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Abby Maxman joined Oxfam America as president and CEO in 2017. With more than 30 years of experience in international humanitarian relief and development, she brings a strategic focus on addressing the policies and systems that perpetuate global poverty. Maxman has particular experience in gender and power in social change; humanitarian preparedness and response; and organizational development, behavior and culture. Throughout her career she has also focused on prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse within the aid sector, and currently plays an important role within the Oxfam Confederation and among US-based NGOs to improve safeguarding practices. Prior to joining Oxfam, Maxman served as Deputy Secretary General of CARE International in Geneva, providing leadership across the CARE confederation. She previously served as Vice President of International Programs and Operations for CAREUSA, and in other country and regional leadership roles in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. Before CARE, Maxman had assignments with the U.S. Peace Corps, German Agency for Technical Cooperation, UN World Food Programme, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She has a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science from Colorado College and a Masters of International Administration from The School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Born in 1948, Havana, Cuba. Education Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME: Bachelor of Art, 1977 Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT: Master of Fine Arts, 1981Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME: Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, 1997 Present Positions Professor of Photography Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA Alturas Foundation Artist-in-Residence, south Texas, 2008-2009 Happy and Bob Doran Artist-in-Residence, Yale University Art Gallery,New Haven, CT, 2008-2009. Awards 2006 The Decordova Museum Rappaport Prize 1995 St Botolph's Club Foundation Award 1994 New England Foundation for the Arts Fellowship 1993 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship 1992 Cintas Foundation Fellowship

Abigail Garner is a writer, speaker and educator who is dedicated to a future of equality for LGBT families and communities. She speaks from her own experience of having a gay dad who came out to her when she was five years old. Bringing voice to a population of children that is often overlooked, Abigail has been featured on CNN, *ABC World News Tonight*, and National Public Radio. She is the author of the Lambda Literary Finalist, *Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is* (2004). She is currently completing her master's degree in Organizational Leadership at the College of St. Catherine with a certificate in dispute resolution from Hamline University. Upon completion of her degree in 2009, her goal is to secure a position in a grant-making foundation or a not-for-profit organization.

Abigail Thernstrom a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute in New York and the vice-chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. She also serves on the board of advisors of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and was a member of the Massachusetts state Board of Education for eleven years. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Government, Harvard University, in 1975. She is also a recipient of the prestigious 2007 Bradley Prize for Outstanding Intellectual Achievement. She is currently completing a new book: *Voting Rights and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections* (2009). She serves on several boards: the Center for Equal Opportunity and the Institute for Justice, among others. From 1992 to 1997 was a member of the Aspen Institute's Domestic Strategy Group. President Clinton chose her as one of three authors to participate in his first "town meeting" on race in Akron, Ohio, on December 3, 1997, and she was part of a small group that met with the President again in the Oval Office on December 19th.

Abigail is Connecticut Public's housing reporter, covering statewide housing developments and issues, with an emphasis on Fairfield County communities.

Abner S. Greene has taught at Fordham Law School since 1994. He was awarded Teacher of the Year in 2002. He currently teaches First Amendment, Federal Courts, Administrative Law, and Criminal Law. New York University Press published his book *Understanding the 2000 Election: A Guide to the Legal Battles that Decided the Presidency*. Professor Greene has published widely on constitutional law, primarily the First Amendment, in the *Yale Law Journal*, *Columbia Law Review*, *University of Chicago Law Review*, *Vanderbilt Law Review*, and the *Supreme Court Review*, among other places. He graduated *magna cum laude* from Yale College and *summa cum laude* from Michigan Law School, and then clerked for Chief Judge Patricia M. Wald of the D.C. Circuit and Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court.

“You & Julia” is a series that celebrates the legacy of Julia Child. Top chefs share their favorite stories, recipes, kitchen hacks, and other culinary tasks that they learned from the unforgettable chef, exploring how her contributions to the culinary world still resonate with cooking today. In the spirit of Julia, we encourage viewers to “be fearless, and above all have fun” by following along at home.

**Dr. Abraar Karan** practices internal medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He is also part of the Howard Hiatt Residency in Global Health Equity. His primary interest is in understanding how we stop emerging infectious disease epidemics. Since February 2020, he has been working on COVID-19 response at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Ada Cohen is a professor of Art History and an Israel Evans professor in Oratory and Belles Lettres at Dartmouth College. Her research has focused on the era of Alexander the Great and the impact of Alexander's imagery. She has also worked on topics in Near Eastern and prehistoric art; sexuality and the construction of pictorial identity; travel and landscape; as well as the depiction of childhood and the family in ancient art. Her current book project is titled "He pais kalé":Beauty, Ugliness, and the Ancient Greek Woman. Image: [Dartmouth Directory](https://home.dartmouth.edu/faculty-directory/ada-cohen)

Ferrer graduated from Vassar College with an AB degree in English. She holds a Master’s in History from University of Texas at Austin and a PhD in History from the University of Michigan. She has taught at New York University since 1995, where she is currently the Julius Silver Professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

Adam Babich teaches environmental law and directs the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic. Before joining the Tulane faculty, Adam was a Chicago-based litigator whose practice emphasized environmental and insurance-related disputes. He has also served as an environmental enforcement lawyer for the Colorado Attorney General, as adjunct attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund, as editor-in-chief of the Environmental Law Reporter, and as a judicial law clerk for the Colorado Supreme Court. He has taught at Georgetown University Law Center, American University, and the University of Denver and has an extensive publications record.