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Gala Committee

 

Gala Co-Chair

H.E. the Ambassador of Kuwait Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Mrs. Rima Al-Sabah

Committee Members

 

Caroline Atkinson

Jag Bhalla   
Joanna Breyer
Philip J. Deutch 

Carole Dickert-Scherr
Patricia Dunn

Jeffrey A. Goldstein

Elizabeth Griffith

Julie T. Katzman   

Matthew J. Mallow

Anne Parker

Cathryn Dickert Scoville

Meryl Stone

Jeanne L. Warner  

 

Honorary Committee

 

U.S. Representative Lois Capps
U.S Representative Russ Carnahan
U.S. Representative Rosa L. DeLauro
U.S. Representative Michael Honda
U.S. Senator Sheila Jackson-Lee
U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson
U.S. Representative Nita Lowey
U.S. Representative Mary Bono Mack

U.S. Representative Grace Napolitano

 

U.S. Senator Thad Cochran
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein 
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy 
U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski
U.S. Senator Patty Murray

 

H.E. Josefina Pitra Diakite, Ambassador of Angola
H.E. M. Humayun Kabir: Bangladesh

H.E. Faida Mitifu: The Democratic Republic of Congo

H.E. Pierre Vimont: France

H.E. Dr. Kwame Bawuah-Egusei: Ghana
H.E. Claudia Fritsche: Liechtenstein
H.E. Arturo Sarukhan: Mexico

H.E. Armando A. Panguene: Mozambique
H.E. Welile Nhlapo, Ambassador of South Africa
H.E. r Nabi Sensoy: Turkey
H.E. Andrew W. Daraja: Tanzania
H.E. Perezi K. Kamunanwire: Republic of Uganda

 


ICRW's annual Investing in Women Awards honor and recognize innovative and visionary leaders working to advance the health, well-being and economic progress of women and girls.

 

2009 Awards will be presented:

 

For VISION to Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., for his leadership of the $100 million initiative, "10,000 Women." This groundbreaking effort is providing 10,000 underserved women around the world with business and management education.

 

For INNOVATION, a non-governmental organization who, through their policies, programs and partnerships, are promoting investments in women and girls. TBA