Rachel currently serves as the Senior Advisor for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) and Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) for the Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, Bonnie Jenkins. Rachel has over 10 years of both military and civilian experience in handling, educating, and facilitating team management, focusing on areas of DEIB and LGBTQIA+ inclusion and equity.

Prior to her appointment to the Biden- Harris Administration, she worked as a DEIB/Inclusive Workplace Consultant, and crafted workshops, guided facilitations, and frameworks to assist organizations in assessing and implementing tangible solutions to create a culture of belonging. crafting tailored and transparent methods of change management. She routinely engages with government and non-government organizations to to ensure policies and projects are truly inclusive on specific issues relating to LGBTQIA+ youth, especially Black and Latinx youth and transgender and gender nonconforming youth.

Before leaving the US Navy, Rachel served as the lead military and policy advisor on Women, Peace, and Security for the Department of State’s Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues (S/GWI). She utilized expert facilitation to mainstream diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA), intersectionality, and LGBTQIA+ human rights into State’s policies and programs, including civilian-military affairs. She also advised and assisted the U.S. Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons, Jessica Stern with  gathering, collating, and analyzing data from U.S. Embassies and in 2022 released the first-ever public report on LGBTQIA+ initiatives. Under Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security, and Conflict Transformation (WCAPS), Rachel co-founded the WCAPS is Out Initiative, a platform geared towards LGBTQIA+ persons of color as a space to convene and build a strong foundation to navigate the public and private sectors. 

Rachel is an Atlantic Council Fellow, CNAS Fellow, and has been recognized by Out in National Security for her leadership. She holds an M.A. from Salve Regina University and a B.S. from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.

Iranian/American actress Marjan Neshat is currently preparing a production of a one-woman thriller written for the stage by David Cale and directed by Obie Award winner Leigh Silverman. She is the recipient of the prestigious Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award for her performances in the award-winning plays Selling Kabul by Pulitzer Prize nominee Sylvia Khoury and English by the critically acclaimed playwright Sanaz Toossi. Marjan most recently starred as ‘Nazanin' in Toossi’s newest play Wish You Were Here at Playwrights Horizons. Other stage credits include the controversial Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Caesar (NYSF), and The Seagull (with Alan Cumming and Dianne Wiest). Marjan’s feature film work includes leading roles in the multi-award winning film Rockaway as well as in the indie feature Almost in Love and Cry Funny Happy. She has played supporting roles in many films, including Robocop, Sex and the City 2, Alfie, and the upcoming Love-40. Marjan’s TV credits include New Amsterdam, For Life, Bull, Elementary, Quantico, Law & Order: SVU, and Fringe among others.

Dr. Julitta Onabanjo is the Director of the Technical Division, UNFPA Headquarters. A national of the US and Nigeria, Dr. Julitta took up this position in August 2021, bringing to the role her over 24 years of experience in programme management, development, advocacy, partnerships and leadership with UNFPA. Prior to her current position, Julitta was Director of UNFPA’s East and Southern Africa Region, where her leadership contributed immensely to resource mobilization efforts, partnership development and strengthening with regional actors, aligning the countries of the region behind a common Africa position on ICPD25. Since joining UNFPA in 1995, and again in 2001, Julitta has held several positions both at UNFPA headquarters and at country level; serving as Technical Adviser and Special Assistant to the Executive Director and as UNFPA Representative in Tanzania and the Republic of South Africa. Julitta holds a Master of Community Health in Developing Countries degree from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree from the University of Zambia, and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Biology degree from the University of London.

Sanja Partalo is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of S4S Ventures.

A long time WPP (NYSE: WPP, $17Bn in Rev) executive, Sanja has worked directly with WPP’s C-suite in a variety of roles focused on driving growth through development of new technology products & solutions, strategic partnerships & alliances, and venture investments.

Most recently, she served as Global Head of Strategic Development & Partnerships. In this role, she lead WPP’s channel strategy, product & solution development, and go-to-market with all major technology platforms that are transforming the value chain of marketing, media and consumer experience orchestration – Google, Meta, Adobe, Salesforce, Microsoft, Snap, ByteDance/TikTok and Amazon, among others – and oversaw a $$B+ strategic partnership portfolio. She spearheaded numerous market-leading partnerships at WPP, including the first global agency partnership with TikTok, Google’s Waze and augmented reality partnership with Snap.

