List of Powerful Mothers PART FIVE

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PART FIVE

LIST OF POWERFUL MOTHERS.

These women are brazen They are tough, independent and smart. They waited forno one. Someone needed to compile a list ofPOWERFUL MOTHERS. The time has come.

There are many more mothers to be added.The list keeps getting longer, so it will be divided into parts.

Jenny McCarthy

American model, comedian, actress, author, and activist. Mother of one child and stepchildren and married to actor Jim Carey.

She first appeared in Playboymagazine in October 1993 and was named Playmate ofthe Year in its June 1994 issue. She later began a career in television and film and hasrecently started writing books. In 1995, MTV chose McCarthy to be the host of a newdating show called Singled Out, for which she left Hot Rocks.In 2003, McCarthy appeared in Scary Movie 3 along with model and actress PamelaAnderson. In 2005, McCarthy produced, wrote, and starred in Dirty Love alongwith Carmen Electra. The same year, McCarthy hosted a new show on E! called Party atthe Palms. The reality show, which is filmed at The Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, features


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hotel guests, party goers, and celebrities. McCarthy currently stars in an online fiveepisode series, called In The Motherhood, along with Chelsea Handler and Leah Remini.The show is on MSN and is based on being a mother where users could submit theirstories to have it made into real webisodes. The comic has written a memoir about herquest to help her 4-year-old son, Evan, called Louder than Words: A Mothers Journey InHealing Autism. In June 2007, Talk About Curing Autism (TACA) named McCarthy as

its spokesperson. Her stated goal is to educate the public that autism is treatable. Shewill be participating in fundraisers, online chats, and other activities for the non-profitorganization to help families affected by autism spectrum disorders. Her first fundraiserfor TACA, Ante Up for Autism, was held on October 20, 2007, in Irvine, California.

Natalie Cole

American singer-songwriter. Mother of one child and single.

has won eight Grammy Awards throughout her career. She achieved success in herearly career as an R&B star, but smoothly changed her repertoire towards amore jazz orientated musical style in the early 90's. Cole may be best remembered forher 1991 album, Unforgettable... with Love, featuring her own arrangements of herfather's greatest hits. Her decision to record the songs was a chart success; the albumsold over 7 million copies in the United States alone, and won Cole several GrammyAwards, includingAlbum of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Traditional Pop VocalPerformance. The album featured a duet, the title track, with her father, created bysplicing a recording of his vocals into the track. As a single, it reached #14 on Billboard

Magazine's Hot 100 chart, and went gold. Natalie's latest album Still Unforgettable wasreleased September 9, 2008. The first single and video is another virtual duet with herfather, a cover of his 1951 hit "Walkin' My Baby Back Home". "I've been so fortunate tohave learned so much from my past experiences. I am embraced by the love andsupport of my family and friends; I am committed to my belief in myself and in myabiding faith to meet this challenge with a heartfelt optimism and determination. This ishow I intend to deal with this current challenge in my life."


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Victoria Beckham

English pop singer, songwriter, dancer, turned fashion designer, author, businesswoman,and occasional actress and model. Mother of three children and married to super starsoccer player (footballer) David Beckham.

During her rise to fame with 1990s pop group the Spice Girls, she was dubbed PoshSpice, a nickname first coined by the British tabloid press. Since the Spice Girls followedseparate careers, Beckham has dabbled in pop music, scoring four UK Top 10 singlesas a solo artist. Her first single to be released, "Out of Your Mind", reached number twoin the UK Singles Chart and is her highest chart entry to date. During her solo musiccareer she has been signed to Virgin Records and Telstar Records. Beckham has found

more success as an internationally recognized and photographed style icon. She hashad a significant career in fashion, designing a line of jeans for Rock & Republic andlater designing her own denim brand, dVb Style. Beckham has brought out her ownrange of sunglasses and fragrance, entitled Intimately Beckham which has beenreleased in the UK and America. In association with the Japanese store, SamanthaThavasa, she has produced a range of handbags and jewelry. In addition, she hasreleased two bestselling books; one her autobiography, the other a fashion guide.

