President's Interagency Council on Women

"President Clinton established the Council in August 1995, on the eve of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, in order to "make sure that all the effort and good ideas actually get implemented when we get back home."

"The Council is charged with coordinating the implementation of the Platform for Action adopted at Beijing, including the U.S. commitments announced there. It also develops related initiatives to further women's progress and engages in outreach and public education to support the successful implementation of the Conference agreements.

"First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton serves as Honorary Chair of PICW. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright chairs the Council. The Council includes high level representatives from executive branch agencies."

Council Members (as of December 1999)
Accessed March 2009:


 * Melanne Verveer
 * Wendy R. Sherman
 * Theresa Loar
 * Lidia Soto-Harmon
 * Anita Botti
 * Linda Robertson
 * Ellen Lazar
 * Carolyn Becraft
 * Claudia J. Kennedy
 * Bonnie Campbell
 * Sylvia Baca
 * Jill Long Thompson
 * Elizabeth C. Sears
 * Virginia A. Manuel
 * Geri Palast
 * Irasema Garza
 * Sarah Kovner
 * Susan F. Wood
 * Jacquie Lawing
 * Nuria Fernandez
 * Martha Krebs
 * Leslie T. Thornton
 * Judith Heumann
 * Nancy Valentine
 * Frankee Greenberg
 * Audrey Choi
 * Susan Esserman
 * Aida Alvarez
 * Betsy Myers
 * Joanne O. Isham
 * Janice Lachance
 * Joyce Kravitz
 * Stephanie Foster
 * Joan Wainwright
 * Sally Shelton-Colby
 * Margaret Lycette
 * Constance Dunham
 * Nancy Hendry
 * Ida Castro
 * Virginia Canter
 * Betty King
 * Jan Piercy
 * Sylvia Mathews
 * Ann Lewis
 * Maria Echaveste
 * Jennifer Luray
 * Audrey Tayse Haynes
 * Scott Busby