Sanja is recognized for her ability to identify emerging trends in the industry and was instrumental in leading and driving success of numerous venture investments, including Gimlet (leader in podcasting, acquired by Spotify) and SuperAwesome (leader in kidtech, acquired by Epic Games). She has served as Board Director and Board Observer for numerous venture-backed companies, including YouEarnedIt (acquired by Vista Private Equity), Gimlet, Fatherly (acquired by SomeSpider) and the Mighty.

Sanja holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, where she serves as a Lecturer and Adjunct Professor of Marketing, Media & Technology.

She was born in Bosnia and came to the US as a teenager through a refugee resettlement program, having spent 3 years living in a war zone and two years in a refugee camp. Her story was captured in President George W. Bush’s book “Out of Many, One” and in accompanying exhibit of portraits painted by the President to inspire understanding and highlight contributions by refugees and immigrants to the United States.

Sanja is passionate about human rights and serves on the board of Human Rights First.

Ashlee Burnett (she/her) is queering, querying and carrying the Caribbean forward. The Trinbagonian-born writer and advocate, is a 2020 Women Deliver Young Leader and part of the Young Leaders programme till 2022. She/her is the founder of Feminitt Caribbean, an Intersectional Caribbean Feminist NGO where she leads a dynamic and passionate core team and volunteers and that uses education, social good, and conversation to advance Gender Justice in the Caribbean. Currently, Ashlee is the Chair of the Caribbean Women in Leadership Trinidad and Tobago National Chapter (CIWiL) and a CIWiL board member. She is also a member of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust Network. Additionally, she/her has recently been appointed as an Advisor to the Global Advisory Committee for the Caribbean region at FRIDA, The Young Feminist Fund.

Krista Webster is the President & CEO of Veritas Communications and Vice-Chair of a cluster of Stagwell Global (formerly known as MDC Partners) agencies spanning from advertising, shopper marketing to digital and PR.

Collectively, Krista brings more than 20 years of global agency public relations, social media, and influencer marketing experience, working with blue-chip clients in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. A self-professed change agent, Webster is always looking for ways to push the envelope creatively and strategically; consistently striving to innovate ahead of the curve. In early 2019, Webster expanded the Veritas family to include performance-driven influencer co-creation and digital content hub, Meat & Produce (M&P), to strategically bring influencers more fully to the table and fill a digital and e-comms gap she identified in the market.

Credited with managing $50+ million in client portfolios on both sides of the North American border by her late twenties with particular expertise in consumer marketing and pharma, Webster attributes her accelerated success to a strong focus on the integration of PR, digital advocacy, and influencer marketing levers with other below and above the line channels. She believes wholeheartedly that the best ideas are media agnostic born from a unifying insight. The channels you employ – earned, owned, or paid – are secondary to the power of an idea that truly transcends and breaks through.

Krista Webster is the President & CEO of Veritas Communications and Vice-Chair of a cluster of Stagwell Global (formerly known as MDC Partners) agencies spanning from advertising, shopper marketing to digital and PR. She brings more than 20 years of public relations, social media and influencer marketing experience, working with blue chip clients in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia.  A self-professed change agent, Webster is always looking for ways to push the envelope creatively and strategically, consistently striving to innovate ahead of the curve. In 2019, Webster expanded the Veritas family to include performance driven influencer co-creation and digital content studio Meat & Produce (M&P) as a means to strategically bring influencers more fully to the table and fill a gap she identified in the market.Credited with managing $50+ million in client portfolios on both sides of the border by her late twenties, Webster attributes her accelerated success to a strong focus on integration between media channels and with agencies from other disciplines.

AnneMarie Horowitz has been with the Energy Department since 2010, and is a Public Affairs Specialist on the digital team of the Office of Public Affairs. Horowitz manages digital projects and internal employee communications efforts, including special events, the intranet for Department of Energy employees, an internal monthly newsletter, and connecting communicators across the DOE complex in a community of practice.

When Horowitz joined the Office of Public Affairs in 2007 she created STEM Rising, which highlights STEM programs and resources of the agency in a multimedia approach.

Horowitz founded two active employee resource groups at the Department of Energy: POWER (Professional Opportunities for Women in Energy Realized) and the Emerging Professionals Group. From 2015 – 2017 she served as the Special Advisor on workforce issues for Deputy Secretary of Energy Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall. She has also previously worked in the Under Secretary for Management and Performance and the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity.

