Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver was an American philanthropist and a member of the Kennedy family. She was the founder of the Special Olympics,a sports organization for persons with physical and intellectual disabilities. For her efforts on behalf of disabled people,Shriver was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984.
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy is an American author,attorney,and diplomat serving as the United States Ambassador to Australia since 2022. She previously served in the Obama administration as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017. A prominent member of the Kennedy family,she is the only surviving child of former U.S. president John F. Kennedy (JFK) and former first lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
Ethel Kennedy is an American human rights advocate. She is the widow of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy,a sister-in-law of President John F. Kennedy,and the sixth child of George Skakel and Ann Brannack. Shortly after her husband's 1968 assassination,Kennedy founded the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights,a non-profit charity working to reach his goal of a just and peaceful world. In 2014,she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. is an American businessman,diplomat,and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 8th congressional district since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,his district is in the heart of Northern Virginia and includes Alexandria,Falls Church,and Arlington.
Susan Elizabeth Rice is an American diplomat,policy advisor,and public official serving as Director of the United States Domestic Policy Council since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,Rice served as the 27th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013 and as the 23rd U.S. National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2017.
Samantha Jane Power is an American journalist,diplomat and government official who is currently serving as the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development. She previously served as the 28th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017. Power is a member of the Democratic Party.
Mary Jo White is an American attorney who served as the 31st chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 2013 to 2017. She was the first woman to be the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York,serving from 1993 to 2002. On January 24,2013,President Barack Obama nominated White to replace Elisse B. Walter as Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She was confirmed by the Senate on April 8,2013,and was sworn into office on April 10,2013. In 2014,she was listed as the 73rd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.
JoAnn Falletta is an American conductor.
Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor,she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of computers to perform the tasks. The space agency noted her "historical role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist".
Jennifer Rene Psaki is an American television political analyst and former government official. A political advisor who served under both the Obama and Biden administrations,she served the Biden administration as the 34th White House press secretary until May 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served in the Obama administration as the White House deputy press secretary (2009);the White House deputy communications director (2009–2011);the spokesperson for the United States Department of State (2013–2015);and the White House communications director (2015–2017). Psaki was a political contributor for CNN from 2017 to 2020. As of March 2023,she hosts a weekly television program,Inside with Jen Psaki,on MSNBC.
Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe is a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva,Switzerland,having been appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009. After serving her term as ambassador,Donahoe was appointed as Director of Global Affairs for Human Rights Watch. In 2014,she was also appointed to the board of International Service for Human Rights. She is also an affiliate of Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation,a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Executive Director of the Global Digital Policy Incubator at the Freeman Spogli Institute's Cyber Policy Center working at the intersection of governance,technology and human rights.
Deborah A.P. Hersman is a former board member of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board who served as its 12th chairman. She completed two terms as chairman and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 16,2013,for a third term. On March 11,2014,she announced she would join the National Safety Council as its president and CEO. She is currently the chief safety officer at Waymo.
Lisa Oudens Monaco is an American attorney,former federal prosecutor and national security official who has served as the 39th and current United States Deputy Attorney General since April 21,2021. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Alexa Lange Wesner is the former United States Ambassador to Austria. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on July 27,2013,and presented with her credentials on October 22,2013. Her term ended on January 20,2017.
Jane Dorothy Hartley is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom in the Joe Biden administration since 2022. She served as the United States ambassador to France and Monaco from 2014 until 2017 during the Barack Obama administration. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Bernadette M. Meehan is an American diplomat who is the current United States Ambassador to Chile. She previously worked as chief international officer for the Obama Foundation. She also served as a spokesperson for the United States National Security Council in the Obama Administration.
Azita Raji was an Iranian-born American diplomat,banker,and philanthropist. She was nominated by President Barack Obama in October 2014 to serve as the United States ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden,and confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate in February 2016. She presented her credentials to King Carl XVI Gustaf on March 15,2016,and completed her tour of duty on January 20,2017.
Elizabeth Holzhall Richard is an American diplomat who served as United States ambassador to Lebanon from 2016 to 2020. She is the nominee to serve as coordinator for counterterrorism in the Biden administration.
Makila James is an American diplomat who has been a career Foreign Service Officer within the U.S. State Department. Beginning in 1988,she has had a series of postings and roles related to the Caribbean and Africa,leading to her being the Director of the Office of Caribbean Affairs from 2009 to 2012. She then served as the United States Ambassador to Swaziland from 2012 to 2016. Later,she was Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Africa and the Sudans from 2018 to 2020.
Mary Jackson was an American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA),which in 1958 was succeeded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She worked at Langley Research Center in Hampton,Virginia,for most of her career. She started as a computer at the segregated West Area Computing division in 1951. In 1958,after taking engineering classes,she became NASA's first black female engineer.
