WHCWG on Fem2pt0
Check out the current discussion about how we can keep the Obama Administration accountable to the goals of the WHCWG: http://fem2pt0.wetpaint.com/thread/2566960/White+House+Council+on+Women+and+Girls

Questions/Next Steps

1. What is the best way we can hold the WHCWG accountable to its mission and goals?
2. Would you support a public meeting(s) of the Council?
3. What would you like to see the Council take on in its second year (as its first year goals have been outlined)?
4. What would make this WHCWG page better?

Feel free to place the answers to these questions on the discussion board by adding to the thread above or by creating a new one.

About the Council
The White House Council for Women and Girls (WHCWG) is chaired by Valerie Jarrett, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor, and will include as members cabinet-level federal agencies. The Executive Director of the Council will be Tina Tchen, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Public Liaison at the White House. The mission of the Council will be to provide a coordinated federal response to the challenges confronted by women and girls and to ensure that all Cabinet and Cabinet-level agencies consider how their policies and programs impact women and families.

During its first year, the Council will also focus on the following areas:

• Improving women’s economic security by ensuring that each of the agencies is working to directly improve the economic status of women.
• Working with each agency to ensure that the administration evaluates and develops policies that establish a balance between work and family.
• Working hand-in-hand with the Vice President, the Justice Department’s Office of Violence Against Women and other government officials to find new ways to prevent violence against women, at home and abroad.
• Finally, the critical work of the Council will be to help build healthy families and improve women’s health care.

Current Members of the Council*

The Secretary of State	Hillary Rodham Clinton
The Secretary of the Treasury	Timothy F.Geithner
The Secretary of Defense	Robert M. Gates
The Attorney General	Eric H. Holder, Jr.
The Secretary of Interior	Kenneth L.Salazar
The Secretary of Agriculture	Thomas J.Vilsack
The Secretary of Commerce	Secretary-designate Gary F. Locke
The Secretary of Labor	Hilda L. Solis
The Secretary of Health and Human Services	Open
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Shaun L.S.Donovan
The Secretary of Transportation	Raymond L.LaHood
The Secretary of Energy	Steven Chu
The Secretary of Education	Arne Duncan
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Eric K. Shinseki
The Secretary of Homeland Security	Janet A.Napolitano
The United States Ambassador to the United Nations#	Susan Rice
The United States Trade Representative#	Ambassador-designate Ronald Kirk
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Peter R. Orszag
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency#	Lisa P. Jackson
The Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Acting Administrator Darryl Hairston
The Director of the Office of Personnel Management	Acting Director Kathie Ann Whipple
The Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors#	ChristinaRomer
The Director of the National Economic Council	Lawrence H. Summers
The Director of the Domestic Policy Council	Melody Barnes

*I have left out the titles of the cabinet to save space. Secretary Designate indicates those unconfirmed by the US Senate.
# Cabinet Rank Positions
Source: The White House Office of the Press Secretary