Horowitz created the STEM Rising: Women @ Energy series, featuring profiles of women from the agency who work in STEM careers. She was critical to establishing the Equality in Energy Transitions Initiative, a dual-hatted effort of the International Energy Agency and the Clean Energy Ministerial to advance the transition to a clean energy economy by engaging more women in clean energy, and is involved with the U.S. C3E Initiative as an award reviewer and communication. During the Obama Administration she was a DOE designee to the White House Council on Women and Girls. Horowitz was a U.S. delegate to the APEC Women in the Economy Forum in 2014 in Beijing, China.

Horowitz has a BA in Political Science from the University of Portland and a Masters of Government from Johns Hopkins University.

Asha Hussain has worked at BMW for 11 years within Used Vehicle Business, Finance and Operations. She is currently the BMW Ancillary Products Manager in the Sales and Marketing division and Co-Chair of the Women of BMW Employee Resource Group. She is committed to helping increase gender diversity within all ranks of BMW by building relationships within the company, investing in professional development, and thus creating equal career opportunities for female associates. She plays an active role in the community, helping others and working with people to make our planet more peaceful, fairer and sustainable. Asha maintains balance in her life through her meditation teacher training and love of boxing, where she is still working on perfecting her uppercut!

For over 20 years, health marketer and strategist Kristin Apple has worked with the world’s largest consumer healthcare, pharmaceutical, and CPG companies. As President of LINUS, she focuses on helping leaders at companies like Novartis, 23andMe, and Panasonic Healthcare make transformative decisions for the future of healthcare. Previously, Kristin built and led the healthcare vertical at Egg Strategy, a global brand and innovation consultancy. Prior to that, she held numerous sales and marketing roles at pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly. Kristin received her MBA from the University of Colorado and undergraduate degree from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.

Keri Smith leads Accenture’s Applied Intelligence Financial Services and Cloud First practices. She is responsible for defining how Accenture uses data, artificial intelligence (AI), automation and analytics to reimagine business and accelerate time to value for financial services clients. With a robust consulting background at the executive level and strong technical competencies, Keri has helped clients design and implement bold agendas that substantially move their businesses to the next level. A proven leader in design and successful delivery of data and AI-driven strategies and solutions, Keri joined Accenture after 16 years of management consulting experience at a global leader in big data, data science and AI solutions. She has served clients across multiple industries including financial services, life sciences and private equity. Keri is a talented entrepreneur – founding member of two successful digital starts ups, a certified behavioral coach and is passionate about community contribution. Keri is also a writer, best-selling author and abstract artist. She lives in New York City and was born and raised in Jamaica.

Anastasia Christianson is VP and Global Head AI, ML, Advanced Analytics, and Data in Pfizer’s Digital Organization. Anastasia has more than 25 years of experience in Pharmaceutical R&D and is a respected thought leader in biomedical informatics, data and decision science, and digital and connected health. She is passionate about innovation, digital transformation, advanced analytics, and decision science to drive evidence-based, data-driven decision making. A scientist by training, she has championed numerous initiatives to drive innovation and adoption of digital technologies and advanced analytics in drug discovery and development to fuel translational science, precision medicine, and digital and connected health. Prior to Pfizer, Anastasia spent 5.5 year at Janssen Pharmaceuticals, the Pharmaceutical Business of J&J where she was Vice President of R&D Business Technology and supported the Information and Technology needs of R&D functions including Global Development, Regulatory all Therapeutic Areas, Global Public Health, China R&D, and Global External Innovation, in addition to driving Clinical Innovation and Digital Health capabilities. Anastasia joined Janssen in December 2016 from Leidos Biomed where she was Senior Vice President of Data Science and Information Technology at Frederick National Lab for Cancer Research. Prior to this, she was Head of Translational R&D IT and Analytics at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and before BMS, Anastasia spent 20 years at AstraZeneca starting as a Senior Scientist leading drug projects and progressing through positions of increasing scope and responsibilities to Senior Director of R&D Information. Anastasia has extensive experience mentoring leaders and organizations and driving transformational change, most recently as strategic advisor to TIP Global Health a Non- Government/Not-for-Profit Organization, where she guided development of a strategic plan for the future of E-Heza, their Digital Health Solution and Rwanda’s first point-of-care digital health record. Anastasia earned a B.S. degree in Chemistry with Minors in Biology and Physics from the College of New Jersey and completed her doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her postdoctoral training at Harvard University and Executive Leadership training at Harvard Business School.