In her television ventures, she has had five official documentaries and reality showsmade about her, some of which include Being Victoria Beckham and The RealBeckhams. Her last documentary to date was Victoria Beckham: Coming to Americawhich documented her move to the United States with her family in 2007, but it waspoorly received by American critics. She since made a cameo appearance in an episode

of American TV series, Ugly Bettyand been a guest judge on Project Runway.Beckham's marriage, and career as a singer have made her the 52nd richest woman inBritain and the 619th richest person in Britain with husband David, with an estimated

joint wealth of 112 million.


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Heidi Klum

German supermodel, actress, TV presenter, fashion designer, television producer andoccasional singer. Mother of three children and married to singer Seal.

Klum has also the been the Emmy Award-nominated hostess ofProject RunwayandGermany's Next Topmodel, and is known for her modeling work with Victoria's Secret.

Klum has designed her own clothing lines (including one for infants) that were featuredin the famous German mail-order catalog "Otto." She also has designed shoesfor Birkenstock, jewellery for Mouawad, a clothing line for Jordache, and swimsuits featured in the 2002 Sports IllustratedSwimsuit Issue that, for a limited time, wereavailable for sale through her personal website. She was one of the designers ofthe Victoria's Secret lingerie line "The Body", which was named after the nickname shereceived following her first Victoria's Secret Fashion Show appearance. Germany's NextTopmodelis a German reality television show which pits contestants against each otherin a variety of competitions to determine who will win a modeling contract with IMG.Klum is also an artist and has had several of her paintings appear in various artmagazines in the U.S. On September 27, 2002 she dedicated a sculpture she paintedcalled "Dog with Butterflies" to commemorate the role of rescue dogs in the aftermath of

September 11. In 2004, Klum co-authored Heidi Klum's Body ofknowledge with Elle magazine editor Alexandra Postman. The book gives Klum'sbiography as well as her advice on becoming successful. Prior to that, Klum had beenan occasional guest columnist for the German television network RTL's website. Shehas also written an essay for the German newspaperDie Zeit. Her other projects haveincluded music and video games. She is featured in the 2004 James Bond videogame Everything or Nothing, where she plays the villain Dr. Katya Nadanova. She hasappeared in several music videos, including Jamiroquai's video "Love Foolosophy" fromtheir albumA Funk Odyssey, and Kelis's "Young, Fresh n' New," off her secondalbum Wanderland.


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Lorraine Bracco

Award-winning, American actress. Mother of two children and is single.

Bracco is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy Award-nominated, as wellas Screen Actors Guild Award-winning, American actress. She is best known for herroles as Karen Hill in Goodfellas and Dr. Jennifer Melfi on the hit HBO TV series, TheSopranos. Bracco received her big career break when offered the role as the mobster-wife Karen Hill in Goodfellas, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for BestSupporting Actress. During the audition process forThe Sopranos, Bracco had originallyvied for the lead female role of Carmela Soprano, but turned it down fearing the part wastoo similar to her role as the mob-wife in Goodfellas and that the role of mob-psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Melfi would be a new and bigger challenge for her. The role hasnetted her several award nominations, including three consecutive nominations for"Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" at the Emmy Awards in 1999, 2000 and

2001 and at the Golden Globe awards for Best TV Actress in a Drama in 2000, 2001 and2002. She is the owner of Bracco Wines, with association of straight up brands LLC Herline of wines was featured on the Season 1 finale of Bravo's show Top Chefin 2006. Sheappeared as a guest judge for the two-episode finale. On Thursday, May 24, 2007,Bracco appeared on Oprah to discuss how she conquered clinical depression and topromote her book on the subject, On the Couch.


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Dr Catherine Foley

Australian Senior Principal Research Scientist, volunteer and speaker. Mother of threechildren, marital status unknown..

Dr Cathy Foley heads a research unit at the CSIRO in Sydney, shes also the first

woman to be elected as President of the Australian Institute of Physics in its 44 yearhistory. At age 18, she had wanted to devote her life to helping people in some way. Shewas inspired by the example of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, so she wrote to the Sisters ofCharity working with Bourke's indigenous community then went to Bourke for threemonths after her HSC. "And that's where I also realized that the world is divided into twosorts of people - those who help the individuals and those that are interested in changingthe system. And I realized I was a change-the-system person. Through the CSIRO'sWomen in Science program, which ran through the 80s and 90s, Catherine spoke togirls at hundreds of schools about keeping their options open by not automaticallyshunning the sciences. She received a Public Service Medal in this year's Australia Dayhonors for her research in physics, promotion of science through a weekly ABC radioshow, TV and speaking engagements and for being a role model for women in science.

