AWIU Hosts

Maggie Sabbag

President, AWIU

Biography

Pooja Chandra Pama

AWIU Board Member and Entrepreneur
Co-Chair, COIR

Biography

Ambassador (ret.) Eunice Reddick

U.S. Ambassador (retired)
Co-Chair, COIR

Biography

Ambassador (ret.) Tatiana Gfoeller-Volkoff

Immediate past president of AWIU

Biography

COIR Keynote Speaker

Nicholle Manz-Baazaoui

Director for Women’s Civic and Political Empowerment
The Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues, U.S. State Department

Biography

COIR Speakers

Bunmi Akinnusotu

Deputy Director, Rangel Program, Howard University

Biography

Hadeil Ali

Deputy Director, Diversity and Leadership in International Affairs Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Biography

Elizabeth Boesen

Assistant Director for Public Service Initiatives, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Biography

Ambassador (ret.) Piper Campbell

Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer, American University, School of International Service

Biography

Ambassador (ret.) Makila James

Africa Center Senior Advisor
United States Institute of Peace

Biography

Carmen Iezzi Mezzera

Executive Director, Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA)

Biography

Dr. Sherry Mueller, Ph.D

Senior Adjunct Professor and Lecturer, School of International Service, American University

Biography

Julie Rottier

Advisor on the Middle East, Office of Global Women’s Issues, Department of State

Biography

Leslie Schweitzer

Chair and Founder, Friends of American University of Afghanistan

Biography

Fadia Najib Thabet

International Woman of Courage (IWOC)

Biography

Rachel Thomas

Office of the Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security
U.S. Department of State

Biography