Leading to Impact by Coby Jones

LEADING

impact

2011 ANNUAL REPORT

“ THIS IS MY

Vital Voice ”

PHOTO CREDITS: Joshua Cogan, Kate Cummings, Sharon Farmer, Aaron Kisner, Micky Wiswedel, Elliott Woods DESIGN: ANDRES DE LA ROCHE 2 © Copyright VITAL VOICES 2011 ANNUAL REPORT 2011, Vital Voices Global Partnership

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LEADING TO IMPACT

OUR MISSION

HOW WE WORK

GLOBAL PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

HUMAN RIGHTS

POLITICAL AND PUBLIC LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIP AND MENTORING

19 REGIONAL IMPACT 20

AFRICA

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

27 LEVERAGING YOUR INVESTMENT

Cover: Sunitha Krishnan, India Above: Adi Tafuna’i, Samoa

MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS

IMPACT THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

LEADERSHIP

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LEADING to

impact

Dear Friends, 2011 was a year of irreversible shifts in politics, economics and culture around the world. Old leadership scrambled to hold on to power as new leadership sought to redistribute it. Crisis yields opportunity, and the year proved that our new world requires fresh thinking and new partners. Sustainable leadership is more than a catch phrase. It is a mandate for a fair, just and equitable future. Vital Voices sees a solution in women. Long excluded from traditional power structures, women lead differently. Collaboration, inclusion with conviction, integrity and creativity are hallmarks of women leaders who have shaped our world. From our beginnings as a U.S. State Department initiative in 1997, through today, we have documented this model of leadership within our Global Leadership Network. These women — entrepreneurs, rights advocates, and parliamentarians among them — use their power to inspire collective empowerment. They are leading to impact. This year, our programs in economic empowerment, human rights and political and public leadership changed the lives of 1,543 women (and men) in 77 countries. In Cameroon, we taught a law enforcement officer to identify human trafficking, leading to the rescue of 98 child victims. In the Middle East and North Africa, we convened 40 leading civil society advocates for training in Jordan just a week after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was removed from power. The Vital Voices Nicaragua chapter helped women realize their own power in making change. Women in the Pacific Islands are pursuing career-track employment, and families are thriving with sustainable business projects that allow them to earn a living where they live.

THIS WORK IS GUIDED BY THE BELIEF THAT THE IMPACT OF WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP IS A FORCE THAT CAN AND MUST BE HARNESSED FOR THE GLOBAL GOOD. It is also a key to global financial recovery. Released in September 2011, the 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development finds that women with decision-making power accelerate positive development outcomes. Studies from the World Economic Forum also confirm a strong correlation between an increase in gender equality and an increase in gross domestic product per capita. This report captures the achievements made possible by our global community of supporters. We pledge to continually innovate. We will always ask ourselves “What impact are we driving toward?” as we evaluate new programs and measure their success. Now more than ever, it is critical that we work together to remove barriers to access and opportunity for the women who risk their livelihoods and their lives every day to bring justice, peace and greater prosperity to the world. With our deepest gratitude,

Susan Ann Davis CHAIR

Bobbie Greene McCarthy VICE CHAIR

Alyse Nelson PRESIDENT AND CEO

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OUR

mission

WE IDENTIFY, INVEST IN AND BRING VISIBILITY TO EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD BY UNLEASHING THEIR LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM LIVES AND ACCELERATE PEACE AND PROSPERITY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. FOUNDED BY U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON IN 1997, WE TRAIN AND MENTOR WOMEN LEADERS AS AGENTS OF TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICAL AND PUBLIC LEADERSHIP. THE VITAL VOICES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP NETWORK INCLUDES MORE THAN 12,000 LEADERS REPRESENTING 144 COUNTRIES WHO HAVE TRAINED AND MENTORED 500,000 ADDITIONAL WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

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HOW

we work

We work with established and rising entrepreneurs, advocates and policymakers committed to making positive change in their communities. Our training, mentoring and leadership programs confer new skills needed for greater impact at scale. We shine a spotlight on their successes through media and events, and integrate them into our powerful Global Leadership Network of women leaders.

TIME

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AN EMERGING LEADER.

WE INVEST IN HER OUR TIME, RESOURCES, TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP.

VITAL VOICES MEETS HER AND IS IMPRESSED BY HER WORK.

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ECONOMICS

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HER WORK IS EXPANDED AND HER IMPACT IS DEEPER. SHE IS RECOGNIZED IN HER COMMUNITY.

SHE REALIZES THAT SHE CAN SUPPORT MANY MORE WOMEN IN HER COMMUNITY. SHE BUILDS A NETWORK, AND PAYS FORWARD THE INVESTMENT MADE IN HER. SHE BECOMES A MENTOR AND INSPIRES NEW WOMEN LEADERS.

SHE BECOMES MORE POWERFUL, MORE CONNECTED, AND MORE EFFECTIVE. SHE GAINS VISIBILITY.

THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE, MORE RECEPTIVE TO WOMEN LEADERS. SHE HAS INSPIRED OTHERS TO CREATE CHANGE.

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GLOBAL PROGRAM

highlights

In 2011 we were able to identify, invest in and bring visibility to extraordinary women around the world by unleashing their leadership potential to transform lives and accelerate peace and prosperity in their communities.

We were at the forefront of international coalitions to combat human trafficking and other forms of violence against women and girls.

We enabled women to become change agents in their governments, advocates for social justice, and supporters of democracy and the rule of law.

We equipped women with management, business development, marketing and communications skills to expand their enterprises, provide for their families, and create jobs in their communities.

