Judith Ann Mayotte

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Overview

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Judith Ann Mayotte (née Moberly) born Wichita, KS January 25, 1937. American humanitarian leader; former nun and theology professor. Special Adviser to US State Department on Refugees, 1994; Chair, Women’s Refugee Commission. Lost a leg from sack of grain dropped from plane, South Sudan, 1993. Received World Citizenship Award of Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, 2009.

Quotations

"I have walked in so many war zones and so many refugee situations. I hope never again to see someone freshly blown up by a land mine. What I have seen. . . there has to be a way for that not to happen.” (Disposable People?: The Plight of Refugees, 1992)

"Conflict is part of life. How do you prevent conflict from tipping over into violence?"

"We've got to deal with preventive action, and to make prevention a cornerstone of our foreign policy. If we don't, we're going to have one refugee crisis after another." (Johns Hopkins Magazine, April 1997; photo It’s Ethics Stupid)