POWERFUL AMERICAN WOMEN IN EDUCATION AND  AND CONSULTING: Judith Areen, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center. Alice Gresham Bullock, Dean, Howard University Law School. Rita Colwell, Director, National Science Foundation. Patricia A. McGuire, President, Trinity College. Charlene Nunley, President, Montgomery College. Susan C. Schwab, Dean, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland. Belle S. Wheelan, President, Northern Virginia Community College.

POWERFUL AMERICAN WOMEN IN RELIGION: Jane Holmes Dixon, Acting bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Washington.

POWERFUL WOMEN IN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: Anne Allen, Executive director, Cafritz Foundation. Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children's Defense Fund. Terri L. Freeman, President, Community Foundation for the National Capital Region. Alma Gildenhorn, Honorary trustee, Kennedy Center; cochair of the fundraising campaign for the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at Maryland. Kate Michelman, President, National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League. Karen Narasaki, Executive director, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium. Alma Powell, Vice chairman, Kennedy Center Board of Trustees; chair of national council, Best Friends Foundation. Julie Rogers, President, Eugene and Agnes Meyer Foundation. Jan Verhage, Executive director, Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital.

 

 

POWERFUL AMERICAN WOMEN IN HEALTH CARE: Judith Bello, Executive vice president, Pharmaceutical and Research Manufacturers of America. Bernadine Healy, President and CEO, Red Cross. Karen Ignagni, President and CEO, American Association of Health Plans. Ruth Kirschstein, Acting director, National Institutes of Health. Ana Raley, CEO, DC Healthcare Alliance. Deborah Steelman, Vice presidentof corporate affairs, Eli Lilly and Company.

POWERFUL AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE MEDIA: Jill Abramson, Bureau chief, New York Times. Maureen Dowd, Columnist, New York Times. Cathy Hughes, Owner/founder, Radio One. Karen Jurgensen, Editor, USA Today. Debra L. Lee, President and CEO,Black Entertainment Television. Janet Leissner, Vice president and bureau chief, CBS News. Pat Mitchell, President and CEO, PBS. Diane Rehm, Radio talk-show host, WAMU-FM. Cokie Roberts, Anchor/analyst, ABC News and National Public Radio. Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President and CEO, WETA-TV and WETA-FM. Robin Sproul, Vice president and bureau chief, ABC News. Linda Sullivan, General manager, WRC-TV. Judy Woodruff, Prime anchor and senior correspondent, CNN.

POWERFUL AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE ARTS AND LETTERS: Sheila Burke, Undersecretary for American museums and national programs, Smithsonian Institution. Susan Farr, Executive director, Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts at Maryland. Norma Kaplan, Chief, Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division. Molly Smith, Artistic director, Arena Stage. Joy Zinoman, Artistic and managing director, Studio Theatre in Washington, DC.

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