THEY ARE THE VITAL VOICES OF OUR TIME.

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Opposite page: Samburu artisan, Kenya

ECONOMIC empowerment Women drive broad-based social and economic benefits for society. Research from a range of institutions — from the World Bank to the UN, and from the World Economic Forum to Goldman Sachs — shows that investments in women are directly correlated to a country’s greater prosperity, poverty alleviation and reduction in corruption. To break down disproportionate barriers they face — legal, institutional and cultural — now is the time to strengthen our investment in women’s economic opportunity.

2011

FOCUS Vital Voices has created an innovative strategy to accelerate women’s integration into the global economy and develop the next generation of women business leaders by:

IMPACT Businesswomen’s Networks around the globe — Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Africa — support established and emerging business leaders through training, mentoring and business-to-business opportunities.

10,000

Women Members

Member Countries

The Entrepreneurs in Handcrafts program helps women business

Investing in networks of professionals and business owners

leaders to advance their businesses and to create economic growth and positive social change in their communities. Our trainers conduct five-day intensive workshops on best practices in business management, access to markets and product development. TO DATE

Investing in entrepreneurs in the handcraft sector

Investing in women entrepreneurs at the SME level (small and medium enterprise)

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200 32 127 45 97 75

High potential/high performing entrepreneurs from 37 countries were trained by Vital Voices. The average number of employees our graduates engage in handcraft sector work. Percent increase in sales is reported by graduates of our program. Percent increase in the number of artisan workers employed as reported by graduates of our programs. Percent increase in salary of our graduates reported after the program. Percent of handcraft sector workers are women.

TLIGHT:

Entrepreneurs in Handcrafts Agnes Mhlongo and Carey Moran are handcraft entrepreneurs who completed Vital Voices trainings in Ghana and Uganda. They met in 2010 through business circles, and quickly became friends. Mutual admiration for each other’s designs led to a rewarding mentoring relationship. They shared a booth at the Design Indaba Trade Show in Cape Town and continue to collaborate.

“I think after time the mentor/mentee distinction blurs and what remains is a strong and loyal relationship committed to seeing success and progress in the work we do and making a difference in our community.”

– Carey Moran

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Opposite page: Rural and urban Cameroon

HUMAN rights Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread violations of human rights, cutting across boundaries of age, race, culture, wealth and geography. There is no “typical” victim for these crimes — the risk factor is simply being born female. Women leaders often spearhead the effort to solve the problem of violence against women — they advocate for the passage of legislation, they pursue effective implementation of laws and policies, and provide shelter and services to survivors. Yet, too often these leaders work in isolation, without adequate resources or supportive networks, and frequently at great personal risk to themselves.

2011

FOCUS In 2011, Vital Voices works with human rights leaders to:

Connect them to other human rights leaders around the world, potential funders and necessary partners in their own community including government

IMPACT

632 97

Women and men trained by the Vital Voices human rights team. Percent of participants at the Cameroon Human Trafficking Institute who gave the highest ranking to the statement, “The Institute has inspired me to start a dialogue on human trafficking at work.”

8 98

Months after government officials participated in Vital Voices’ Cameroon human trafficking Institute, Cameroon’s Parliament adopted a revised human trafficking law. Child victims of human trafficking rescued by police officer Sadou Lemenkreo using the skills he learned at the Cameroon Human Trafficking Institute.

Provide training and technical assistance which enhance their professional development, the work of their respective NGOs and their ability to support the broader communities they serve

Percentage of participants who felt very high or moderately high level of comfort, skill and experience with their creativity and capacity to provide services to survivors of sexual assault, after the Africa Regional Program: Sexual Violence Institute.

LAUNCHED: Violence against women awareness campaign by Maria Gabriela Hoch (delegate to Global Partnership to End Violence Against Women) in Buenos Aires using a small grant from Vital Voices and the Avon Foundation. ADOPTED: Vital Voices’ recommended language that all United States Attorneys Offices be required to designate one Assistant U.S.

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Attorney as the “Point of Contact” for all Human Trafficking issues. The requirement became effective in 2011.

TLIGHT:

Cameroon Sadou Lemankreo, a police officer from the Maroua Region of Cameroon, attended Vital Voicesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Anti-Trafficking Institute for criminal justice professionals and NGO women leaders. Concerned about children in his region made to beg for money from passing motorists instead of attending school, Sadou opened an investigation and gathered evidence. Working with traditional rulers and local authorities, he created a task force that led to the successful rescue of 98 child victims of human trafficking. With new strategies learned at the training, Sadou knew to call in social affairs officials to ensure that the children received medical treatment. All of the children have now been reunited with their families. Sadou convinced his boss at the police department to give him a vehicle so that he and his team can travel to all of the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s communities and further educate their parents about the issue of human trafficking.

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Opposite page: Participants in Emerging Pacific Women’s Leadership Program – PACIFIC ISLANDS

POLITICAL &

public leadership

From national parliaments to local councils, women are internationally underrepresented in politics and policymaking. Women’s global share in parliament representation is 19 percent. A growing body of research indicates that the advantages of women’s increased presence in the public sphere — greater transparency, education reform, health reform, social development, higher standards of living — are too significant to be ignored. The World Bank’s 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development finds that inequalities in women’s representation undermine development efforts and impede effective governance.

FOCUS Vital Voices concentrates its political programming on increasing women’s civil society engagement and removing barriers to women’s effective political participation.

