Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council
Director: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Fellow and Deputy Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program
January 1, 2006 - Present
The advisory council has been instrumental in establishing the endowed chair for Women and Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Founded by Jewelle Bickford, senior managing director at Rothschild North America Inc., its members include leaders from the business, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors throughout the country who have a keen interest in issues related to U.S. foreign policy toward women in developing countries. If you would like more information about the advisory council, please contact Dr. Coleman at icoleman@cfr.org or Ms. Ashley Harden, at aharden@cfr.org.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
The Road Ahead: UN Women
Speaker: Gülden Türköz-Cosslett, Director, Programme Division, UN Women
Presider: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations
May 3, 2012
Roundtable Meeting
Restoring Land and Livelihoods
Speaker: Dana Freyer, Cofounder and Chair of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Global Partnership for Afghanistan
Presider: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations
February 7, 2012
Roundtable Meeting
Delivering Solutions for Development
Speaker: Jill W. Sheffield, Founder and President, Women Deliver and Founder, Family Care International
Presider: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations
December 15, 2011
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Roundtable Meeting
Winning the War for Talent: A Conversation with Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Speaker: Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Founding President, Center for Work-Life Policy and Director, Gender and Policy Program at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Presider: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations
October 20, 2011
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Meeting
Speaker: Jimmie Briggs, Author, Journalist, and Founder, Man Up Campaign
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
May 17, 2011
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Meeting
Speaker: Alyse Nelson, Vital Voices Global Partnership
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
March 30, 2011
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Meeting
Speakers: Tom Yellin, Co-Founder, President, and Executive Producer, The Documentary Group
Holly Gordon, Vice President for Project Development, The Documentary Group
Presider: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Council on Foreign Relations
November 1, 2010
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Meeting
Speaker: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
September 20, 2010
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Meeting
Speaker: Lorie D. Jackson, Director, Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative, Exxon Mobil Corporation
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
June 2, 2010
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with Jensine Larsen
Speaker: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
March 10, 2010
Roundtable Meeting
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council: A Conversation with Amanda Ellis
Speaker: Amanda Ellis, World Bank Group
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
November 11, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council: 10,000 Women - One Year Later
Speaker: Dina Habib Powell, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
June 1, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council: The Next Movement - Women Entrepreneurs Driving Global Economic Growth
Speakers: Amanda Ellis, World Bank Group
Dina Habib Powell, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Patricia A. Sellers, Fortune Magazine
Obafemi Olayebi, My World of Bags
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
May 11, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council Luncheon: Philanthropy and Global Engagement in the Arab Region - A Conversation with Barbara Ibrahim
Speaker: Barbara Ibrahim, Population Council
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
March 4, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council Luncheon
Speaker: Ines Alberdi, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
November 20, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council Luncheon
Speaker: Shirin R. Tahir-Kheli, U.S. Department of State
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
September 10, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Carolyn Makinson, Executive Director, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
May 7, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foerign Relations
March 12, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Jacqueline Novogratz, Chief Executive Officer, Acumen Fund
January 16, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Aloisea Inyumba, Senator in Parliament, Rwandese Republic
November 28, 2007
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Luncheon
Speaker: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations
June 26, 2007
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Mahnaz Afkhami, President, Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development & Peace
March 13, 2007
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, International Affairs Fellow, The Council on Foreign Relations
January 16, 2007
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Nancy Barry, Women's World Banking
November 21, 2006
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Luncheon
Speakers: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations
Zainab Salbi, President, Women for Women International
September 19, 2006
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Noeleen Heyzer, Director, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
May 16, 2006
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Luncheon
Speakers: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Jane Arraf, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
March 7, 2006
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Carol Yost, The Asia Foundation
January 24, 2006
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