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 global poverty, hunger, and injustice, 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
See the full list of Sisters on the Planet
- Key: * = Member of U.S. Congress
- Honorable Danielle I. A. Adams (NC)
- 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 (DC)
- 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)
- Head, Diaspora Policy, Public Policy Team at Facebook (NY)
- 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
- 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)
- Elizabeth Becker (DC)
- Author
- Kim Behan (CO)
- Executive Director, Buddhist Global Relief
- Laura Beny (MI)
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- Public Relations, Netflix
- Heather Carter (AZ)
- State Representative, Arizona
- Neko Case (VT)
- Musician
- Peg Chemberlin (MN)
- Executive Director, Minnesota Council of Churches
- Eva M. Christensen (MD)
- Food Security, Agroecology Consultant
- Ethne Clarke (PA)
- Editor-in-Chief, Organic Gardening, Rodale Inc; Board of Advisor, Rodale Press
- Malia M. Cohen (CA)
- Member, California State Board of Equalization
- Dr. Judith Conlin (IA)
- Executive Director, Iowa International Center
- Carole Conors (MD)
- Chair, Volunteer Lobby Corps, League of Women Voters of the United States
- Rebecca Swanson Conrad (ME)
- Former President, Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
- Shasti Conrad (WA)
- Chair, King County Democrats
- 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)
- Development Director, Her Future Coalition
- Paula Daniels (CA)
- Co-founder, Center for Good Food Purchasing (CA)
- Caroline Davies (MO)
- Director of Environmental Studies, University of Missouri, Kansas City
- 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 & CEO, 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)
- 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
- Pam Elardo (NY)
- Co-Founder & President, Living Earth Institute
- Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins (CA)
- Head of Care, Honor
- Deb Fikes (MD)
- Executive Advisor, World Evangelical Alliance
- Kathleen Finlay (NY)
- President, Glynwood
- Cornelia Butler Flora (IA)
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Iowa State University, Kansas State University
- Laura Fortmeyer (KS)
- Farmer, Board of Kansas Rural Center
- Amanda Freitag (NY)
- Celebrity Chef
- Honorable Martha Fuller Clark (NH)
- State Senator, New Hampshire
- Joan Fumetti (IA)
- Consultant & Volunteer, 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)
- Attorney, Former Ohio State Representative
- 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)
- Ecumenical Officer, Progressive National Baptist Convention
- 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)
- CEO, CrowdCheck, Inc.
- Sharon Hanshaw (MS)
- Executive Director, Coastal Women for Change
- Jo Ann Hardesty (OR)
- Portland Commissioner (OR)
- Cordia Harrington (TN)
- CEO, 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)
- CEO, ATMOS Research and Consulting
- 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)
- Deputy 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)
- Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer, Kellogg Company
- Beth Ellen Holimon (SC)
- President, Dining For Women
- 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)
- Past Senior Advisor, Land Stewardship Project
- Honorable Sadaf Jaffer (NJ)
- Mayor, Mongtomery Township
- Jennifer James (NC)
- Founder, Social Good Moms
- Teresa Jennings (DC)
- Head of Rule of Law Development, LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation
- 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 Lt. Governor, Iowa
- Sarah Day Kalloch (MA)
- Executive Director, Good Jobs Institute
- Annie Kane (NY)
- Philanthropist & Volunteer
- Musimbi Kanyoro (CA)
- Former President, Global Fund for Women
- Nancy Kaufman (NY)
- Former CEO, National Council of Jewish Women
- Tupou Kelemeni (HI)
- General Board of Ministries, United Methodist Women
- Anne L. Kelly (MA)
- Senior Program Director, Policy & BICEP Program, CERES
- Stacey Kennealy (NJ)
- Certification Program & Sustainability Director, GreenFaith
- Honorable Barbara Kennelly (DC)
- President, Barbara Kennelly Associates; Immediate Past President, U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress; Former U.S. Representative, Connecticut
- Monya Kian (CA)
- 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)
- Counsel to the Chair, California Air Resource Board
- Sam King (NV)
- Grassroots Advocate/Lobbyist, League of Women Voters of Nevada
- Maria Kingery (NC)
- CEO, Southern Energy Management
- Eleanor Kinney (ME)
- Environmental Activist & Philanthropist
- Rachel Kleinfeld (DC)
- Senior Advisor, Carnegie Endowment; Founding CEO, 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)
- Vice President & General Counsel, Nike, Inc.
