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Dr. Agnes R. Abuom, Member, Religions for Peace, World Council - Click here to read Dr Abuom's sermon.
Ms. Mahnaz Afkhami, Founder and President, Women's Learning Partnership for Rights
Ms. Maya Ajmera, founder and president, The Global Fund for Children
Ms. Azizah al-Hibri, President, Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
Ms. Farida Ali, President Emeritas, Islamic Heritage Society, Co-President, Religions for Peace
His Excellency Mohamed Ahmed Al Sharif, Secretary General, International Islamic Call Society
Ms. Zainab Al Suwaij, Executive Director, American Islamic Congress (AIC)
Ms. Catherine Chalá Angulo, Director, National Afro-Ecuadorian Pastoral of theEcuadorian Episcopal Conference
His Excellency Kofi Annan, Former Secretary General, United Nations
Ms. Nancy Aossey, President and CEO, International Medical Corps
Dr. Vinu Aram, Director, Shanti Ashram, Vice Moderator, Religions for Peace World Council
Mr. David Beckman, President, Bread for the World
Ms. Carol Bellamy, President and CEO, World Learning
Dr. James L Bernstein, CEO, Noxilizer, Inc.
Ms. Catherine Bertini, senior fellow, Agricultural Development, Gates Foundation
Ms. Kit Bigelow, National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the US
Ms. Alice Hope Birungi, International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS
Ms. Kathy Calvin, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, United Nations Foundation
Sister Simone Campbell, SSS, Executive Director, NETWORK
The Rev. Molly Casteel , women's advocacy associate, Presbyterian Church and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
Mr. Michael Tatu Castlen, Executive Director, PCI-Media Impact
Ms. Najla Chahda, Director, Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center
The Right Reverend John Bryson Chane, Bishop of Washington, Washington National Cathedral
Sister Joan Chittister, Co-Chair, Global Peace Initiative for Women
Rev. Richard Cizik, Vice President of Governmental Affairs, National Association of Evangelicals
Ms. Amy Coen, President and CEO, Population Action International
Mr. Julius Coles, President, Africare-USA
Mr. Christopher Crane, President and CEO, Opportunity International
Rajmond Dabrowski, Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Mr. Sam Daley-Harris, Director, Microcredit Summit Campaign; President and Founder, RESULTS Educational Fund
Rev. Dr. Mvume Dandala, General Secretary, All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC)
Mr. Kermal Davis, Administrator of the United Nations Development Program
Ms. Jean Duff, Deputy Director, Center for Global Justice and Reconciliation
Mrs. Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President, Children's Defense Fund
Dr. Ahmad El Bendary, founder and senior advisor, Islamic Relief
Dr. Claudio Epelman, Member, Latin America and the Caribbean Council of Religious Leaders
Ms. Luisa Etede, director, Camino Guinea Ecuatorial
Mrs. Nermin Fahmy, Chairman, Mosaic Foundation
Ms. Ritu Sharma Fox, Founder and President, Women Thrive Worldwide
The Rev. Dirk Ficca, executive director, Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions
Mr. Brian Gallagher, CEO, United Way of America
Ms. Elizabeth Galvin, Board Member, Refugees International
Ms. Ela Gandhi, Trustee, Gandhi Development Trust, South Africa, Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Ms. Kim Gandy, President, National Organization for Women
Dr. Helene Gayle, President and CEO, CARE
The Reverend Canon Charles Gibbs, Executive Director, United Religions Initiative
Ms. Shamaya Gilo, Founder, Winds of Change Foundation
Ms. Ann Lynam Goddard, President, Christian Children's Fund
Sister María Victoria Gonzáles de Castejón, Secretary General, International Union of Superiors General, Vatican
Bishop Richard H. Graham, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Synod
Ms. Blu Greenberg, Founding President, Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance
Ms. Phoebe Griswold, Founding Member, Anglican Women's Empowerment
Dr. Caren Grown, economist-in-residence, American University
Ms. Christine Grumm, president & CEO, Women's Funding Network
Ms. Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda, general secretary, World YWCA
Ms. Geeta Rao Gupta, president, International Center for Research on Women