But she always believed - first as a student at St Anthony's primary school, Marsfield,and then at Santa Sabina College, Strathfield - that she would be a high school scienceteacher. Catherine studied physics, chemistry and maths for her HSC, as did her olderbrother, Bernard, who had nurtured her interest in science as a younger girl. She isinvolved in the Women In Science Inquiry Network, which was established to increasewomen's participation in the sciences. Catherine has volunteered for many committeesand community initiatives apart from Women in Science. And she is a former nationalpresident of Scientists Against Nuclear Arms. "The work that I am related to has actuallycontributed to telecommunications or to technology, which means the world is different,possibly better," she says. Catherine is now conducting a research project usingsuperconductivity to make magnetic field sensors. Dr Cathy Foley holds aSuperconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID).


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Shawnna

She is the first African American female artist signed to Def Jam through Ludacris'Disturbing tha Peace Records. Mother of two children.

Shawnna is known for her rapid fire delivery and her sexual tones. She is one of onlytwo female rappers to ever have a #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100with 2003's "StandUp" with Ludacris. Shawnna's father is prominent blues and rock and roll guitarist BuddyGuy. She is managed through Hustle Period and has started her own label M.O.E.,which stands for Money Over Everything. She was featured on the 2 Fast 2 Furioussoundtrack on the tracks "Block Reincarnated" (Shawnna feat. Kardinal Offishall) and"Slum" (I-20 feat. Shawnna). In the October 2008 Issue for XXL Magazine, in the articlefeaturing Ludacris, it is confirmed that Shawnna never left DTP.


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Elle Macpherson

Australian supermodel, actress, and businesswoman. Mother of two children and single.Macpherson became an international star through her appearances in Elle magazine.She appeared in every issue for six straight years. Eventually she gained even moreexposure through Sports Illustratedmagazines annual swimsuit issue. She appeared onthe cover a record five times, (1986, 1987, 1988, 1994 and 2006). By 1986, her

popularity had increased sufficiently forTime magazine to run a cover entitled The BigElle. The Australian government offered her a post on the tourist commission as anunofficial ambassador. In 2008, Macpherson has signed up as a global brandspokesperson for cosmetics manufacturer Revlon and has been featured in print and TVadvertising campaigns.Macpherson launched her own lingerie line called "Intimates" in1990. Since then, it became very successful in the United Kingdom and in hernative Australia. The lingerie was also modeled by the top twelve inAmerica's Next TopModelCycle 10.


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Pat Simpson

American Marketing Communications Director. Mother of two children. Marital statusunknown.

Communications Director for Parents as Teachers National Center, an internationalparent education organization based in St. Louis, Missouri, where she works to increaseawareness for and spread the word about the benefits of parent education. Her goal is toexpand the reach of early childhood messages to effectively communicate with todaysparents, specifically by integrating conventional media with new technology likeMomboTV. In her marketing role, she also bridges the gap between parents and earlychildhood professionals who tap Parents as Teachers National Center for continuingeducation. In addition to her professional background, Pat draws upon her own

experiences as a communications professional and mother of two grown children tocreate compelling and engaging messages about child development, parenting and theissues that impact families all over the world. With her conversational style, she engagesparents in the discussion of what it means to be their childs first teacher and how allparents can use a parenting guide and community to support them on their journey.She holds a degree from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.


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Florence Henderson

American actress and singer. Mother of four children and widow to Dr. John Kappas.

best known for playing the role of Carol Brady in the television program The BradyBunch, which ran from 1969 to 1974. Her most widely seen role was as "Carol Brady" inThe Brady Bunch which was produced from 1968 until 1974. A worldwide success, itcontinues to be screened in many countries through syndication. Primarily owing to herrole in the Brady Bunch, Henderson was ranked by TV Land and Entertainment Weeklymagazine as one of the 100 Greatest TV Icons. Henderson was also the spokeswomanfor Wesson cooking oil, from 1976 to 1996. During that time, she hosted a cooking showon TNN called Country Kitchen, and also did ads for Prange's, a former Wisconsindepartment store chain. Henderson co-hosted the talk show Later Todayon NBC (1999-2000) with co-hosts Jodi Applegate and Asha Blake. In 2003, Henderson seemed topoke fun at her wholesome image by appearing in a Pepsi Twist television commercialwith Ozzy Osbourne. An uncharacteristically naughty Florence can be seen on You

