FP Summit: Her Power 2022

FP-Her-Power-site-3-2
FP-Her-Power-site-3-2

Empowering an Equitable Global Recovery

Morning Programming:

Afternoon Programming:

 


With progress for gender equality under threat, urgent action is needed to secure rights for women and ensure prosperity for generations to come. Amid geopolitical turmoil and economic uncertainty, women and girls must remain at the center of policymaking and investment to ensure an equitable post-pandemic recovery.

The fourth annual Her Power Summit convened leaders, experts, and change-makers across policy, business, and civil society who are working tirelessly to defend women’s rights and ensure greater equity and inclusion around the world. Participants shared insights and explored concrete strategies to foster gender equality in policymaking and invest in women and girls as part of a collective effort to fuel economic growth and ensure a more equitable society for future generations.

Follow the conversation using #FPHerPower. And stay tuned for Season 3 of our podcast, HERO or “Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women,” coming out Dec. 13.

In Partnership With

For more information, contact Diana Marrero, Senior Vice President, Strategic Development.

Event Details

The Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Ave. NW,
Washington, DC, 20036

Speakers

Connie Nielsen

Actor and Humanitarian
Danish-born actor, producer and writer, Connie Nielsen’s achievements in the arts range across leads in films such as the Academy Award winning Gladiator, the critically accla...
Screen Shot 2022-11-28 at 12.43.20 PM
Screen Shot 2022-11-28 at 12.43.20 PM

Representative Dina Titus

Member of Congress, Nevada (D)
Serving the First Congressional District of Nevada, Congresswoman Dina Titus has built a strong record of achievement as both an educator and a pu...
Titus, Dina
Titus, Dina

Representative Maria Elvira Salazar

Member of Congress, Florida (R)
Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar proudly represents Florida’s 27th Congressional District, passionately serving the people of South Florida. She currently serves on the Hous...
Salazar_Maria Elvira
Salazar_Maria Elvira

Catherine Russell

Executive Director, UNICEF
Catherine Russell serves as UNICEF’s 8th Executive Director, overse...
Russell_Catherine
Russell_Catherine

Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley

Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, U.S. Department of State
Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, a 30-year diplomat, is the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the Department of State. Through a series of senior positions that i...
Abercrombie-Winstanley_Gina
Abercrombie-Winstanley_Gina

Reta Jo Lewis

President & Chair, Export-Import Bank of the United States
On February 9, 2022, the U.S. Senate confirmed Reta Jo Lewis as EXIM’s President and Chair of the Board of Directors. Chair Lewis was sworn in b...
Lewis_RetaJo
Lewis_RetaJo

Isobel Coleman

Deputy Administrator for Policy and Programming, USAID
Deputy Administrator Coleman is responsible for USAID’s policy and programming, overseeing the Agency’s Regional and Pillar Bureaus. As Deputy...
da-coleman_0
da-coleman_0

Dr. Mayesha Alam

Vice President of Research - FP Analytics, Foreign Policy
Dr. Mayesha Alam is vice president of research at FP Analytics where she oversees the research team and leads research development for clients and partners. She previously helpe...
Mayesha Alam
Mayesha Alam

Mariana Atencio

Journalist & Author
Mariana Atencio is an award-winning journalist and author, who worked as an anchor for Univision and national correspondent for NBC. She wo...
Atencio_Mariana
Atencio_Mariana

Hana Brixi

Global Director, Gender, World Bank
As Global Director for Gender, Hana Brixi leads a global effort to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment. She sets the overall directi...
Praha 06.06.2021, Hana Brixi 
FOTO MAFRA: Jan Zátorský, Zatorsky
Praha 06.06.2021, Hana Brixi FOTO MAFRA: Jan Zátorský, Zatorsky

Allison Carlson

Managing Director - FP Analytics & Events, Foreign Policy
Allison Carlson is the managing director of FP Analytics, Foreign Policy’s independent research and advisory division, and FP Events. She oversees FPA’s cross-cutt...
Carlson-Allison-foreign-policy-staff-portraits-20227
Carlson-Allison-foreign-policy-staff-portraits-20227