Mr. Ken Hackett, president, Catholic Relief Services
Ms. Carolyn Hannan, director, Division for the Advancement of Women, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
The Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris, bishop suffragan of Massachusetts (Ret)
Mr. John Hassell, Washington director, UNAIDS-USA
Dr. Dorothy Height, chair & president emerita, National Council of Negro Women
Ms. Judith M. Hertz, co-chair, Commission on Interreligious Affairs, Union for Reform Judaism, Co-President, Religions for Peace
Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt, founder and president, The Sister Fund
Sr. Mariah Udorah Ifechukwu, Religions for Peace African Women of Faith Network
Dr. Meryl James-Sebro, Managing Director, FirstWorks International
Ms. Ashley Judd, Global YouthAIDS Ambassador
Ms. Rosalind Kainyah, director, Public Affairs USA, The De Beers Group
Mr. Joseph Keefe, president and CEO, Pax World Funds
Dr. Arthur B. Keys, Jr., president and CEO, International Relief and Development
Ms. Daisy Khan, Executive Director, American Society for Muslim Advancement
Dr. Suzanne Kindervatter, Vice President, Strategic Impact, InterAction
Ms. Kimberly King, Co-Chair, Global Action Network Net
The Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon, general secretary, National Council of the Churches of Christ
Mr. Cliff Kirkpatrick, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church, USA
The Very Reverend Leonid Kishkovsky, Moderator of the World Conference of Religions for Peace, Orthodox Church in America
Dr. Leslie Anne Knight, Secretary General, Caritas
Ms. Carla Koppell, Director, Initiative for Inclusive Security, Hunt Alternatives Fund
Ms. Constance Kreshtool, Executive Director, Women of Reform Judaism
Ms. Mehrezia Labidi-Maiza, Coordinator, Religions for Peace Global Women of Faith Network
Mr. Mark Lancaster, Executive Director, The SEVA Foundation
Ms. Elizabeth Latham, Executive Director, U.S. Committee for UN Development Program (UNDP-USA)
The Reverend Dorothy Lau, Director, Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council
Ms. Grace Chung Lee, Representative, Won Buddhism International, Co-President, Religions for Peace
Rabbi Michael Lerner, National Chair, The Network of Spiritual Progressives/Tikkun
Ms. Nancy Lindborg, President, Mercy Corps
The Very Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd III, dean, Washington National Cathedral
Ms. Jo Luck, President and CEO, Heifer International
Rabbi Bruce Lustig, Washington Hebrew Congregation
Dr. Jo Ann Lyon, founder and CEO, World Hope International
Mr. Charles MacCormack, President and CEO, Save the Children
Ms. Hajia Katumi Mahama, President, Muslim Women's Organization of Ghana; Coordinator, African Women of Faith Network, Religions for Peace
Sr. Jenna Margah, Director, Brahma Kumaris of Washington DC
Ms. Katherine Marshall, Senior Fellow and Visiting Professor; Berkelely Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown University
Dr. Ingrid Mattson, President, Islamic Society of North America
Rev. John L McCullough, Executive Director & CEO, Church World Service
Reverend Dr. Vashti Murphy McKenzie, Presiding Prelate-13th Episcopal District, AME
Ms. Donna McLarty, Vice Chair, Vital Voices Global Partnership
Ms. Mary Ellen McNish, General Secretary, American Friends Service Committee
Reverend Gail Mengel, National President, Church Women United
Mr. Adrian Merryman, CEO, Opportunity International Network
Ms. Ruth Messinger, President, American Jewish World Service
Ms. Judy Miller, Vice President and Director, Hilton Humanitarian Prize
Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi, Executive Director, World Organization for Resource Development and Education
Dr. Esther Mombo, Academic Dean, St. Paul’s Theological College, Kenya
Mr. Stephen Moseley, President and CEO, Academy for Educational Development
Ms. Estella Maris Mulaeh, representative, Pax Romana Africa; chairperson, International Youth Committee, Religions for Peace
Ms. Merab Mulindi, Women’s Desk Coordinator, Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa
Ms. Christine Naylor, Executive Director, RESULTS
Ms. Sarah Newhall, President and CEO, Pact
Mrs. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director and Under-Secretary General, United Nations Population Fund - click here for Thoraya Obaid at Dean's Forum.
