Membership

Membership is by invitation only, and prospective members are nominated by existing members. Invitation for membership is extended to those women who have achieved success in their chosen field and whose interests are aligned with the objectives of the Forum. A prospective member is recognized as a leader in her field both inside and outside her own organization. The Forum strives for diversity of membership in many areas including field of expertise, ethnicity, age, and public, private and non-profit companies and organizations.

Our Members


  • Lilia Abron
    CEO
    PEER Consultants PC
  • Katherine Acuff
    Executive Director
    Partner for Mental Health
  • Gina Adams
    Corporate Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
    FedEx Corp
  • Swati Adarkar
    Deputy Assistant Secretary, Early Education
    US Department of Education
  • Shanna Batten Aguirre
    Senior Counterterrorism Justice Advisor
    US Department of State
  • Kim Alfonso
    CEO & Co-Founder
    Results One LLC
  • S. Kathryn Allen
    Co-President
    Answer Title & Escrow LLC
  • Rosie Allen-Herring
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    United Way of the National Capital Area
  • Lisa Alvarez-Calderón
    Founder and Principal
    Shine Consulting
  • Rohini Anand
    SVP Corporate Responsibility & Global Chief Diversity Officer
    Sodexo
  • Denise Anderson
    President
    NH-ISAC
  • Susan Apgood
    Professor
    American University
  • Kimberly Archer
    Managing Director
    Russell Reynolds Associates
  • Shavon Arline-Bradley
    President & CEO
    National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
  • Erin Bagshaw
    Nurse Practitioner/President/Founder
    Northwest Nurse Practitioner Associates Inc.
  • HRH Ambassador Reema Bandar Al-Saud
    Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Lisa Banks
    Partner
    Katz Banks Kumin
  • Esther Barazzone
    President Emeritus
    Chatham University
  • Johnine Barnes Harley
    Shareholder
    Greenberg Traurig
  • Emily Barrosse
    Founder & CEO
    Bold Story Press
  • Judith Batty
    Board Member
    Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority
  • Brigida Benitez
    Partner and General Counsel
    Steptoe LLP
  • Lettie Bien
    US Army Reserve Ambassador Emeritus
    US Army
  • Nicole Bintner-Bakshian
    Ambassador
    Embassy of Luxembourg
  • Marion Blakey
    President & CEO (Retired)
    Rolls Royce North America
  • Amb. Julia Bloch
    President
    U.S. China Education Trust
  • Brooksley Born
    Retired Partner
    Arnold & Porter LLP
  • Dana Born
    Brigadier General USAF Retired
    Harvard University
  • Kristina Bouweiri
    President & CEO
    Reston Limousine
  • Muriel Bowser
    Mayor
    Washington DC
  • Gwendolyn Boyd
    Executive Director
    The Links Foundation, Inc
  • Mary Brady
    President & CEO
    The Economic Club of Washington DC
  • Heidi Brock
    President & CEO
    American Forest & Paper Association
  • Amy Mertz Brown
    SVP, Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer
    BECU
  • Anne Bryant
    Executive Director Emerita
    National School Boards Association
  • Cheryl Burgess
    Medical Director
    Center for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery
  • Bronte Burleigh-Jones
    CFO, Vice President, Treasurer
    American University
  • Sylvia Burwell
    President
    American University
  • Geraldine Byrne Nason
    Ambassador
    Embassy of Ireland
  • Valerie Callender
    Medical Director
    Callender Dermatology & Cosmetic Center
  • Holly Cannon
    Executive Vice President and General Counsel
    The Conservation Fund
  • Kathleen Carr
    Director
    Chevy Chase Land Company
  • Carolyn Cawley Westermann
  • Wendy Chamberlin
    Ambassador (retired)
    Former President Middle East Institute
  • Kathryn Checchi
    Principal/Attorney
    Checchi Capital Advisers LLC
  • Mary Cheh
    Professor
    George Washington University Law School
  • Juanita Christensen
    Executive Director, Technical Directorate
    Defense Contract Management Agency
  • Suzanne Clark
    President and CEO
    US Chamber of Commerce
  • Maria Clarke
    Executive Director
    J.P. Morgan Private Bank
  • Makeba Clay
    Vice President, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
    The Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Eleanor Clift
    Correspondent
    The Daily Beast
  • Nicole Cober
    Founder & CEO
    The BOW Collective
  • Annice Cody
    President
    Holy Cross Health Network
  • Dana Cole
    Executive Director
    Hardwood Federation
  • Faye Coleman
    Founder and CEO
    FEC Coaching Enterprises LLC
  • Jennifer Collins
    President & CEO
    JDC Events
  • Kathleen Cox
    Fellow
    Leadership and Society
  • Catalina Crespo Sancho
    Ambassador
    Embassy of Costa Rica
  • Molly Culhane
    Senior Vice President Mid-Atlantic Director
    Amalgamated Bank of New York
  • Nathalie Cunningham
    Managing Director
    Strategic Investment Group
  • Barbara Dale
    President
    Dale Enterprises Inc.
