• President Update

  Our International Women’s Forum stands in agreement as we mourn the loss of our beloved honorary member Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  Many of us recall spirited discussions with her at the Supreme Court. She was a hero, a believer in the rule of law, a woman of a certain stature, a force to be reckoned with, a lawyer, a jurist, but most of all, a leader who revelled in the promise of the next generation.

  The first time I ever spoke with Justice Ginsburg, I was paying tribute to Judge John Garrett Penn after his portrait was placed in the ceremonial courtroom of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Imagine, you are a seasoned lawyer, but by no means beyond being starstruck by a woman Supreme Court Justice.  She crosses the room to tell you how touched she was by your remarks and you go from starstruck to silent. Thinking back, she was all the things that truly mattered: vocal when her voice was needed, gracious, strong, and focused on making a difference for women. It is a treasured memory of time with an icon.

  We live in a time where in the blink of a moment, the status quo can immeasurably change. Just going to sleep and awaking the next day is a blessing and a challenge all in the same moment. But we have a legacy and a path that has been forged by women who not only blazed the trail but came back to make sure others could find the way. At IWF-DC, the legacy of RBG places a torch in each of our hands so that we can lead others onward. We will all strive to be known as a ‘notorious’ woman.

  Kim

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  Hilary Falk

  New Member

  National Wildlife Federation Chief Program Officer Hilary Falk leads all conservation and education programs. She previously held the position of Vice President for Regional Conservation, where she led the organization’s seven regional offices with a focus on regional growth and strategic plan implementation. Before these national roles, Falk led the National Wildlife Federation’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Center including programs on wildlife conservation, coastal resiliency, water policy, greenhouse gas reduction, and education. She is an expert in large-scale ecosystem restoration and coalition building. She created and directed the Choose Clean Water Coalition, a 230-member advocacy organization focused on protecting the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

  Falk is a champion for women’s leadership and advancing equity in the conservation movement. She was selected as a 2016-2017 fellow with the International Women's Forum and co-chairs the National Wildlife Federation’s Women in Conservation Leadership Advisory Council.
  Prior to her work at the National Wildlife Federation, she was a Senior Policy Analyst at the Northeast-Midwest Institute, focusing on large-scale ecosystem restoration of the Upper Mississippi River, Chesapeake Bay, and Delaware River. She started her career as an educator at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
  She has an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science from Franklin and Marshall College and received her Masters of Science in Natural Resources from the University of Vermont. Falk was selected as a Switzer Foundation Environmental Fellow in 2005. Her master’s thesis focused on participatory computer modeling for complex environmental decision making. Falk received a Tribute to Women and Industry award from the YWCA in 2014. Her passion for her work stems from a childhood spent exploring the edges of the Chesapeake Bay.

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