2011

IMPACT Global women leaders from Cambodia, Argentina, Morocco, Liberia, Nigeria, East Timor, and Haiti convened

for the Global Women’s Leadership and Public Policy Program, a two-day strategy session led by Vital Voices to identify the needs of women government leaders and map potential strategies and mechanisms to enhance their capacity to govern effectively.

We create opportunities for women’s full participation through trainings in policy advocacy, campaign organizing, coalitionbuilding, and conflict resolution and peace building.

Year commitment was made with the New Zealand

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian Agency for International Development to conduct a program that trains women leaders from 12 Pacific Island countries to advocate for women’s economic opportunities and increased leadership in civil society.

Delegations comprised of 4 women each were trained in Port Vila, Vanuatu to design and implement advocacy campaigns to improve women’s economic opportunities

and leadership in their respective countries. The goals of the various projects range from striving to influence legislative and policy change to improve women’s labor force participation to removing barriers to women’s entrepreneurship.

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TLIGHT:

Samoa

In December 2011, Vital Voices launched a 19-month program in Port Vila, Vanuatu, to train delegations from 12 Pacific Island countries to advocate for womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic opportunities and increased leadership in civil society. After the training, the Samoan delegation addressed rising unemployment and migration of women in the domestic work sector by building a program to professionalize, increase the status of, and certify training in domestic service work, at both residential and industrial levels. Twenty trainees have been recruited, graduated and placed in quality, career-track jobs. This serves as a civic engagement model for expanding opportunities for more women in the region, and as noted by the Hon. Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi:

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The initiative of this project for women makes it an important addition to the collective efforts by the government, private sector, the church and civil society to promote and support the development and empowerment of women.â&#x20AC;?

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LEADERSHIP &

mentoring

MENTORING IS A CRITICAL PATH TO LEADERSHIP Studies have proven how mentoring can impact decision-making power by providing leaders with tools to build their capacity in areas that will make them more effective. Leaders — women and men — must “pay it forward” by investing in women leaders: those whom are already in positions of power, and those on the cusp of reaching them. Mentorship can enable these women leaders to follow their instincts, make their voices heard, and drive forward initiatives that channel the best talent up the leadership pipeline.

GLOBAL LEADERSHIP NETWORK FORMALIZED In April 2011, Vital Voices held its inaugural Global Leadership Network (GLN) retreat in Washington, D.C. The GLN’s top women leaders from a range of experiences and geographies came together to chart a course for formalized collaboration and integration with Vital Voices. Priority areas were identified for strengthening the Network through targeted support. A fully staffed Global Leadership Network department was a direct outcome of the retreat, set up to provide hightouch individual support, networking and leadership and mentoring opportunities to accelerate their work.

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FORTUNE/U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT GLOBAL WOMEN’S MENTORING PARTNERSHIP

Twenty-five women from 16 countries participated in the sixth year of the Fortune/U.S. State Department Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership. The program serves as a catalyst for rising women business leaders, and Vital Voices worked to integrate them into the Global Leadership Network, connecting alumnae internationally, and supporting their professional development through online education.

TLIGHT:

2011 Global Leadership Awards Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma was named Global Trailblazer – Voice of the Decade, at the 10th Annual Global Leadership Awards at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The award was presented by Vital Voices co-founder and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and celebrated onstage by many honorees from years past who represent the Vital Voices Global Leadership Network. Other women leaders honored for advancing economic empowerment, human rights and public leadership included: •

Sunitha Krishnan (India)

•

Liron Peleg-Hadomi and Noha Khatieb (Israel)

•

Kah Walla (Cameroon)

•

Fatema Akbari (Afghanistan)

TOP TO BOTTOM Past honoree Mu Sochua pays tribute to Global Trailblazer Aung San Suu Kyi (silhouetted on screen); Global Leadership Awards participants; Bobbie Greene McCarthy, Sally Field, Liron Peleg-Hadomi.

LEADERSHIP &

mentoring

GLOBAL MENTORING WALKS On November 19, 2011, Mentoring Walks in 10 countries drew established and rising women leaders to walk together in their communities. The Mentoring Walk unifies the Global Leadership Network while creating an opportunity to highlight the importance of women’s leadership, and accelerate the impact of women leaders through mentoring.

ANNpower The ANNpower Vital Voices Initiative launched, empowering young women from across the United States to lead change in their communities and around the world. Vital Voices awarded 10 grants to fund projects such as a mentoring program for at-risk youth, an awareness campaign on teen dating violence, and an international feminist literary magazine.

VITAL VOICES LEADERSHIP MODEL Innovative Teaching Tool Launched The leadership model is a blueprint drawn from 15 years of work with 12,000 women in 144 countries. It points to five key characteristics of successful women leaders shared by entrepreneurs, human rights advocates and policymakers who have demonstrated unique ways of leading and inspiring change in their communities. The model serves as the foundation of Alyse Nelson’s book, “Vital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change Around the World,” and is taught in every one of our global programs. A modular curriculum will soon be available to allow for wider dissemination of the model’s practical application. OPPOSITE PAGE Nada Abandah, Jordan; Mentoring Walk, Panama

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REGIONAL

impact

Our international staff and team of over 1,000 partners, pro bono experts and leaders, including senior government, corporate and NGO executives, have trained and mentored more than 12,000 emerging women leaders from over 144 countries in Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East since 1997. These women have gone on to train and mentor more than 500,000 additional women and girls in their communities.

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Opposite page: Jacqueline Ndongmo, Cameroon; Matshepo Msibi, South Africa

AFRICA Africa is poised to emerge as a leader in economic, political and social development in the coming decade. The continent boasts several of the world’s fastest growing economies; its civil societies are becoming increasingly participatory. Yet, vast inequality threatens this potential, with women in sub-Saharan Africa facing the most extreme levels of gender inequality in the world.

