2025 International Women of Courage Celebration

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and support AWIU’s mission to build bridges of understanding, goodwill
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2025 International Women of Courage Awardees

2025 Honorary Committee Members

Scout Bassett

Paralympian, Author, President, Women’s Sports Foundation

Janet Elliott

President/CEO, International Citizen Diplomacy of Los Angeles

Jennifer Fleming DeVoll

President and CEO, Pasadena Community Foundation

Cheryl Fair

President and General manager, KABC-TV (Retired)

C. Cindy Fan

Vice Provost for International Studies and Global Engagement,
University of California, Los Angeles

Sam Gammell

Vice President, Head of Marketing, Capital Group

Chessa Latifi

Deputy Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response, Project Hope

Jerilyn Castillo McAniff

Managing Director, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Oaktree Capital Management

Jane Olson

Former Chair, International Human Rights Watch

Nell Todd

Managing Director, Government & Public Services, Deloitte

Major General Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum
(Retired, USA)

Director, Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

Ambassador Melanne Verveer

First U.S. Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues
Founding Director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

2025 Corporate Sponsors

Global Leadership

Bridges of Understanding

Impactful Interaction

Peace & Justice

2025 IWOC Patrons

Thank you to our generous Patrons for the 2025 International Women of Courage Celebration

Bridges of Understanding

Carol Ann Warren

Empowerment through Education

Nancy McAniff Annick
Susan Chandler
Dr. Robert & Martha May Kim
Jerilyn Castillo McAniff
Cynthy Moffatt
Margaret Heflin Sabbag
Janice Meagher Trojan
Gretchen Zelek

Social Responsibility

Denise Hammett Bieker
Kristin Johnson Ceva
Dr. Kathleen Huston
Ingrid Johnson
Khin-Onma Lwin
Ann Sunshine
Jane Mursener Wetzel
Justine Wolcott

Women for Others

Lian Dolan
Noelle Newton
Julie Power Pantiskas
Eunice Reddick

Awareness and Appreciation

Jennifer Annick
Sidney Barney
Jennifer and Matthew DeVoll
Ann Diederich and Tim Redmond
Earlie Douglas
The Tom and Nancy Elsaesser Foundation
Annette Madden
Marsha Niazmand
Ellen Pansky
Laura Li Pollard
Beth Price