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.
Membership
Our Members
- Lilia Abron
CEOPEER Consultants PC
- Katherine L. Acuff
ConsultantPublic Health and Health Policy
- Gina Adams
Corporate Vice President Government AffairsFedEx Corp
- Swati Adarkar
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Early EducationUS Department of Education
- Shanna Batten Aguirre
Senior Counterterrorism Justice AdvisorUS Department of State
- H.H. Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui
AmbassadorEmbassy of Morocco
- S. Kathryn Allen
Co-PresidentAnswer Title & Escrow LLC
- Rosie Allen-Herring
President and Chief Executive OfficerUnited Way of the National Capital Area
- Lisa Alvarez-Calderón
Founder and PrincipalShine Consulting
- Rohini Anand
SVP Corporate Responsibility & Global Chief Diversity OfficerSodexo
- Denise Anderson
PresidentNH-ISAC
- Susan Apgood
Executive Vice President4media group, inc.
- Kimberly Archer
Managing DirectorRussell Reynolds Associates
- Erin Bagshaw
Nurse Practitioner/President/FounderNorthwest Nurse Practitioner Associates Inc.
- Ivonne Baki
AmbassadorEmbassy of Ecuador
- Lisa Banks
PartnerKatz Banks Kumin
- Esther Barazzone
President EmeritusChatham University
- Johnine Barnes
ShareholderGreenberg Traurig
- Emily Barrosse
Founder & CEOBold Story Press
- Judith Batty
Board MemberMetropolitan Washington Airport Authority
- Lillian McLean Beard
Physician / Media Communications ConsultantLillian M. Beard M.D.
- Shelly Bell
CEO & FounderBlack Girl Ventures
- Brigida Benitez
PartnerSteptoe & Johnson LLP
- Urvi Bham
Founder & CEOVikara Risk and Compliance Solutions
- Lettie Bien
US Army Reserve Ambassador EmeritusUS Army
- Rose Blackburne
Vice President Global Product DevelopmentPPD a Thermo Fisher Scientific company
- Marion Blakey
President & CEO (Retired)Rolls Royce North America
- Amb. Julia Bloch
PresidentU.S. China Education Trust
- Brooksley Born
Retired PartnerArnold & Porter LLP
- Dana Born
Brigadier General USAF RetiredHarvard University
- Martha Boudreau
Chief Communications and Marketing OfficerAARP
- Kristina Bouweiri
President & CEOReston Limousine
- Muriel Bowser
MayorWashington DC
- Heidi Brock
President & CEOAmerican Forest & Paper Association
- Anne Bryant
Executive Director EmeritaNational School Boards Association
- Elisabeth Bumiller
Washington Bureau ChiefThe New York Times
- Cheryl Burgess
Medical DirectorCenter for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery
- Bronte Burleigh-Jones
CFO, Vice President, TreasurerAmerican University
- Sylvia Burwell
PresidentAmerican University
- Geraldine Byrne Nason
AmbassadorEmbassy of Ireland
- Valerie Callender
Medical DirectorCallender Dermatology & Cosmetic Center
- Holly Cannon
Executive Vice President and General CounselThe Conservation Fund
- Kathleen Carr
DirectorChevy Chase Land Company
- Margaret Cary
CEOThe Cary Group
- Carolyn Cawley
President US Chamber of Commerce FoundationSVP US Chamber of Commerce
- Wendy Chamberlin
Ambassador (retired)Former President Middle East Institute
- Cynthia Chavez Lamar
DirectorNational Museum of the American Indian
- Kathryn Checchi
Principal/AttorneyChecchi Capital Advisers LLC
- Mary Cheh
ProfessorGeorge Washington University Law School
- Juanita Christensen
Executive Director, Technical DirectorateDefense Contract Management Agency
- Kimberly Churches
PresidentThe Washington Center
- Suzanne Clark
President and CEOUS Chamber of Commerce
- Maria Clarke
Executive DirectorJ.P. Morgan Private Bank
- Makeba Clay
Vice President, Diversity, Equity, and InclusionThe Pew Charitable Trusts
- Eleanor Clift
CorrespondentThe Daily Beast
- Nicole Cober
Founder & CEOThe BOW Collective
- Annice Cody
PresidentHoly Cross Health Network
- Faye Coleman
Founder and CEOFEC Coaching Enterprises LLC
- Jan Cope
ProvostWashington National Cathedral
- Barbara Couture
ConsultantCollaborative Brain Trust
- Kathleen Cox
FellowHarvard Advanced Leadership Initiative
- Molly Culhane
Senior Vice President Mid-Atlantic DirectorAmalgamated Bank of New York
- Nathalie Cunningham
Managing DirectorStrategic Investment Group
- Sue Cunningham
President & CEOCASE
- Barbara Dale
PresidentDale Enterprises Inc.
