Sheila Kuehl
Kuehl was elected to the California State Assembly in 1994, becoming the first openly gay person elected to the California legislature. While running for office Kuehl found she was able to offset some negative stereotypes people had about lesbians thanks to their familiarity with her role as Zelda. She told an interviewer "When people know gay people personally, they tend to feel differently about the whole community. And all of a sudden, here's a person that they knew very well that they found out was lesbian."
Jameela Salem Al Muhairi
Jameela graduated from the United Arab Emirates University where she studied Management. She worked at the Ministry of Education from 1995 to 2004. From 2004 to 2007 she was the Executive Director of Dubai Knowledge Village. She was the Chief of Dubai School Inspection Bureau at Knowledge and Human Development Authority. She was made the State Minister of Public Education of the United Arab Emirates in February 2016. She sits on the board of the charity Dubai Cares Foundation. She was a panelist on the Equity in Education: Delivering on SDG4 hosted in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She founded the school targets initiative that aims to monitor schools and reward outstanding results from them. She described education as fundamental element needed for the development of United Arab Emirates and an investment in the country's youth, as she outlined the UAE Vision 2021 National Agenda.