Profiles Women in Public Service

Mexico Presidential Candidate Speaks about WPSP at Scripps and Mount St. Mary’s

Josefina Vázquez Mota, Mexico’s first female presidential candidate from a major political party, was invited to speak at an event anticipating the upcoming Women in Public Service Project hosted by Mount St. Mary’s College and Scripps College. The event was recently featured in the BusinessWire, an online journal. Vázquez Mota boldly said, “It is time…

Rear Admiral Sandra L. Stosz

Rear Admiral Sandra L. Stosz assumed the duties of the 40th Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, June 3, 2011.

Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, editor, and feminist activist. She travels in this and other countries as an organizer and lecturer and is a frequent media spokeswoman on issues of equality.

Kathleen Sebelius

Kathleen Sebelius was sworn in as the 21st Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on April 28, 2009.

Nora Berra

Nora Berra is the former French Minister of Health and a Member of the European Parliament, representing South East France for the Union for a Popular Movement.

Irina Bokova

Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova was Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to France and Monaco, Personal Representative of the Bulgarian President to the “Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie,” and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO from 2005 to 2009.

Hilda L. Solis

Hilda L. Solis was confirmed as Secretary of Labor in 2009 and represented the 32nd Congressional District in California from 2001 – 2009.

Helen Clark

Helen Clark became the Administrator of the United Nations Development Program on 17 April 2009, and is the first woman to lead the organization.

Dr. Florence Chenoweth

A native of Liberia, Dr. Florence Chenoweth holds a Master’s degree in agricultural economics and her PhD in land resources from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. In the 1970s, she became Liberia’s Minister of Agriculture.

Vice Admiral Carol M. Pottenger

Vice Admiral Pottenger is the deputy chief of staff Capability Development at NATO Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation in Norfolk, VA.

President Atifete Jahjaga

Atifete Jahjaga was Deputy General Director of the Police of Kosovo from February 2009 until her election as President of the Republic of Kosovo, on April 7, 2011.

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