Tube, on stage performing a ribald version of "When You're Good to Mama" from theBroadway musical "Chicago." In the mid-1950s, Henderson was diagnosed with a bonedeformation of the inner ear, and she had to have surgery to prevent deafness.Henderson studied hypnotherapy and is a licensed therapist. In recent years she hasbeen a supporter of the Sisters of St. Benedict in Ferdinand, Indiana; one of the Sisterswas her teacher when she was young. She has appeared in a number of theirpromotional videos and has helped in fund-raising efforts. She has won money for theSisters on the game show Weakest Link and on a classic-television-themed episode ofMillionaire in 2001, winning $32,000 in their name. She will be seen in the upcomingcomedy Venus and Vegas is a fun naughty character.


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LaShanda Henry

Founder and creator of online blogs, and resources such as Multiple Shades of Yousub-site for Black moms called Mahogany Momma. Mother of one child and married toMr. Henry.

Henry has been developing black websites for years now, but after her son my area ofinterest shifted to content for Black Moms. Even though shes a new mom, as aneducational counselor for four years / Black Internet Researcher for almost 8 years, Ihave a WEALTH of Black Parenting Information to share. Her multitude of online wealthfor the Black community also includes, Afrocentric Learning Tools. Highlighting productsand services that aim to educate Black Students and promote the development ofMulticultural educational tools. The site includes lesson plan ideas, product reviews,news and resources for Black parents, Educators of Black Students, and AfricanAmerican Homeschoolers. Also creator of SistaSense eBussines Blog, a series of WebBusiness Howto Guides, BBWO (Black Business Women Online) Network forProfessional Black Women and the Web Newbie Know How Coaching Program, Black

Social Network http://sistapreneurs.ning.com.


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Leah Remini

American actress. Mother of one child and married to actor Angelo Pagan.

Best known for her role as Carrie Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens.She had several guest appearances on shows such as Evening Shade, Diagnosis:Murder, NYPD Blue and Friends (in the Season 1 episode "The One With The Birth" ).She originally auditioned for the part of "Monica Geller" but did not get the role andinstead was considered for the role of Rachel Green. Remini has starred in an onlinenine-episode MSN web series, In The Motherhood, along with Chelsea Handler andJenny McCarthy. The show was based on being a mother, and users could submit theirstories to have it made into real webisodes. On July 19, 2003 she married actor AngeloPagan. This was aired on the VH1 series Inside Out. On June 16, 2004, she gave birthto a daughter, Sofia Bella a day after her 34th birthday. This was chronicled on the VH1documentary Inside Out: Leah Remini the Baby Special. Remini was also showcased onThe Rachael Ray Showduring a period of time she was trying to wean her child off

pacifiers and drinking from a bottle.

Donna Maria Coles Johnson, Esq

Founder & CEO of Indie Business Media, LLC. Mother of two children and married to Mr.Johnson.

Donna publishes a blog, books, magazines and host a Indie Business Radio show tohelp women and families successfully manage home and business, withoutcompromising either. I am the founder and president of the Indie Beauty Network, amembership based trade organization providing business services to 700+ cosmeticsmanufacturers nationwide. I am also the Work at Home Network Director for Mocha


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Moms, Inc., a non-profit organization supporting women of color who have exited thetraditional work force to be more available to their families while their children are young.

Faith Hill

American country singer. Mother of three children and married to country super starsinger Tim McGraw.

known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star TimMcGraw. Hill has been honored by the Country Music Association, the Academy ofCountry Music, the Grammy Awards, the American Music Awards and the People's

