A diverse group of American women who are leaders in everything from business, to politics to the arts, Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors are united by a common goal: to use their influence to fight inequality, with a particular focus on empowering women and girls worldwide.
Sisters on the Planet®

Since 2008, hundreds of notable women have joined Oxfam as Sisters on the Planet® Ambassadors.
About Sisters on the Planet
Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors work to change the laws and policies that keep people—especially women and girls—trapped in poverty.
Systematic discrimination against women and girls is the most pervasive cause of the power inequality that drives poverty. When women can exercise their rights and gain the knowledge, skills, and information they need to feed their aspirations, they can become powerful agents of change. That’s an important step toward ending poverty everywhere.
What do Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors do?
Together, Sisters on the Planet use their collective influence to shape policy debates on issues that affect women and girls.
They have moved members of Congress to vote in favor of getting more emergency food aid to communities that need it; helped women leaders from around the world voice their concerns directly to world leaders; highlighted the need for a global arms trade treaty to keep civilians safe in conflict areas; and raised awareness about the importance of US foreign aid to fight global poverty. And these activities are just the beginning.
Specific activities include meeting with members of Congress or other US government officials, drafting op-eds and letters to the editor for local and national media, hosting events, traveling with Oxfam to field offices, or sharing important information with our networks and communities. Sisters on the Planet work with Oxfam year-round, with particular activities planned for International Women’s Day (March) and World Food Day (October).
Meet our Sisters on the Planet
- Key: * = Member of U.S. Congress
- Honorable Danielle I. A. Adams (CO)
- Board Supervisor, Vice-Chair, Soil and Water Conservation District, Durham, NC
- Honorable Linda Adams (CA)
- Chair of the Climate Action Reserve; Former Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency
- Stella Adams (NC)
- House Chair, North Carolina NAACP (NC)
- Suzanne Akhras (IL)
- Founder & Executive Director, Syrian Community Network
- Susan Almono (MA)
- Resource Development Manager, Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment Board; Former Executive Committee Member, Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light
- Semhar Araia (DC)
- Founder and Executive Director, Diaspora African Women's Network
- Heather Arnett (AK)
- Principal Advisor, Advocacy, North Star Group
- Honorable Tammy Baldwin (WI)*
- U.S. Senator, Wisconsin
- Regine Barjon (FL)
- Chief Executive Officer, BioTek Solutions; Marketing Director, Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce (FL)
- Linda Barnes (IA)
- Biology Professor, Marshalltown Community College
- Phyllis McDougal Barren (TX)
- Reverend, First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth
- Donna Barry (MA)
- Assistant Professor and Director of Global Nursing, Regis College (MA)
- Marleine Bastien (FL)
- Executive Director & Founder, Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Inc. (Haitian Women of Miami); Former Chair of the Florida Immigration Coalition
- Elizabeth Becker (DC)
- Author and Journalist; Retired Correspondent, NYT
- Kim Behan (CO)
- Executive Director, Buddhist Global Relief
- Laura Beny (MI)
- Earl Warren DeLano Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
- Aryanna Berringer (PA)
- Director, Office of Veterans Services at University of Pittsburgh (PA)
- Honorable Annie Betancourt (FL)
- Former State Representative, Florida
- Reverend Canon Sally G. Bingham (CA)
- Founder and President, The Regeneration Project
- Dale Hanson Bourke (MD)
- Author
- Marlo Boyle (IL)
- Senior Education Planner, Aveda Corporation
- Patricia Brandes (MA)
- Oxfam Sisters on the Planet Ambassador; Former Executive Director, Barr Foundation
- Honorable Kate Brophy McGee (AZ)
- State Representative, Arizona
- Reverend Joan Brown, OSF (NM)
- Executive Director, New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light
- Rabbi Sharon Brous (CA)
- Senior Rabbi & Co-Founder, IKAR
- Terri Broussard Williams (TX)
- Founder and President, Movement Maker Collective
- Jerilyn Brusseau (WA)
- Co-founder, PeaceTrees Vietnam
- Joy Bryant (CA)
- Actress & Designer
- Stephanie Buechler (AZ)
