Chair's and Corporate Governance Committee
Sustainability Committee (Chair)
Elected to the Board 2011
Date of birth: 1949
Nationality: American
Career
- 2005 - 2010 United Nations Children’s Fund, Executive Director
- 2001 - 2005 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Secretary
- 1999 - 2001 Nossaman, Guthner, Knox and Elliott, a California law firm, Of Counsel
- 1995 - 1999 California Department of Food and Agriculture, Secretary
- 1993 - 1995 Patton Boggs, a Washington law firm, Of Counsel
- 1991 - 1993 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Deputy Secretary
- 1989 - 1991 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs
- 1987 - 1989 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Associate Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service
- 1986 - 1987 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Special Assistant to the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service
- 1980 - 1986 Damrell, Damrell, and Nelson, a California law firm, Partner
- 1978 - 1980 County of Stanislaus, Deputy Public Defender
- 1976 - 1978 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Attorney
- 1972 - 1974 Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office for Civil Rights, San Francisco Regional Office, Civil Rights Investigator
Education
- 1976 University of California, Hastings College of Law, Juris Doctorate
- 1971 University of California, Berkeley, MA, Public Policy
- 1970 University of California, Davis, BA, Political Science
Honorary Degrees Awarded
- 2007 Honorary Doctorate Degree, Middlebury College
- 2004 Honorary Doctorate Degree, Delaware State University
- 2003 Honorary Doctorate Degree, Lincoln University of Missouri
- 2001 Honorary Doctorate Degree, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Mandates
- Member, Advisory Board, KDC AG
- Member, Advisory Board, Full Harvest Technologies Inc.
- Member, Advisory Board, JUST Capital
- Member, Advisory Board, Memphis Meats
- Member, Advisory Board, Perfect Day
- Member, Global Health Innovative Technology Fund
- Member, CHAI - Clinton Health Access Initiative
- Member, Council on Foreign Relations
- Member, The Washington Institute for Business, Government and Society
- Member, BRAC
- Member, TerraVesco
- Member, ukko
- Member, Nestlé Creating Shared Value Council (CSV Council)
Honors and awards
- 2009 Forbes The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women List, ranking number 46
- 2009 UC Davis, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Award of Distinction
- 2009 Commandeur de l'Ordre National du Mali, à titre étranger
- 2008 Il Consiglio Grande e Generale della Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino
- 2006 Sesame Workshop’s Leadership Award for Children
- 2006 United Nations Association of New York, Humanitarian Award
- 2005 Richard E. Lyng Award for Public Service
- 2005 UC Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, Distinguished Service Award
- 2004 Main Street Partnership John Chaffee Award for Distinguished Public Service
- 2004 American PVO Partners Award for Service to People in Need
- 2003 UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy Alumni of the Year Award
- 2003 California State Fair Agriculturalist of the Year Award
- 2002 National 4-H Alumni Recognition Award
- 2002 California Council for International Trade Golden State Award
- 2002 Dutch American Heritage Award
- 2002 United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Distinguished Service Award
- 2001 Outstanding Woman in International Trade Award
- 2001 UC Davis Outstanding Alumna of the Year Award
- 2001 Food Research and Action Center Award