2011 Capitol Hill Forum
Hunger Won't Wait
8 - 11:30 am
March 15, 2011
Congressional Sponsors and Speakers
Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)
Ms. Emerson is the first Republican woman to represent Missouri in Congress, where she is a leading advocate for American agriculture and for global hunger relief. As a member of the Appropriations Committee, she is the Chairman of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee and also sits on the Agriculture Subcommittee and Legislative Branch Subcommittee. In her professional career, Jo Ann has served as the Senior Vice President of Public Affairs for the American Insurance Association, as Director of State Relations and Grassroots Programs for the small-business oriented National Restaurant Association, and as Deputy Communications Director for the National Republican Congressional Committee. She is co-chair of the Congressional Hunger Center Board of Directors and a board member of Bread for the World. Jo Ann holds a B.A. in political science from Ohio Wesleyan University.
Congressman James McGovern (D-MA)
Mr. McGovern is currently serving his seventh term in Congress representing the 3rd Congressional District of Massachusetts. He is the Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee and a member of the House Budget Committee. He is also co-chair of both the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and the House Hunger Caucus. McGovern has taken a strong leadership role in the fight against hunger at home and abroad, successfully expanding the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, which helps alleviate child hunger and poverty by providing nutritious meals to children in schools in the world's poorest countries. He earned his Bachelor of Arts ('81) and Masters of Public Administration ('84) degrees from The American University, and while attending college, worked as an aide in the office of U.S. Senator George McGovern (D-SD). Before his election to Congress, he spent fourteen years working as a senior aide for the late U.S. Representative John Joseph Moakley (D-South Boston).
Dr. Steve Radelet
Dr. Radelet is USAID's first Chief Economist since the 1990s. He was most recently Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's top advisor on development. Radelet left his post as a senior fellow the Center for Global Development to co-lead the QDDR task force on aid effectiveness and help stand up the Feed the Future Initiative. Prior to working at CGD, Radelet was a founding co-chair of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Africa, the Middle East, and Asia from 2000 to 2002. From 1990 to 2000 he served on the faculty of Harvard University, where he was a fellow at the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), director of the Institute's Macroeconomics Program, and a lecturer on economics and public policy. He has written numerous articles and books and is the author of "Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries are Leading the Way", a book that examines the positive growth in economic, political, and social policies taking place across Africa.
The Honorable Mwanaidi Maajar
Mrs. Maajar is Tanzania's new ambassador to the United States, the first woman diplomat to represent this African nation to the United States. She was recently transferred by Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete from Tanzania's High Commission in London to Washington DC. She holds a degree in law and has been a prominent, professional lawyer in Tanzania's law chambers before her first appointment to represent Tanzania in the United Kingdom four years ago. While in London, Mrs. Maajar linked Tanzania, UK, and other European nations through her office.
Dr. Ousmane Badiane
Dr. Badiane is the Africa Director for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). He coordinates IFPRI's work program in the areas of food policy research, capacity strengthening, and policy communications in Africa and is in charge of IFPRI's partnerships with African institutions in these areas. Dr. Badiane was Lead Specialist for Food and Agricultural Policy for the Africa Region at the World Bank from January 1998 to August 2008. He worked at IFPRI as Senior Research Fellow from 1989 to 1997, when he led the institute's work on market reforms and development. He also taught, as adjunct professor, at Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies from 1993 to 2003. Dr. Badiane holds a Masters Degree and Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of Kiel in Germany.
Ms. Emerson is the first Republican woman to represent Missouri in Congress, where she is a leading advocate for American agriculture and for global hunger relief. As a member of the Appropriations Committee, she is the Chairman of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee and also sits on the Agriculture Subcommittee and Legislative Branch Subcommittee. In her professional career, Jo Ann has served as the Senior Vice President of Public Affairs for the American Insurance Association, as Director of State Relations and Grassroots Programs for the small-business oriented National Restaurant Association, and as Deputy Communications Director for the National Republican Congressional Committee. She is co-chair of the Congressional Hunger Center Board of Directors and a board member of Bread for the World. Jo Ann holds a B.A. in political science from Ohio Wesleyan University.
Congressman James McGovern (D-MA)
Mr. McGovern is currently serving his seventh term in Congress representing the 3rd Congressional District of Massachusetts. He is the Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee and a member of the House Budget Committee. He is also co-chair of both the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and the House Hunger Caucus. McGovern has taken a strong leadership role in the fight against hunger at home and abroad, successfully expanding the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, which helps alleviate child hunger and poverty by providing nutritious meals to children in schools in the world's poorest countries. He earned his Bachelor of Arts ('81) and Masters of Public Administration ('84) degrees from The American University, and while attending college, worked as an aide in the office of U.S. Senator George McGovern (D-SD). Before his election to Congress, he spent fourteen years working as a senior aide for the late U.S. Representative John Joseph Moakley (D-South Boston).
Dr. Steve Radelet
Dr. Radelet is USAID's first Chief Economist since the 1990s. He was most recently Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's top advisor on development. Radelet left his post as a senior fellow the Center for Global Development to co-lead the QDDR task force on aid effectiveness and help stand up the Feed the Future Initiative. Prior to working at CGD, Radelet was a founding co-chair of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Africa, the Middle East, and Asia from 2000 to 2002. From 1990 to 2000 he served on the faculty of Harvard University, where he was a fellow at the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), director of the Institute's Macroeconomics Program, and a lecturer on economics and public policy. He has written numerous articles and books and is the author of "Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries are Leading the Way", a book that examines the positive growth in economic, political, and social policies taking place across Africa.
The Honorable Mwanaidi Maajar
Mrs. Maajar is Tanzania's new ambassador to the United States, the first woman diplomat to represent this African nation to the United States. She was recently transferred by Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete from Tanzania's High Commission in London to Washington DC. She holds a degree in law and has been a prominent, professional lawyer in Tanzania's law chambers before her first appointment to represent Tanzania in the United Kingdom four years ago. While in London, Mrs. Maajar linked Tanzania, UK, and other European nations through her office.
Dr. Ousmane Badiane
Dr. Badiane is the Africa Director for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). He coordinates IFPRI's work program in the areas of food policy research, capacity strengthening, and policy communications in Africa and is in charge of IFPRI's partnerships with African institutions in these areas. Dr. Badiane was Lead Specialist for Food and Agricultural Policy for the Africa Region at the World Bank from January 1998 to August 2008. He worked at IFPRI as Senior Research Fellow from 1989 to 1997, when he led the institute's work on market reforms and development. He also taught, as adjunct professor, at Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies from 1993 to 2003. Dr. Badiane holds a Masters Degree and Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of Kiel in Germany.