- Assistant Research Professor of Environmental Policy, University of Arizona, Tucson
- Alderman Bev Burger (TN)
- Alderman City of Franklin, Tennessee
- Bonnie J. Campbell (IA)
- Attorney at Law, Campbell Law Firm
- Dr. Alice Carbone Tench (CA)
- Chef & Author
- Danielle Carrig (CA)
- Global Chief Communications Officer, Conde Nast
- Heather Carter (AZ)
- Executive Vice President, Greater Phoenix Leadership; Former State Representative, Arizona
- Neko Case (VT)
- Musician
- Rev. Canon Peg Chemberlin (MN)
- Chief Executive Officer and Lead Consultant, Justice Connections Consulting
- Eva M. Christensen (MD)
- Senior Advisor for Resilience, Lutheran World Relief; Former Senior Agriculture and Food Security Advisor, USAID
- Ethne Clarke (PA)
- Columnist, Hartley Botanic USA; Former Editor-in-Chief, Organic Gardening
- Malia M. Cohen (CA)
- Member, California State Board of Equalization
- Dr. Judith Conlin (IA)
- Former Executive Director, Iowa International Center
- Carole Conors (MD)
- Chair, Volunteer Lobby Corps, League of Women Voters of the United States
- Rebecca Swanson Conrad (ME)
- Founder, RSC Consulting; Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
- Shasti Conrad (WA)
- Chair, King County Democrats; Co-Founder, Mission Accomplice
- Honorable Bekki Cook (NM)
- Retired Attorney; Former Secretary of State, Missouri
- Reverend Dr. Marjorie Coons-Torn (NY)
- Former Conference Minister, United Church of Christ
- Temra Costa (CA)
- Author & Advocate, Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat
- Ronni Council (NV)
- President, Organized Karma
- Amanda Cunningham (SC)
- Chief Operating Officer, Her Future Coalition
- Paula Daniels (CA)
- Co-founder, Center for Good Food Purchasing (CA)
- Elizabeth Davis (MA)
- Oxfam Sisters on the Planet Ambassador
- Kathy Davis (IN)
- President, Davis Design Group LLC; Former Lt. Governor, Indiana
- Martha Davis Kipcak (WI)
- Artisan Food Entrepreneur, Mighty Fine Food
- Jaynee Day (TN)
- President & Chief Executive Officer, Second Harvest Food Bank
- Karen Dean, Ph.D (IL)
- Director, Al Habtoor Leadership Center; Ruth Badger Pixley Professor of Social Sciences, Illinois College
- Katherine Deumling (OR)
- Board Member, Slow Food USA; Founder, Cook With What You Have
- Jan Donatelli (IL)
- National Co-Chair, Veterans and Military Families Council
- Marlene Dotson (IN)
- President & CEO, Indiana Latino Institute
- Honorable Christine Downey-Schmidt (KS)
- Board Member, Higher Learning Commission Board to Trustees; Former State Senator, Kansas
- Honorable Betsy Dunklin (ID)
- Founding Director, Idaho Fair Share, Inc.; Former State Senator, Idaho
- Sanjyot P. Dunung (NY)
- CEO, Atma Global
- Kristie Ebi (WA)
- Rohm and Hass Endowed Professor of Global Health, University of Washington
- Robin Eckstein (OR)
- U.S. Veteran and Advocate, Truman National Security Project Defense Council
- Louise Ehmke (KS)
- Owner and Partner, 34 Star Farms; Co-Founder, Ehmke Seed
- Pam Elardo (NY)
- Co-Founder & President, Living Earth Institute; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Wastewater Treatment, New York City Department of Environmental Protection
- Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins (CA)
- Former CEO, Green for All; Co-Founder and CEO, Promise
- Deb Fikes (MD)
- Executive Advisor, World Evangelical Alliance; Co-President, Religions for Peace
- Kathleen Finlay (NY)
- President, Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming
- Cornelia Butler Flora (IA)
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Iowa State University, Kansas State University
- Laura Fortmeyer (KS)
- Treasurer, Board of Kansas Rural Center
- Amanda Freitag (NY)
- Celebrity Chef
- Honorable Martha Fuller Clark (NH)
- Vice-Chair, New Hampshire Democratic Party; Former State Senator, New Hampshire
- Joan Fumetti (IA)
- Former Director for Growing Project Support, Food Resource Bank Iowa
- Sybil Gallagher (MA)
- Co-Founder, Calling All Crows
- Reverend Judith Ganz (MA)
- Volunteer, Minnesota Council of Churches
- Honorable Judith Garcia (MA)
- City Councilor, Chelsea
- Nina L. Gardner (DC)
- Director, Strategy International
- Jennifer Garrison (OH)
- Senior Policy Advisor, Appalachian Regional Commission; Former State Representative, Ohio
- A’shanti F. Gholar (VA)
- President, Emerge America
- Harriet Giles, Ph.D (AL)
- Director of External Relations, International Hunger Institute, Auburn University
- Honorable Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)*
- U.S Senator, New York
- Reverend Brenda Girton-Mitchell (MD)
- Founder and President, Grace and Race Ministries, Inc.