- Mary Davis
CEOSpecial Olympics
- Susan Davis
ChairmanSusan Davis International
- Cecilia De La Macorra
Senior Director, International Government Relations & Stakeholder RelationsExxon Mobil Corporation
- June DeHart
PartnerManatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
- Vivian Derryck
Founder & President EmeritaThe Bridges Institute
- Janet Dhillon
- Debbie Dingell
CongresswomanU.S. Congress
- Cari Dominguez
PrincipalDominguez & Associates
- Jennifer Dorn
PresidentJenna Dorn LLC
- Charlene Dukes
President (retired)Prince George's Community College
- Rebecca Dye
CommissionerFederal Maritime Commission
- Kristin Ehrgood
CEO & Board ChairFlamboyan Foundation
- Alice Eldridge
SVP, General Counsel and Corporate SecretaryBAE Systems
- Bergdis Ellertsdottir
AmbassadorEmbassy of Iceland
- Michela English
Strategic Advisor & Private Investor
- Denise Evans
VP Diverse Business Partner Development (retired)IBM
- Jane Evans
President EmeritaMount Vernon College
- Tekisha Everette
Executive Vice PresidentTrust for America's Health
- Floreta Faber
AmbassadorEmbassy of Albania
- Debra Facktor
Head of U.S. Space SystemsAirbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc.
- Hilary Falk
Chief Executive OfficerChesapeake Bay Foundation
- Theresa Fariello
Senior Vice President, Government AffairsUnited Airlines
- Karen Feldstein
Associate Administrator for International and Interagency RelationsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Leslie Fenwick
Dean in ResidenceAmerican Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
- Nuria Fernandez
AministratorFederal Transit Administration
- Romina Fernandez
CEO Nutricia North AmericaDanone
- Nan Fife
TeacherEnglish Empowerment Center
- Betsy Fischer Martin
Executive DirectorWomen & Politics Institute American University
- Lauri Fitz-Pegado
PresidentLJFP Inc and Beyond the Ballet Barre (BTBB)
- Tracy Fitzsimmons
PresidentShenandoah University
- Ann Ford
Partner & Executive Director Clients SectorDLA Piper
- Sara Forden
EditorBloomberg News Washington Bureau
- Henrietta Fore
- Lesli Foster
Evening Anchor/Impact CorrespondentWUSA9 TV
- Stephenie Foster
PartnerSmash Strategies
- Nichole Francis Reynolds
VP and Head of Global Government RelationsServicenow
- Barbara Franklin
President and CEOBarbara Franklin Enterprises
- Lynn Gangone
President and CEOAmerican Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- Robin Ganzert
President & CEOAmerican Humane
- Mildred Garcia
ChancellorCalifornia State University (CSU)
- Lou-Anne Gilchrist
AmbassadorEmbassy of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Valentina Glaviano
Managing DirectorStrategic Investment Group
- Victoria Gottlieb
Senior Director Global PartnershipsMarriott International Inc.
