Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick was an American diplomat and political scientist who played a major role in the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration. An ardent anticommunist,she was a longtime Democrat who became a neoconservative and switched to the Republican Party in 1985. After serving as Ronald Reagan's foreign policy adviser in his 1980 presidential campaign,she became the first woman to serve as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
The Graduate Theological Union (GTU) is a consortium of eight private independent American theological schools and eleven centers and affiliates. Seven of the theological schools are located in Berkeley,California. The GTU was founded in 1962 and their students can take courses at the University of California,Berkeley. Additionally,some of the GTU consortial schools are part of other California universities such as Santa Clara University and California Lutheran University. Most of the GTU consortial schools are located in the Berkeley area with the majority north of the campus in a neighborhood known as "Holy Hill" due to the cluster of GTU seminaries and centers located there.
Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva is a Kyrgyz diplomat and politician who served as the President of Kyrgyzstan from 7 April 2010 until 1 December 2011,becoming the first female Central Asian head of state. She was sworn in on July 3,2010,after acting as interim leader following the 2010 April Revolution,which led to the ousting of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. She previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and as head of the parliamentary caucus for the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan. She is also known for the persecution of human rights activist Azimzhan Askarov and the failed policy that led to the clashes of June 2010.
Melanne Verveer, born on June 24,1944,in Pottsville,Pennsylvania,is the executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Women,Peace,and Security at Georgetown University. She also holds positions as a founding partner of Seneca Point Global,a women's strategy firm,and as a co-founder of Seneca Women. Verveer co-authored the book "Fast Forward:How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose" with Kim Azzarelli.
Larry Jay Diamond is an American political sociologist and leading contemporary scholar in the field of democracy studies. Diamond is a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies,Stanford University's main center for research on international issues. At the Institute Diamond served as the director of the Center on Democracy,Development,and the Rule of Law from 2009-2016. He was succeeded in that role by Francis Fukuyama and then Kathryn Stoner.
Kavita Nandini Ramdas is an American feminist and activist.
John Joseph Donahoe II is an American businessman who is the CEO of Nike from January 2020,until his upcoming exit in October 2024. Early in his career,he worked for Bain &Company,becoming the firm's president and CEO in 1999. He is on the board of directors at Nike,The Bridgespan Group and is chairman of PayPal. Donahoe was named president and CEO of ServiceNow,a cloud company,in February 2017. He was on the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College from 2003 to 2012.
Amy Zegart is an American political scientist currently serving as the Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution,a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies (FSI),and professor of political science at Stanford University. She is also a contributing writer to The Atlantic. From 2013 to 2018,she served as co-director of FSI's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) and founder and co-director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Program.
Maria Renske "Marietje" Schaake is a Dutch politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands between 2009 and 2019. She is a member of Democrats 66,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.
Maria Otero was the first holder of the office of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security,Democracy,and Human Rights from January 15,2012,through February 4,2013. She also served as the President's Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues.
Ertharin Cousin is an American lawyer who served as the twelfth executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme from 2012 to 2017. Following the completion of her term,Cousin became Payne Distinguished Professor at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies,distinguished fellow at the Center on Food Security and the Environment and the Center on Democracy,Development and the Rule of Law,accepted an appointment as a distinguished fellow with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs,and became a trustee on the UK based Power of Nutrition Board of Directors.
Isobel Coleman is an American diplomat,author,entrepreneur,and former management consultant. In November 2021,Coleman was sworn in as Deputy Administrator for Policy and Programming at the United States Agency for International Development. As Deputy Administrator,she guides USAID's crisis response,leads its work in countering the influence of China and Russia,and supports efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration. She also is responsible for overseeing Agency efforts to prevent famine and future pandemics;strengthen education,health,democracy,and economic growth;and improve responses to climate change.
Elizabeth D. Sherwood-Randall is an American national security and energy leader,public servant,educator,and author currently serving as the 11th United States Homeland Security Advisor to President Joe Biden since 2021. She previously served in both the Clinton and Obama Administrations and held appointments at academic institutions and think tanks.
Donahoe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sarah E. Mendelson is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Mendelson was confirmed by the Senate on October 8,2015,and sworn into her post on October 15,2015. In 2017,Mendelson was named Distinguished Service Professor and head of Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College's program in Washington,D.C.
Kelly Dawn Craft is an American businesswoman,politician,and former diplomat who served as the 30th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2019 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. She was confirmed as the US ambassador to the United Nations by the US Senate by a vote of 56–34,and was officially sworn in September 2019.
Oleksandra Viacheslavivna Matviichuk is a Ukrainian human rights lawyer and civil society leader based in Kyiv. She heads the non-profit organization Centre for Civil Liberties and is a campaigner for democratic reforms in her country and the OSCE region. Since October 2022,she has been Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
Clément Nyaletsossi Voule is a Togolese diplomat and jurist. Voule served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association from 2018 to 2024. Prior to this,Voule served as African Advocacy Director International Service for Human Rights (ISHR).
Beth Van Schaack is an American attorney and academic who serves as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice.