  • Jennifer (J.J.) Davis
    Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
    University of Virginia
  • Susan Davis
    Chairman
    Susan Davis International
  • Cecilia De La Macorra
    Senior Director, International Government Relations & Stakeholder Relations
    Exxon Mobil Corporation
  • June DeHart
    Partner
    Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • Vivian Derryck
    Founder & President Emerita
    The Bridges Institute
  • Janet Dhillon
  • Debbie Dingell
    Congresswoman
    U.S. Congress
  • Cari Dominguez
  • Jenna Dorn
    President
    Jenna Dorn LLC
  • Charlene Dukes
    President (retired)
    Prince George's Community College
  • Rebecca Dye
    Commissioner
    Federal Maritime Commission
  • Kristin Ehrgood
    CEO & Board Chair
    Flamboyan Foundation
  • Alice Eldridge
    SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
    BAE Systems
  • Sharon Elliott-Greene
    Retired Chief Human Resources Officer
  • Michela English
    Strategic Advisor & Private Investor
  • Ana Escrogima
    Ambassador to Oman
    U.S. State Department
  • Denise Evans
    VP Diverse Business Partner Development (retired)
    IBM
  • Jane Evans
    President Emerita
    Mount Vernon College
  • Tekisha Everette
    Executive Vice President
    Trust for America's Health
  • Debra Facktor
    Head of U.S. Space Systems
    Airbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc.
  • Karen Feldstein
    Former Associate Administrator for International and Interagency Relations
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • Nuria Fernandez
    Principal/CEO
    AMDC Consulting, LLC
  • Nan Fife
    Retired Senior Diplomat, U.S. Department of State
    Teacher, English Empowerment Center
  • Betsy Fischer Martin
    Executive Director
    Women & Politics Institute American University
  • Lauri Fitz-Pegado
    President
    LJFP Inc and Beyond the Ballet Barre (BTBB)
  • Elizabeth Fitzsimmons
    Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations
    US State Department
  • Tracy Fitzsimmons
    President
    Shenandoah University
  • Ann Ford
    Corporate Secretary
    Amplio
  • Kim R Ford
    CEO
    Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital
  • Henrietta Fore
  • Lesli Foster
    Evening Anchor/Impact Correspondent
    WUSA9 TV
  • Stephenie Foster
    Partner
    Smash Strategies
  • Barbara Franklin
    President and CEO
    Barbara Franklin Enterprises
  • Kara Freeman
    President & CEO
    National Association of College and University Business Officers
  • Robin Ganzert
    President & CEO
    American Humane
  • Lou-Anne Gilchrist
    Ambassador
    Embassy of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Valentina Glaviano
    Managing Director
    Strategic Investment Group
  • Victoria Gottlieb
    Principal
    Concordia Partners LLC
  • J. Nadine Gracia
    President & CEO
    Trust for America's Health
  • Virginia Green
    General Counsel
    GMD
  • Linda Greenhouse
    Senior Research Scholar in Law
    Yale Law School
  • Diane Groomes
    Director of Security
    District Wharf Association
  • Lorna Gross
    CEO
    Lorna Gross Interior Design
  • Laura Grüb
    President/Founder
    LG Enterprises/MNI
  • Vivianna Guzman
    Executive Director
    I-ACT for Children
  • Michele Hagans
    President & CEO
    Fort Lincoln New Town Corporation
  • Renee Hall
    CEO
    TUU Enterprises LLC
  • Artis Hampshire-cowan
    Founder & Principal
    Leveraged Leadership Group LLC
  • Ann Hand
    Founder & CEO
    Ann Hand LLC
  • Juanita Hardy
    Managing Principal
    Tiger Management Consulting Group LLC
  • Cary Hatch
    CEO (ret) and Senior Counsel
    Hart|MDB+
  • Kristiina Helenius
    CEO
    International Sanctions and Export Control Society
