Maureen White
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Patricia Maureen White, more commonly known as Maureen White,[1] is a specialist in international humanitarian affairs and a fundraiser for the American Democratic Party.[2] She is a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies,[3] where she runs a program on conflict and humanitarian crisis.[4] She has written extensively about humanitarian and migration issues for the SAIS Review of International Affairs.[5]
White received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Holyoke College and a Master of Arts degree from the London School of Economics.[1]
Career
Early career
She worked in international economic research in New York City (First Boston Corporation), Tokyo (Nomura Research Institute) and London (Royal Institute for International Affairs). At the time of her marriage in 1986, she was an assistant vice president at the First Boston Corporation.[1] Early in her career, White worked for a Japanese TV agency.[6]
International affairs
White represented the U.S. Government at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) during the second term of the Clinton Administration, from 1997 to 2001.[7][8]
She was appointed as senior advisor on humanitarian issues to Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke in the State Department's Office of the Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan. She traveled extensively in both countries dealing with needs of people who were displaced as a result of conflict and natural disaster."[9] She served from 2009 to 2013.
White is now a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C.[10]
Organizational boards
White serves on the boards of a number of organizations, including the National Democratic Institute (NDI),[11] the International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC),[8] Refugees International, The Center for Global Development, the American Academy in Berlin, and the Women's Foreign Policy Group.[12]
She has served on the board of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) since 1995,[11][13] rotating off during her terms of government service. Her roles with the IRC have included:
- 1990s: Traveled to Bosnia and Kosovo to monitor conditions.
- 2001-2004: Served as chair of the Post Conflict Development Committee.
- 2004-2009: Served as chair of the IRC Overseers.
- 2008: Served on the Commission on Iraqi Refugees, traveling on an investigatory mission to Syria and Jordan.
She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Atlantic Institute and the Middle East Institute.[9]
Political fundraising and finance
White has held positions as finance chair for the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2006[14][15] and as finance co-chair for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.[2] She has been involved in fundraising for her 2016 presidential campaign as well.[16]
White and her husband, Steven Rattner, have contributed to and raised millions of dollars for the Democratic Party and the campaigns of Democratic candidates. They have been called "D.N.C.'s A.T.M."[17]