Workshop Presenters
Jama Adams, NOW staff; former field organizer,
Iowa Democratic Party
Amy Allina, Program and Policy Director,
the National Women's Health Network
Debbie Andrews, Former Executive Director,
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)
Leslie Annexstein, Senior Counsel, National
Women's Law Center
Terry Ao, Staff Attorney, National Asian
Pacific American Legal Consortium
Bear Atwood, Deputy Attorney General,
State of New Jersey, former National NOW Board Member
Kathy Austin, Mid-South Regional Director,
NOW
Rabbi Avis Miller, Adas Israel Congregation,
Washington, D.C.
Mandy Benson, Field Director, California
NOW
Linda Berg, NOW Political Director
Katherine Black, President, Philadelphia
Chapter, Coalition of Labor Union Women
Eric Bryant, attorney; formerly NAACP
Voter Empowerment Project
Nancy Buermeyer, Advocate, the Hemlock
Society; Co-chair, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights--ENDA
Steering Committee
Leslie Bulbuk, Co-Founder, Love Sees
No Borders
Martha Burk, Chair, National Council
of Women's Organizations
Patrick Butler, NOW Foundation Cents
Per Mile Insurance Project
Mandy Carter, NC NOW activist; former
NC NOW PAC member
Jeanne K. C. Clark, Executive Director,
Women Organizing for Change; Media consultant; former NOW
Press Secretary
Michel Coconis, Adjunct Professor of
Political Science and Social Policy, Capital University
Alice Cohan, Director of National Programs,
Feminist Majority Foundation
Ann Corcoran, Co-Owner and Operator,
Madyradio.com
Ann Crittenden, Journalist and Author,
The Price of Motherhood
Victoria Cunningham, Acting Interim Secretary,
Code Pink
Robin Davis, NOW PAC member; former NC
NOW President; former NOW National Board member
Marisa Demeo, Regional Counsel, Mexican
American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
Colleen Dermody, Chair, NOW Lesbian Rights
Committee
Dr. Diana Zuckerman, President, National
Center for Policy Research for Women and Families
Marta Donayre, Public Education Director,
National Center for Lesbian Rights
Shanta Driver, National Director, BAMN;
National Coordinator, United for Equality and Affirmative
Action
Claudia Ellquist, former AZ Clean Elections
Commissioner; former NOW National Board member
Irma Esparza, Political Action Rep.,
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
(AFSCME)
Laura M. Esquivel, Public Policy/Government
Relations Director, the National Latino/a Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender Organization
Jan Erickson, Director of Government
Relations, NOW
Julia Ernst, Legislative Counsel, Center
for Reproductive Rights
Rebecca Farmer, Press Secretary, NOW
Jamie Fasteau, Senior Lobbyist and Government
Relations Manager, American Association of University Women
(AAUW)
Nicole' LaFra'nce Felton, Author, Friendly
Fire: A Pyrrhic Victory
Barbara Ferris, Executive Director, International
Women's Democracy Center; Pipeline Project
Laura Figueroa, Administrative Assistant,
GenderPAC
Tara Foley, BASTA Program Manager, National
Latina/o Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Organization
(LLEGO)
Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD, Assistant Clinical
Professor, George Washington University School of Medicine;
MD Chair, National Women's Health Network
Jatrice Martel Gaiter, President and
CEO, Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington
Kim Gandy, President, NOW
Barbara Gilbert-Chen, United Food and
Commercial Workers
Vickie Gwiasda, Institute for Community
Peace
Rita Haley, President, NOW New York City
Lisa Harrison, Co-Coordinator, Missouri
NOW
Maysan Haydar, Medical and Health Research
Association, NY
Barbara Hays, Chapter and State Development
Services Director, NOW
Erica Henri, Children's Defense Fund;
former Political Director, Women's Campaign Fund
Silvia Henriquez, Executive Director,
the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
Ana Hernandez, Pennsylvania Coalition
Against Domestic Violence
Mia Herndon, Program and Outreach Coordinator,
Third Wave Foundation
Catherine Hill, Social Security Analyst,
National Academy of Social Insurance
Diane Hofheimer, Hofheimer Law Offices,
Va.
David Honig, Executive Director, Minority
Media and Telecommunications Council
Patricia Ireland, Chief Executive Officer,
YWCA of the USA
Jennifer Jackman, Director of Policy
and Research, Feminist Majority Foundation
Ann Jackson, Executive Director and CEO,
Oregon Hospice Association
Lisa Jacobs, Vice President of Government
Relations, NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund
Nancy Jakowitsch, Director of Policy
Development, the Surface Transportation Policy Project
Carolyn Jeskey, Assistant Director, the
Community Transportation Association of America
Lt. Col. Karen Johnson, USAF Ret'd.,
Executive Vice President, NOW
Linda Joplin, Athletic Equity Committee,
former California NOW President
Loretta Kane, NOW National Board member;
former NOW Action Vice President; currently on YWCA transition
team
Rhonda Kave, Senior Case Manager, The
Coalition Against Domestic Violence in Nassau County, N.Y.
