Women Building Peace Council
The Council is a brain trust of distinguished experts and leaders who offer their guidance and support to USIP as we elevate the voices of women peacebuilders. Drawing upon their collective expertise in the fields of gender and peacebuilding, the Council’s core role is to help select the winner of the annual Women Building Peace Award.
The Women Building Peace Council includes:
- Jacqueline Adams
J Adams: Strategic Communications, LLC - Sanam Naraghi Anderlini
CEO/Founder, International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) - Cynda Collins Arsenault
Founder, Our Secure Future – Women Make the Difference - Gary Barker
President and CEO, Promundo-US - Megan Beyer, co-chair
Principal, Megan C Beyer Associates - Marcia Myers Carlucci, co-chair
Chair, Board of Trustees at National Museum of Women in the Arts - Johnnie Carson
Senior Advisor, U.S. Institute of Peace - Abigail E. Disney
Filmmaker, Philanthropist and Activist - Laurie S. Fulton
U.S. Ambassador - Michelle J. Howard
Admiral, USN, Retired - Nancy Lindborg, honorary chair
President and CEO, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation - Shaista Mahmood
Founding Member, U.S. Pakistan Women Council - Anita McBride
Executive-In-Residence, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, School of Public Affairs, American University - Dina Powell McCormick
Management Committee Member, Goldman Sachs - Pat Mitchell
Founder and CEO, Pat Mitchell Media - Michelle Nunn
President & CEO, CARE USA - Maya Soetoro
Associate Specialist, Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution - Toni Verstandig
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Verstandig Family Foundation - Melanne Verveer
Executive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security