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America's Commitment: Women 2000

Table of Contents || Council Members
Photo Gallery of March 30, 2000 event Celebrating America's Commitment to Women

President's Interagency Council on Women

Dear Friends:

Since the United Nations Fourth World Conference in Beijing in 1995, the President's Interagency Council on Women has worked diligently to improve and advance the status of women and their families in the United States and abroad. We are proud of the strong commitment our government has made to promote women's progress in this nation and around the world.

This publication highlights the efforts of the United States government since 1995 in supporting and creating programs and policies that benefit women and their families. This report is arranged according to the twelve critical areas of concern as outlined in the Beijing Platform for Action. The 2000 Edition of America's Commitment demonstrates that, by working together, our government can achieve tremendous results in improving the status of women and children in society.

The United States is a leader in recognizing and supporting the rights of women and girls. The 2000 Edition of America's Commitment reflects the laws, policies, and programs of the United States that meet the goals and objectives of the Platform for Action. But our work is not finished. As we move forward into the 21st century, we must continue to work to ensure that women in the United States and around the world are provided opportunities to fulfill their potential and contribute to society.

Sincerely,

 

Madeleine K. Albright
Secretary of State
Chair of the Council 		  Hillary Rodham Clinton
First Lady
Honorary Chair

First Lady Clinton and Sec. Albright
[State Department Official Photograph]

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, July 11, 1997
"There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There canot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives. There cannot be true democracy unless all citizens are able to participate fully in the lives of their country"

Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, March 12, 1997
"Advancing the status of women is not only a moral imperative; it is being actively integrated into the foreign policy of the United States. It is our mission. It is the right thing to do, frankly, it is the smart thing to do."

Council Members
U.S. Department of State, The Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic Room

Back Row From Left to Right
Ellen Lazar, Treasury; Jennifer Luray, White House Women’s Office; Sylvia Baca, Interior; Scott Busby, National Security Council; Constance Dunham, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Nancy Hendry, Peace Corps; Virginia Canter, National Endowment for the Humanities; Carolyn Becraft, Navy; Bonnie Campbell, Justice; Anita Botti, State; Jan Piercy, World Bank; Ambassador Sally Shelton-Colby, U.S. Agency for International Development; Ambassador Betty King, U.S. Mission to the United Nations; Nancy Valentine, Veterans Affairs; Joyce Kravitz, United States Information Agency; Ambassador Craig Johnstone, State; Jill Long Thompson, Agriculture; Lidia Soto-Harmon, State; Elaine Shocas, State; Frankee Greenberg, Environmental Protection Agency; Susan F. Wood, Health and Human Services.

Seated from Left to Right
Sarah Kovner, Health and Human Services; General Claudia Kennedy, Army; Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, State; First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton; Secretary Donna Shalala, Health and Human Services; Melanne Verveer, The White House; Deputy Secretary Kitty Higgins, Labor; Theresa Loar, State.

Not in Photo
Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, State; Linda Robertson, Treasury; Kathryn Lunney, Commerce; Delores Crockett, Labor; Martha Krebs, Energy; Jacquie Lawing, Housing and Urban Development; Nuria Fernandez, Transportation; Leslie Thornton, Education; Judith Heumann, Education; Michele Jolin, The White House; Susan Esserman, U.S. Trade Representative’s Office; Administrator Aida Alvarez, Small Business Administration; Betsy Myers, Small Business Administration; Joanne Isham, Central Intelligence Agency; Elena Kagan, Domestic Policy Council; Janice Lachance, Office of Personnel Management; Martha Johnson, General Services Administration; Joan Wainwright, Social Security Administration; Margaret Lycette, U.S. Agency for International Development; Ida Castro, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Sylvia Mathews, Office of Management and Budget; Ann Lewis, The White House; Maria Echaveste, The White House; Audrey Tyse Haynes, The White House.

