CELEBRATING WOMEN LEADERS Celebrating Women Leaders Luncheon
H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia
Ambassador Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Renee Poussaint (moderator), CEO, National Visionary Leadership Project
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Washington, DC—The Women’s Foreign Policy Group honored H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia and the first elected female head of state in Africa, at its 2006 Annual Luncheon Event on October 16, in Washington, DC. Renee Poussaint, Chief Executive Officer of The National Visionary Leadership Project and former ABC Network Correspondent, was Mistress of Ceremonies for the luncheon program, which featured a special video address by President Sirleaf and a tribute to the president by Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. Participants also enjoyed excerpts from President Sirleaf’s historic speech to the Joint Session of Congress and discussed current Liberian priorities and challenges with Liberian Ambassador Charles A. Minor. Read more
 H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia
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From Left: Jendayi Frazer (Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs), Gail Leftwich Kitch (Vice Chair WFPG Board), Renee Poussaint (CEO, National Visionary Leadership Project, former ABC Network Correspondent) and Patricia Ellis (President, WFPG)
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Renee Poussaint, Liberian Ambassador Charles Minor and Patricia Ellis
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Patricia Ellis greeting luncheon guests
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Attendees from NAFSA: Association of International Educators
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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in video address
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Gail Kitch, WFPG Vice Chair with luncheon guests
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Ellen Saurbrey, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration; Julia Taft, InterAction; Dawn Calabia, WFPG Board
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The Ambassador of Portugal with Rudy Cohen, Jr., Raytheon
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