Fanwood is a borough in Union County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located on a ridge in northern-central New Jersey,the borough is a commuter town of New York City in the New York metropolitan area. Fanwood is located in the Raritan Valley and Rahway Valley regions. As of the 2020 United States census,the borough's population was 7,774,an increase of 456 (+6.2%) from the 2010 census count of 7,318,which in turn reflected an increase of 144 (+2.0%) from the 7,174 counted in the 2000 census.
Scotch Plains is a township in Union County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is located on a ridge in northern-central New Jersey,within the Raritan Valley and Rahway Valley regions in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census,the township's population was 24,968,an increase of 1,458 (+6.2%) from the 2010 census count of 23,510,which in turn reflected an increase of 778 (+3.4%) from the 22,732 counted in the 2000 census.
Ann Margaret Veneman is an American attorney who served as the fifth executive director of UNICEF from 2005 to 2010. She previously served as the 27th United States secretary of agriculture from 2001 to 2005. Veneman served for the entire first term of President George W. Bush,and she left to take the UNICEF position. Appointed by the U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on January 18,2005,she took over the post on May 1,2005. A lawyer,Veneman has practiced law in Washington,DC and California,including being a deputy public defender. She has also served in other high-level positions in both the state and the federal government of the United States,including being appointed secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture,serving from 1995 to 1999,as well as United States deputy secretary of agriculture,serving from 1991 to 1993. Throughout her public career,Veneman was the first woman to serve in a number of positions,including secretary of agriculture,deputy secretary of agriculture,and California's secretary of food and agriculture. She was also just the second woman to lead UNICEF,following her predecessor,Carol Bellamy.
Donald Thomas DiFrancesco is a retired American politician who served as the 51st governor of New Jersey from 2001 to 2002. He succeeded Christine Todd Whitman after her resignation to become Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. A member of the Republican Party,DiFrancesco previously was President of the New Jersey Senate from 1992 to 2002.
Hilde Frafjord Johnson is a Norwegian politician from the Christian Democratic Party. She is a former Minister of International Development of Norway,and member of the Norwegian Government. She most recently served as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan,completing her term in July 2014
Linda Stender is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2016,where she represented the 22nd legislative district. She ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the United States House of Representatives,seeking to represent New Jersey's 7th District,in 2006 and 2008. She was narrowly defeated by incumbent Representative Mike Ferguson in 2006 but lost by a wider margin to Leonard Lance in the November 4,2008 election.
Elisabeth A. Gotbaum is an American civil servant,politician and a former New York City public advocate. She was elected Public Advocate for New York City in 2001 and reelected in 2005. She was the third woman elected to a citywide post in NYC history. The other two were Carol Bellamy,who served as city council president from 1978 to 1985,and Elizabeth Holtzman,who served as comptroller from 1990 to 1993. Gotbaum is a Democrat and currently serves as Executive Director of Citizens Union.
Federico Mayor Zaragoza is a scientist,scholar,politician,diplomat,and poet from Spain. He served as the Director-General of the United Nations Educational,Scientific,and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from 1987 to 1999. After his tenure as Director-General,he continued to participate in various peace-related organizations such as the Foundation for a Culture of Peace and the International Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World,as a member of their honorary boards. Additionally,he serves as the honorary chairman of the Académie de la Paix.
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School is a comprehensive regional four-year public high school in Union County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey,which serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from the Township of Scotch Plains and the Borough of Fanwood,operating as the lone secondary school of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District.
Sherrie Rollins Westin is an American businesswoman. She is the president of Sesame Workshop,the nonprofit educational organization that produces the television series Sesame Street.
Cynthia Nan Sayer is an American jazz banjoist,singer and a founding member of Woody Allen's New Orleans Jazz Band.
Mildred Robbins Leet was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. She was a co-founder and Chair Emerita of the Board of Directors of Trickle Up,a New York–based international non-governmental organization dedicated to alleviating poverty.
Henrietta Holsman Fore is an American public health and international development executive who served as the 7th Executive Director of UNICEF till January 2022. Fore currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Holsman International,a management,investment,and advisory services company. She served in three presidential appointments under President George W. Bush:Fore was the first woman Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance,the 11th Under Secretary of Management in the Department of State,and the 37th Director of the United States Mint in the U.S. Department of Treasury. She was the presidential appointee for President George H. W. Bush at the United States Agency for International Development.
Kul Chandra Gautam is a distinguished diplomat,development professional,and a former senior official of the United Nations. Currently,he serves on the boards of several international and national organizations,charitable foundations and public-private partnerships. Previously,he served in senior managerial and leadership positions with the United Nations in several countries,in a career spanning over three decades. As a former deputy executive director of UNICEF and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations,he holds extensive experience in international diplomacy,development cooperation,and humanitarian assistance.
Catherine Mary Russell is an American attorney and political adviser who is the current Executive Director of UNICEF. Russell previously served as Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office,United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues,and Chief of Staff to then-Second Lady of the United States Jill Biden.
Patricia Mary Cloherty was an American businesswoman,company director,and private equity financier. She was the chairman and CEO of Delta Private Equity Partners. Cloherty served as manager of The U.S. Russia Investment Fund and Delta Russia Fund,two venture capital funds which operated in Russia. In 2004,Cloherty was named Businessperson of the Year by the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia. In 2007,Crain's New York Business named her one of the Most Powerful Women in New York. In 2008,Cloherty received the Order of Friendship from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Israeli Fund for UNICEF is the Israeli non-profit and non-governmental organization that supports the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Gayle Elizabeth Smith is the CEO of the One Campaign. Smith was formerly Coordinator for Global COVID Response and Health Security at the U.S. Department of State. and was the former Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Juana María Bordas is a Nicaraguan–American community activist specializing in leadership development and diversity training. She is a founder of several Denver,Colorado-area organizations promoting Latino and Latina leadership,including the Mi Casa Resource Center for Women,the National Hispana Leadership Institute,and Mestiza Leadership International,where she currently serves as president. She has authored two books and is a motivational speaker and workshop presenter for conferences and businesses. The recipient of numerous awards and honors,she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1997.
Amy Ellis Nutt is a Washington,D.C.-based journalist and a New York Times bestselling author. She was the recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for her reporting at The Star-Ledger on the 2009 wreck of the Lady Mary fishing vessel. She has also worked as a health and science writer for The Washington Post and a writer-reporter at Sports Illustrated.