- Honorable Rebecca Kubacki (IN)
- Former State Representative, Indiana
- Alika Kumar (AZ)
- Former Director, Arizona Minority Business Enterprise Center
- Honorable Ann Kuster (NH)*
- U.S. Representative, New Hampshire
- Anna Lappé (CA)
- Author & Co-Founder, Small Planet 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)
- Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy & Service; Former Lt. Governor, Wisconsin
- Honorable Barbara Lee (CA)*
- U.S. Representative, California
- Catherine Lee (ME)
- Managing Director, Lee International
- Annie Lennox (United Kingdom)
- Musician
- Amy Leonard (CA)
- Vice President of Sourcing, StitchFix
- Bian Li (CA)
- Co-Founder, Project Leverage
- Kimberly Lindlof (ME)
- President & CEO, 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; General Superintendent, Emerita
- 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)
- Chef/Partner, MC Kitchen Miami
- Tricia Martinez (IL)
- CEO, Shift
- Dorothy McAuliffe (VA)
- Former First Lady, Commonwealth of Virginia
- Honorable Betty McCollum (MN)*
- U.S. Representative, Minnesota
- Barbara McDade (ME)
- President, League of Women Voters of Maine
- Anjali Mehrotra (NJ)
- President, National Organization for Women of New Jersey
- Nicki Micheaux (CA)
- Actor
- 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 Consultant, Mass Insight Global Partnerships
- Honorable Gwen Moore (WI)*
- U.S. Representative, Wisconsin
- Frances Moore Lappé (MA)
- Author & Co-Founder, Small Planet Institute
- Gepsie Morisset-Metellus (FL)
- Executive Director, Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center
- Honorable Kiah Morris (VT)
- Former State Representative, Vermont
- Robin Morris Collin (OR)
- Norma J. Paulus Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law
- Christine Neumann-Ortiz (WI)
- 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)
- 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
- Pam Person (ME)
- Member, Climate Change Task Force, League of Women Voters of the United States
- Judith Pim (IA)
- 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)
- Former State Representative, 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)
- 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
- Marla Rose (IL)
- Writer, Chicago VeganMania and Vegan Street
- Barbara Ross (MO)
- Director of Social Services, Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri
- Tara Russell (ID)
- Global Impact Lead, Carnival Corporation & PLC
- Cynthia Ryan (DC)
- Principal, Schooner Foundation
- Jauretsi Saizarbitoria (NY)
- Digital Media & Curator, Sugar Barons, eBay
- Mary Schantz (MO)
- Executive Director, 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 Representative, Missouri
- Heidi Secord (PA)
- Farmer, Josie Porter Farm; Executive Committee Chair, Pennsylvania Women in Agriculture Network
- Honorable Jeanne Shaheen (NH)*
- U.S. Senator, New Hampshire
- Ritu Sharma (DC)
- 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
- Shamshad Sheikh (CT)
- Associate Chaplin, Islamic Center of New Haven Masjid Al-Islam
- Lateefah Simon (CA)
- President, Akonadi Foundation
- Cheryl Smith, CFA, Ph.D. (MA)
- Managing Partner, 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)
- Director of Bonnaroo Sustainability, Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
- Honorable Hilda Solis (CA)
- 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)
- Principal, Seattle Site Story
- Ashley Stanley (MA)
- Founder & Executive Director, Lovin’ Spoonfuls
- Reverend Sandra Strauss (PA)
- Director of Advocacy & Ecumenical Outreach, Pennsylvania Council of Churches
- Suzy Swanson (OH)
- CEO, Swanson & Co.
- 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 FCC Commissioner & ITU Laureate
- 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)
- President, James Beard Foundation
- Marjorie Van Buren (KS)
- Co-President, Board Kansas Rural Center
- Ann Veneman (NY)
- Former Executive Director, UNICEF; Former Secretary of Agriculture, USDA
- Jennifer Vigran (IN)
- CEO, 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
- Marsha Wallace (SC)
- Co-Founder, Dining For Women
- Maura Walsh (CO)
- Former Group Leadership Manager, The Experiment in International Living, a program of World Learning; Former Special Assistant to the President, The World Food Prize Foundation
- Ellen Walsh-Rosmann (IA)
- Farmer & Owner, Pin Oak Place & FarmTable Delivery
- Honorable Jacquelyne K. Weatherspoon (NH)
- CEO/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
"Being a Sisters on the Planet Ambassador has been one of the biggest gifts of my career. They've created this beautifully paved outlet to exercise good with a global family of talented, accomplished women ... a dream." - Genevieve Gorder, Celebrity Designer & Television Host
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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
Photo: Ilene Perlman/Oxfam America
"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
“I know there’s hope, and I am so grateful to Oxfam and the staff for giving us this opportunity and for the work you do every day.” – Dorothy McAuliffe, former First Lady, Commonwealth of Virginia
Photo: Dany Barrientos/Oxfam America
"Women are the caregivers, the nurturers, and investing in women is the only way we’ll probably ever end hunger because they are the gatekeepers to getting things done. …Forty three percent of the food is farmed by women and if they had access to the same resources the men have access to, we’d have 20 to 30 percent more production from their efforts. It’s remarkable, isn’t it?" - Mary Sue Milliken, Co-Chef/ Owner, Border Grill Restaurants & Truck Chef; Cookbook Author; TV Personality
Photo: Ilene Perlman/Oxfam America
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