Tracy Ring lead’s Accenture’s Applied Intelligence Life Sciences practice, she brings more than 20 years of experience working with clients across pharmaceuticals and medical devices, as well as cross-industry expertise in consumer.  Prior to Accenture she worked at Deloitte where she set the data and AI strategy for dozens of organizations, shaped deals for large-scale transformation, and sponsored broader platform ecosystem collaborations. Tracy has worked in the C-Suite to drive strategic value with data transformation and partnered with CDAOs to anchor their success on driving strategic insights, data storytelling and leveraging AI/ML to drive speed to value across their business. In 2020, Tracy was honored with a Top 25 Consultant Leadership award by Consulting Magazine for her work around diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is a founding member of Women Leaders in Data & Analytics (WLDA), an invitation-only cohort of Chief Data and Analytics Officers, focused on changing the equation for CDOs to work together with CIOs to capture competitive edge using data an AI.  Tracy is a passionate inclusion and diversity leader.

NYU SPS Dean Angie Kamath began her tenure at NYU in July 2021. She has had a distinguished career in government and higher education in roles that have amplified her deep expertise in partnering with industries on skills-based education and workforce development. She is a champion of fostering equal opportunity for all through higher education and through workforce programs that provide immediately applicable skills across growing and emerging fields. She is passionate about developing programs with industry leaders and has created partnerships with national and local organizations to advance access to education including OneTen, Here to Here, and Amazon.

Prior to joining NYU SPS, Kamath served as the University Dean at the City University of New York (CUNY), and was responsible for continuing education and workforce development programs at the nation’s largest urban public university. She oversaw grant-funded workforce development programs that sought to improve the skills, career prospects, and outcomes in targeted sectors including IT,  finance, healthcare, and municipal government.

Prior to her role at CUNY, Kamath served as an executive VP and executive director at Per Scholas, a national IT job training nonprofit headquartered in the South Bronx. There, she was responsible for launching the social enterprise team, which was tasked with generating fee for service revenues. In addition, she oversaw the New York training operation that trained and placed over 500 individuals each year in middle skills jobs in the IT field.

Prior to Per Scholas, Kamath worked as a deputy commissioner at the NYC Department of Small Business Services for seven years, where she oversaw adult workforce programs that served more than 100,000 New Yorkers each year during the Bloomberg administration.

Kamath holds a BS in Business Management from Cornell University and an MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School.​

Shaloo Garg is MD, Growth Stage Startups & Unicorns based out of Silicon Valley and Global Lead for Microsoft Global Social Entrepreneurship Program. She brings a combination of a strong startup, enterprise, strategic partnership, and corporate development experience. Previously, Shaloo was Partner, Global Oracle Innovation at Oracle where she lead the Global Corporate Innovation practice of commercializing revenue opportunities for startups into the enterprise client base and partner ecosystem. She has also led go-to-market for Oracle’s cloud business and was part of the M&A team that acquired Peoplesoft, Siebel, Retek, etc. Prior to joining Oracle, she was in a couple of early-stage startups. Shaloo is passionate about Tech for Good and is President, BOD at UN Women, Silicon Valley, a “Champion of Innovation” at UN Women where she is spinning up virtual Innovation Labs with Universities leveraging emerging technologies to encourage digital literacy in developing countries for young girls who do not have access to education. Shaloo is a Forbes Contributor on Technology, Guest speaker at Penn Law School and is an MBA from Delhi University and has done specialization in Innovation and Design Thinking from Stanford d.School. Words to live by: “In life, there are no mistakes… only lessons” – Vic Johnson.

Elizabeth Nyamawnge is a 16-year-old developer, inventor, researcher, and gender-equality activist. She started learning how to code when she was 14 years old and currently works between the intersection of technology and sociology. She is most commonly known for her invention of a device, Etana, that uses blockchain technology to provide women in low-infrastructure environments with identification.

Elizabeth has raised over 140k in grants and funding for Etana, working with companies such as Safaricom and Visa. She has been awarded the Pozen Social Innovation Prize, HP Girls Save the World Prize, and Innovation Network’s Innovator of the Year award, 2022 Global Teen Leader, and has appeared on NPR, Seventeen Magazines, Yahoo, MIT Tech, CBS News, etc.

