The White House Project

The White House Project (TWHP) "aims to advance women’s leadership in all communities and sectors—up to the U.S. presidency—by filling the leadership pipeline with a richly diverse, critical mass of women." One initiative of The White House Project is Plate to Politics, a collaboration between The White House Project, the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) Rural Women's Project, and Women, Food and Agriculture Network. "Plate to Politics is a nationwide effort to support and strengthen the national leadership role of women transforming our nation’s food system, from the federal agriculture policy agenda to what’s on our family’s supper plate."

Board of Directors

• Lisa Borders, Atlanta City Council President
• Barbara Bridges, Founder, I-ON Films
• Beth Brooke, Global Vice Chair of Strategy, Communications and Regulatory Affairs, Ernst & Young
• Geena Davis, Academy-Award Winning Actress
• Stephanie Davis, Policy Advisor of Women’s Issues, Mayor of Atlanta’s Office
• Abigail E. Disney, Founder, Daphne Fund
• Helen Gemmill, Philanthropist
• Julie Gilbert, CEO & Founder, WOLF Means Business
• Donna P. Hall, President & CEO, Women Donors Network
• Nancy Jacobson
• Daisy Khan, Executive Director, ASMA Society
• Anna Lefer Kuhn, Executive Director, Arca Foundation
• Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
• Lucie Lapovsky, Former President, Mercy College
• Gerry Laybourne, Founder, Oxygen Media / Served as chairman until 2007
• Lisa Lorimer, Founder & Former CEO, VT Bread Company
• Lisa-Marie Monsanto, Partner, KattenMuchinRosenman LLP
• Sudha Shetty, JD. Director,International Fellowship Program and Faculty, University of Minnesota’s Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
• Susan L. Taylor, Former Editorial Director, ESSENCE magazine
• Marie C. Wilson, President, The White House Project

Staff

• President: Tiffany Dufu
• Founder and President Emeritus: Marie C. Wilson
• Vice President, Program and Communications: Erin Vilardi
• Rocky Mountain Regional Director: Katie Groke Ellis
• Leadership Development Coordinator: Jewells Chambers
• Great Lakes Regional Director: Shannon Garrett
• Midwest Regional Director: Elizabeth Johnson
• Midwest Director, Strategy and Engagement: Catherine Gray
• Rural Leadership Field Organizer: Nevada Littlewolf
• Director, HR & Finance: Janine Johnson
• Office Manager: Giselle Ramos
• Vice President, Development and Administration: Tiffany Dufu
• Executive Coordinator: Courtney Camburn
• Development Writer: Terry Selucky
• Director, Web/IT: Aileen Agricola
• Coordinator, Program and Online Outreach: Rachel Anderson

Advisory Board

Advisory Board:

• Elaine Alexander (GA), Community Activist
• Walter Anderson (NY), Publisher, Parade Magazine
• Liz Bankowski (VT), Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
• Jill Barad (CA), Owner, Jill Barad & Associates
• Michael Berman (DC), President, The Duberstein Group
• Carole Black (NY), Former CEO, Lifetime Entertainment Services
• Donna Brazile (DC), National Chair, Voting Rights Institute, National Democratic Committee
• Constance Buchanan (NY), Author, Ford Foundation
• Lisa Caputo (NY), President, Women & Co., Citibank
• Teresa Cavanagh (MA), TLC Connections
• Eleanor Clift (DC), Author, Pundit, Newsweek Columnist
• Elouise Cobell (MT), Blackfeet Reservation Development Fund, Inc
• James Devitt (NY), Columbia University
• Marsha Johnson Evans (DC), President & CEO, The American Red Cross
• Geraldine Ferarro (NY), President, G & L Strategies, 1984 Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate
• Elisabeth Griffith, Ph.D. (VA), Headmistress, The Madeira School
• The Right Reverend Barbara Harris (MA), Suffragan Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of MA
• Christy Haubegger (NY), Founder, Latina Magazine
• Karen Hein M.D. (VT), Former president, William T. Grant Foundation
• Arnold Hiatt (MA), Chairman, The Stride Rite Foundation
• Polly Howells (NY), Psychotherapist & Author
• Dolores Huerta (CA), Co-Founder, United Farm Workers
• Arianna Huffington (CA), Author, Syndicated Columnist
• Leah Hunt (NJ), Student Activist
• Gloria Johnson (DC), President, Coalition of Labor Union Women
• Michael Kieschnick (CA), President, Working Assets
• Vanessa Kirsch (MA), President and Founder, New Profit, Inc.
• Barbara Koz Paley (NY) CEO, Art Assets, LLC
• Barbara Krumsiek (MD), President and CEO, Calvert Corporation
• Geraldine Laybourne (NY), CEO, Oxygen Media
• Francine G. Levinson (DC), Smith Fairfield, Inc.
• Laura Liswood (DC), Co-Founder, The White House Project
• Tanya Melich (NY), President, Political Issues Management
• Sally Minard (NY), President, New York Women's Agenda
• Dee Dee Myers (DC), Consultant
• Helen Mills (GA), AON Consulting
• Pat Mitchell (VA), CEO, PBS
• Walter Mondale (MN), Former Vice President and 1984 Democratic Presidential Candidate
• Barbara Nagel (NY), Cinema Arts Centre
• Kathy Najimy (CA), Actor, Activist
• Karen Narasaki (DC), National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium
• Sheila Nevins (NY), President HBO Entertainment
• Jessye Norman (NY), Opera Singer
• Lucia Riddle (DC), The Principal Financial Group
• Liz Rohatyn (NY), Founder, Teaching Matters Inc.
• Right Reverend Catherine Roskam (NY), Bishop Suffragen, The Episcopal Diocese of New York
• Rosita Sarnoff (NY), Stribling & Associates Ltd.
• Suzannne O'Dea Schenken, Ph.D. (IA), Author
• Elaine Schuster (MA), Continental Wingate Company
• Paula Silver (CA), President, Paula Silver Unlimited
• Alan Solomont (MA), Founder & CEO, Solomont Bailis Ventures
• Isabel Carter Stewart (IL), Author
• Candace Straight (NJ), President, WISH List
• Roselyne C. Swig (CA), Community Consultant
• Ambassador Linda Tarr-Whelan (DC), Tarr Whelan and Associates
• Susan L. Taylor (NY), Essence Magazine
• Lily Tomlin (CA), Actor
• Cynthia Tsai (NY), Chair & CEO, HealthQuest
• Kathleen Tunheim (MN), President and CEO, GCI Tunheim
• Sheila Wellington (NY), Stern School, New York University
• Martha Willits (IA), President & CPO, United Way of Central Iowa
• Connie Wimer (IA), President & Publisher, Business Publications Corp. & President, Iowa Title

Contact

• The White House Project
• 434 West 33rd Street, 8th Floor
• New York, NY 10001
• Ph: 212.261.4400
• Fax: 212.904.1296
• Web: http://thewhitehouseproject.org/