Choice Awards. Her Soul2Soul II Tour 2006 with husband McGraw became the highest-grossing country tour of all time. In 2001 she was named one of the "30 Most PowerfulWomen in America" by Ladies Home Journal. The title track, "Breathe", reached numbertwo on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "The Way You Love Me" hit the top ten as well,topping out at number six on the charts, and became one of the longest running singlesin the history of the Billboard Hot 100 (57 weeks). The album won Hill three GrammyAwards including Best Country Album, Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for Let'sMake Love featuring Tim McGraw and Best Country Female Vocal Performance for"Breathe". It also marked a step away from her girl-next-door image, as the videos andpromotional pictures all portrayed a much sexier image. Breathe has sold almost 10million copies worldwide.Hill used her 1999 tour to support a national children's bookdrive. Fans who donated books at one of her concerts were entered into a drawing to

meet her personally after the show. The effort resulted in the donation of 35,000children's books, which were distributed to hospitals, schools, libraries, and daycarecenters in 40 cities across the United States. In the days immediately followingHurricane Katrina, Hill and her husband, who was raised in Louisiana, joined groupstaking supplies to Gulfport, Mississippi. The two also hosted several charity concerts tobenefit those who were displaced by the storm. In 2006 Hill and husband Tim McGrawembarked on their Soul2Soul II Tour 2006. The tour became the highest grossingcountry music tour ever with a gross of $90 million. It was named "Major Tour of theYear" by the prestigious Pollstar Magazine, beating out such heavyweights as Madonna


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and the Rolling Stones. In a special gesture, the couple donated all of the profits fromtheir performance in New Orleans to Hurricane Katrina relief.Annie Lennox is workingwith Faith Hill and twenty-two other female artists to raise the awareness of thetransmission of HIV to unborn children in Africa. "Sing", which Hill collaborated on, wasreleased on World Aids Day on December 1, 2007, when Lennox appeared at the nextNelson Mandela 46664 concert in South Africa.

Kathy Miller-Kramer

American columnist, Beauty Director for National Magazines, Designer ofInvisibelt.Mother of one child and married to Mr. Jeff Kramer.

A former beauty director ar Rosie and Lifetime Magazine and regularly contributes toShape Magazine. Developed the Invisibeltout of personal need, due to pants that arealways too big and need a belt with no buckle.

Dr. Katy Rodan

M.D., co-developer of Proactiv Solution, is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor,Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine. Mother of two children andmarried to MBA (who is Rodan and Fields's manager) Amnon Rodan.

Dr. Rodan's professional goal is to educate the public about skin diseases and cosmeticissues, and create products that effectively and aesthetically treat common dermatologic


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conditions. A well-recognized expert in her field, Dr. Rodan has been interviewed andquoted in many national magazines,Including Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Self,McCall's,Allure, Teen, Cosmogirl, Oprah, Redbook, Mirabella, Elle andReader's Digest. She was featured in First Magazine for Women,"Secrets of the Beauty Docs" (July 1996) and in Harper's Bazaar, "Five Hot Derms"(April 1998). She is a guest medical correspondent for KRON-TV News, the NBC affiliate

in San Francisco, and has appeared on national television shows, such as The MontelWilliams Show, Barbara Walters' The View, and Later Today. In addition, Dr. Rodan hasbeen included in Best Doctors in America. Dr. Rodan received her undergraduate degreein history from the University of Virginia and her medical degree from the University ofSouthern California School of Medicine in Los Angeles. She completed her internship atLos Angeles County Hospital and her residency in dermatology at Stanford UniversitySchool of Medicine, where she was appointed Chief Resident. She is a member ofnumerous professional societies, including the American Academy of Dermatology, theAmerican Society of Dermatologic Surgery and the California Medical Association. Shealso holds a hospital appointment at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, CA. Dr. Rodan hasauthored or co-authored articles about dermatologic conditions and treatments for theconditions in journals such as theArchives in Dermatologyand the Journal of

Investigative Dermatology. In addition, she has given numerous presentations andlectures with an emphasis on skin and hair care. Before she was on TV simultaneouslycuring your acne and insomnia with Proactiv, Dr. Katie Rodan was a highly respecteddermatologist -- clinically, academically, and in research. A perfect blend of intelligence,experience, and bedside manner, Dr. Rodan listens and cares. If you need adermatologist, she is my #1 recommendation.

Monica Calavitta

Monica is a mother of 9 children. Her oldest child starts at 17, trickling down to 15, 13,11, 10, 7, 4, 3, all the way to one on the way in 2007. So, now 10 kids? Monica is ahomemaker and has been married to husband Sam, a schoolteacher, for 18 years.Along with family, sports activities a big part of the Calavitta clan. Monica loves to run,


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and every year, the family puts on a full-fledged wrestling camp in Montana. She finishedLong Beach Marathon (26.2 miles) in 5 hours, 36 minutes.

