Spokesperson Bios
Linda D. Hallman, CAE
AAUW Executive Director
Linda D. Hallman joined AAUW in January 2008 as its new executive director. Hallman has a long history of executive-level association and foundation experience in the Washington, D.C., area. Most recently, she served as vice president of policy and government strategy, external and member relations, with the National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT) in Washington, D.C.
Hallman earned a master's degree in organizational management from George Washington University and a bachelor's degree in music education from Indiana University. She has acquired extensive continuing professional development and is affiliated with relevant organizations for professionals in the field, including ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership.
Lisa Maatz
AAUW Director of Public Policy and Government Relations
As AAUW's top policy adviser, Lisa Maatz works to advance AAUW's priority issues on Capitol Hill, through the executive branch, and in coalition with other organizations. Maatz is a sought-after speaker across the nation and on Capitol Hill and provides leadership to several coalitions working to advance opportunities for women and girls. Recently featured in the book Secrets of Powerful Women, Maatz has developed a reputation for her strategic approach to legislation and advocacy. She has done similar work for the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Older Women's League and was a legislative aide to U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY). Her grassroots advocacy career began when she was the executive director of Turning Point, a battered women's program recognized for excellence by the Ohio Supreme Court.
Maatz is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Ohio University, has two master's degrees from Ohio State University, and holds an adjunct appointment with the Women and Politics Institute at American University. Her honors include the Women's Information Network's Young Woman of Achievement Award (she now serves on that organization's Advisory Council) and the Mentor Award from the Public Leadership Education Network. Maatz was also a congressional fellow for the Women's Research & Education Institute and has received a mayoral appointment to the Washington, D.C., Commission on Women.
Maatz has served as the director of public policy and government relations at AAUW since 2003. During that time, she also spent 16 months serving concurrently as the interim director of the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund.
Catherine Hill
AAUW Director of Research
Catherine Hill is the Director of Research at AAUW. She is an author of several recent AAUW reports including Mom's Retirement Security (2006), Drawing the Line: Sexual Harassment on Campus (2006), Public Perceptions of the Pay Gap (2005), and Tenure Denied: Cases of Sex Discrimination in Academia (2004).
Before joining AAUW, Hill was the Director of Income Security Programs at the National Academy of Social Insurance and a Study Director at the Institute for Women's Policy Research. She has a bachelor and master's degree from Cornell University and a doctorate in public policy from Rutgers University.