 

Council Members

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Honorary Chair
Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, Chair
Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala,
Immediate Past Chair

THE WHITE HOUSE
Melanne Verveer
Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Office of the First Lady
OEOB, Room 100
Washington, DC 20500
Phone: (202) 456-6266
Fax" (202) 456-6244

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman
Counselor of the Department of State
Room 7509, 2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520
Phone:  (202) 647-5529
Fax:      (202) 647-0247

Theresa Loar
Director
President's Interagency Council on Women
and Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues
Department of State
Room 2906, 2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520-7512
Phone:  (202) 647-6227
Fax:      (202) 647-5337

Lidia Soto-Harmon
Deputy Director
President's Interagency Council on Women
Department of State
Room 2906, 2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520-7512
Phone:  (202) 647-6227
Fax:      (202) 647-5337

Anita Botti
Deputy Director
International Women's Initiatives
Department of State
Room 6936, 2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520-7512
Phone:  (202) 647-6227
Fax:      (202) 647-5337

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Linda Robertson
Assistant Secretary
Legislative Affairs and Public Liaison
Department of the Treasury
Room 3134, Washington, DC 20220
Phone:  (202) 622-1920
Fax:      (202) 622-0534

Ellen Lazar
Director
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Department of the Treasury
601-13th Street, NW, Room 2005
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:  (202) 622-8662
Fax:      (202) 622-7754

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Carolyn Becraft
Assistant Secretary
Department of the Navy
Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Room 4E788, 1000 Navy Pentagon
Washington, DC 20353-1000
Phone:  (703) 697-2180
Fax:      (703) 614-4103

Lieutenant General Claudia J. Kennedy
Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence
Department of the Army
1000 Army Pentagon
Washington, DC 20310-1000
Phone:  (703) 695-2968
Fax:      (703) 697-7605

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Bonnie Campbell
Director
Violence Against Women Office
Department of Justice
Room 5302 810 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20531
Phone:  (202) 616-8894
Fax:      (202) 307-3911

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Sylvia Baca
Acting Assistant Secretary
Land and Minerals Management
Department of the Interior
1849 C St., NW, Mail Stop 6628
Washington, DC 20240
Phone:  (202) 208-6734
Fax:      (202) 208-3144

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Jill Long Thompson
Under Secretary for Rural Development
Department of Agriculture
Room 206 W, 1400 Independence Ave.,SW
Washington, DC 20250
Phone:  (202) 720-4581
Fax:      (202) 720-2080

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Elizabeth C. Sears
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Expont Promotions Services
14th and Constitution Ave., NW, Room 2810
Washington, DC 20230
Phone:  (202) 482-6220
Fax:      (202) 482-2526

Virginia A. Manuel
Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Marketing Access and Compliance
Department of Commerce
14th and Constitution Ave. NW, Room 3868A
Washington DC 20230
Phone:  (202) 482-5853 Fax:      (202) 482-5444

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Geri Palast
Assistant Secretary of Labor
Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room S-2006
Washington, DC 20210
Phone:  (202) 693-4601
Fax:      (202) 693-4641

Irasema Garza
Director, Women's Bureau
Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Suite 3002
Washington, DC 20210
Phone:  (202) 219-6611
Fax:      (202) 219-5529

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Sarah Kovner
Special Assistant to the Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Room 605-F, Washington, DC 20201
Phone:  (202) 690-6347
Fax:      (202) 690-7098

Susan F. Wood, Ph.D.
Acting Deputy Director and Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Public Health Service's Office on Women's Health
Department of Health and Human Services
Room 712E, 200 Independence Ave., SW,
Washington, DC 20201
Phone:  (202) 690-7650
Fax:      (202) 401-4005

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Jacquie Lawing
Deputy Chief of Staff
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Room 10226, 451 7th St., SW
Washington, DC 20410
Phone:  (202) 708-0270
Fax:      (202) 708-4087

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Nuria Fernandez
Deputy Administrator
Federal Transit Administration
Department of Transportation
Suite 9328, 400 7th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:  (202) 366-4325
Fax:      (202) 493-2470

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Dr. Martha Krebs
Director
Office of Science
Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue SW, SC-1
Washington, DC 20585
Phone:  (202) 586-5430
Fax:      (202) 586-4120

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Leslie T. Thornton
Chief of Staff
Department of Education
600 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20202
Phone:  (202) 401-3000
Fax:      (202) 401-2098

Judith Heumann
Assistant Secretary
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Department of Education
Room 3006, 330 C St., SW,
Washington, DC 20202
Phone:  (202) 205-5465
Fax:      (202) 205-9252

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Dr. Nancy Valentine
Special Assistant to the Secretary and
Advisor to the Under Secretary for Health
Department of Veteran Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue NW, Room 10-D
Washington, DC 20420
Phone:  (202) 273-8425
Fax:      (202) 273-6161

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Frankee Greenberg
Director of Regional Operations
Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, SW Mail Code 1108
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:  (202) 260-4731
Fax:      (202) 260-9365

COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS
Audrey Choi
Chief of Staff
Council of Economic Advisers
The White House
OEOB, Room 314
Washington, DC 20502
Phone:  (202) 395-5084
Fax:      (202) 395-6958