Sarah Jessica Parker

American actress and producer, with a portfolio of television, film,and theater performances. Mother of one child and married to actor Matthew Broderick.

She is best known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw, a columnist, onthe HBO television series Sex and the City, for which she won four Golden GlobeAwards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Emmy Awards. She played the samerole in the feature film version of the show, which was released on May 30, 2008. Asequel is also in early talks for 2009. She also has three fragrances out, Lovely, Covetand Covet Full Bloom. She has also become the face of many of the world's biggestfashion brands through her work in a variety of advertising campaigns. In August 2003,Parker signed a highly lucrative deal with Garnier to appear in television andprint advertising promoting their Nutrisse hair products. After her multi-million dollarcontract with the Gap was terminated, she rebounded by joining the ranks of J-Lo, ParisHilton and Joan Collins by marketing herself and coming out with her own perfume, forwhich she is being paid in the seven figure range. Manolo Blahnik named a shoe in herhonor, the SJP. Has received eight consecutive Golden Globe nominations from theHollywood Foreign Press; the first seven were for Actress in a TV Comedy for her workon "Sex and the City" (1998) and her eighth was for Actress in a Motion Picture -Comedy for The Family Stone (2005). Has a clothing line, Bitten. A member of theHollywood Women's Political Committee. campaign spokesperson and GoodwillAmbassador for UNICEF.


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Erin Henderson

American writer, Advocate for Adoption, blogger. Mother of 11 children (3 biological), andmarried to Josh Henderson.

In this Aug. 11, 2008 file photo Erin Henderson, left, poses with adopted Ethiopianchildren Solomon, second from left, and Belane, third from left, along with her husbandJoshua at top, and the rest of their 11 children, two of whom are HIV-positive adopteesfrom Ethiopia. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac).

Vannessa L. Williams


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American singer-songwriter and actress. Mother of four children and ex wife of formerNBA Player and actor Nick Fox.

Williams made history on September 17, 1983 when she became the first womanof African American descent to be crowned Miss America. Williams' reign as MissAmerica came to an abrupt end when scandal led to her subsequent resignation of the

title. Williams rebounded by launching a career as an entertainer,earning Grammy, Emmy, and Tony award nominations. She is also well-known for heroutspoken support of gay rights, having won the Human Rights Campaign "Ally forEquality" award in 2008. In Williams' career, she was initially known simply as "VanessaWilliams". However, there is occasionally confusion or conflicts with similarly-namedactress Vanessa A. Williams, who first came to national notice when she appeared in thefirst season ofMelrose Place. Williams has appeared in advertisements for RadioShack. She is a spokes model for Proactiv Solution, and was the first black spokesmodelfor LOral cosmetics in the late 1990's. Her other media appearances includeendorsing Crest Rejuvenating Effects Toothpaste, appearing on Who Wants to be aMillionaire in 2000 as a contestant, endorsing Disneyland and Universal Studios in aVisitCalifornia advert for the UK and Ireland 2008, and hosting the 6th Annual 2008 TV

Land Awards show.

Dr. Kathy A. Fields

American M.D., co-developer of Proactiv Solution, is a Stanford-trained, board-certifieddermatologist. Mother of two children and married to a Periodontist, Garry Ryant.

Dr. Fields practice of medical and surgical dermatology encompasses the treatment ofdisorders of the skin, hair, and nails, including the excision of benign and malignant skin


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growth. Well-recognized in her specialty, Dr. Fields is a consultant for numerouspublications and has been quoted in many magazinesincluding Glamour, Self, McCalls,Allure, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, and GoodHousekeeping. She is a consultant for KRON-TV, Channel 4 News in San Francisco anda Beauty & Skin Consultant for Nordstrom stores. She has also appeared on The Viewwith Barbara Walters and other national affiliates. As an authority on skin disease and

aging, a significant portion of Dr. Fields practice is devoted to cosmetic dermatology andhelping patients who wish to minimize the appearance of the adverse effects of sunexposure. She performs collagen and botox treatments, skin peels, and sclerotherapy ofleg veins, as well as laser surgery and liposuction. As an expert in her profession, Dr.Fields has been written up in Whos Who in American Women andAmerican Business inaddition to making personal appearances on The Discovery Channel. Dr. Fields is anational lecturer to her peers on the subject of acne, botox injections, liposuction, agingskin, as well as cancer and breakthrough dermatology. Dr. Fields attended the Universityof Miami School of Medicine and did her residency at Stanford University. She is anAssociate Clinical Professor of Dermatology at UCSF and a fellow of the AmericanAcademy of Dermatology.