2011

FOCUS African women leaders are changing this reality. Working with them, Vital Voices has created an innovative strategy to remove barriers to women’s inequality and accelerate women’s leadership in three ways:

Connect women leaders in a regional network

Invest in women business leaders

Provide a platform for women leaders’ perspectives

IMPACT Africa Businesswomen’s Network (ABWN)* leadership programs.

$195,000

and supplier readiness programs.

Technical assistance days provided to Hubs for organizational development and ensuring grant compliance.

125 3

Grants made to ABWN Hubs for entrepreneurship

Days in technical assistance provided to Hubs for organizational development, training, & grant compliance

ABWN Hubs trained in Entrepreneurs in Handcrafts curriculum and 3 trainings held.

African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP)** leadership

Women’s Entrepreneurship Development (WED) advocacy

2 3

and business development programs.

workshops in Ghana and South Africa, serving 30 women leaders. Corporate Ambassadors Programs in Nigeria and Uganda, serving 400 women leaders. Global Leadership Network members named finalists in the One World Top 100 Unseen Power Women Changing the World: Adelaide Foute, Marceline Kongolo-Bice and Fanny Chirisa.

*To accelerate economic growth for women to improve the quality of life on the continent, the ABWN was set up as a partnership between local African businesswomen’s associations (Hubs), Vital Voices and the ExxonMobilFoundation.

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**To support African women business leaders, AWEP was launched as a United States Government International Visitors Program alongside the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum.

TLIGHT:

Africa Businesswomen’s Network (ABWN) SUPPLIER DIVERSITY PROGRAM SUCCESS Joy Lwanga of Uganda, a farmer and member of Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited (UWEAL), was a participant in the Vital Voices-led 2010 ABWN Supplier Diversity Program. By November 2011, Joy reported that she had increased the number of local and regional supermarkets she supplies to, doubled her sales, increased her staff by 33%, and increased to 10 the number of small farms producing for her business. She is pursuing financing to purchase land and equipment to increase production, and to begin to supply additional supermarket chains within Uganda and in Kenya and South Africa. WOMEN BUSINESS LEADERS PAYING IT FORWARD Betsy Ings, member of the Businesswomen’s Association of South Africa (BWASA), attended the Women’s Entrepreneurship Development (WED) Training of Trainers which led to specialized training through our partnership with the International Labor Organization (ILO). Armed with new knowledge and skills she personally trained 144 women in business development and entrepreneurship in 2011. Says Betsy: “If

Vital Voices did not support BWA and have a relationship with the ILO I would never had the privilege to become a WED-accredited provider and support my fellow businesswomen. It was great to share with ladies from Haiti, Hawaii and Africa and tell them the importance of partners like Vital Voices — who make the difference to women on the ground impacting our businesses and investing in us on a personal level.” VITAL VOICES 2011 ANNUAL REPORT | 21

Opposite page: Panmela Castro, Brazil; Ana Zavala, Nicaragua

the caribbean

LATIN AMERICA &

Our work in Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC) is guided by the belief that investing in womenowned enterprises is an investment in human capital that will help drive sustainable regional growth. Vital Voices and its local chapters provide training workshops and mentoring programs to support women leaders accelerating progress in their communities.

2011

FOCUS Vital Voices has created an innovative strategy to accelerate women’s integration into the global and regional economy and develop the next generation of women business leaders:

Invest in local chapters and in networks

IMPACT

Vital Voices chapters throughout LAC offer robust leadership, mentoring and entrepreneurship training in Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru.

Vital Voices affiliates offer support to women leaders in Brazil, Haiti and Venezuela.

3,100

Women and men who benefited from Vital Voices and chapter programming.

LAUNCHED The LAC Businesswomen’s Network — piloted in Argentina,

Invest in women entrepreneurs at the SME level (small and medium enterprise)

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Guatemala and Nicaragua

TLIGHT:

Nicaragua

Ana Zavala’s eyes were opened to the plight of Nicaraguan women by the first leadership training program she led. “Twenty-five women from Managua participated, and during one self-esteem program, several of these women began to cry,” recalls Ana. “I was suddenly aware of the needs of women in my country, especially the need for support. I realized that sometimes people live in their own bubble and don’t realize what others are facing in life.” For Ana, serving those needs meant helping them to overcome challenges — discrimination, lack of economic and educational opportunities, and pressures of family and career complicated by single motherhood or domestic abuse. “Women are already becoming more conscious of their importance to society, especially in areas where there is more oppression. Communication networks have contributed to open spaces for women worldwide,” says Ana. Ana Zavala is executive director of Voces Vitales Nicaragua.

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Opposite page: Policy Advocates training in Jordan; Amany Eid, Egypt

MIDDLE EAST &

north africa

The transitions taking place in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region today present new opportunities for women. The political and social landscape is shifting to allow for expanded civic participation, greater economic opportunities and promotion of human rights. Vital Voices works with regional networks of women to increase opportunities in economic development and public life. Our capacity-building workshops and mentoring programs empower women leaders across the region.

2011

FOCUS Working with women in the MENA region, Vital Voices has created an innovative strategy to:

IMPACT

ADVOCACY

95 62 5,000

Percent of workshop participants are engaged in advocacy campaigns. Percent of workshop participants are active in civil society organizations.

Build and strengthen women’s regional networks

Number of people reached by MENA programming.