D'Arcy Kemnitz, Lobbyist, Litigator and
Organizer for GLBT and Environmental Issues
Mara Kiesling, Executive Director, National
Center for Transgender Equality
Eileen King, Regional Director, Justice
for Children
Frances Kissling, President, Catholics
for a Free Choice
Rachel Klein, Senior Policy Analyst,
Families USA
Chris Korsmo, Director of Government
Relations, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Carolyn Landry, Co-Coordinator, Missouri
NOW
Latifa Lyles, Trial Lawyers for Public
Justice; NOW National Board and former NOW political organizer
State Rep. Linda Lopez, Minority Whip,
Arizona House of Representatives
Lisa Maatz, Director of Public Policy
and Government Relations, American Association of University
Women (AAUW)
Paula Maccabee, Environmental Consultant,
Minneapolis Children's Environmental Health Initiative
Dorothy Mackey, Executive Director, Survivors
Take Action Against Abuse by Military Personnel (STAAAMP)
Daniel Maguire, Professor of Ethics,
Marquette University
U. S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.)
Pat McGann, Director of Outreach, Men
Can Stop Rape
Gail Garcia McWilliams, President, Akron
(Ohio) NOW
Leila Milani, NGO Liaison for Women's
Issues, National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the
United States
Maria E. Mills-Torres, President, the
National Conference of Puerto Rican Women
Kathryn Minarik, Director of Campus Programs,
Feminist Majority Foundation; former Political Director,
National Women's Political Caucus
Tracy Moavero, Peace Action
Kirsten Moore, President and CEO, Reproductive
Health Technologies Project
Wendy Murphy, Attorney; Founder, Victim
Advocacy and Research Group; Adjunct Professor, Perspectives
in Sexual Violence, New England School of Law, Boston
Beth Myers, Outreach Coordinator, Women's
EDGE
Terry O'Neill, Membership Vice President,
NOW
EB Nesbitt, Western Regional
Political Director, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
(DCCC); former NOW PAC Field Organizer
Stephanie Ortoleva, Attorney, Co-Chair,
NOW Disability Rights Committee
Crystal Plati, Executive Director, Choice
USA
Suzannah Porter, Chapter Development
Field Organizer, NOW; former Oregon Field Director, NARAL
Elle Pritchard, Public Policy Director,
Miles Foundation
Leslie Proll, Assistant Counsel, NAACP
Legal Defense
Ann Ream, Survivor, RAINN Advisory Board
Member
Pat Reuss, Senior Policy Analyst, NOW
Hans Riemer, Rock the Vote
Lori Robinson, Author, I Will Survive:
The African-American Guide to Healing from Sexual Assault
and Abuse
Angela Rose, President, Wisconsin NOW,
and Founder of PAVE (Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment)
Dr. Leora Rosen, Senior Social Science
Analyst, National Institute of Justice
Jocelyn Samuels, Vice President and director of
Educational Opportunities for National Women's Law Center
Marta Sanchez, Visual Artist
Darcy Scott Martin, Washington Director,
Women's Action for New Directions (WAND)
Megan Seely, President, California NOW
Azi Shariatmadar, Choice USA Chapter
Leader, Hampshire College
Karen Sherman, COO, Women for Women International
Aishah Simmons, Documentary Filmmaker
Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority
Foundation
River Smith, Former Co-Chair, the National
Organization for Men Against Sexism
Courtney Snowden, Federal and National
Policy Manager, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
(GLSEN)
Dionne Spriggens, Northern Prince George's
County, Maryland NOW
Effie Stallsmith, Community Planner,
the Federal Transit Administration
Sarah Stapleton-Gray, NOW Web Guru and
Creator of www.now.org
Kiersten Stewart, Director of Public
Policy, Family Violence Prevention Fund
Duchy Trachtenberg, President, Maryland
NOW
Harriet Trudell, Political Director,
Nevada Democratic Party; NOW National Board member
Olga Vives, Action Vice President, NOW
Elizabeth Volz, State Coordinator, New
Jersey NOW
Roberta Waddle, Southeast Region Director,
NOW
Garland Waller, Documentary Filmmaker
Debbie Weinstein, Executive Director,
Coalition on Human Needs
Irene Weiser, Founder/Director, www.StopFamilyViolence.org
Sandra West, Web Keeper for www.marylandnow.org
Riki Wilchins, Executive Director, Gender
Public Advocacy Coalition (GenderPAC)
Joan Williams, Professor, American Univ.
School of Law, Author of Unbending Gender: Why Family
and Work Conflict and What to Do About It
Claudia Withers, Director of Public Policy,
Center for Women Policy Studies
Barbara Wood, Professor of Social Work,
Capital University in Columbus, Ohio
Jackie Wootton, Informatics Project Director,
Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
at Columbia University
Valerie Young, Consultant, National Association
of Women Judges
Ben Atherton Zeman, Spokesperson, National
Organization for Men Against Sexism
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