2023 IWOC Celebration

2023 Honorary Committee Members

Andrea Mitchell


Honorary Committee Chair Chief Washington Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Anchor, Host and Commentator,
NBC News

Lisa Cagnolatti


Senior Vice President, Customer Service, Southern California Edison

Heather Caruso


Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion UCLA Anderson School of Management

Jennifer Meagher


Convery Group President Griffith Foods North America

Hahn Dao


Vice President, National Accounts, Capital Group

Janet Elliott


President/CEO International Citizen Diplomacy of
Los Angeles

Annette Flanagin


Executive Managing Editor and Vice President JAMA and JAMA Network

KhinSandi Lwin


Former Representative United Nation’s Children’s
Fund (UNICEF)

Oleksandra Matviichuk


Human Rights Lawyer and Chair, Center for Civil Liberties, Ukraine 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Jerilyn Castillo McAniff


Managing Director, Head of Diversity & Inclusion
Oaktree Capital

Kimberly Myers, Ph.D.


Principal, Government and Public Services, Deloitte

Jane E. Russell


Producer Herzog and Company Entertainment

Rachel Scott


Senior Congressional Correspondent, ABC News

Major General Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum


(Retired, USA)
President, East-West Center

Ambassador Melanne Verveer


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

2023 Sponsors

Deloitte Leadership Sponsor

Disney: Freedom and Equality

BJ's Restaurants & Brewhouse: Empowerment Through Education

UCLA Anderson: Empowerment Through Education

JAMA: Empowerment Through Education

ACE: Women for Others

Hahn & Hahn: Women for Others

Deloitte Leadership Sponsor

2023 IWOC Patrons

Thank you to our generous Patrons for the 2023 International Women of Courage Celebration

Bridges of Understanding


Anonymous
Carol Ann Warren

Impactful Interaction


Dr. Robert & Martha May Kim
Anonymous

Empowerment through Education


Nancy McAniff Annick
Denise Bieker
Jerilyn Castillo McAniff
Susan Chandler
Sarah Deschenes
Ingrid Johnson
Cynthy Moffatt
Margaret Heflin Sabbag
Janice Meagher Trojan
Jane Mursener Wetzel
Jonathan and Lindsay Wetzel
Chace Wetzel-Keating

Diversity and Inclusion


Khin-Onma Lwin
Julie Pantiskas
Eunice Reddick
Ann Sunshine
Gretchen K. Zelek

Women for Others


Sidney Barney
Ann Dierderich
Sarah C. Dessault
Lynn Hatashita-Yung
Annette Madden
Diane M. McGlinchey
Laura Li Pollard
Beth Price
Barbara Rubio
Inez Parker Sharp
Pamela Hillings Tegtmeyer
Mary Urquhart

Awareness and Appreciation


Jennifer Annick and Geoff Kelsch
Holly L. Clearman
Earlie B. Douglas
Judith Jakaitis
Carol L. Lewis
Donna L. Pinkney
Maria Emmi Schory
Jo Ann Troha

2023 IWOC Event Gallery

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