The Advocacy and Public-Private Dialogue Toolkit was launched to provide advocates with a practical guide to create and manage advocacy campaigns and utilize public-private dialogue as a means to achieving positive outcomes.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Working with Vital Voices’ support through 2011, the MENA BWN

Provide global visibility to women in the region

implemented a total of 78 activities and nine direct grants across

Bring partnerships, trainings and resources to address women’s issues

10 participating countries and reaching over 6,100 individuals. The events ranged from small scale local debates aimed at raising awareness of the importance of women’s economic participation, to large scale Corporate Ambassador conferences. KEY OUTCOMES FROM JANUARY 2010 THROUGH JUNE 2011:

337 15.8 1,977 73.5

New businesses started by female participants of the MENA BWN.

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Percentage of MENA BWN program participants reporting increase in business revenue.

Members of MENA BWN Hubs. Percentage of MENA BWN program participants reporting new business-to-business contacts.

TLIGHT:

Economic Development and Advocacy MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA BUSINESSWOMAN’S NETWORK (MENA BWN) With funding from the U.S. Department of State, Vital Voices began establishing the MENA BWN and growing its Hubs in 2007, guiding it to independence as its own NGO registered in Bahrain. We now work in partnership with the MENA BWN to cultivate women business leaders, catalyze growth of high impact businesses, and contribute to a more enabling environment for women’s economic engagement. The desire for economic opportunity and growth was among the reasons propelling the 2011 Arab Spring. Vital Voices’ partnership with the MENA BWN proved crucial in supporting the regions’ immediate needs of entrepreneurship and job creation.

The Association for Women’s Total Advancement and Development (AWTAD), the Egypt MENA BWN hub, never shut its doors to women in Egypt during protests in early 2011. In fact, the community of business owners and professional women persevered and increased its membership by 32 percent through program and mentoring services for its constituencies, including workshops, seminars, collective bargaining training, debates, and networking opportunities. AWTAD leveraged the MENA BWN to expand its outreach to targeted communities while running programs in a politically unstable and insecure environment. ADVOCACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA In 2011, Vital Voices was working with women advocates as fundamental shifts were occurring throughout the region. From Algeria to Yemen, Vital Voices supported women during a time of uncertainty and change. Fewer than 10 days after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was ousted from power, Vital Voices brought together 40 leaders from 10 countries to Amman, Jordan for the first Policy Advocates Network workshop. The attendees shared their successes, found strength in each other, drew inspiration and ideas, and created a bond that could not be broken. By providing them advocacy training, a network to draw on, and worldwide support from Vital Voices Global Leadership Network, Vital Voices supported them in designing advocacy campaigns to address pressing issues in each country. For the rest of this challenging year, Vital Voices worked side by side with the advocates to navigate their changing environments and support them through risk and reward.

“It’s important to see women’s rights as political rights. But we don’t expect it to be easy. Tahrir Square was a utopia, and society doesn’t change in 15 minutes.” – MOZN HASSAN, EGYPTIAN ACTIVIST VITAL VOICES 2011 ANNUAL REPORT | 25

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LEVERAGING

your investment

Vital Voices is grateful for the public and private partners who are a key component of our success. With critical financial support, many of our partners also lend world-class industry expertise that we can leverage to help advance women in the countries where we work. Ever since then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton founded Vital Voices and through its transition to a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, we have thrived with strong financial support and partnerships with both Republican and Democratic administrations.

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MAJOR contributors Thank you to our major contributors who helped to support our programs in 2011. Every effort has been made to ensure a complete and accurate list. We regret any errors or omissions and ask that they be brought to the attention of the Washington, DC office.

$100,000+

$25,000 – $49,999

$10,000 – $24,999

ANN INC. Bank of America CH2M HILL Diller - von Furstenberg Family Foundation ExxonMobil Foundation Goldman Sachs Humanity United Paul E. Singer Foundation The Boeing Company Tracy and Jay Snyder

Avon Products, Inc. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Chevron Deloitte Sonnie and Bill Dockser, The Dockser Family Foundation Ernst & Young Samia and A. Huda Farouki Google ING Intel Foundation LexisNexis Marlene and Fred Malek Marathon Oil Corporation Vicki and Roger Sant Susie Tompkins Buell Foundation The Coca-Cola Company The Jenzabar Foundation Walmart

Bingham McCutchen LLP Susan Chambers Cathy Coughlin Susan Ann Davis DHL Emergent Bio Solutions Nancy Folger Dina Habib Powell Hilton Worldwide Dr. Karen Otazo and John Hofmeister Curtis Huff Ambassador Craig Johnstone Mary K. Ford Marchon Eyewear Donna and Mack McLarty Newsweek/Daily Beast Oakwood Foundation Paul Hastings LLP Deborah Rose Andrea Stern Ferris Susan Bacher Fund Roselyne Chroman Swig The Marshall Family Foundation Tupperware Brands Corporation United Nations Foundation Verizon XO Communications

$50,000 – $99,999 Abbott Laboratories Clinton Family Foundation Embassy of the United Arab Emirates Microsoft Standard Chartered Bank Symantec The Buffin Foundation Wells Fargo

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MAJOR contributors $5,000 – $9,999 4AWoman Akbaraly Foundation Iman M. Abdulmajid Tracy and Adam Bernstein Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Dina and Irl Cramer Mary Davis Holt Geller & Company Baroness Mary Goudie Hewlett Packard David R. Jones Cindi Leive Susan and John Magee Joy Miranne-Mangano Kristin Muhlner Qualcomm Frederic Randall Jane E. Shaw Susan G. Komen for the Cure The Austin Hearst Foundation The McCall Family Foundation Joan and Fred Weisman