  • Kirsten Hillman
    Ambassador
    Embassy of Canada
  • Amoretta Hoeber
    President
    AMH Consulting
  • Ellie Hollander
    President & CEO
    Meals on Wheels America
  • Mary Holt
    Managing Partner
    Mary Davis Holt Enterprises LLC
  • Lane Hopkins
    Managing Director Chief Talent Officer
    Harris Williams
  • Marian Horn
    Judge
    US Court of Federal Claims
  • Diane Hoskins
    Global Chair
    Gensler
  • Evalina Huggins
    Pastor/ Presiding Elder
    A.M.E. Zion Church
  • Gale Hurd
    Producer & CEO
    Valhalla Entertainment
  • Veronica Irastorza
    Senior Managing Director
    FTI Consulting
  • Frederique Irwin
    President and CEO
    National Women's History Museum
  • Alice Isenberg
    Chief Engineer, Biomedical Division Innovation
    The MITRE Corporation
  • Karla Jackson
    Senior Procurement Executive, Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer and Assistant Administrator for Procurement
    NASA
  • Odessa Jackson Peterson
    General Counsel, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
    The United Way Worldwide
  • Shamim Jawad
    Founder & President
    Ayenda Foundation
  • Kimberly Jeffries Leonard
    17th National President
    The Links Incorporated & Links Foundation
  • Anna Johnson
    Washington Bureau Chief
    Associated Press
  • Claudia Jones
    Co-Founder & CFO
    HTP Homes, Inc
  • Kimberly Jones
    Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education College of Engineering and Architecture
    Howard University
  • Debra Katz
    Partner
    Katz Banks Kumin LLP
  • Kim Keenan
    JAMS Mediator & Arbitrator
  • Kitty Kelley
    writer
  • Anastasia Kelly
    Managing Partner (Americas)
    DLA Piper LLP
  • Mary Kennard
    Vice President and General Counsel (retired)
    American University
  • Paula Kerger
    President and Ceo
    Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
  • Emily Kirkpatrick
    Executive Director
    National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
  • Marie Kissel
    Senior Advisor, Global Government Affairs
    Abbott
  • Dorothy Kosinski
    Director Emerita
    The Phillips Collection
  • Barbara Krumsiek
    Board Member
    Arabesque Investments
  • Charito Kruvant
    Founder & Chairperson
    Creative Associates International
  • Janice Lachance
    Interim Executive Director
    American Geophysical Union
  • Ris Lacoste
    Chef/Owner
    RIS
  • Carolyn Lamm
    Partner
    White & Case
  • Barbara Lang
    Managing Principal & CEO
    Lang Strategies LLC
  • DeDe Lea
    EVP Global Public Policy and Government Relations
    Paramount
  • Nancy LeaMond
    Executive Vice President
    AARP
  • Debra Lehman Smith
    Partner
    LSM
  • Gail Letts
    President & CEO
    LETTS CONSULT LLC
  • Jenny Luray
    Senior Vice President, Strategy and Public Engagement
    Research!America
  • Maguy Maccario Doyle
    Ambassador
    Embassy of Monaco
  • Kathryn MacLane
    President
    Agir LTD
  • Hajia Mahama
    Ambassador
    Embassy of Ghana
  • Lilit Makunts
    Ambassador
    Embassy of Armenia
  • Linda Mathes
    Special Advisor Bipartisan Leadership Project
    Former CEO American Red Cross in the National Capital Region
  • Melissa Maxman
    Managing Partner DC Office
    Cohen & Gresser LLP
  • Pinkie Mayfield
    Chief Communications Officer & Vice President Corporate Affairs
    Graham Holdings Company
  • Loren Mayor
    Chief Operating Officer
    World Wildlife Fund
  • Mara Mayor
    Senior Fellow
    Encore.org
  • Ambassador Deborah McCarthy
    Senior Advisor Cybercrime
    US Dept of State
  • Katherine McGrady
    President & CEO
    CNA
  • Vashti McKenzie
    President & General Secretary
    National Council of Churches
  • Nina McLemore
    CEO / Founder
    Nina McLemore Inc.
