The Right Honorable Kim Campbell, P.C., Q.C. served as the nineteenth and first female Prime Minister of Canada in 1993.　 She also held the cabinet portfolios of Minister of State for Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Minister of National Defense and Minister of Veterans' Affairs. She was the first woman to hold the Justice and Defense portfolios and the first woman Minister of Defense of a NATO country.

Ms. Campbell served as Canadian Consul General in Los Angeles (1996-2000) and taught at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (2001-2004) and　is past Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders and past President of the International Women's Forum.　 From 2004-2006 she　was Secretary General of the Club of Madrid, an organization of former Presidents and Prime Ministers of which she is a founding member.

Today,　Kim Campbell　chairs the board of trustees of the Foundation for Effective Governance in Kiev and serves on the boards and advisory committees of a number of international organizations including the Club of Madrid, Crisis Group, Salk Institute, Middle Powers Initiative, Arab Democracy Foundation, Forum of Federations, among others, and also serves on corporate boards as well as does consulting in the field of leadership.