- Sarah Godlewski (WI)
- Wisconsin State Treasurer
- Genevieve Gorder (NY)
- Celebrity Designer & Television Host
- Honorable Avel Louise Gordly (OR)
- Former State Senator, Oregon; Associate Professor, Black Studies Department, Portland State University
- Ellen Gustafson (CA)
- Co-Director & Principal Summit Institute
- Sara Hanks (VA)
- Chief Executive Officer and Founder, CrowdCheck, Inc.; Former General Counsel, Congressional Oversight Panel
- Sharon Hanshaw (MS)
- Executive Director, Coastal Women for Change
- Jo Ann Hardesty (OR)
- Portland Commissioner (OR); Former President, NAACP Portland
- Cordia Harrington (TN)
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Bakery Companies
- Gail Harris (CO)
- Captain, United States Navy (Retired); GailForce Communications
- Jennifer Harris-Frowen (AR)
- Creative Executive Coordinator/Proofreader, Saatchi & Saatchi X
- Honorable Pricey Harrison (NC)
- State Representative, North Carolina
- Ubah Hassan (NY)
- Model & Philanthropist
- Rev. CJ Hawking (IL)
- Executive Director, Arise Chicago
- Dr. Katharine Hayhoe (TX)
- Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservatory; Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor, Texas Tech University
- Nancy Hedinger (NJ)
- Vice President of Programs and Advocacy, League of Women Voters of New Jersey
- Sheri Heitker-Dixon (FL)
- Co-Producer, “EveryThreeSeconds”
- Leonie Hermantin (FL)
- Director of Development, Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center; Former Executive Director, Lambi Fund for Haiti
- Rep. Leslie Herod (CO)
- Colorado State Representative
- Linnea Hirst (WA)
- Immediate Past President, League of Women Voters of Washington
- Honorable Betsy Hodges (MN)
- Former Mayor, City of Minneapolis
- Bridget Holcomb (MN)
- Executive Director, Women, Food and Agriculture Network
- Diane B. Holdorf (MI)
- Executive Vice President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- Beth Ellen Holimon (SC)
- Former President, Together Women Rise
- Honorable Candace B. Hollingsworth (MD)
- Mayor, City of Hyattsville
- Sherry Huber (ME)
- Chair of the Board, Mainewatch Institute; Executive Director, Maine Timber Research and Environmental Education (TREE) Foundation
- Dana Jackson (MN)
- Co-Founder, The Land Institute; Former Senior Advisor, Land Stewardship Project
- Honorable Sadaf Jaffer (NJ)
- Chair of the Inclusion and Equity Committee, Montgomery Township; Former Mayor, Montgomery Township
- Jennifer James (NC)
- Founder, Social Good Moms
- Teresa Jennings (DC)
- Vice President, LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation; Steering Committee Member, UN Global Alliance for Reporting Progress on Peaceful, Just, and Inclusive Societies
- Valerie Ann Johnson (NC)
- Mott Professor of Women's Studies & Director of Africana Women's Studies, Bennett College
- Hannah Jones (OR)
- Vice President, Sustainable Business & Innovation, Nike, Inc.