Peggy Clark

CEO & President, ICRW
Peggy Clark started her tenure as CEO and President for the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) in October, 2021. Throughout her three-decades-long career, Peggy w...
Screen Shot 2022-11-29 at 2.19.53 PM
Screen Shot 2022-11-29 at 2.19.53 PM

Marcela Escobari

Assistant Administrator, USAID Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
Marcela Escobari serves as the Assistant Administrator of USAID’s Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean. For over two decades, the Hon. Mar...
Escobari_Marcela
Escobari_Marcela

Claudia Escobar

Distinguished Visiting Professor of Policy and Government, George Mason University
Claudia Escobar is a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. Due to threats and ...
Mejia_Claudia Escobar
Mejia_Claudia Escobar

Robbie Gramer

Diplomacy & National Security Reporter, Foreign Policy
Robbie Gramer is a diplomacy and national security reporter at Foreign Policy, covering the State Department. Before he joined FP in 2016, he managed the NATO portfo...
Gramer-Robbie-foreign-policy-staff-square
Gramer-Robbie-foreign-policy-staff-square

Jennifer Klein

Director, Gender Policy Council & Assistant to the President
Jennifer Klein is Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Gender Policy Council, which she has led since President Biden first ...
Klein_Jen
Klein_Jen

Amy Mackinnon

Staff Writer, Foreign Policy
Amy Mackinnon is an award-winning national security and intelligence reporter at Foreign Policy. She has reported from across Eastern Europe and was previously based...
Mackinnon-Amy-foreign-policy-staff-square
Mackinnon-Amy-foreign-policy-staff-square

Claudia Mahler

Independent Expert, UN Human Rights Council
Ms. Claudia Mahler (Austria) assumed her role as Independent Expert in May 2020. She is a senior researcher in the field of economic, social and c...
Mahler, Claudia
Mahler, Claudia

Diana Marrero

SVP, Strategic Development, Foreign Policy
Diana Marrero is the senior vice president of strategic development at Foreign Policy. She works with a wide variety of public and private s...
Marrero-Diana-foreign-policy-staff-portrait-2022
Marrero-Diana-foreign-policy-staff-portrait-2022

Reena Ninan

Founder, Good Trouble Productions
Reena hosts the Foreign Policy podcast The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women. She ...
Ninan_Reena_2021 (1)
Ninan_Reena_2021 (1)

Lynne O'Donnell

Foreign Policy columnist and foreign correspondent
Lynne O'Donnell is an author, award-winning journalist, foreign correspondent and war reporter. She is a columnist for Foreign Policy magazine and regularly appears on radio and...
Lynne O'Donnell
Lynne O'Donnell

Jackline Oyugi

Manager, Human Needs Project's Kibera Town Centre
Jackline Oyugi is a manager at Human Needs Project’s Kibera Town Centre, which provides basic services and empowerment services to people living in the slums of Kibera in Nair...
jacky pic
jacky pic

Ai-jen Poo

President, National Domestic Workers Alliance
Ai-jen Poo is a next-generation labor leader, award-winning organizer, author, and a leading voice in the women’s movement. She is the President...
Poo_Ai-jen
Poo_Ai-jen

Jennifer Pope

Vice President, Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV and TB, PSI Global
Jennifer Pope provides technical assistance to country programs providing life-saving products, clinical services and behavior change communications that encourage the world’s...
OIP
OIP

Ratna Sahay

Senior Advisor on Gender, Office of the Managing Director, IMF
Ratna Sahay is Senior Advisor on Gender in the Office of the Managing Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is responsible for ma...
Ratna-Sahay
Ratna-Sahay

Anna Slother

Executive Vice President, Chemonics
Anna Slother is a strategic and inclusive leader with 23 years of cross-cutting experience in operations, program management, business development...
slother anna
slother anna