  • Souad Mekhennet
    International Security Correspondent
    The Washington Post
  • Pamela Melroy
    Deputy Administrator
    NASA
  • Caren Merrick
    Virginia Secretary of Commerce & Trade 2022-2025
  • Laura Meyers
    President & CEO
    Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC
  • Barbara Mikulski
    U.S. Senator (Retired)
    Professor of Public Policy Johns Hopkins University
  • LaVern Miles
    Senior Vice President
    Amalgamated Bank
  • Barbara Mistick
    President
    NAICU - National Association of Independent Colleges & Universities
  • Linda Moore
    President & CEO
    TechNet
  • Manar Morales
    President & CEO
    The Diversity & Flexibility Alliance
  • Nicole Nason
    Vice President Government Affairs for Commercial Aviation Sustainbility & Corporate Policy
    Boeing Co
  • Nancy Nord
    Of Counsel
    Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz (OFWLaw)
  • Monica O'Neill
    CEO
    ENSO Advisors LLC
  • Elizabeth Oliver-Farrow
    President & CEO (Retired)
    The Oliver Group Inc.
  • Lisa Osofsky
    Partner and Managing Director
    AlixPartners
  • Cheryl Packwood
    Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
    Albany Law School
  • Susan Paley
    CEO & Executive Leadership Coach
    Bright Spots Coaching
  • Wendy Pangburn
    President
    Pangburn International LLC
  • Susan Pascocello
    General Counsel
    Chemonics International, Inc.
  • Kate Perrin
    Executive Leadership
    Smithsonian Women's Committee
  • Susan Peterson
    Founder
    The Communication Center
  • Annette Polan
    Portrait painter Principal
    Insight Institute
  • Gale Pollock
    Health Care Consultant
    Pollock Associates LLC
  • Hilary Provinse
    EVP--Head of Mortgage Banking
    Berkadia Commercial Mortgage
  • Linda Rabbitt
    Chairman & CEO
    rand* construction corporation
  • Kirby Rattenbury
    Audit & Assurance Partner
    Deloitte & Touche
  • Sigrun Rawet
    Executive Director
    World Bank Group
  • Carla Reid
    General Manager/CEO (ret)
    WSSC Water
  • Christianne Ricchi
    owner/chef
    Ristorante I Ricchi
  • Michelle Rice
    President
    TV One & CLEO TV
  • Veta Richardson
    President & CEO
    Association of Corporate Counsel
  • Andrea Roane Skehan
    News Anchor/Health Reporter (Ret.)