- Nancy Jones (IL)
- Founder & Former Executive Director, Chicago Fair Trade
- Serene Jones (NY)
- President, Union Theological Seminary
- Honorable Patty Judge (IA)
- Former Secretary of Agriculture and Lt. Governor, Iowa
- Sarah Day Kalloch (MA)
- Executive Director, Good Jobs Institute
- Annie Kane (NY)
- Philanthropist & Volunteer
- Musimbi Kanyoro (CA)
- Chair of the Board, UWC International; Former Chief Executive Officer and President, Global Fund for Women
- Nancy Kaufman (NY)
- Board Member and Former Chief Executive Officer, National Council of Jewish Women
- Tupou Kelemeni (HI)
- National Vice President, United Methodist Women
- Anne L. Kelly (MA)
- Vice President of Government Relations, BICEP Program, CERES
- Honorable Barbara Kennelly (DC)
- Founder and President, Barbara Kennelly Associates; Immediate Past President, U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress; Former U.S. Representative, Connecticut
- Monya Kian (CA)
- Domestic Harmonizer Program Director, The Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative; Former Program Coordinator, Western Justice Center Foundation
- Angelique Kidjo (United Kingdom)
- Musician
- Honorable Mary Jo Kilroy (OH)
- Former U.S. Representative, Ohio
- Margret J. Kim (CA)
- Deputy Secretary, California Evironmental Protection Agency
- Maria Kingery (NC)
- Co-Founder and Chief Visionary Officer, Southern Energy Management
- Eleanor Kinney (ME)
- Co-Founder, No Small Potatoes; Member, Environmental Funders Network
- Rachel Kleinfeld (DC)
- Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment; Founding Chief Executive Officer, Truman National Security Project
- Honorable Mary Kramer (IA)
- Former State Senator, Iowa; Former President of the Senate; Former U.S. Ambassador to Barbados & the Eastern Caribbean
- Melinda Kramer (CA)
- Founder & Co-Director, Women’s Earth Alliance
- Hilary Krane (CA)
- Chief Legal Officer, CAA; Former Vice President & General Counsel, Nike, Inc.
- Honorable Rebecca Kubacki (IN)
- Former State Representative, Indiana
- Alika Kumar (AZ)
- Executive Director, Phoenix Minority Business Development Agency Business Center
- Honorable Ann Kuster (NH)*
- U.S. Representative, New Hampshire
- Anna Lappé (CA)
- Author & Co-Founder, Small Planet Institute; Director, Real Food Institute
- Honorable Sylvia Larsen (NH)
- Former State Senator, New Hampshire
- Mary Elizabeth Lawrence, SC (AZ)
- Eco Justice Coordinator, Sisters of Charity
- Honorable Barbara Lawton (WI)
- President and Chief Executive Officer, Americans for Campaign Reform; Former Lt. Governor, Wisconsin
- Honorable Barbara Lee (CA)*
- U.S. Representative, California
- Catherine Lee (ME)
- Founder and Managing Director, Lee International Business Development
- Annie Lennox (United Kingdom)
- Musician
- Amy Leonard (CA)
- Vice President of Sourcing, StitchFix
- Bian Li (CA)
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Hungry Project; Co-Founder, Project Leverage
- Kimberly Lindlof (ME)
- Executive Director, Central Maine Growth Council; President & Chief Executive Officer, Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce
- Kaye Lingle Koonce, Esq. (SC)
- 1st Vice Chair, Democratic National Committee & South Carolina Democratic Party
- Emily Linnemeier (CA)
- Program Director, Western Justice Center Foundation
- Diana Liverman (AZ)
- Director, Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona
- Pam Locker (IN)
- President, League of Women Voters of Southwestern Indiana
- Honorable Zoe Lofgren (CA)*
- Honorable Georgia Lord (AZ)
- Mayor, City of Goodyear
- U.S. Representative, California
- Emily Luchetti (CA)
- Chief Pastry Officer, Big Night Restaurant Group
- Jo Ann Lyons (IN)
- Ambassador, The Wesleyan Church; Founder and Chief Executive Officer, World Hope International
- Theresa Lyons (AK)