Roberta Solis

Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, UNODC
Roberta Solis joined the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime – UNODC in 2016 as the Judicial Integrity Team Leader and was responsible for ...
Solis_Roberta
Solis_Roberta

Andrew Sollinger

Publisher & CEO, Foreign Policy
Andrew Sollinger is the publisher and CEO of Foreign Policy, which he joined in 2018. Previously, he was executive vice president at Business Insider, executive director of Capi...
Sollinger-Andrew-foreign-policy-staff-portraits-202237
Sollinger-Andrew-foreign-policy-staff-portraits-202237

Debra Whitman

Executive Vice President and Chief Public Policy Officer, AARP
As AARP’s chief public policy officer, Debra Whitman, leads policy development, analysis and research, as well as global thought leadership supp...
Whitman_Debra
Whitman_Debra

Mentors

Sarah Costa

Executive Director, Women's Refugee Commission
Sarah Costa is the executive director of the Women’s Refugee Commission, a leading global organization advocating for the rights and protection ...
Costa, Sarah
Costa, Sarah

Shamini Dhana

CEO, Dhana Inc.
Shamini Dhana is Founder and CEO of Dhana Inc., a Certified B Corp, founded in 2008, headquartered in California. A pioneer of circular fashion, ...
Dhana_Shamini
Dhana_Shamini

Tené Dolphin

Executive Director, National Women’s Business Council (NWBC)
Tené Dolphin has served in both local and national positions with a primary focus on policies and programs that create opportunities for all. Currently, Tené serves...
Dolphin_Tene
Dolphin_Tene

Ambassador Floreta Faber

Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the United States
H.E. Floreta Faber is the Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the United States. She has presented her credentials to President Barack Obama ...
Faber_Floreta
Faber_Floreta

Elisabeth Feleke

Chief Program Officer, United States African Development Foundation
Elisabeth (Liz) Feleke has over 20 years of experience in international development management, public private partnerships, and policy reform...
Feleke_Elisabeth
Feleke_Elisabeth

Caren Grown

Senior Fellow, Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution
Caren Grown is Senior Fellow in the Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution.  From 2014-2021, she ...
Grown_Caren
Grown_Caren

Shanthi Kalathil

Principal, MDO Advisors
Shanthi Kalathil is an advisor, consultant and speaker on national security, democratic resilience, and strategic competition in the information a...
Kalathil_Shanthi
Kalathil_Shanthi

Connie LaRossa

National Security Policy for Google
Connie LaRossa has worked a variety of different national security roles for more than two decades.  She led legislative engagements for the Departments of Homeland ...
Connie LaRossa
Connie LaRossa

Ambassador Lilit Makunts

Ambassador to the United States, Republic of Armenia
Lilit Kamo Makunts is an Armenian philologist and politician who currently serves as the Armenian ambassador to the United States. Before this, sh...
Makunts_Lilit (1)
Makunts_Lilit (1)

Kathleen Mogelgaard

President and CEO, Population Institute
Kathleen Mogelgaard is President and CEO of the Population Institute, where she directs the organization’s advocacy and public education activities. Kathleen is pas...
Mogelgaard_Kathleen
Mogelgaard_Kathleen

Dr. Chiedo Nwankwor

Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs AND Director, SAIS Women Lead (SWL)
Dr. Nwankwor serves as a Lecturer and Director of SAIS Women Lead (SWL). Her primary areas of specialization are Comparative Politics with a focus on African politics, and Women...
Nwankwor_Chiedo
Nwankwor_Chiedo

Stephanie Mulhern Ogorzalek

Director, Gender-Based Violence, Office of Global Women's Issues, U.S. Department of State
Stephanie Mulhern Ogorzalek serves as the Director for Gender-Based Violence and Cross-Cutting Issues in the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues (S/GWI) a...
Ogorzalek_Stephanie Mulhern
Ogorzalek_Stephanie Mulhern

Maggie Feldman-Piltch

Founder & Executive Managing Director of Unicorn Strategies
...
Feldman-Piltch_Maggie
Feldman-Piltch_Maggie

