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
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council Luncheon
Speaker:
Micah Zenko, Douglas Dillon Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Isobel Coleman, enior Fellow and Director of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative; Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
The Road Ahead: UN Women
Speaker:
Gülden Türköz-Cosslett, Director, Programme Division, UN WomenPresider:
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Restoring Land and Livelihoods
Speaker:
Dana Freyer, Cofounder and Chair of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Global Partnership for AfghanistanPresider:
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Roundtable Meeting
Delivering Solutions for Development
Speaker:
Jill W. Sheffield, Founder and President, Women Deliver and Founder, Family Care InternationalPresider:
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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 UniversityPresider:
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Meeting
Speaker:
Jimmie Briggs, Author, Journalist, and Founder, Man Up CampaignPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Meeting
Speaker:
Alyse Nelson, Vital Voices Global PartnershipPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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 GroupPresider:
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Meeting
September 20, 2010
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Meeting
Speaker:
Lorie D. Jackson, Director, Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative, Exxon Mobil CorporationPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with Jensine Larsen
Speaker:
Jensine Larsen, World PulsePresider:
Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council: A Conversation with Amanda Ellis
Speaker:
Amanda Ellis, World Bank GroupPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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 RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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 BagsPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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 CouncilPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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 RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council Luncheon
Speaker:
Shirin R. Tahir-Kheli, U.S. Department of StatePresider:
Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Carolyn Makinson, Executive Director, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and ChildrenThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foerign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Jacqueline Novogratz, Chief Executive Officer, Acumen FundThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Aloisea Inyumba, Senator in Parliament, Rwandese RepublicThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Luncheon
Speaker:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Mahnaz Afkhami, President, Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development & PeaceThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, International Affairs Fellow, The Council on Foreign Relations
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Nancy Barry, Women's World Banking
This meeting is not for attribution.
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
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Noeleen Heyzer, Director, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
This meeting is not for attribution.
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
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Advisory Council Luncheon
Presider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Carol Yost, The Asia Foundation
This meeting is not for attribution.
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