- Ludy Green
Agency Lead on Counter-TraffickingDRG Center USAID
- Virginia Green
General CounselGMD
- Linda Greenhouse
Senior Research ScholarYale Law School
- Diane Groomes
Director of SecurityDistrict Wharf Association
- Lorna Gross-Bryant
Principal Designer/OwnerLorna Gross Interior Design
- Laura Grüb
President/FounderLG Enterprises/MNI
- Michele Hagans
President & CEOFort Lincoln New Town Corporation
- Renee Hall
CEOTUU Enterprises LLC
- Artis Hampshire-cowan
Founder & PrincipalLeveraged Leadership Group LLC
- Ann Hand
Founder & CEOAnn Hand LLC
- Juanita Hardy
Senior Visiting FellowUrban Land Institute
- Phyllis Harris
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Ethics and Government Affairs OfficerAmerican Red Cross
- Cary Hatch
CEOMDB Communications
- Kristiina Helenius
CEOMiltton USA
- Kirsten Hillman
AmbassadorEmbassy of Canada
- Amoretta Hoeber
PresidentAMH Consulting
- Ellie Hollander
President & CEOMeals on Wheels America
- Sheila Hollis
Partner (emeritus)Duane Morris LLP
- Mary Holt
Managing PartnerMary Davis Holt Enterprises LLC
- Lane Hopkins
Managing Director Chief Talent OfficerHarris Williams
- Marian Horn
JudgeUS Court of Federal Claims
- LTG (Ret) Patricia Horoho
43rd Army Surgeon GeneralCEO Optum Serve and Optum Health Solutions
- Leslie Hortum
ConsultantSpencer Stuart
- Diane Hoskins
Co-CEOGensler
- Julia Hughes
PresidentU.S. Fashion Industry Association
- Alice Isenberg
Chief Engineer, Biomedical Division InnovationThe MITRE Corporation
- Lois Jackson
Retired ExecutiveIBM
- Odessa Jackson
General Counsel, Chief Ethics and Compliance OfficerThe United Way Worldwide
- Selina Jackson
Senior Vice President, Global Government Relations and Public PolicyProcter & Gamble
- Shamim Jawad
Founder & PresidentAyenda Foundation
- Kimberly Jeffries Leonard
17th National PresidentThe Links Incorporated & Links Foundation
- Anna Johnson
Washington Bureau ChiefAssociated Press
- Kimberly Jones
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education College of Engineering and ArchitectureHoward University
- Elena Kagan
Associate JusticeSupreme Court of the United States
- Stephanie Kanwit
Legal Consultant ProfessorKanwit Healthcare Consulting
- Debra Katz
PartnerKatz 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 CeoPublic Broadcasting Service (PBS)
- Emily Kirkpatrick
Executive DirectorNational Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
- Marie Kissel
Senior Advisor, Global Government AffairsAbbott
- Dorothy Kosinski
Director EmeritaThe Phillips Collection
- Barbara Krumsiek
Board MemberArabesque Investments
- Charito Kruvant
Founder & ChairpersonCreative Associates International
- Janice Lachance
ChairOPM Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee
- Ris Lacoste
Chef/OwnerRIS
- Carolyn Lamm
PartnerWhite & Case
- Barbara Lang
Managing Principal & CEOLang Strategies LLC
- DeDe Lea
EVP Global Public Policy and Government RelationsParamount
- Nancy LeaMond
Executive Vice PresidentAARP
- Penny Lee
President & CEOFinancial Technology Association
- Debra Lehman Smith
PartnerLSM
- Gail Letts
President & CEOLetts Consult LLC
- Katherine Lugar
Executive Vice President, Corporate AffairsHilton
- Jenny Luray
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Public EngagementResearch!America
- Maguy Maccario Doyle
AmbassadorEmbassy of Monaco
- Kathryn MacLane
PresidentAgir LTD
- Hajia Mahama
AmbassadorEmbassy of Ghana
- Lilit Makunts
AmbassadorEmbassy of Armenia
- Julissa Marenco
Assistant Secretary for Communications and External AffairsSmithsonian Institution
- Audrey Marks
AmbassadorEmbassy of Jamaica
- J. Wendy Marquez
President & CEOWize Solutions
- Michelle Mason
President & CEOASAE: The Center for Association Leadership
- Linda Mathes
Special Advisor Bipartisan Leadership ProjectFormer CEO American Red Cross in the National Capital Region
- Melissa Maxman
Managing Partner DC OfficeCohen & Gresser LLP
- Pinkie Mayfield
Chief Communications Officer & Vice President Corporate AffairsGraham Holdings Company
- Loren Mayor
Chief Operating OfficerWorld Wildlife Fund
- Mara Mayor
Senior FellowEncore.org
- Ambassador Deborah McCarthy
Non-resident FellowAtlantic Council
- Christine McEntee
Strategic ConsultingCWMcEnteeLLC
- Katherine McGrady
President & CEOCNA
- Penny McIntyre
- Nina McLemore
CEO / FounderNina McLemore Inc.