$2,500 – $4,999 Amgen, Inc. Tauba Auerbach Buffy Cafritz Carl E. Kessler Family Foundation Paul R. Charron Julie Dobson The Honorable and Mrs. Melvyn J. Estrin George Family Foundation Ferman Family Charitable Foundation Stephenie Foster Elizabeth Frawley Bagley Harman Family Foundation Holly Peterson Foundation Mary Lynn and Nick Kotz

Patrick and Bobbie Greene McCarthy Megan Mirza V. Sue Molina Susan Nittmann Porter Novelli The Charles S. Curry and Molly M. Davenport Fund The Leon Foundation Thomson Reuters Sara J. Vandepeute Larry Whitlow Womenetics

$1,000 – $2,499 Jessica Abrahams American Beverage Association APCO Worldwide Ast Partnership for Brighter Tomorrows Janet B. Abrams Rita Braver and Robert B. Barnett Wendy Benchley and John Jeppson Lisa Bernstein Wilma and Stuart Bernstein Sandra Bertsch Jaspal Bindra Nina Blackwell Lynn & Wolf Blitzer Carol and John Boochever Lorraine Bracco Katherine and David Bradley Chris and James Bridgeman Carolyn Brody Binta Niambi Brown Elsa Brule Betty Bumpers Bunny Klein Family Fund Calvin Klein Julia Carpenter-Hubin Susan E. Carter Cellarius Shelvey Family Charitable Fund

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Center for Women Policy Studies Joan Challinor Audra Christie Seth Cohen Debra Lerner Cohen Katherine Collins Elizabeth L. Colton Amy Conroy Deb and Steve Conver Creative Artists Agency Geena Davis Alexandra and Arnaud de Borchgrave Ellen Direnfeld Virgina Dondy Green Jackie and Ken Duberstein Thelma Duggin Anita Dunn Susan E. Trees Mark Ein Elliott Family Fund Sarah G. Epstein and Donald A. Collins Epstein Susan Esserman and Andy Marks Edie Fraser Frontier Communications Jerilyn Galloway Heide Gardner Norma Gernon Gerson Family Foundation Gifts In Kind International Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Glamour Magazine Cynthia and Leonard Glassman Susan Glendinning Sari Gluckin Carol Brown Goldberg Ruth Y. Goldway Susan Goodall Deborah Green Ludy and Joseph Green Eliza Griswold Peter Halevi Ann and Lloyd Hand

Deborah L. Harmon Holly Hassett Kathleen Hendrix Lori Holland Henrietta Holsman Fore Holly Horn Betty Hudson Nola Huffman Larry Irving Lisa Kountoupes and Jack Sava Fariba Jahanbani Christine Jahnke JBS International Nancy Kassebaum Baker Marianne Keler Ann and Tom Korologos Judy and Peter Kovler, Kovler Family Foundation Jill Kramer Carolyn Lamm and Peter Halle Carol Lancaster Angela Lancaster and C.F. Muckenfuss III James Lawrence Debra Lehman-Smith Barbara Leiterman Stephanie and Keith Lemer Annette and Theodore Lerner Foundation Ann Lewis and Mike Sponder Beth and Daryl Libow Dianne Chasen Lipsey Susan M. Liss Theresa Loar and Richard Bonsignore Patricia and Kenneth Lore Carol and Eugene Ludwig Mary M. Raiser Carol and Peter Mack Mary MacPherson Emily Madan Shaista Mahmood and Ambassador Rafat Mahmood

Kathleen Manatt Daniel Markwalder Susan Mars Giselle Mazier Anita McBride Sara McCracken Cynthia McFadden Mary Lou and Bob McGee Debby and Dan McGinn Susan and Lee McIntire Beverly McKee Faye Mehrespand Barbara Miller Gerrish Milliken Carolyn and Jim Millstein Lilly Liu Minkove Julia Mooney Nancy & Bruce Morrison Lissa Muscatine and Bradley Graham National Women’s Law Center Alyse Nelson Lynne Nelson and Sarah Kate Fishback Susan Ness and Larry Schneider Beth Newburger and Richard Schwartz Sarah Nixon Hilda Ochoa-Brillemborg Karen O’Connor Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Diane Orentlicher and Morton H. Halperin Sheri L. Orlowitz Maureen Orth Pacific Trade International, Inc. Sharon Patrick Susan K. Patrick Elizabeth Peabody Greg Pellegrino Carol and David Pensky Marjorie Peterson Peter Peterson

Sally Peterson Thomas and Alice Pickering Jan Piercy Deborah Piltch Nancy Prager-Kamel and Dr. Ahmed Kamel Honorable Donald Rappaport and Susan Rappaport Eileen White Read and Charles C. Read Pamela Reeves Mimi and Lorin Reisner Elaine Reuben Robbie Rich Alva Roane Andrea Roane Joseph F. Roda Victoria and Thomas Rollins Sherrie Rollins Westin Lois Romano and the Honorable Sven Holmes Annette Roque Lauer Nancy and Miles Rubin Karen Ruckman Kausar Saeed Ximena and Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada Kristy Le and Howard Schiffman Jaime and Andrew Schwartzberg Daniel Sharfman Jane E. Shaw Joan and Clyde Shorey Anne Simmons-Benton Luba and O. John Skubiak Tamara Slawycz Liz Smith Jane Watson Stetson and Eugene William Stetson III Elizabeth G. Stevens Ann and Stuart Stock Lauren and Curtis Stone Patty Stonesifer & Michael Kinsley Connie Sullivan

