AAUW National Leaders

Linda D. Hallman, CAE
AAUW Executive Director

Content Spokespeople

Lisa Maatz
Director of Public Policy & Government Relations

Catherine Hill, Ph.D.
Director of Research

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 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. Congresswoman 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's areas of expertise include gender equity in education, Title IX, retirement security, pay equity, and other civil rights issues related to women and girls.

Maatz is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Ohio University, has two Master’s degrees from Ohio State, and holds an adjunct appointment with the Women and Politics Institute at American University.

Catherine Hill, Ph.D.
AAUW Educational Foundation Director of Research

Catherine Hill is the Director of Research at the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation. 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.

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