Elizabeth currently works as a youth advisor on gender and economic development for the United Nation, placing an emphasis on gender-responsive technological innovation. She is also conducting research at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital with Harvard Medical School, and has research experience in computational sociology with an emphasis on agent-based modeling and data science, along with gender and race.

Meghan is the SVP of Marketing for Loblaw Companies, Canada’s largest retailer.  As a seasoned marketing, digital and product executive, Meghan has extensive global and local experience leading billion $ brands to market share leadership and P&L growth.  She has over 23 years of experience in digital transformation, marketing, analytics, product innovation and strategic planning.

In 2020, she was the CMO for Hudson’s Bay Company, leading the marketing team through a brand revival, loyalty program relaunch and digital marketing transformation, despite the tumultuous pandemic environment.

Prior to this role, she held several executive positions in brand management, digital marketing, data & analytics and product innovation for PwC, TD Bank & TD Insurance, Mars Canada, and P&G.  She is known as a leader with a passion for building high performing teams, leveraging marketing investments into business value, and for building brands into sustainable long-term company assets.

Emily Heitman has led a dynamic career in the Energy Industry with various equipment
manufacturers in the electrical transmission & distribution space. As the Senior Vice President
of Power Products for Schneider Electric, she runs the commercial & industrial power business
for the US.
Throughout her career, Emily has managed global Engineering, Manufacturing, and Marketing
& Sales teams. Emily is passionate about energy efficiency and sustainability. She has spoken
on these topics at various industry panels within the utility, commercial construction, and oil &
gas spaces. In 2015, Emily testified in front of the U.S. Congress Energy Committee as a Grid
Resiliency expert.
Emily holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University and an MBA from Marquette
University. Emily is currently based out of Nashville, TN.

Karen Bystedt rocked the contemporary art world with the USA introduction of The Lost Warhols, at
Photo LA, 2013. The body of work was quickly selected to headline the Month of Photography in Los
Angeles Show, at The Robert Berman Gallery in Bergamot Station. In an April, Fabrik Magazine,
cover story, Berman characterized Bystedt’s Andy Warhol show as, “an austere and powerful look at
one of the most celebrated artists of the Twentieth century.”
After studying photography and literature at the American College in Paris, the young artist returned to
the United States and earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in Film, at New York University, in 1982. It
was while she was a student in New York, that she photographed Warhol at The Factory. Karen
Bystedt has lived and worked on four continents which has left her multilingual and culturally at ease
at navigating through a diverse cacophony of international cultures.
Bystedt moved firmly into photographing celebrity movie stars BRAD PITT, JOHNNY DEPP, SANDRA
BULLOCK, KEANU REEVES among many others, when they were young and unknown. She has
written the narratives and interviews that accompany the four books of glamour shots she has
published; NOT JUST ANOTHER PRETTY FACE (1983) NAL, THE NEW BREED (1988) HOLT,
BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS (1992) and, THEY DARED TO DREAM (2009).
Bystedt’s artistic strength is her ability to establish an intimate trust with those shoots, she engages
them on-camera and then makes them look beautiful – a skill well honed on Warhol – and one the
photographer uses in her art. After finding her LOST WARHOL negatives in 2011 she began
collaborations with other artists including Peter Tunney, Speedy Graphito, Gregory Siff and Bradley
Theodore and Serena Maisto. Her work is the permanent collections of the Andy Warhol Museum,
the Museum of Modern Art of Armenia, The Hearst Foundation, Prince Albert of Monaco’s private
collection, and in the collections of Iggy Azalea, Tomasso Buti, George Lopez, David Caruso and The
Dean Collection (Swizz Beatz) among others. In 2016, one of her limited edition photographs of Andy
Warhol was acquired by the A. Fearnley Museum of Modern Art in Oslo and another photograph
acquired by the Cedar Sinai Collection in LA in 2021.
In 2012 Ms. Bystedt donated a Warhol Artist Proof to amFAR Milan which also included artists,
Damian Hirst, Rauchenberg and Chris Makos. The first artist Warhol proof was auctioned by Sharon
Stone and was acquired by Tomasso Buti. Ms. Bystedt received a Thank you letter from Kenneth Cole
thanking her for raising 50,000 Euros as one of the highest bids of the night. Ms. Bystedt also donated
an Artist Proof to the Amber Lounge Grand Prix event to benefit “The Special Olympics” where her
limited edition print was acquired by Prince Albert of Monaco in 2012.