- Pamela Melroy
Deputy AdministratorNASA
- Beth Mendelson
Executive ProducerVoice of America
- Caren Merrick
Virginia Secretary of Commerce
- Barbara Mikulski
U.S. Senator (Retired)Professor of Public Policy Johns Hopkins University
- LaVern Miles
Senior Vice PresidentAmalgamated Bank
- Barbara Mistick
PresidentNAICU - National Association of Independent Colleges & Universities
- Jan Molino
President & CEOAspire Ascend
- Evelyn Moore
President EmeritaNational Black Child Development Institute
- Linda Moore
President & CEOTechNet
- Manar Morales
President & CEOThe Diversity & Flexibility Alliance
- Barbara Mullenex
Managing PrincipalPerkins Eastman
- Janet Murguia
President & CEOUnidosUS
- Nicole Nason
Vice President Government Affairs for Commercial Aviation Sustainbility & Corporate PolicyBoeing Co
- Nancy Nord
Of CounselOlsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz (OFWLaw)
- Monica O'Neill
CEOENSO Advisors LLC
- Janice Obuchowski
PresidentFreedom Technologies Inc.
- Elizabeth Oliver-Farrow
President & CEO (Retired)The Oliver Group Inc.
- Karin Olofsdotter
AmbassadorEmbassy of Sweden
- Cheryl Packwood
Visiting Assistant Professor of LawAlbany Law School
- Rosalie Pakenham
partnerprofessionalediting.net
- Wendy Pangburn
PresidentPangburn International LLC
- Lynn Pasquerella
PresidentAssociation of American Universities and Colleges (AAC&U)
- Pamela Passman
Chair Corporate and Managing Director NYAPCO Worldwide
- Susan Pearce
VP Corporate Communications (retired)Lockheed Martin
- Kate Perrin
Executive LeadershipSmithsonian Women's Committee
- Susan Peterson
FounderThe Communication Center
- Annette Polan
Portrait painter PrincipalInsight Institute
- Gale Pollock
Health Care ConsultantPollock Associates LLC
- Tricia Primrose
Chief Global Communications and Public Affairs OfficerMarriott International
- Hilary Provinse
EVP--Head of Mortgage BankingBerkadia Commercial Mortgage
- Linda Rabbitt
Chairman & CEOrand* construction corporation
- Kirby Rattenbury
Audit & Assurance PartnerDeloitte & Touche
- Beth Reaves
PresidentWashington School for Girls
- Carla Reid
General Manager/CEO (ret)WSSC Water
- Christianne Ricchi
owner/chefRistorante I Ricchi
- Michelle Rice
PresidentTV One & CLEO TV
- Veta Richardson
President & CEOAssociation of Corporate Counsel
- Andrea Roane Skehan
News Anchor/Health ReporterWUSA9
- Sally Roberts
Founder & CEOWrestle Like A Girl
- Marietta Robinson
CommissionerConsumer Products Safety Commission
- Maria Rodriguez
President & CEOVanguard Communications
- Lesa Roe
President & CEOFront Roe Services LLC
- Covette Rooney
Chief JudgeU.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
- Patricia Rosier
President/OwnerPAM Enterprises Realty
- Lisa Ross
U.S. Chief Executive OfficerEdelman
- Martine Rothblatt
Chair & CEOUnited Therapeutics
- Kimberly Russo
CEOGeorge Washington University Hospital
- Deborah Rutter
PresidentThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Carole Samango-Sprouse
Executive DirectorThe Focus Foundation
- Leslie Sarasin
President/CEOFood Marketing Institute
- Susan Sarfati
CEOHigh Performance Strategies
- Melanie Saunders
Senior Director, ADP Global PartnershipsBlue Origin
- Karen Schaeffer
FounderSchaeffer Financial LLC
- Deborah Scher
CEOBusiness Accelerations LLC
- Rhea Schwartz
