Improving the lives of women and girls through education, opportunity, health, and leadership development.
Our dedication to respecting and protecting women’s rights in all countries must continue if we are to achieve a peaceful, prosperous, and stable world.
–Mrs. Laura Bush
Societies, families, communities, and countries thrive when women and girls hold equal and active roles.
The Bush Institute works to support the women around the world who are building stronger communities and driving us toward a more peaceful world by developing policies and research that advance women’s leadership and spotlight their stories.
From local advocates to global first ladies, we work to advance the impact of women leaders.
Program Manager, Global PolicyGeorge W. Bush Institute
Paula J. Dobriansky, Chair
Former Under Secretary of State, Democracy and Global Affairs; Senior Fellow, The Future of Diplomacy Project, Kennedy School, Harvard University
Leanne Caret
President and CEO, Boeing Defense, Space & Security, Boeing
Connie Duckworth
Founder, Chairman, and CEO, ARZU
Joanna Grossman
Ellen K. Solender Endowed Chair in Women and the Law; Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law
Kathy Hubbard
Co-Founder, Bridges of Understanding Foundation
Karen Hughes
Former Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Principal, Message Matters
Anita McBride
Executive-in-Residence, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, School of Public Affairs, American University
Meghan O’Sullivan
Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs; Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project, Kennedy School, Harvard University