- Chief Executive Officer, YWCA Alaska
- Elisabeth MacNamara (GA)
- Past National President, League of Women Voters
- Peggy Malecki (IL)
- Publisher & Owner, Natural Awakenings Chicago
- Lisa Manley (VA)
- Vice President Sustainability, Mars
- Honorable Marjorie Margolies (PA)
- President, Women’s Campaign International; Former U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania
- Dena Marino (FL)
- Co-Founder, MC Kitchen Miami
- Tricia Martinez (IL)
- Managing Director, Techstars Industries of the Future; Chief Executive Officer, Shift
- Honorable Betty McCollum (MN)*
- U.S. Representative, Minnesota
- Barbara McDade (ME)
- President, League of Women Voters of Maine
- Anjali Mehrotra (NJ)
- Executive Director, Emerge New Jersey; Former President, National Organization for Women of New Jersey
- Nicki Micheaux (CA)
- Actress
- Sondria Miller (PA)
- Senior Pastor, God's Convent of Grace International Church
- Mary Sue Milliken (CA)
- Co-Chef & Owner, Border Grill
- Stacey Monahan (MA)
- Senior Vice President, Liberty Square Group; Former Executive Director, Massachusetts Democratic Party
- Honorable Gwen Moore (WI)*
- U.S. Representative, Wisconsin
- Frances Moore Lappé (MA)
- Author & Co-Founder, Small Planet Institute
- Gepsie Morisset-Metellus (FL)
- Co-Founder and Executive Director, Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center
- Honorable Kiah Morris (VT)
- Former State Representative, Vermont
- Robin Morris Collin (OR)
- Senior Advisor to the Administrator for Environmental Justice, United States EPA; Norma J. Paulus Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law
- Christine Neumann-Ortiz (WI)
- Founding Executive Director, Voces de la Frontera
- Thao Nguyen (CA)
- Musician
- Uyen Nguyen (WA)
- Owner, Nue Restaurant
- Danielle Nierenberg (LA)
- Co-Founder & President, Food Tank
- Josie Noah (WA)
- Chief Global Officer, SightLife; Former Director, Partnership & Strategic Alliances, Global Impact
- Honorable Terie Norelli (NH)
- President & CEO, New Hampshire Women’s Foundation; Former Speaker of the House, Former State Representative, New Hampshire
- Emily Oakley (OK)
- Partner, Three Springs Farm
- Denise O’Brien (IA)
- Organic Farmer, Rolling Acres Farm
- Honorable Ilhan Omar (MN)*
- U.S. Representative, Minnesota
- LaMonica Orr-Love (TX)
- Attorney and Founder, The Love Law Group and Consulting Services
- Won Y. Palisoul (NY)
- Founder & Board Member, Women Veterans and Families Network; Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Pentagon
- Pam Person (ME)
- Member, Climate Change Task Force, League of Women Voters of the United States; 2nd Vice Chair, Maine Democratic Party
- Judith Pim (IA)
- Former Director of Secretariat Operations, The World Food Prize Foundation
- Honorable Chellie Pingree (ME)*
- U.S. Representative, Maine
- Carla Prater (WA)
- Assistant Executive Director, Buddhist Global Relief
- Peg Prendergast (MO)
- President, League of Women Voters of Kansas City, Missouri: Jackson, Clay and Platte Counties
- Deborah Price (MN)
- Vice President, Membership, League of Women Voters of Minnesota
- Midge Purcell (United Kingdom)
- Consultant, EquityWorks.solutions
- Honorable Kesha Ram (VT)
- State Senator, Vermont
- Honorable Jane Raybould (NE)
- Vice President, B&R Stores, Inc.; Councilmember, City of Lincoln
- Lisa Renstrom (DC)
- Director, Bonwood Social Investments
- Mary Louise Resch (SC)
- Director of Philanthropy, Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity
- Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown (PA)
- Former Councilmember, Philadelphia City
- Serena Rice (NJ)
- Executive Director, Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey
- Rynne Roark (AR)
- Owner, GreenTrees LLC
- Maggie Robertson (NY)
- Advocate for Women Farmers; Propagation Manager, Furnace Creek Farm
- Marla Rose (IL)