ChairISU Adult Figure Skating Committee
- Kay Sears
VP & GM, Space, Intelligence & Weapons SystemsBoeing
- Stephanie Shack
General Counsel, Senior Vice PresidentContinental Realty Corp
- Sheila Shaffer
Managing DirectorRockefeller Global Family Office
- Rita Shapiro
Nonprofit Consultant
- Susan Sharer
CEOFedHealthIT
- Mollie Shields Uehling
CEO (ret)SAFE-BioPharma Association
- Colleen Shogan
11th ArchivistNational Archives of the United States
- Linda Singh
Executive Director/CEOTEDCO
- Carol Sisco
PrincipalSisco Associates
- Judy A. Smith
Founder & PresidentSmith & Company
- Nicole Smith
OwnerNicole A. Smith PLLC
- Trisch Smith
Global Chief DEI OfficerEdelman
- Michele Snyder
PrincipalMSV LLC
- Jeri Somers
Judge (ret)American Arbitration Association and The McCammon Group
- Lidia Soto-Harmon
President and CEOStudent Conservation Association
- Sonia Sotomayor
Associate JusticeSupreme Court of the United States
- Courtney Spaeth
CEO[growth] period
- Grace Speights
Managing PartnerMorgan Lewis
- Terrie Spiro
Financial Services Executive and ConsultantTNP Financial Enterprise Consulting
- Sheila Stamps
Financial Executive and Board Director
- Christine Steinberg
Executive Vice President/Chief Services Officer North American RegionVW Credit Inc
- Ann Stock
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs; White House Social SecretaryUS Department of State
- Ellen Stofan
John and Adrienne Mars DirectorNational Air and Space Museum
- Anne Stone
FounderAnne L. Stone & Associates LLC
- Andrea Sullivan
PresidentSullivan & Associates Center for Natural Healing Inc
- Sandra Swain
Associate Dean for Research DevelopmentGeorgetown University Medical Center
- Dawn Sweeney
Strategic PartnerJLL
- Deborah Tannen
University ProfessorGeorgetown University
- Rebecca Taylor
Executive Vice PresidentNCMS
- Sandra Taylor
CEOSustainable Business International
- Karyn Temple
SVP and Global General CounselMotion Picture Association Inc
- Lydia Thomas
President & CEO (retired)Noblis Inc.
- Carol Thompson Cole
President & Chief Executive OfficerVenture Philanthropy Partners
- Constance Tipton
President & CEO (Retired)International Dairy Foods Asscoiation
- Diane Tomb
CEOAmerican Land Title Association
- Lena Trudeau
President & CEOFu Associates, Ltd.
- Stephanie Tsacoumis
Managing PartnerPebble Beach Associates
- Marna Tucker
Senior PartnerFeldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
- Lauren Van Wazer
Vice President Global Public Policy & Regulatory AffairsAkamai Technologies
- Carol Wait
PresidentBoggs Atkinson Inc
- Judith Walter
Adjunct ProfessorCatholic University
- Victoria Wassmer
Assistant Secretary of Budget and Program, Chief Financial OfficerU.S. Department of Transportation
- Lezlee Westine
President and CEOPersonal Care Products Council
- Wendelin White
Of CounselGoulston & Storrs PC
- Verna Williams
CEOEqual Justice Works
- Ruth Williams-Brinkley
PresidentKaiser Permanente of the Mid Atlantic
- Daria Willis
PresidentHoward Community College
- Alicia Wilson
Managing Director & Global Head of Philanthropy for North AmericaJP Morgan Chase
- Phyllis Wilson
PresidentMilitary Women's Memorial Foundation
- Heather Wingate
Senior Vice President, Government AffairsDelta Air Lines
- Phoebe Yang
Independent Board Director
- Gwen Young
CEOWomen Business Collaborative