Susan Sloan

Author
Susan Sloan is a communications strategist and author of A Seat at the Table: Women, Diplomacy, and Lessons for the...
Screen Shot 2022-11-29 at 10.10.09 PM
Screen Shot 2022-11-29 at 10.10.09 PM

Tea Trumbic

Manager, Women, Business and the Law, World Bank Group
Tea Trumbic is the Manager of the Women, Business and the Law project in the World Bank’s Development Economics vice-presidency, where she leads a dynamic team to pro...
Tea Trumbic
Tea Trumbic

Regina Waugh

Senior Global Advisor - Gender, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)
Regina Waugh serves as the International Foundation for Electoral Systems’ (IFES) senior global gender advisor. In that role she provides strate...
regina_waugh_200
regina_waugh_200

Agenda

Registration, Coffee & Networking
Morning Welcome
The View From Capitol Hill - Part 1
Representative Dina Titus (D-NV01), U.S Representative from Nevada
Moderator: Eva Rodriguez, Editor in Chief, The Fuller Project
The View from Capitol Hill - Part 2
Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL27), U.S. Representative from Florida
Moderator: Eva Rodriguez, Editor in Chief, The Fuller Project
Prioritizing Women in the Post-Pandemic Recovery
Ratna Sahay, Senior Advisor on Gender, Office of the Managing Director, IMF
Hana Brixi, Global Director for Gender, The World Bank
Peggy Clark, President & CEO, International Center for Research on Women
Moderator: Reena Ninan, Founder, Good Trouble Productions
Fireside Chat: Applying a Gender Lens to Development
Ambassador Isobel Coleman, Deputy Administrator, USAID
Moderator: Reena Ninan, Founder, Good Trouble Productions
Fireside Chat: What Women Bring to War Coverage
Lynne O’Donnell, Columnist, Foreign Policy
Moderator: Amy Mackinnon, Staff Writer, Foreign Policy
The Impact of Corruption on Women and How They are Fighting Back
Anna Slother, Executive Vice President, Chemonics
The Hon. Marcela Escobari, Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Latin American and the Caribbean, USAID
Dr. Claudia Escobar Mejia, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
Roberta Solis, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, UNODC
Moderator: Mariana Atencio, Journalist and Author
Mentoring Roundtables & Lunch
Claire Furbush, Senior Strategic Accounts Manager, Foreign Policy
Afternoon Welcome
Fireside Chat: Opportunities for Women in Trade
Reta Jo Lewis, President and Chair of the Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Moderator: Allison Carlson, Managing Director, FP Analytics
Fireside Chat: Advancing Women’s Rights in the U.S. and Around the World
Jennifer Klein, Director, White House Gender Policy Council and Assistant to the President
Moderator: Dr. Mayesha Alam, Vice President for Research, FP
Fireside Chat: Bringing Diversity to U.S. Diplomacy
Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, U.S. Department of State
Moderator: Robbie Gramer, Staff Writer, Foreign Policy
The Economics of Women & Aging
Claudia Mahler, Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of All Human Rights by Older Persons, UNHRC
Ai-jen Poo, President, National Domestic Workers Alliance, MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient
Dr. Debra Whitman, Executive Vice President and Chief Public Policy Officer, AARP
Moderator: Dr. Mayesha Alam, Vice President for Research, FP Analytics
Fireside Chat: Supporting Girls in Crisis
Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF
Moderator: Dr. Mayesha Alam, Vice President for Research, FP Analytics
Fireside Chat: An NGO’s Innovative Approach to Women’s Health
Jennifer Pope, Vice President, Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV and TB, PSI
Moderator: Allison Carlson, Managing Director, FP Analytics
Closing Conversation: What Women Living in Slums Need to Thrive
Connie Nielsen, Actor and Humanitarian
Jackline Oyugi, Manager, Human Needs Project
Moderator: Andrew Sollinger, CEO and Publisher, Foreign Policy
Voices from Civil Society: A Call to Action
Closing Remarks / Networking Begins
Networking Ends