- Writer and Co-Founder, Chicago VeganMania and Vegan Street
- Barbara Ross (MO)
- Director of Social Services, Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri
- Tara Russell (ID)
- President, Fathom; Former Global Impact Lead, Carnival Corporation & PLC; Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Create Common Good
- Cynthia Ryan (DC)
- Principal, Schooner Foundation
- Jauretsi Saizarbitoria (NY)
- Digital Media & Curator, Sugar Barons, eBay
- Mary Schantz (MO)
- President, Missouri Alliance for Home Care
- Debbie Schmieding (OH)
- Executive Director, Havar, Inc; League of Women Voters of Athens County, Ohio
- Honorable Claudine Schneider (CO)
- Former U.S. Representative, Rhode Island
- Ronda Scholting (CO)
- Fellow, Truman National Security Project
- Alejandra Schrader (CA)
- Chef & Co-Owner, Cucina Cocina
- Honorable Jill Schupp (MO)
- State Senator, Missouri; Founder, Missouri Veterans History Project
- Heidi Secord (PA)
- State Executive Director, USDA; Former Executive Committee Chair, Pennsylvania Women in Agriculture Network
- Honorable Jeanne Shaheen (NH)*
- U.S. Senator, New Hampshire
- Ritu Sharma (DC)
- Vice President of US Programs and Policy Advocacy, Care; Co-Founder & Former President, Women Thrive Worldwide
- Honorable Carol Shea-Porter (NH)*
- Former U.S. Representative, New Hampshire
- Gina Sheets (IN)
- Senior Fellow, Sagamore Institute; Former Chief Innovation Officer, Innovation Center in Rural Development
- Shamshad Sheikh (CT)
- Associate Chaplin, Islamic Center of New Haven Masjid Al-Islam
- Lateefah Simon (CA)
- President, Akonadi Foundation; Former President, Bay Area Rapid Transit
- Cheryl Smith, CFA, Ph.D. (MA)
- Economist and Portfolio Manager, Trillium Asset Management, LLC
- Nita Smith (KY)
- Co-Vice President, League of Women Voters of Kentucky
- Diane Smock (SC)
- Community Volunteer; Mediator & Retired Judge
- Laura Sohn (TN)
- Sustainability Coordinator, Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
- Honorable Hilda Solis (CA)
- Community Supervisor, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor; Former U.S. Representative, California
- Nancy Soreng (MD)
- President, League of Women Voters of Maryland
- Ellen Southard (WA)
- Founder, Seattle Site Story LLC
- Ashley Stanley (MA)
- Founder & Executive Director, Lovin’ Spoonfuls
- Reverend Sandra Strauss (PA)
- Director of Advocacy & Ecumenical Outreach, Pennsylvania Council of Churches
- Suzy Swanson (OH)
- Chief Executive Officer, Swanson & Co.; Board Chair, Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland
- Honorable Jane M. Swift (VT)
- Executive Chair, Ultimate Medical Academy; Former Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Catherine Swoboda (IA)
- Cargill Global Resource Systems Lecturer, Iowa State University
- Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate (TN)
- Former Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, Tennessee Supreme Court; Former FCC Commissioner
- Yalem Teshome (IA)
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Iowa State University
- Christina Tobias-Nahi (VA)
- Director of Public Affairs, Islamic Relief USA
- Emily Torgrimson (MN)
- Executive Director, Eat for Equity
- Deborah Turner (IA)
- Vice President of International Programs, Outreach, Inc.
- Susan Ungaro (NY)
- Former President, James Beard Foundation
- Marjorie Van Buren (KS)
- Co-President, Board Kansas Rural Center
- Ann Veneman (NY)
- Co-Chair, Bipartisan Policy Center Prevention Initiative; Former Executive Director, UNICEF; Former Secretary of Agriculture, USDA
- Jennifer Vigran (IN)
- Former Chief Executive Officer, Second Helpings, Inc.
- Angela Vincent (MA)
- Municipal Management Specialist, Northern Middlesex Council of Governments
- Anna Walker (CA)
- Senior Director, Global Policy and Advocacy, Levi Strauss & Co.