Julie Hehn

American Educator, Mother of 27 children (3 biological), and married to Librarian RichHehn.

Hehn, a 53-year-old 3rd

grade elementary school teacher, has 27 children, 19 of themadopted from Ethiopia and five adopted from the U.S. As someone who once dreamedof running an orphanage, this busy mom says children are the best gift of all. The threeoldest are Julies biological children. Julies first husband, Dennis Erickson died fromheart problems, leaving her widowed with 11 children. Rich married her with all of thechildren and theyve since adopted 11 more.


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Nadia McCaffrey

American Activist, Speaker and Founder ofJourney to Peace and Patrick McCaffreyFoundation. Mother of one child and married to Bob McCaffrey.

Since her sons (Patrick McCaffrey) June death in an ambush outside the big Americanmilitary base at Balad, Nadia McCaffrey has appeared at dozens of peace rallies, anti-war vigils and ceremonies for other soldiers killed in action. Along with a handful of otherparents whose sons and daughters have died in Iraq, McCaffrey dedicated herself to theanti-war movement. His death received national attention after Nadia invited the press toSacramento International Airport to record images of this flag-draped coffin returninghome, contravening U.S. Military policy and president Bushs ban on the filming of U.S.Soldiers coffins returning home from Iraq. A military investigation has found that Iraqitroops being trained by American forces killed two California National Guard soldiers two

years ago during a patrol north of Baghdad, an Army spokesman said Tuesday.(National Guard Spc. Patrick R. McCaffrey Sr., 34, of Tracy (A father of two children,McCaffrey was a manager with a Silicon Valley collision repair company ) and 1st Lt.Andre D. Tyson, 33, of Riverside were killed in June 2004 by the Iraqis as they walked inthe farmland outside of the town of Balad, about 50 miles from the capital.) McCaffrey isa co-founderwith Mother Sheehan of the Gold Star Families For Peace. Nadia is aCoordinator for Gold Stars Speak, Speakers Bureau, a Peaceful Pro-PeopleOrganization that works with Gold Stars Mothers(Mothers who have lost a Son in theIraq War) They are working actively to bring our troops home and to stop the war. In lateDecember, she went to the Middle East, traveling to Jordan with a humanitarian aiddelegation sponsored by the San Francisco organization, Global Exchange. The group

distributed $600,000 in humanitarian aid for victims of American military actions inFallouja. Building on her own history of near-death experience, Nadia has worked foryears as a hospice caregiver, comforting the dying. Ten years ago she set up a non-profit organization called Angel Staff (www.angelstaff.org) to provide caregiverassistance and emotional support for people who were dying. She communicates by e-mail with an international network of people who are involved in hospice care. Now thisgroup calls and e-mails to give her emotional support. She has had herself, two neardeath experiences. Journey to Peace features the personal outreach of NadiaMcCaffrey. Nadia will share that healing with all who see it and allow us to follow her onthis journey to peace. She has since traveled through Europe conducting interviews inParis with FRANCE3 TV and radio, and ARTE CHANNELS TV (EU). In the US, sheinterviewed with Good Morning America, The Todays Show, The Paula Zanh Show, TheAaron Brown Show, MSNBC, CNBC, Democracy Now TV, Morning on 2, and CNN. Herstory has been told through documentaries, radio shows, and in magazines (such asVanity Fair) and newspapers. She has appeared on the front page of USA TODAY(twice), and the Washington Post, Newsweek. Nadia spent 23 days in Belgium and 10days in Jordan, meeting with magazine, newspaper, radio, and TV media outlets. Hermessage is sympathy, compassion and peace as the means to ending the immorality ofthe U.S. Invasion and occupation of Iraq. In 2006 she started a nonprofit 501c3 PatrickMcCaffrey Foundation or Veterans Village as a National not for profit corporation: The


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mission of Patrick McCaffreys Foundation is to promote mental and holistic wellnessand palliative care among veterans returning from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan,especially those suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), by providing alive-in retreat village, wherein with the help of trained professional staff and volunteers,veterans will find inner healing and an eventual re-entry into society. One on One

attention and Home-Like Care, a second Home. She has engaged in public speaking forover 10 years and film documentary on the Near-Death Experience, made by a Germanfilm company was released in 2003 in English and German language, for Europeantelevision viewing, the film is based on Dr PMH Atwaters research.