U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Susan Esserman
General Counsel
U.S. Trade Representative
600 17th St., NW, Room 201
Washington, DC 20508
Phone:  (202) 395-5114
Fax:      (202)  395-3390

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Aida Alvarez
Administrator
Small Business Administration
Suite 7000, 409 3rd St., SW
Washington, DC 20416
Phone:  (202) 205-6605
Fax:      (202)  205-6802

Betsy Myers
Associate Deputy for Entrepreneurial Development
and Director of Small Business Welfare to Work
Small Business Administration
409 3rd St., SW, Suite 7000
Washington, DC 20416
Phone:  (202)  205-6706
Fax:      (202)  205-6903

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Joanne O. Isham
Associate Deputy Director for Science and Technology
Central Intelligence Agency
Room 6F03, OHB
Washington, DC 20505
Phone:  (703) 482-6561
Fax:      (703)  482-6350

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Janice Lachance
Director
Office of Personnel Management
Room 5F12, 1900 E St., NW
Washington, DC 20415
Phone:  (202) 606-1000
Fax:      (202)  606-2183

U.S. INFORMATION AGENCY
Joyce Kravitz
Chief of Staff
United States Information Agency
301 4th St., SW
Washington, DC 20547
Phone:  (202) 619-4742
Fax:      (202) 619-6705

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Stephanie Foster
General Counsel
General Services Administration
18th & F Street NW
Washington, DC 20405

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Joan Wainwright
Deputy Commissioner for Communications
Social Security Administration
4200 West High Rise Building
6401 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21235
Phone:   (410)  965-1720
Fax:       (410)  965-3903

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Sally Shelton-Colby
Assistant Administrator
U.S. Agency for International Development
14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Room 3.09, Ronald Reagan Building
Washington, DC 20523-3900
Phone:  (202) 712-1190
Fax:      (202)  216-3235

Margaret Lycette
Director
Office of Women in Development
US Agency for International Development
14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Roanald Reagan Building, Room 3.81
Washington, DC 20523
Phone:  (202) 712-0570
Fax:      (202) 216-3173

COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY
Constance Dunham
Senior Financial Economist
Economic and Policy Analysis
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Economics Department, 2-4
250 E St., SW
Washington, DC 20219
Phone:  (202) 874-4793
Fax:      (202) 874-5394

PEACE CORPS
Nancy Hendry
General Counsel
Peace Corps
1111 20th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20526
Phone:  (202) 692-2150
Fax:      (202)  692-2151

U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Ida Castro
Chairwoman
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1801 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20507
Phon:  (202) 663-4001
Fax:      (202) 663-4110

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
Virginia Canter
General Counsel
National Endowment for the Humanities
1100 Pennsylvannia Avenue, NW Room 530
Washington, DC 20506
Phone:  (202) 606-8322
Fax:      (202) 606-8600

U.S. MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Ambassador Betty King
US Representative to the United Nations
Economic and Social Council
Department of State
799 United Nations PLaza
New York, NY 10017
Phone:  (202) 415-4278
Fax:      (202) 415-4299

THE WORLD BANK
Jan Piercy
U.S. Executive Director
World Bank
Room D 13-004, 1818 H St., NW
Washington, DC 20433
Phone:  (202) 458-0111
Fax:      (202) 477-2967

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Sylvia Mathews
Deputy Director
The Office of Management and Budget
Old Executive Office Building
Room 252
Washington, DC 20503
Phone:  (202) 395-4742
Fax:      (202) 395-1005

THE WHITE HOUSE
Ann Lewis
Counselor to the President
The White House
Washington, DC 20502
Phone:  (202)  456-2644
Fax:      (202) 456-2215

Maria Echaveste
Deputy Chief of Staff
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Phone:   (202) 456-1960
Fax:      (202) 456-1907

Jennifer Luray
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director
White House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach
Room 15, OEOB
Washington, DC 20502
Phone:   (202) 456-7300
Fax:      (202)  456-7311

Audrey Tayse Haynes
Chief of Staff to Mrs. Gore
and Special Counsel to the Vice President
Office of the Vice President
Room 200, OEOB
Washington, DC 20501
Phone:  (202) 456-6640
Fax:      (202) 456-6298

Scott Busby
Director
Office for Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs
National Security Council
Room 302, OEOB
Washington, DC 20500
Phone:  (202) 456-9141
Fax:      (202) 456-9140

December 1999

America's Commitment: Women 2000