- Cassandra Walker Pye (CA)
- CEO, 3.14 Communications, LLC
- Whitney Walker (AZ)
- Human Relations Commisssioner, City of Phoenix; Vice President of Public Policy, Advocacy, and Organizing, Planned Parenthood Arizona
- Marsha Wallace (SC)
- Co-Founder, Dining For Women
- Ellen Walsh-Rosmann (IA)
- Director of Wellness, Harlan County Schools; Farmer & Owner, Milk and Honey
- Honorable Jacquelyne K. Weatherspoon (NH)
- State Advisory Committee Member, US Civil Rights Commission; Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Decisions in Democracy International; Former State Representative, New Hampshire
- Judy Wicks (PA)
- Co-Founder & Chair Emeritus, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies; Founder, White Dog Café
- Raj Wiener (MI)
- Founder (Retired), Wiener Associates
- Marianne Williamson (CA)
- Founder of the Angel Food Project; Spiritual Counselor & Author
- Honorable Lynn Woolsey (CA)
- Former U.S. Representative, California
- Michele Wucker (IL)
- Author, Gray Rhino & Company
- Linda C. Wuest (TX)
- Director, The Yonkofa Project
- Barbara Zia (SC)
- National Board Member, League of Women Voters of South Carolina
- Alumni Ambassadors
- Carol Browner (DC)
- Former Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change; Former Secretary of the U.S. EPA
- Justice Jennifer Brunner (OH)
- Justice, Ohio Supreme Court; Former Secretary of State, Ohio
- Lili Buffett (NE)
- Founding Director, Global Impact Institute
- Honorable Lois Capps (CA)
- Former U.S. Representative, California
- Majora Carter (NY)
- President, The Majora Carter Group, LLC
- Honorable Susan Davis (CA)*
- U.S. Representative, California
- Honorable Debbie Dingell (MI)*
- U.S. Representative, Michigan
- Honorable Anna Eshoo (CA)*
- U.S. Representative, California
- Honorable Jennifer Granholm (MI)
- Former Governor, Michigan
- Honorable Maggie Hassan (NH)*
- U.S. Senator, New Hampshire
- Honorable Doris Matsui (CA)*
- U.S. Representative, California
- Zainab Salbi (DC)
- Founder, Women for Women International
- Honorable Linda Sánchez (CA)*
- U.S Representative, California
- Kathleen Sebelius (KS)
- Secretary of Health and Human Services; Former Governor, Kansas
- Honorable Allyson Schwartz (PA)
- Former U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania
- Honorable Diane Watson (CA)
- Former U.S. Representative, California
- Jody Williams (VA)
- Nobel Laureate; Founder, International Campaign to Ban Landmines














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“I now feel it’s my responsibility to spread understanding of what it’s like for refugees—and hopefully open the doors for those who need our support the most.” – Uyen Nguyen, Owner, Nue Restaurant
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"It’s so important to focus on empowering women because we are all sisters on the planet. We have learned that out of the 1 billion people going to bed hungry and in poverty every night, 70% of those are women and children. … That should be the focus to be sure; that those women have the right tools that they need so they can benefit their children and the future of the world." - Jane Raybould, Lancaster County Commissioner; VP & Director of Buildings & Equipment, B & R Stores, Inc.
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"The Sisters are an amazing source of renewable energy for social and political change. We have the power to transform the way we live. We are, indeed, a power grid of women that extends around the globe, and we're ready to flip the switch!" - Honorable Barbara Lawton, Former Lt. Governor of Wisconsin
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"Oxfam Sisters on the Planet Ambassador program creates a space for womens' voices to be amplified on issues affecting the most vulnerable. I appreciate the opportunities to interact with women at many stages of their careers and who while having impressive accomplishments - still at their core remember those struggling to fulfill their most basic needs and rights." - Christina Tobias-Nahi (VA), Director of Public Affairs, Islamic Relief USA
"We will fight for you and your children and your sisters and your neighbors … I know I won’t ever stop fighting for you." Danielle Adams, former Board Supervisor, Vice-Chair, Soil and Water Conservation District, Durham, NC
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