- Susan Collins
Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7 1952, in Caribou, Maine) is an American politician, the junior U.S. Senator from Maine and a Republican.
- Rosa Delauro
Rosa DeLauro is a member of the United States House of Representatives. Holding the position since 1991, DeLauro represents Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. She is currently serving her ninth term. Before becoming a member of the House, DeLauro served as Executive Director of EMILY'S List, as well as serving as Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd .
- Carole Migden
Carole Migden represents the third district in the California State Senate. The Third State Senate district covers parts of San Francisco and Marin County.
- Ellen Johnson
Ellen Johnson became the president of American Atheists in 1995.
- David Kirby
David Kirby is a journalist based in Brooklyn, New York, and was formerly a regular contributor to the New York Times since 1998, he is author of the 2005 book "Evidence of Harm - Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical Controversy". Kirby has written for many national magazines, including Glamour, Redbook, Self, and Mademoiselle. From 1986 to 1990, Kirby was a foreign correspondent for UPI, and Newsday (among others) in Latin America, …
- Janet Yellen
Janet L. Yellen took office on June 14, 2004, as president and chief executive officer of the Twelfth District Federal Reserve Bank, at San Francisco. In 2008, she serves as an alternate voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee. ...
- Patricia Russo
Patricia Russo (born in 1953, in Trenton, New Jersey) is the current chief executive officer of Alcatel-Lucent, one of the world's largest manufacturing firms. Lucent was a spin-off from AT&T of its Systems and Technology units (AT&T Technologies, Inc., the former Western Electric), and the manufacturing and research and development operations, including Bell Laboratories.
- Chris Simcox
Chris Simcox is the cofounder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and the project's main spokesperson. He was formerly a kindergarten teacher at the Wildwood School in Los Angeles, where he taught for thirteen years. In October 2002, Simcox issued a public call to arms, inviting readers of his newspaper, the "Tombstone Tumbleweed", to join a "Citizens Border Patrol Militia" whose function, Simcox said, …
- Cindy Hensley McCain
Cindy McCain (Born in 1954) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the second wife of United States Senator John McCain. She serves as Chairperson of her family's business, Hensley & Company, and previously founded the American Voluntary Medical Team in 1988, leading many medical missions to developing and war-torn countries during the Team's seven-year existence.
- Marianne Thieme
Marianne Louise Thieme (Ede, March 6 1972) is a Dutch politician, animal activist and publicist. She is the chairwoman and political leader of the Party for the Animals and a writer on animal rights.
- Laureen Oliver
Laureen Oliver is a politician/political consultant formerly from Rochester, New York and now resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is the Co-Founder of the New York State Independence Party along with B. Thomas Golisano, the billionaire CEO/Founder of Paychex, and Dr. Gordon Black (Harris Interactive). Prior to the Independence Party Oliver served as the Monroe County Chairwoman of United We Stand America.
- Sonia Rosado
Sonia Rosado has served on the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders since 2001. Rosado made history in November of 2000 when she became the first Hispanic to be elected to the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders, and again in January of 2002 when she was selected to serve as Freeholder Director. Freeholder Rosado was reelected in 2003. Rosado was selected by her fellow Freeholders in 2006 to serve as Freeholder Deputy Director for a one-year term.
- Gretchen Wyler
Gretchen Wyler (February 16, 1932 - May 27, 2007), was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma as Gretchen Patricia Wienecke. She was raised in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, where her father was an engineer. She opened her own dancing school there before heading east to New York to pursue a professional career as an actress and dancer.
- Valerie Huttle
As an Assemblywoman, businesswoman and Freeholder, Valerie Vainieri Huttle is a Real Democrat who's standing up for real people in Bergen County and Trenton. Valerie has led the fight against developers to protect thousands of acres of open space and clean drinking water for Bergen County. And she helped get dangerous trucks off the roads near our schools. Valerie is proud to have helped develop a comprehensive, effective breast cancer screening program.
- Sheila Widnall
Sheila E. Widnall , Institute Professor Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Beverly Sills
Beverly Sills was perhaps the best-known American opera singer in the 1960s and 1970s. She was famous for her performances in coloratura soprano roles in operas around the world and on recordings. After retiring from singing in 1980, she became the general manager of the New York City Opera. In 1994, she became the Chairman of Lincoln Center and then, in 2002, of the Metropolitan Opera.
- Sue Wilkins Myrick
Sue Wilkins Myrick is a North Carolina Congresswoman; she has represented North Carolina's 9th Congressional district (map) in the United States House of Representatives since 1995. From 1987 to 1991, Myrick served as the first female mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1992, she ran for US Senate, but lost in the primary to Lauch Faircloth. In 1994, Myrick was elected to the House succeeding five-term incumbent Alex McMillan.
- Sidney Frank
Frank's first big success with his own company was with Jacques Cardin brandy, a brand he purchased from Seagram in 1979 . In the 1980s , he obtained importing rights to Jägermeister and promoted it heavily, advertising it as the best drink in the world, turning a specialty brand into a mainstream success. In 1997 , he introduced Grey Goose vodka, made in France, and was so successful in promoting it that he sold the brand to Bacardi for $2 billion in June 2004 .
