October 12, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LCWINS Announces Independent Nonprofit Status and New Additions to Its Leadership

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Three years after its founding, the Leadership Council for Women in National Security (LCWINS) has transitioned its status to an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, effective July 1, 2022. Before this transition, LCWINS operated under the fiscal sponsorship of the Pacific Council on International Policy.  

“We are proud of the impact LCWINS has achieved since its original conception and we’re grateful to the Pacific Council for their support of our founders’ idea and subsequent growth. This first year of independent operations is an important step toward the sustainability of our mission to advance gender parity in senior national security and foreign policy leadership,” said Emily Perkins, Executive Director of LCWINS.

Along with this milestone, LCWINS is pleased to welcome two new leaders.  

• Leanne Caret joins the Honorary Advisory Committee, a core group of national security and foreign policy leaders whose experience in the most senior ranks of the U.S. government offers LCWINS invaluable advice and perspectives. Caret recently announced her retirement after nearly 35 years with The Boeing Company where she most recently served as executive vice president and a member of the company’s Executive Council after leading Boeing Defense, Space & Security as President and CEO for more than six years.
• ‍Algene Sajery joins the Board of Directors. A seasoned foreign policy and national security expert, Sajery previously served on the LCWINS Executive Committee prior to the organization’s independence. She is Founder and CEO of Catalyst Global Strategies, a strategic advisory firm providing bespoke public affairs, government relations, business development, commercial diplomacy, and DEIA services.

LCWINS Chair ShellyO’Neill Stoneman said, “It is an honor to welcome these incredibly talented women to LCWINS. I’m excited to work with them to augment the mission and impact of this important organization.”

As LCWINS embraces its new independence, these exceptional women join their peers in a commitment to supporting LCWINS’ timely work of building a bipartisan community that strengthens U.S. national security through diverse and inclusive leadership.

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 The Leadership Council for Women in National Security improves national security by ensuring that women, in all their diversity, have equal space at the policy-making table. LCWINS is an organization of women and allies from across the political spectrum working to advance gender inclusion at the highest levels of the U.S. national security and foreign policy workforce.

‍For more information, contact: Press@lcwins.org  |  703-795-1929