Debbie Walsh

Debbie Walsh is director of the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP). She joined the CAWP staff in 1981.She oversees CAWP's research, education and public service programs. Walsh is frequently called upon by the media for information and comment and speaks to a variety of audiences around the country on topics related to women's political participation. First as director of CAWP's Program for Women Public Officials and now as the Center's director, Walsh has led the Center's extensive work with women officeholders and organized more than a dozen national conferences for women officials.

Walsh was appointed to the New Jersey Advisory Commission on the Status of Women by Governor James McGreevey and reappointed by Governor Jon Corzine. She earned her B.A. in political science from SUNY Binghamton and her M.A. in political science from Rutgers, where she was an Eagleton Fellow.