Meet Oxfam's Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors

Meet the influential women who are teaming up with Oxfam to help women worldwide fight hunger and poverty.

Feb 24, 2010 | Anna Kramer

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Oxfam's Sisters on the Planet initiative brings together hundreds of women leaders from the business, government, arts, philanthropic, and faith communities. These influential women join Oxfam in helping women worldwide create solutions to poverty, hunger, and climate change.

The following women are just some of the hundreds of influential women who've joined with Oxfam as Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors:

  • Honorable Jeanne Shaheen (NH), US Senator
  • Honorable Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), US Senator
  • Honorable Lois Capps (CA – 23rd), US Representative
  • Honorable Susan Davis (CA – 53rd), US Representative
  • Honorable Anna Eshoo (CA – 14th), US Representative
  • Honorable Barbara Lee (CA – 9th), US Representative
  • Honorable Zoe Lofgren (CA – 16th), US Representative
  • Honorable Doris Matsui (CA – 5th), US Representative
  • Honorable Linda Sánchez (CA – 39th), US Representative
  • Honorable Diane Watson (CA – 33rd), Former US Representative
  • Honorable Lynn Woolsey (CA – 6th), US Representative
  • Honorable Chellie Pingree (ME -1st), US Representative
  • Honorable Betty McCollum (MN – 4th), US Representative
  • Honorable Allyson Schwartz (PA – 13th), US Representative
  • Honorable Tammy Baldwin (WI – 2nd), US Representative
  • Honorable Gwen Moore (WI – 4th), US Representative
  • Honorable Jennifer Granholm, Former Governor of Michigan
  • Honorable Sylvia Larsen (NH – 15th),  New Hampshire State Senator
  • Honorable Terie Norelli (NH – 16th), New Hampshire Member of Congress
  • Honorable LeAnna Washington (PA – 4th), Pennsylvania State Senator
  • Linda S. Adams, California Secretary for Environmental Protection
  • Elizabeth Becker, Author and Former Journalist, New York Times
  • Reverend Sally Bingham, Executive Director, The Regeneration Project
  • Renata Brillinger, Executive Director, California Climate and Agriculture Network
  • Joy Bryant, Actress
  • Bonnie Campbell, Former Attorney General of Iowa
  • Majora Carter, President & CEO, The Majora Carter Group
  • Carol Christ, President, Smith College
  • Monique Essed-Fernandes, Executive Director, Women, Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
  • Sharon Hanshaw, Executive Director, Coastal Women for Change
  • Nancy Hirshberg, Vice President of Natural Resources, Stonyfield Farm
  • Hannah Jones, Vice President, Sustainable Business and Innovation, Nike, Inc.
  • Serene Jones, President, Union Theological Seminary
  • Frances Moore Lappé, Author and Co-Founder, Small Planet Institute
  • Barbara Lawton, Former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
  • Hunter Lovins, President, Natural Capitalism Solutions
  • Elisabeth MacNamara, President, League of Women Voters of United States
  • Stacy Miller, Executive Director, Farmer's Market Coalition
  • Thao Nguyen, Musician
  • Zainab Salbi, Founder, Women for Women International
  • Susan Scrimshaw, President, The Sage Colleges
  • Jody Williams, Nobel Laureate

Alumni ambassadors include:

  • Carol Browner, Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change (former Secretary of the US Environmental Protection Agency)
  • Kristie Ebi, Lead Author on Human Health for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
  • Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services (former Governor of Kansas)
  • Hilda Solis, Secretary of the US Department of Labor (former US Representative)

Read a complete list of ambassadors here.

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