Speakers

Harriet (Hattie) Babbitt is an attorney in Washington, D.C. She is vice chair of the World Resources Institute (WRI ) and of the Global Water Challenge (GWC), and serves on the boards of The Water Initiative (TWI), the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University (ISD), and Population Action International (PAI). From 1997 to 2001 Babbitt served as Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development and from 1993-1997 served at the Department of State as U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States. Ambassador Babbitt also served as a Senior Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center.