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Women's Commission Staff

Click on name to read a staff member's biography. Photos by Nicole Cordier.

Carolyn Makinson, Executive Director

Shogufa Alpar, Program Coordinator

Michelle Brané, Director, Detention and Asylum Program

Dale Buscher, Director of Protection

Grace Cheung, Program Manager, Communications

Sarah Chynoweth, Program Manager, Reproductive Health Program

Mary Jane Escobar-Collins, Operations Officer

Julia Freedson, Director, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict

Cynthia Galik, Board and Commissioner Liaison

Sharita Gruberg, Program Specialist, Advocacy and Detention and Asylum Program Email Sharita

Claudine Haenni, Geneva Liasion

Lauren Heller, Protection Program Officer, Livelihoods

Caitlin Kelley, Communications Specialist

Yvonne Kemper, Watchlist Officer

Sandra Krause, Director, Reproductive Health Program

Brooke Lauten, Program Manager, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict

Theresa Pantazopoulos, Senior Media Officer Email Theresa

Diana Quick, Director of Communications

Erin Patrick, Senior Program Officer, Fuel and Firewood Initiative

Jenny Perlman Robinson, Protection Program Officer, Children and Youth

Lucy Roche, Development Officer

Marianne Shearer, Director of Development

Simar Singh, Program Specialist, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict

Mihoko Tanabe, Program Manager, Reproductive Health Program

Joan Timoney, Director of Advocacy and External Relations

Somkit Yust, Grants Manager

Marsha Zeesman, Director of Strategic Affairs

For general inquiries email info@womenscommission.org.

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Board of Directors 2008

Honorary Chair
Liv Ullmann

Co-Chairs
Glenda Burkhart
Dina Dublon

Founding Chair
Catherine O’Neill

Chairs Emeritae
Beverlee Bruce
Jurate Kazickas
Judy Mayotte
Kathleen Newland
Regina S. Peruggi

Founding Director Emerita
Mary Anne Schwalbe

Board of Directors 2008

Sheppie Abramowitz	Chrystia Freeland	Elisabeth Mason
Susan Stark Alberti	Gail Furman	Barbara Murphy-Warrington
Robin Fray Carey	Sian Hansen	Lisa Opoku Busumbru
Katharine I. Crost	Miranda M. Kaiser	Stephanie J. Peters
Jocelyn Cunningham	Elizabeth J. Keefer	Hazel M. Reitz
Julie Daum	Aster Kidane	Mangala K. Sharma
Maryam Elahi	Susan Koch	Debbie Welch
Bridget Elias	Carolyn Makinson (ex-officio)

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Commissioners

Nancy Aossey	Anne Goldfeld	Darija Pichanick
Michele Beasley	Elzbieta M. Gozdziak	Patsy Preston
Joan Bingham	Maureen Grant	Eden W. Rafshoon
Natasha Boissier	Barbara Hack	Molly Raiser
Micky Boulud	Joan Hamburg	Susan F. Rice
Trish Malloch Brown	Janet T. Hanson	Faye Richardson
Le Lieu Browne	Millie Harmon-Meyers	Allan Rosenfield
Dawn Calabia	Elizabeth Hubbard	Nancy Rubin
Khando Chazotsang	Iman	Jill Schuker
Ellen Chesler	Susan Jonas	Pippa Scott
Glenn Close	Elizabeth Kovacs	Gail Sheehy
Roberta Cohen	Sarah Kovner	David Spears
Elizabeth L. Daniels	Jane Kronenberger	Donald Steinberg
Jacqueline de Chollet	Ria Kulenovic	Lorna Stevens
Valentino Achak Deng	Susan F. Martin	Rose Styron
Betsy DeVecchi	Margaret Mathews	Anne Tatlock
Terence Dougherty	Mary B. Moran	Sandra Sennett Tully
Julia Aker Duany	Leni Darrow Moore	Carmen Valenzuela
Helen Dubois	Katherine Moseley	Jo Ann Walthall
Luly Duke	Sarah E. Moten	Chris Wasserstein
Grace Dunbar	Mary Mulvihil	Joella Werlin
Eve Ensler	Holly E. Myers	Jacqueline Winston
Elizabeth Ferris	Karen Olness	Melanie Wyler
David Gindler	Jane Olson
Susan D. Ginkel	Terry Peigh

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The Women's Commission was established in 1989 to address the particular needs of refugee and displaced women and children. The Women's Commission is affiliated with and is legally part of the International Rescue Committee, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. It does not receive direct financial support from the IRC.