dsigmund@eoc.net

Ms. Deborah S. Sigmund will serve as a board member for Project Meridian Foundation. Inc.

Ms. Deborah Sigmund is the Founder and Director of Innocents at Risk, a non-profit, founded in April 2006, to help stop the trafficking of women and children. The United States Department of State has endorsed the organization's efforts on behalf of the three million women and children who are trafficked annually worldwide.

Ms. Sigmund is currently President of the CMW Group, an international consulting firm specializing in Latin America. She also serves on the board of the U.S. Mexico Chamber of Commerce.

Along with her professional accomplishments, Ms. Sigmund is well-known in the Washington area for her work on behalf of charitable organizations such as Knock Out Abuse, Second Genesis and Arts for the Aging.

Ms. Sigmund has held leadership positions in several prominent charitable organizations. She was on the Golden Circle for the Kennedy Center for the Arts from 1993-2005. She is currently on the boards of: The Washington Ballet and Second Genesis. She is active in activities at her church, Christ Episcopal Church of Georgetown. She is a member of the Capitol Speakers Club.

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