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Carol Moseley Braun is an American politician who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. She was the first African-American woman to win an election to the U.S. Senate after defeating opponent Richard Williamson. In 1999, President Bill Clinton appointed Moseley Braun U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. In 2003, she campaigned for Democratic presidential nomination but was unsuccessful. Following her career in public office, Moseley Braun decided to follow her passion in agriculture to start Good Food Organics, a Certified USDA Organic and Biodynamic products company, in 2005.