Bystedt produced her first mural sponsored by Branded Arts in collaboration with Cryptik portraying
her iconic image of Andy holding the American Flag (Nick Flatt) as part of an ongoing project she
created ” Bringing Andy To the Streets.” The first Bystedt mural of Andy Warhol set in a prominent
location on Fairfax Ave across CBS and The Grove, was named one of 10 best murals in Los Angeles
of 2014 by the LA Weekly.
Bystedt’s Lost Warhols mixed media collaboration works have been exhibited at Art Basel, Art

Houston, LA Art Fair as well as the Iris Gallery In Aspen and Samara Gallery in Houston.
The Lost Warhols Gallery in Vilamoura, Portugal, Artrust, Switzerland as well as Brown Thomas,
Ireland. In 2018 Bystedt partnered with GLWD’s CEO , Karen Pearl, to produce a massive art,
“Bringing Andy Back” show in SoHo benefiting GLWD . Bystedt’s collaborations with female and male
artists internationally have contribute to leveling the playing field.
In June, 2016, Bystedt conceptualized “The Gold Queen” collection using her own image as the art,
her own body as a canvas painted in Gold. One of the Gold Queens from this series was displayed as
part of a female group show at the Untitled Space in NYC.
This artist who passion and life purpose is INCLUSION through ART is comfortable in her own skin
with her swag fashion- her hair at times blue, green, red or pink. Through her social media platforms
she inspires many and especially girls and women to know they get to be powerful and creative and
that they get to CREATE THEIR LIVES. She challenges that it is ok to step out of the box. Rupa
Dash, CEO of World Woman’s Foundation has called Karen Bystedt a CREATIVE DISRUPTER.

Hailing from Brazil, Eduarda Zoghbi is a political scientist with a Master on Public Administration in Energy and Environment from Columbia University. She serves as Director of the Women in Energy Brazil program from Columbia Global Center Rio, working to increase female representation in the energy sector, highlighting women’s work and promoting knowledge exchange between the U.S. and Brazil. Her professional experience includes working with climate and energy projects at international organizations, such as the IDB, SEforALL and UN/ECLAC, also joining efforts and supporting the work of Student Energy, the SDG 7 Youth Constituency and the BRICS Youth Energy Agency. Eduarda is a member of the Atlantic Council’s Women Leaders in Energy and recipient of GWEC REvolutionaries and NAAEE’s Environmental Education 30 Under 30 awards.

arl Hofmann is the President and CEO of Population Services International (PSI), a non-profit global health organization. PSI operates in over 50 countries worldwide, with programs in family planning and reproductive health, malaria, water and sanitation, HIV, and non-communicable diseases.

PSI works in partnership with local governments, ministries of health and local organizations to create health solutions that are built to last.

Prior to joining PSI, Hofmann was a career American diplomat for 23 years. He served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Togo, Executive Secretary of the Department of State, and Deputy Chief of Mission (senior career diplomat) at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, France. He also served on President Clinton’s National Security Council staff.

Hofmann is Vice-Chair of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, a Director of the One Acre Fund, a member of the CSIS Commission on American Health Security, and of the American Academy of Diplomacy. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and the National Defense University.

As Vice President, Influence and Engagement, Lori Adelman leads the Communications and Engagement Team (CET) at Global Fund for Women and oversees strategic communications, partnerships and special initiatives. She is thrilled to be supporting the implementation of Global Fund for Women’s strategic plan with a focus on building and leveraging influence and visibility to support gender justice movements globally to thrive. Previously, Lori ran Feministing, an independent blog founded in 2004 that saw 1.2 million unique monthly visitors at its peak, and led youth engagement at Women Deliver supporting 700+ young changemakers around the world with strategies and resources to boost their impact. An advocate and media maker with 10+ years of experience promoting reproductive, racial, and gender justice globally, Lori also previously served at Planned Parenthood Federation of America as Director of Global Communications and has worked at the United Nations Foundation, the International Women’s Health Coalition, and Human Rights Watch. She has written for a host of print and digital properties including Rookie Magazine, Elle.com and the New York Times. She regularly appears on radio and television, and has spoken at college campuses across the U.S. about topics like feminist journalism, the politics of Black hair, transnational movement building, and the undercover feminism of Nicki Minaj. A graduate of Harvard University, she has been named to The Root 100 list of the nation’s most influential African Americans and to both Forbes and Brooklyn Magazine’s list of the “30 Under 30”

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