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MAJOR contributors Sunny’s Worldwide Chauffered Transportation Deborah Tannen and Michael Macovski Sandra Taylor Amy Tercek The Benlinda Stronach Foundation The George C. Marshall Foundation The Hester Group The Kean Foundation The Mayo Charitable Foundation The Northern Trust Company Tia Cudahy & Redmond Walsh Ricki Tigert Helfer and Michael S. Helfer Christine Tran Nancy Tuor Judy and Howard Udell Ruth B. Usem Toni G. Verstandig Ambassadors Melanne and Phillip Verveer Martha and Robert Vicas Vital Choice Wild Seafood & Organics Susan Wagner Elizabeth Walters Julie Wentz Nancy Wergeles Stuart Wessler Carol & Tom Wheeler Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer, LLP Constance Williams Jane Wilner Women and Politics Institute Women’s Foreign Policy Group Elizabeth and Kevin Wrege Mary and John Yerrick Jay Zimmerman & Margaret Child William Zysblat

$500 – $999 Whitney & Alvin Allgood Beulah Amsterdam Gene Barndt Bender Foundation, Inc. Lisa and Jeff Bennett Eleanor Bergstein Kathy Bonk Victoria Brander Ross Bremner Scott Brunjes Rabab Butti Lisa Caputo and Rick Morris Betty Chadwick Anna Chave Valerie Coleman Conde Nast Publications Deborah Finlay Conver Roberta Cooper Barbara Cooperman Sarah Cristobal Gordon Crovitz Sheryl Culver Janice Curtin Kiran Dalvi Char Davidson Gulnar Djeddaoui Colleen Doyle Paula Feeney Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund First Giving Lauri Fitz-Pegado Kathleen Fox Marie Frick Meg Galloway Pearce The Traveler’s Collection GE Foundation Matching Donation George Straley Foundation William Gerrity Susan Goodall Gayle Greene Susan Griffin

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Neil Grossman Laura Handman and Harold Ickes Nicole Hauspurg Ronald Herring Kori Higgins Patricia Foley Hinnen Michele and Brian Holaway Laura Hutchison Deborah Jallad Ausra Kaminskas Heeral Kota Joanne Krantz Kevin Lambert Janet P. Lane Robert Lehrman David Litt Michael MacLeod Phyllis Makovsky Karen and George Marcou Jill Mays Melissa McGoogan McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP Andrea Mitchell David Moffitt Susan Morris Julian Mulvey Carol and Ali Nasr Pamela Nelson John Neumann Carmen Niethammer Kathryn O’L Higgins Robert Overbeck Laura Pasternak Cheryl Patterson Perl-Goldman Family Fund Joan Pollitt and Mike Barnes Shelly Porges Dawn Porter Daniel Puls Deborah Rosen Candace Ross Cathie and Rob Ross Betty Sams

Aditya Sanyal Myles Seideman Barbara Shane Sheku Sheikholeslami Susan Smith Soroptimist International of Calistoga Laurie Spengler Elizabeth Stanton Dianne Stebbins Anna Stewart Pamela Takiff Peng Geok Tan Lisa and Charles Teixeira Monika Torrey Marjolein van der Meulen Diane and Joe Vandepeute Nancy Vick William Walter Patricia Webb Women Alone Together

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IMPACT through

partnerships

Vital Voices supports a global network of 12,000 women in 144 countries. In 2011, we trained and mentored 1,543 women from 77 countries. This was made possible with generous financial support from individuals, foundations, corporations and government agencies. We also work through programmatic and advocacy partnerships with academic and research institutions, non-governmental organizations, the diplomatic community, design and retail outlets, and media.

2011 CORPORATIONS ANN INC. Avon Foundation for Women Bank of America Merrill Lynch Bloomingdale’s Bridge for Africa Carolina Herrera Chevron Diane von Furstenberg ExxonMobil Foundation Walmart Fairwinds Trading FedEx Symantec GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT BANKS Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Embassy of Canada Embassy of Norway Embassy of Sweden Haitian Chamber of Commerce International Labour Organization (ILO) New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Secretariat of the Economy of Mexico United States Agency for International Development (USAID) United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

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U.S. Department of State U.S. Department of State – Middle East Partnership Initiative U.S. Chamber of Commerce The World Bank Group World Bank Women in Business and World Bank Africa Region NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) Al Gisr for Civil Society Al Hayat for Civil Society Development Alaoun Social Association for Development Arab American Institute (AAI) Baghdad Women’s Association Bahrain Women’s Union The Brookings Institution Business Civic Leadership Center Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Dubai Debates The Elders Foundation for the Future Girls Not Brides Humanity United The Institute for Inclusive Security Hunt Alternatives Fund

International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) ISIS Center for Women and Development La Pietra Coalition Meridian International Center National Museum for Women in the Arts (NMWA) The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) Nes Ammim Nkumu Fed Fed Rise with the Prize SHATIL Women in the World Foundation Womenetics The World Justice Project ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS Arizona State University New York University University of Arkansas University of Miami MEDIA Change Your World!—Yahoo! Business & Human Rights Summit on Women, Technology and Social/Digital Media The Economist Intelligence Unit FORTUNE