Mr. Raymond Offenheiser, president, Oxfam, America
Ms. Jacqueline Ogega, African Women's Project Director, Religions for Peace
Ms. Harriett Jane Olson, deputy general secretary, Women's Division, General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church
Archbishop John O. Onaiyekan, Archdiocese of Abuja, Co-President, Religions for Peace
Ms. Mary Pack, Vice President, Domestic and International Affairs, International Medical Corps
Dr. Elaine Pagels, Harrington Spear Payne Professor of Religion, Princeton University
Ms. Ana Victoria Pelaez, Latin American and Caribbean Regional Office, World Conference, Religions for Peace
Mr. Daniel Pellegrom, President and CEO, Pathfinder International
The Reverend Canon John L. Peterson, Canon for Center of Global Justice and Reconciliation, Washington National Cathedral
Dr. Joy Phumaphi, Vice President, Human Development Network, The World Bank
Mr. Ben Plumley, vice president, Tibotec
Rev. Terry Provance, executive director, Oikocredit USA
Mr. Robert Radtke, President, Episcopal Relief and Development
Ms. Kavita N. Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women
Mr. William Reese, President and CEO, International Youth Foundation
Ms. Yolonda Richardson, President and CEO, Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)
Mr. George Rupp, President, International Rescue Committee
Dr. Nafis Sadik, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Asia
Ms. Zainab Salbi, President & CEO, Women for Women International
Reverend Charles Sandefur, president, Adventist Development & Relief Agency International
Ms. Vicki Sant, Co-Founder and President, The Summit Foundation
Monica Santamarina, President Latin America and the Carribean, World Union of Cathloc Women's Organizations
Mr. Edward W. Scott, Jr., Chairman, Center for Global Development
Dr. Tasneem Shamim, Executive Director, Muslim Women's Coalition
Ms. Jill Sheffield, President Emeritus, Family Care International
Mr. Salil Shetty, Director, Millennium Campaign
Dr. Ella Smith Simmons, Vice President, The Seventh-day Adventist World Church
The Honorable Portia Simpson-Miller, former prime minister, Jamaica
Dr. Rajinderit Kaur Singh, Vice President, The Sikh Heritage Organization, Representative of Religions for Peace International Women's Coordinating Committee (IWCC)
Ms. Elise Fiber Smith, Co-Founder and Founder Chair, Women Thrive Worldwide
Ms. Esta Soler, President, Family Violence Prevention Fund
Ms. Kathy Spahn, President and CEO, Helen Keller International
Ann Starrs, President, Family Care International
Mr. Richard Stearns, President, World Vision
Ms. Vivian Stromberg, Executive Director, MADRE
Ms. Susan Sygall, CEO, Mobility International USA
Mr. Elias Szczytnicki, Director, Latin American and Caribbean Council of Religious Leaders
The Honorable Linda Tarr-Whelan, Former Ambassador, UN Commission on Status of Women
Dr. Jenny Te Paa, Maori Anglican theologian, Principal of College of St John the Evangelist, Aukland, New Zealand
Ms. Ann Tiemeyer, Women's Program, National Council of Churches
Ven. Karma Lekshe Tsomo, President, Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women/ Jamyang Foundation
Mr. Frank Tugwell, President and CEO, Winrock International
Ms. Alison Van Dyk, Board Chair, The Temple of Understanding.
Dr. William Vendley, Secretary, General World Conference of Religions for Peace (Co-Founding Organization)
Ambassador Anne Veneman, Executive Director, UNICEF
Ms. Toni G. Verstandig, Executive Director/ Middle East Strategy Group, Aspen Institute
Ms. Melanne Verveer, Co-founder and Chair, Vital Voices Global Partnership
Ms. Faye Wattleton, Founder and President, Center for Advancement of Women
The Reverend Dr. Robert Welsh, General Secretary, Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council
Reverend Elder Nancy Wilson, Moderator of Metropolitan Community Churches
Ms. Joan Winship, Executive Director, International Association of Women Judges
Mr. Sam Worthington, President and CEO, InterAction (Co-Founding Organization)
Ms. Chris Yelton, President, International Museum of Women
Ms. June Zeitlin, Executive Director, Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
Ms. Elaine Zuckerman, President and Founder, Gender Action
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