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Melanne Verveer is the executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security at Georgetown University,〔Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. “Meet the Staff.” Accessible at: http://giwps.georgetown.edu/about/staff/, Accessed on: January 17, 2014.〕 a founding partner of Seneca Point Global, a global women strategy firm,〔Seneca Point Global. “Who We Are.” Accessible at: http://www.senecapointglobal.com/pages/WhoWeAre, Accessed on: January 17, 2014.〕 and a co-founder of Seneca Women.〔Seneca Women. “About.” Accessible at: http://senecawomen.com/about/, Accessed on: June 17, 2015.〕 She is also the co-author with Kim Azzarelli of the book ''Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose''. Most recently, she served as the first United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, nominated by President Barack Obama in February and confirmed by the United States Senate in April 2009.〔Rhee, Foon. “Obama nominates ambassador for women's issues.” Boston.com. Published: March 6, 2009, Accessible at: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/03/obama_nominates_1.html, Accessed on: March 8, 2009.〕 In that role, she directed the Office of Global Women's Issues. Previously, Verveer served as the Chair and Co-CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership, which she co-founded with Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2001.〔Nelson, Alyse. Vital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change Around the World. Jossey-Bass. Published: 2012.〕 Vital Voices is a global NGO that supports emerging women leaders who are advancing economic, political and social progress in their societies. During the Clinton Administration, Verveer served as Assistant to President Bill Clinton and Chief of Staff to the First Lady Hillary Clinton.〔Changemakers. “About Melanne Verveer.” Ashoka. Published: 2008, Accessible at: http://www.changemakers.com/users/melanne-verveer, Accessed on: January 17, 2014.〕 Among her duties was overseeing Hillary Clinton’s global initiatives on women’s rights as human rights.〔Changemakers. “About Melanne Verveer.” Ashoka. Published: 2008, Accessible at: http://www.changemakers.com/users/melanne-verveer, Accessed on: January 17, 2014.〕 Prior to serving in the White House, she was executive director of People for the American Way, a progressive advocacy group,〔Rushford, Greg. Appointments With Power: An Insider's Guide to the Clinton Administration's Top Business Policymakers. Legal Times Books. Published: 1993.〕 where she was involved in the passage of civil rights legislation. Earlier, she was Coordinator for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs for the U.S. Catholic Conference.〔Changemakers. “About Melanne Verveer.” Ashoka. Published: 2008, Accessible at: http://www.changemakers.com/users/melanne-verveer, Accessed on: January 17, 2014.〕 She served on the staffs of US Senator George McGovern and Representative Marcy Kaptur. Verveer holds a B.S. and M.S. from Georgetown University.〔Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. “Meet the Staff.” Accessible at: http://giwps.georgetown.edu/about/staff/, Accessed on: January 17, 2014.〕 She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations,〔Council on Foreign Relations. “Membership Roster.” Updated: January 17, 2014, Accessible at: http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=V, Accessed on: January 17, 2014.〕 the Trilateral Commission and the World Bank Advisory Council on Gender and Development.〔World Bank. “World Bank Advisory Council on Gender and Development.” Published: 2013. Accessible at: http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/gender/publication/Publication-Document-Detail-English, Accessed on: January 17, 2014.〕 She served as the 2013 Humanitas visiting professor at Cambridge University.〔Institute for Strategic Diologue. “Humanitas Visiting Professor on Human Rights.” Cambridge University. Published: 2013, Accessible at: http://www.strategicdialogue.org/events/items/humanitas-visiting-professor-in-womens-rights, Accessed on: January 17, 2014.〕 In 2008, the President of Ukraine awarded her the Order of Princess Olga.〔The Shirver Report. “US Ambassador-At-Large for Global Women’s Issues, Fmr. COS to First Lady HRC, Co-Founder & Chairwoman, Vital Voices Global Partnership.” Published: 2014, Accessible at: http://shriverreport.org/people/melanne-verveer/, Accessed on: January 17, 2014.〕 She holds several honorary degrees and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the U.S. Secretary's Distinguished Service Award.〔Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. “Meet the Staff.” Accessible at: http://giwps.georgetown.edu/about/staff/, Accessed on: January 17, 2014.〕 ==Clinton Administration== Verveer served as Deputy Assistant to President Clinton (1993-96) and then as Assistant to the President Clinton (1997-2000). (See: Executive Office of the President of the United States) As a member of the White House Senior Staff, she provided advice and implemented a wide range of substantive policies, including judicial selection and legal services, arts policies, health care and women’s issues.〔Changemakers. “About Melanne Verveer.” Ashoka. Published: 2008, Accessible at: http://www.changemakers.com/users/melanne-verveer, Accessed on: January 17, 2014.〕 She was instrumental in the adoption of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 and led the effort to establish the President’s Interagency Council on Women. First as Deputy Chief of Staff (1993-1996) and then as Chief of Staff to the First Lady (1997 2000), she served as Mrs. Clinton’s chief assistant for her international activities. (See: Office of the First Lady of the United States) These included overseeing her global initiatives on women’s rights as human rights, democracy-building micro enterprise, girls’ education and other development programs. She organized the first lady’s foreign trips to over 70 countries. She helped to create the US government’s Vital Voices Democracy Initiative to promote women’s economic and political progress. The initiative grew out of the US response to the UN's Fourth World Conference on Women, which took place in Beijing in 1995. It was in Beijing that Hillary Clinton made her historic Women's Rights Are Human Rights speech.” Verveer was responsible for much of the planning for the US participation in the Beijing conference. Author Greg Rushford noted in “Appointments with Power” (1994, Legal Times Books), “No first lady has ever been as deeply involved in the substantive issues of government as Hillary Rodham Clinton….and no first lady’s staff has ever had a political operative of the caliber and experience of Melanne Verveer.”〔Rushford, Greg. Appointments With Power: An Insider's Guide to the Clinton Administration's Top Business Policymakers. Legal Times Books. Published: 1993.〕 In her White House memoirs, Clinton notes, “A true policy wonk who loves the complexities and nuances of issues, Melanne had worked for years on Capitol Hill and in the advocacy world. I used to joke there wasn’t a single person in Washington she didn’t know. Not only was she a legend in the nation’s capital; so was her Rolodex…There is no way to catalog the many projects that Melanne masterminded… She also became a key player on the president’s team, advocating for policies affecting women, human rights, legal services and the arts.”〔Hillary Clinton. Living History. Simon & Schuster. Published: 2003. Page 133.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melanne Verveer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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