Glamour Newsweek and The Daily Beast Thomson Reuters Washingtonian Women, War & Peace VITAL VOICES CHAPTERS Voces Vitales Argentina Voces Vitales El Salvador Voces Vitales Guatemala Voces Vitales Honduras Voces Vitales Nicaragua Voces Vitales Panama Voces Vitales Peru Vital Voices Poland VITAL VOICES AFFILIATES Voces Vitales Venezuela Elas por Elas: Vozes e Ações das Mulheres (Brazil) Femmes en Démocratie (Haiti) AFRICA BUSINESSWOMEN’S NETWORK HUBS Businesswomen’s Association of South Africa (BWASA) Kenya Association of Women Business Owners (KAWBO) Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ)

Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited (UWEAL) MENA BUSINESSWOMEN’S NETWORK HUBS Association des Algériennes Managers et Entrepreneurs Association des Femmes Chefs d’Entreprises du Maroc Association for Women’s Total Advancement & Development Bahraini Business Women Society (BBS) Business and Professional Women – Amman Business Women Forum – Palestine Chambre Nationale des Femmes Chefs d’Entreprises Dubai Business Women’s Council Lebanese League for Women in Business Qatar Businesswomen Association LEGAL Paul Hastings LLP

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FINANCIAL statements INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF VITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP We have audited the accompanying statement of financial position of Vital Voices Global Partnership, Inc. (Vital Voices) as of December 31, 2011, and the related statements of activities, functional expenses and cash flows for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of Vital Voices’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. The prior year summarized comparative information has been derived from Vital Voices’ 2010 financial statements and, in our report dated August 11, 2011, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of Vital Voices’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and the significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Vital Voices Global Partnership, Inc. as of December 31, 2011, and the changes in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. RAFFA, P.C. Washington, DC July 29, 2012

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REVENUE SOURCES 2011 Federal Grants and Contracts Special Events Revenue

17.55%

15.57%

Donated Services

.58%

Grants and Contributions Other Revenue .07%

66.23%

EXPENSES 2011* Leadership Training

27.17%

Human Rights and Anti-Trafficking

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Global Leadership Network

32.94%

12.21%

Fundraising- Cost of Direct Benefit to Donors Public Engagement and Awareness

3.01%

.93%

Development and Fundraising Management and General

7.12%

17.62%

*Prior to Management and General Expense Allocation

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION DECEMBER 31, 2011

ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,734,037 Contributions receivable, net 2,733,774 Federal grants and contracts receivable 258,780 Accounts receivable 58,011 Inventory 17,576 Prepaid expenses 178,850 Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $203,437 as of December 31, 2011 54,625 TOTAL ASSETS $ 7,035,653

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS LIABILITIES Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 498,035 Accrued leave 58,885 Federal refundable advances Deferred revenue 53,333 Funds held on behalf of others 3,828 Deferred rent 144,106 TOTAL LIABILITIES

758,187

NET ASSETS Unrestricted 1,525,047 Temporarily restricted 4,752,419 TOTAL NET ASSETS 6,277,466 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

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$ 7,035,653

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR END DECEMBER 31, 2011

REVENUE AND SUPPORT UNRESTRICTED

TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED

2011 TOTAL

$488,115 $5,154,796 1,495,714 1,271,383 55,000 49,584 351 - 5,652 -

$5,642,911 1,495,714 1,326,383 49,584 351 5,652

Grants and contributions Federal grants and contracts Special events revenue Donated services Interest income Other revenue Release from restrictions: Satisfaction of program restrictions Satisfaction oftime restrictions TOTAL REVENUE AND SUPPORT

6,664,755 250,000

(6,664, 755) (250,000)

10,225,554

(1,704,959)

8,520,595

EXPENSES PROGRAM SERVICES: Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Global Leadership Network Leadership Training Human Rights and Anti-Trafficking Public Engagement and Awareness Monitoring and Evaluation

3,974,744 3,154,708 1,473,780 362,883 -

TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES

8,966,115

43,078 877,583 92,790

TOTAL SUPPORTING SERVICES

1,013,451

TOTAL EXPENSES

9,979,566

245,988

(1,704,959)

(I,458,971)

1,279,059

6,457,378

7,736,437

$1,525,047

$4,752,419

$6,277,466

SUPPORTING SERVICES: Management and general Development and fundraising Fundraising - cost of direct benefit to donors

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS NET ASSETS, BEGINNlNG OF YEAR NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR

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LEADERSHIP Vital Voices owes its success to the commitment and guidance of talented professionals drawn from a range of expertise and experiences. Our diverse Board of Directors provides the leadership, skills and passion we rely on to advance womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leadership around the world.

VITAL VOICES FOUNDER THE HONORABLE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON U.S. Secretary of State

VITAL VOICES HONORARY CHAIRS THE HONORABLE NANCY KASSEBAUM BAKER Former United States Senator (R-KS) THE HONORABLE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON United States Senator (R-TX)

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Susan Ann Davis CHAIR Bobbie Greene McCarthy VICE CHAIR Alyse Nelson PRESIDENT AND CEO Jaspal Bindra Beth Brooke Paul Charron Tia Cudahy Deborah Dingell Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky Sonnie Dockser Samia Farouki Sally Field Carly Fiorina Mary C. Foerster Nancy Folger Baroness Mary Goudie Lorie Jackson Kate James Ambassador Craig Johnstone Dr. Alice Kandell Dr. Carol Lancaster Marlene Malek Judith McHale

Donna Cochran McLarty V. Sue Molina Susan Ness Dr. Karen Otazo Hofmeister Dina Habib Powell Nancy Prager-Kamel Victoria Sant Roselyne Swig Kathleen Vaughan Diane von Furstenberg Mary Daley Yerrick Emeriti: Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley Betty Bumpers Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Jan Piercy Ambassador Melanne Verveer

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