New United States delegation appointed to the 2009 UN Commission on the Status of Women
Meryl
Frank is the new U.S. Representative to the 2009 CSW. Ms.
Frank is the Mayor of Highland Park, New Jersey, first elected in 2000.
She has had previous experience with the World Health Organization,
and was an author of the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (1993).
She’s
a member of the DNC’s Women’s
Leadership Forum and the Democratic Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Commission
on the Appointment of Women. She holds graduate degrees from Yale University
in International Relations and Political Science, and Public Health
from Yale School of Medicine.
Click here to read her statement of March 4, 2009 to the Commission on the Status of Women.
Beth
Brooke, a Public Delegate, is the global vice chair of Strategy
and Regulatory Affairs for Ernst & Young LLP. A native of Kokomo, Indiana,
Brooke earned her bachelor's degree from Purdue University and holds
CPA and FLMI distinctions. In addition to being named in the Forbes
100, Accounting
Today listed her among the
Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting. A former adviser to
the Clinton Administration, she worked in the U.S. Department of Treasury
on policy issues before serving as Ernst & Young's national director
of Tax Advisory Services. Based in Washington, D.C, Brooke is involved
in many civic and business organizations and serves on the boards of
TechnoServe, the White House Project, the Atlantic Council of the United
States, the Partnership for Public Service, the Advisory Council for
Open Compliance and Ethics Group, and the National Women's Leadership
Hall of Fame Advisory Council.
Ellen
Chesler, a Public Delegate, is Distinguished Lecturer and Director of the Eleanor Roosevelt
Initiative on Women and Public Policy at Roosevelt House, the new public
policy center of Hunter College of the City University of New York.
From 1997-2006, Chesler was senior fellow at The Open Society Institute,
the international foundation started by George Soros, where she directed
the foundation's $35 million program in reproductive health and rights
and advised on a range of other grant making and policy development
concerns. From
1997 to 2003, Chesler chaired the board of the International Women's Health
Coalition. She currently chairs the Advisory Committee of the Women’s
Rights Division of Human Rights Watch and also serves on the board
of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She is a member of
the Council on Foreign Relations.
Felice
Gaer, a Public Delegate, is Director of The Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement
of Human Rights of The American Jewish Committee. She is an author, speaker,
and activist, a member of the International Human Rights Council at
The Carter Center, and serves on the Steering Committee of Human Rights
Watch/Helsinki. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
and the Board of Directors of the Andrei Sakharov Foundation, and is Vice
President of the International League for Human Rights. She is Chair of
the Steering Committee for the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights. Ms. Gaer has been a public member of seven United States
delegations: to the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva (1994-1997); the
World Conference on Human Rights (1993); the Fourth World Conference on
Women (1995); and the Habitat II prepcom.
Judy
Gold, a Public Delegate, is the Chair of the Obama campaign’s
Policy Committee on Women’s
Issues. She is a partner at Perkins Coie, a private law practice, and
has devoted herself to women’s advocacy and philanthropy. In addition
to her work in political law, private equity, and real estate, she
served in Mayor Daley’s cabinet as the Chief of Policy. She currently
serves on the Advisory Council for the Women’s Business Development
Center, the Alumni Council of the Chicago Foundation for Women, and the
Board of Mother Jones magazine. Previously, Judy was Chair of the Illinois
Commission of the Status of Women for 5 years, served on the Illinois State
Board of Education, and worked in the White House Office of Women’s
Initiatives and Outreach. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the
University of Michigan in 1986 and her law degree from the University of
Chicago Law School in 1989.
Newly appointed advisors are as follows:
Katherine Blakeslee, U.S. Agency for International Development
Elizabeth Cousens, U.S. Mission to the United Nations
Katherine M. Gorove, U.S. State Department Office of the Legal Advisor
Robert S. Hagen, U.S. Mission to the United Nations, ECOSOC section
William Heidt, U.S. Mission to the United Nations, ECOSOC section
Linda L. Lum, U.S. State Department Bureau of International Organization Affairs
Peggy Kerry, U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Press Office
Michael Panb, U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Front Office
Laurie Shestack Phipps, U.S. Mission to the United Nations
Elizabeth Schlachter, U.S. State Department Bureau of Population and Migration
Suzanne Sheldon, U.S. State Department Bureau of Population and Migration
Meridith Webster, U.S. United Nations Washington Office.