Helen Hunt

American Emmy-, Golden Globe-, and Academy Award-winning actress & director.Mother of one child and single.

Best known for her role in the television sitcom Mad About Youand her Academy Award-winning role in As Good As It Gets. She has starred in several Hollywood films,including Twister, Cast Away, What Women Want, and Pay It Forward. In 1998 Hunt wonan Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Carol Connelly, a waitress andsingle mother who finds herself falling in love with Melvin Udall, an obsessive-compulsive romance novelist played by Jack Nicholson in the movie Hunt is a director,having helmed several episodes ofMad About You, including the series finale. Her big-

screen directorial debut came with the film Then She Found Me, in which she alsostarred. She currently owns a production company with Connie Tavel, Hunt/TavelProductions under Sony Pictures Entertainment. Hunt has been recognized extensivelyin her career. In 1998 she joined Liza Minnelli and Helen Mirren as the three actresses towin a Golden Globe Award, an Academy Award and an Emmy Award in the same year.Hunt was nominated for an Emmy Award for lead actress in a comedy seven years in arow, from 1993 through 1999, winning in the last four years. She is the only actress tohave won four consecutive Emmys and four Blockbuster Entertainment Awards.


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Meow Yee

Project Executive, Business Development, in IBMs Systems & Technology Group,Volunteer, President and co-founder of theAsian Women Leadership Network. Mother oftwo children and married to

She has responsibility for growing IBMs mainframe business in the emerging countries,Brazil, Russia, India and China. In her prior position, she has responsibility fordeveloping and executing the Global Engineering units inorganic growth strategy, whichincluded assessing candidate companies for acquisitions and alliances, developing andmanaging partner relationships. She had lead responsibility for the Asia Pacific region,with a focus on China. In her previous position, Ms. Yee was the Project Executive forAsian Initiatives, in Corporate Communications. She led and managed a groundbreaking project to drive new levels of collaboration across multiple global companies toshare best practices around business in the Asian marketplace and leveraging Asiantalent, which included a benchmarking study. In her prior position, Ms. Yee led effortsacross multiple business units to deliver IBMs On Demand Business Strategy in 2003

and 2004. While in the IBM Software Group, Ms. Yee was the Program Director,Business Intelligence Product Marketing, with worldwide marketing and strategyresponsibilities for the entire portfolio of BI products, which included delivering severalnew product releases as well as the launch of a brand new software product into themarketplace worldwide. She has managed IBMs relationships with several keybusiness partners. While in the Corporate CIO office, Ms. Yee was responsible forestablishing a corporate wide strategy and architecture for information management anddata warehousing, developed and delivered information delivery tools for worldwide useat IBM. Ms. Yee has been recognized within IBM with numerous excellence awards fordelivering millions of dollars of savings and benefits to the corporation.Ms. Yee is an IBM Certified Executive Project Manager and a Project ManagementInstitute certified Project Management Professional. She received the National Women

of Color Technology All Star awardin October 2004, in recognition of her many technicalachievements. In June 2007, she was awarded the Salute to Women and Racial JusticeTechnology Awardfrom the YWCA White Plains and Central Westchester. Recently, shereceived the Presidents Volunteer Service Award. Ms. Yee is actively involved inprograms to encourage girls' interest in science and engineering. She is the Presidentand co-founder of theAsian Women Leadership Network, a nation wide network, withmembers from multiple corporations. Ms. Yee graduated from Imperial College,University of London, England, with a Master of Science degree, in Computer Science,and a Bachelors of Science degree majoring in math (Second Upper Honors) and a


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Diploma of Education from University Malaya, Malaysia. She speaks English, Malay andthe Chinese dialects of Mandarin, Cantonese and Hakka, and some German.

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