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Charlotte (Charlie) Ponticelli
Charlotte (Charlie) Ponticelli was appointed Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues at the U.S.
Department of State on April 7, 2003. The o ffice serves as the focal point for the development and
implementation of the pro-women foreign policy agenda, and reports directly to the Under Secretary of State
for Democracy and Global A ffairs. Prior to assuming her current position, Ms. Ponticelli served as Deputy Senior
Coordinator for International Women’s Issues. Before coming to the Department in September 2002, she was
Director of Lectures and Seminars at the Heritage Foundation.
Ms. Ponticelli has extensive government experience, serving previously at the White House (Director of
Congressional Correspondence in the Offi ce of Legislative A ffairs), the U.S. Agency for International
Development (Congressional Liaison Offi cer for Latin America and the Caribbean), and the U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights (Commissioner Assistant).
During the administration of President George H.W. Bush, Ms. Ponticelli was Director of Human Rights and
Women's Aff airs in the State Department's Bureau of International Organization Aff airs, and later moved to the
International Republican Institute, where she designed and implemented several projects to assist democratic
forces in the Balkans.
Ms. Ponticelli is the recipient of numerous Superior Honor Awards from the State Department. She received the
Veritas Award from Albertus Magnus College in 1996. In 1984, she was given the Outstanding Young Alumna
Award at her alma mater, Hood College, in Maryland. In addition to her Bachelor of Arts degree (cum laude)
from Hood College, Mrs. Ponticelli earned a Master of Arts degree in Spanish literature through New York
University's program in Madrid and studied in the doctoral program in Spanish at the Catholic University of
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