- Bibi de Vries
"Bibi de Vries" (born March 15, 1963 in Egmond aan Zee) was a member of the Dutch liberal VVD (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie] party ("fraction") in the Lower House of the Dutch Parliament, the Tweede Kamer ("Second Chamber"). She was a member of Parliament from 1994 till 2006. She was the vice-chairwoman of the VVD party in the Lower House from 2003 till 2006. In that year, the chairman of the Lower House VVD party, Jozias van Aartsen, …
- Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton is a junior Democratic Senator from New York. Married to former President Bill Clinton , she was First Lady from 1993 to 2001. She is currently seeking the Democratic nomination for President in 2008 and is considered the front-runner. Mike Huckabee
- Barbara Boxer
Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) speaks at a News conference to release principles for global warming legislation. She says that this moment marks the start of legislative efforts to become energy efficient and create millions of green jobs which will make America a leader. (1:05)
- Harriet Miers
Harriet Miers serves as Counsel to the President. Most recently, she served as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff, and prior to that she was Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary. Ms. Miers has a long and distinguished professional career. Before joining the President's staff, she was Co-Managing Partner at Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP from 1998-2000.
- Freddie Fu
Freddie H. Fu , M.D. Freddie H. Fu , M.D., is the David Silver Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Previously, he was the department's executive vice chairman.
- J. Veronica Biggins
J. Veronica Biggins Senior Partner, Heidrick & Struggles Board of Directors Member Since 1997 J. Veronica Biggins is a senior partner of Heidrick and Struggles, Inc, a leading international executive search firm specializing in the recruitment of executive management. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Ms. Biggins is the managing partner of the firm's Diversity Practice and is a member of the firm's consumer, financial services and board of director practices.
- Sarah
My name is Sarah. How original, huh? I have sweet awesome friends. And a boyfriend you should be jealous of. :D I'm 16. My car's name is Delilah. =) I over analyze. I love music. Chocolate is fabulous. My favorite color is green. Hamburgers are yummy. JAST is my life.
- Chairwoman Jeannette G. Brown
Chairwoman Jeannette G. Brown A resident of the Chagrin Falls, Brown received her bachelor's degree in science from Ohio University and her master's degree in chemistry from Case Western Reserve University. Being a resident of the Cleveland area, it is not a surprise that she worked for close to forty years at BP American in the industrial research division, and retired in the late 90s as the director of corporate research.
- Leila Sadat
- Holly Atkinson
Well my name is Holly, or Hol, depends who u ask, either is fine wiv me! Lol! I'm 20 and live on the border between Newcastle and Durham, but I'm def a Geordie at heart! I love my friends and don't get to spend half as much time as them as I would like to.
- Zoe Sanders Nettles
- Carleen Bedwell
Carleen Bedwell , Managing Principal & Chairwoman of the Board Carleen Bedwell combines 30 years of local government experience with the resources and systems of economic development to benefit ADE clients. Mrs. Bedwell manages the funding services of ADE, supervising staff responsible for more than $38 million in federal and state grants obtained by cities, counties, and non-profit organizations. These funds are from a variety of federal, state, and private sources.
- Charity Steere
Charity Steere , Guest contributor writing on the Montana hunting adventures of Michigan's Waterloo Hunt Club A lifetime rider and foxhunter, Charity says "I learned to ride as a small child so I could foxhunt with my parents. I have hunted when and wherever possible ever since - Mi. NJ, NY, Il, Va, England." Charity has long been associated with Waterloo Hunt Club.
- Frances Perkins
Frances Perkins, 1880 – 1965 . The first woman ever to hold a Cabinet post, Frances Perkins served as Labor Secretary to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In this capacity, she helped create social reforms including the Social Security Act of 1935 and The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act, which established the 40-hour work week and a minimum wage. Perkins attributed her political dedication to having watched 146 women garment workers die in the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist fire.
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton Eleanor Holmes Norton is now in her seventh term as the Congresswoman for the District of Columbia. Named by President Jimmy Carter as the first woman to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Norton came to Congress as a national figure who had been a civil rights and feminist leader, tenured professor of law and board member of three Fortune 500 companies.
- Diana Taylor
Diana Taylor Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York
- Charlene Zettel
Charlene Zettel was one of the original members of the Airport Authority Board when it was created in 2003. Appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ms. Zettel served as the Director of the California Department of Consumer Affairs from March 2004 to March 2007. Charlene was the first Republican Latina elected to the state legislature, serving two terms in the State Assembly from 1998 to 2002.
- Lisa Buckingham
Lisa Buckingham EDITOR - FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY and EDITOR-IN-CHIEF FMWF.COM Lisa founded FMWF in early 2001, which has grown to become one of the most important women's networks in the country. Prior to her appointment as Editor of the Financial Mail on Sunday she was deputy editor and before that she was the City Editor of The Guardian. Lisa lives in St Albans with her husband and two teenage daughters.
- Jim Halperin
Jim remains arguably the best "eye" in the coin business today (he won the professional division of the PCGS World Series of Grading in August 2004), and may know more about evaluating the condition and value of coins than anyone alive. In the mid-1980s, he authored How to Grade U.S. Coins (also posted on the web for free at www.CoinGrading.com ), a highly-acclaimed, landmark text upon which the NGC and PCGS grading standards in effect today were ultimately based.
- Muriel F. Siebert
Muriel “Mickie” Siebert, born September 11, 1932 known as "The First Woman of Finance", was the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and the first to head one of its member firms. According to her autobiography, before starting Siebert & Co., she worked with the legendary Robert Brimberg ("Scarsdale Fats") of Brimberg & Co. In the mid-1990's, Siebert & Co. merged into a furniture holding company, J. Michael & Sons, that was liquidating, …
- Paula H. Thomas
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- Sally Whatley
Superintendent Sally Whatley said Monday night at the Dougherty County School Board's monthly meeting that the system is caught between finding more ways to keep children in school and not reducing promotion standards. "Our promotion standards are among the highest in the state," Whatley said. She said other systems only require students to pass reading, language arts and social studies and the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests in those same areas in grades 1-8.