Recent Speakers at PLEN Programs

Aisha Bain, Documentary Producer, Darfur Diaries: Message from Home

Ana Cabral, U.S. Treasurer

The Honorable Lois Capps, U.S. House of Representatives

Sarah Craven, Chief, Washington, DC Office, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Bonnie Erbe, Host, To The Contrary, Public Broadcasting Service

Sarah Fairchild, Director of Global Population and Environment, Sierra Club

Kristin Haffert, Manager, Women’s Political Participation Programs, National Democratic Institute (NDI); PLEN Alumna

Dr. Sharon Hays, Associate Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House

Lisalyn Jacobs, Vice President of Government Relations, Legal Momentum; PLEN Alumna

Linda Kramer Jenning, Washington Editor, Glamour Magazine

Dr. Anne Kinney, Director, Astronomy and Physics Division, NASA

Laura Liswood, Secretary General, Council of Women World Leaders

Lisa Maatz, Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, American Association of University Women (AAUW)

Dr. Karen Midthun, Deputy Director for Medicine, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration

Harriet Miers, Former Counsel to the President, The White House

Veryl Miles, Dean, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America

The Honorable Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senate

Dr. Eija Pehu, Senior Advisor, Agriculture and Rural Development Department, The World Bank

Dr. Vivian Pinn, Associate Director for Research on Women's Health & Director, Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers, U.S. House of Representatives

Jocelyn Samuels, Vice President for Education and Employment, National Women’s Law Center

Melissa Shannon, Policy Advisor, Office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Julianne Smith, Director and Senior Fellow, Europe Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

The Honorable Olympia Snowe, U.S. Senate

Sara Taylor, former White House Political Director, The White House

The Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones, U.S. House of Representatives