Women in International Security

'Women in International Security (WIIS) was set up in 1987 and "is a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization dedicated to increasing the influence of women in foreign and defense affairs by raising their numbers and visibility, while enhancing dialogue on international security issues. WIIS offers a comprehensive set of programs designed to foster and promote women in all fields related to international security, and in a variety of sectors." 

"WIIS is a part of the Center for Peace and Security Studies (CPASS), in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University." 


 * Laura S. Hayes Holgate, President of Executive Board

Staff
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 * Clare E. Belcher, Development and Publications Coordinator
 * Elise M. Forrest, Events Coordinator
 * Marie-Laure Poire, Membership Services Coordinator
 * Jolynn Shoemaker, Executive Director

Executive Board Members
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 * Pamela Aall, President of WIIS and Vice President for Education, U.S. Institute of Peace
 * Deborah Avant, Director, Institute for Global and International Studies, George Washington University
 * Nancy Bearg, Senior Advisor, Search for Common Ground
 * Nora Bensahel, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation
 * Capt. Diane Carnevale, U.S. Navy (Retired); Director for Administration and Operations, Base and Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC)
 * Martha Crenshaw, John E. Andrus Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
 * Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, Vice President of WIIS and Senior Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
 * Michele A. Flournoy, Senior Advisor, International Security, Center for Strategic & International Studies
 * Melanie Greenberg, President, Cypress Fund for Peace and Security
 * Lori Helene Gronich, Visiting Research Scholar, Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
 * Virginia A. Haufler, Associate Professor, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park
 * Laura S. Hayes Holgate, Vice President for Russia/NIS, Nuclear Threat Initiative
 * Victoria K. Holt, Senior Associate, Henry L. Stimson Center
 * Lorelei Kelly, Policy Director, Real Security Initiative, White House Project
 * Maj. Gen. Tiiu Kera, Major General, USAF (Retired); Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies
 * Carol Lancaster, Director, Mortara Center for International Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
 * Deepa M. Ollapally, Senior Fellow, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University
 * Sue Ramanathan, Democratic Deputy Staff Director and Chief Counsel, House Select Committee on Homeland Security
 * Tara Sonenshine, Advisor, U.S. Institute of Peace
 * Joanna Spear, Director, U.S. Foreign Policy Institute, George Washington University
 * Linda Staheli, Senior Staff Associate, Congressional Relations, U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation
 * Ruth Wedgwood, Edward B. Burling Professor of International Law and Diplomacy and Director of the International Law and Organization Program, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
 * Anne A. Witkowsky, Treasurer of WIIS and Senior Fellow, Homeland Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Advisory Board Members
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 * The Honorable Avis T. Bohlen, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and Former U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria
 * Sheila R. Buckley, arms control consultant
 * Anne H. Cahn, Scholar in Residence, American University
 * Sarah C. Carey, Partner, Chair, CIS Practice, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
 * Joyce M. Davis, Associate Director of Broadcasting, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
 * Sharon Denny, Director, Strategy, Raytheon Technical Services Company
 * Nancy A. Donaldson, Vice President, Dutko Worldwide
 * Brig. Gen. Evelyn P. Foote, U.S. Army (ret.); President, Alliance for National Defense
 * Johanna S. R. Mendelson Forman, Senior Associate, Center for Strategic Studies and Advisor to the Special Respresentative of the UN Mission in Haiti
 * Ellen L. Frost, Visiting Fellow, Institute for International Economics
 * Natalie J. Goldring, Security Studies Program, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
 * Amoretta M. Hoeber, President, AMH Consulting
 * Laurie C. Hoes, Consultant
 * Karen Elliott House, Senior Vice President, Dow Jones & Co., Inc. and Publisher, The Wall Street Journal
 * Jo L. Husbands, Senior Project Director, The National Academies
 * Catherine McArdle Kelleher, Senior Fellow, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University
 * Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy, U.S. Army (ret.)
 * The Honorable Eileen A. Malloy, Senior Inspector/Team Leader, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of State
 * Jessica Tuchman Mathews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
 * Gale A. Mattox, Chair and Professor, Department of Political Science, U.S. Naval Academy
 * Elizabeth Pond, Transatlantic Editor, Internationale Politik, Berlin
 * Aline O. Quester, Senior Economist, Center for Naval Analyses
 * George Quester, Professor of Government & Politics, University of Maryland, College Park
 * Judith Reppy, Associate Director, Peace Studies Program, Cornell University
 * The Honorable Rozanne L. Ridgway, Chairman, Baltic American Enterprise Fund and Corporate Director, The Boeing Company
 * Enid C. B. Schoettle, Special Advisor to the Chairman, National Intelligence Council
 * Mady Wechsler Segal, Professor/Associate Director, Center for Research on Military Organization, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park
 * Lilia Shevtsova, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Moscow
 * Maureen S. Steinbruner, Vice President, Center for National Policy
 * Angela E. Stent, Director, Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Georgetown University
 * The Honorable Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Former Lieutenant Governor, State of Maryland
 * Jane Wales, President and CEO, World Affairs Council of Northern California
 * Cindy Williams, Principal Research Scientist, Security Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Contact

 * Web: http://wiis.georgetown.edu