mason University, Independent Curator, Museum Exhibitions

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AMANDA DORY
Associate Dean for Outreach and Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Chair, National War College; Former Deputy Assistant of Defense for Strategy, OSD

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PATRICIA ELLIS

President Emeritus, Women’s Foreign Policy Group

President, Ellis Global Issues Forums LLC

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FADI ELSALAMEEN

Managing Partner of a Private Equity Advisory Group, Adjunct Senior Fellow, American Security Project

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DAVID FURCHGOTT

Founder and Interim CEO, International Arts & Artists

ELLIOT GERSON

Executive Vice President, The Aspen Institute

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PHILIPPA HUGHES 

Social Sculptor, Chief Creative Strategist

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MASIH KHYBARI

Counselor, Friends of the American University of Afghanistan

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JANICE KOCH, Ph.D. 

Professor Emerita of Science Education, Hofstra University

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CARLA KOPPELL

Distinguished Fellow, Georgetown University Institute for Women, Peace, and Security

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LYDIA LA FERLA

Principal, La Ferla Associates, LLC

MARIA ZOIE LAFIS
Executive Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University

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ELIZABETH LEGRAIN

Domestic Abuse Prevention Coordinator, The World Bank

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MARIE LIENARD-YETERIAN 

Professor, University of the Cote d’Azur, Department of English

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KAMALA LOPEZ
Actress, Filmmaker, Activist, and President of Heroica Films

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MARIA HELENA MALDONADO
Artist and Economist

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TODD MCALLISTER, Ph.D. 

Director, Global Supply Chain & Logistics, National Defense University

CAITLIN MILLER

Director, Global Alliance Advisors

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MARSHALL MILLSAP
Managing Principal at Sprezzatura Advisors

SHAMARUKH MOHIUDDIN
Principal Associate, Nathan Associates

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CLARA MONTANEZ

Deputy Financial Advisor, Executive Director-Investments, Oppenheimer 

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SUSAN MOROZ

Consultant, Moroz Consulting

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DEBI MOSEL

International Development Expert

LISA MURPHY

Member, The Artist Workshop​

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LAILA NELSON

Independent Advisor

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JULIA NESHEIWAT, Ph.D. 

Deputy Assistant to the President; Senior Director for Homeland Security & Resilience

ASRA NOMANI 

Journalist and Communications Consultant

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ANGELA O'BYRNE

President, Perez APC

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RICHARD OAKLEY

Consultant, Intelligence and National Security, The MASY Group

KAYLEE OTTERBACHER
Associate, Mercury

ELLIS PINES
Vice President, Brand Strategy, Radancy Global Brand Practice

SABAHAT QAMAR
Founder and CEO, SixtyW 

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ROBERTO SALINAS-LEON

Director, Center for Latin America, Atlas Network; and President of the Mexico Business Forum in Mexico City

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NORMAN B. SANDRIDGE
Associate Professor of Classics, Howard University; Fellow, Center for Hellenic Studies

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CHRISTINA SEVILLA, Ph.D. 
Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business

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EILEEN ST. GEORGE, Ph.D. 
Vice President, Education for Development, Creative Associates International

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DOAA TAHA, PH.D.

Managing Director at Grey Matter International LTD, Chair of Women's Empowerment Forum and National Board Director, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

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VIRGINIE VISCARDY
NATO C&I Representative to North American Organizations and Agencies

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BONNIE H. WEINSTEIN
Attorney, Managing Director, BHW Global

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CONSTANCE WHITESIDE, MD

Senior Outreach Officer, Delegation of the European Union to the United States

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SANDRA BELL WILKINS

Associate Professor, Chair, Department of Fashion (ret.), Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar

SHARON WILKINSON
U.S. Ambassador (ret.), Burkina Faso and Mozambique

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LINDSAY WOZNIAK

Senior Vice President, Digital and Creative, TMP Worldwide, LLC. President, Red Fish Studios, LLC

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RANDALL YIM

Consultant, National Security and Infrastructure

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