Diana Rowan Rockefeller is a philanthropist and activist. focusing on women’s economic, educational and social equity issues, Ms. Rowan Rockefeller served for fourteen years on the Rockefeller Family Fund in New York. She is Founder and Chair of Afghan Women Leaders CONNECT, founded in 2001, which for thirteen years supported Afghan women NGO leaders rebuilding their country through health, educational and legal aid programs (www.afghanwomenconnect.org) Ms. Rowan Rockefeller served on the U.S. Afghan Women’s Council since its inception at the U.S. State Department and has taken part in delegations to Afghanistan. She is a current member of the Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council at the Council on Foreign Relations and served for two years as New York Leadership Circle Co-Chair of Women for Women International, which supports women survivors of war in eight countries. She has been also been active with the Tibetan struggle for human rights and cultural survival, and has hosted His Holiness the Dalai Lama on behalf of the International Campaign for Tibet. She has worked as a management development consultant for Fortune 500 companies and the U.S. government, as an editor for The Atlantic magazine, and as a writer for international publications. She holds a B.A. with honors, and an M.A. from the University of Chicago. She has also received an Honorary Doctorate for Humanitarian Services from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island.