    WUSA9
  • Sally Roberts
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Wrestle Like A Girl
  • Marietta Robinson
    Commissioner
    Consumer Products Safety Commission
  • Maria Rodriguez
    President & CEO
    Vanguard Communications
  • Lesa Roe
    President & CEO
    Front Roe Services LLC
  • Covette Rooney
    Retired Chief Judge
    U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
  • Patricia Rosier
    President/Owner
    PAM Enterprises Realty
  • Kimberly Russo
    CEO, Central Region
    OSF HealthCare
  • Deborah Rutter
    Vice Provost for the Arts
    Duke University
  • Carole Samango-Sprouse
    Executive Director
    The Focus Foundation
  • Leslie Sarasin
    President/CEO
    Food Marketing Institute
  • Susan Sarfati
    CEO
    High Performance Strategies
  • Melanie Saunders
    Human Exploration and Spaceflight Expert
    The Aerospace Corporation
  • Karen Schaeffer
    Founder
    Schaeffer Financial LLC
  • Rhea Schwartz
    Chair
    ISU Adult Figure Skating Committee
  • Stephanie Shack
    General Counsel, Senior Vice President
    Continental Realty Corp
  • Sheila Shaffer
    Managing Director
    Rockefeller Global Family Office
  • Rita Shapiro
    Nonprofit Consultant
  • Hana Sharif
    Artistic Director
    Arena Stage
  • Mollie Shields Uehling
    CEO (ret)
    SAFE-BioPharma Association
  • Debra Silimeo
    President
    Silimeo Group
  • Carol Sisco
    Principal
    Sisco Associates
  • Judy A. Smith
    Founder & President
    Smith & Company
  • Nicole Smith
    Owner
    Nicole A. Smith PLLC
  • Trisch Smith
    Global Chief DEI Officer
    Edelman
  • Michele Snyder
    Principal
    MSV LLC
  • Jeri Somers
    Judge (ret)
    American Arbitration Association and The McCammon Group
  • Lidia Soto-Harmon
    President and CEO
    Student Conservation Association
  • Courtney Spaeth
    CEO
    [growth] period
  • Grace Speights
    Managing Partner
    Morgan Lewis
  • Terrie Spiro
    Financial Services Executive and Consultant
    TNP Financial Enterprise Consulting
  • Sheila Stamps
    Financial Executive and Board Director
  • Christine Steinberg
    Executive Vice President/Chief Services Officer North American Region
    VW Credit Inc
  • Dawn Stern
    Partner and Global Co-Chair, Government Contracts Sector
    DLA Piper LLP (US)
  • Ann Stock
    Former Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs; White House Social Secretary
    US Department of State
  • Anne Stone
    Founder
    Anne L. Stone & Associates LLC
  • Andrea Sullivan
    President
    Sullivan & Associates Center for Natural Healing Inc
  • Sandra Swain
    Associate Dean for Research Development
    Georgetown University Medical Center
  • Dawn Sweeney
    Strategic Partner
    JLL
  • Deborah Tannen
    University Professor
    Georgetown University
  • Rebecca Taylor
    Executive Vice President
    NCMS
  • Sandra Taylor
    CEO
    Sustainable Business International
  • Karyn Temple
    Sr EVP and Global General Counsel
    Motion Pictures Association Inc
  • Lydia Thomas
    President & CEO (retired)
    Noblis Inc.
  • Carol Thompson Cole
    President & CEO (retired)
    Youth Invest Partners
  • Constance Tipton
    President & CEO (Retired)
    International Dairy Foods Asscoiation
  • Diane Tomb
  • Lena Trudeau
    President & CEO
    Fu Associates, Ltd.
  • Stephanie Tsacoumis
    Managing Partner
    Pebble Beach Associates
  • Marna Tucker
    Senior Partner
    Tucker Family Law
  • Lauren Van Wazer
    Vice President Global Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs
    Akamai Technologies
  • Carol Wait
    President
    Boggs Atkinson Inc
  • Judith Walter
    Adjunct Professor
    Catholic University
  • Jennifer Wendel
    CEO
    JCW Strategic Consulting, LLC
  • Wendelin White
    Of Counsel
    Goulston & Storrs PC
  • Sherry Williams
    Chief Risk Officer
    Atlantic Union Bank
  • Verna Williams
    CEO
    Equal Justice Works
  • Ruth Williams-Brinkley
    Founder & President
    RWB Advisory Services
  • Phyllis Wilson
    President
    Military Women's Memorial Foundation
  • Heather Wingate
    Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
    Delta Air Lines
  • Mary Yates
    Ambassador (ret)
    U.S. State Department
  • Gwen Young
    CEO
    Women Business Collaborative