Influential Women

Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life....

Marian Wright Edelman

Founder and President, Children’s Defense Fund

KATHERINE ELLISON

Katherine Ellison is a Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative journalist, former foreign correspondent, writing consultant, author of four books, and mother of two sons....

Katherine Ellison

Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist and ADHD Authority

RENEE ENGELN

Dr. Renee Engeln has been a professor for eleven years at Northwestern University, where she teaches about psychopathology, the psychology of women and gender, social...

Renee Engeln

Psychologist, Body Image Researcher, & Author of Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women

SUSAN ERSHLER

As a history-making mountain climber, business executive and author, Susan Ershler inspires audiences to challenge their perceived limitations and reach new heights of...

Susan Ershler

History-Making Mountain Climber, Mt. Everest Summiteer, Business Executive and Author

LISA FENN

A three-time Edward R. Murrow and six-time Emmy Award-winning feature producer with ESPN for 13 years, Lisa Fenn reported on major league sports interviewing every big...

Lisa Fenn

Award-Winning Producer & Author

RIVA FROYMOVICH

Riva Froymovich is a Millennial journalist and first-generation American, raised on the promise of the American Dream but now questioning its future. In End of the Good...

Riva Froymovich

Generation Y Economics and Policy Expert and Author of End of the Good Life

NICOLE GALLAND

Nicole Galland is an award-winning performer and screenwriter who swore off the performing arts to pursue writing historical fiction full-time. Though she remains a bit...

Nicole Galland

Novelist Moonlighting in Alternative Universes

ANGELA GARBES

Angela Garbes is the author of Like a Mother (HarperWave), an NPR Best Book of the Year and finalist for the Washington State Book Award in Nonfiction. Her work has appeared...

Angela Garbes

Award-Winning Writer and Author Exploring the Essential Work of Mothering and Caretaking

PAULA GIDDINGS

Paula Giddings is the Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor of Afro-American Studies at Smith College, where she also serves as editor of the scholarly journal, Meridians:...

Paula Giddings

Scholar, Journalist, and Award-Winning Author

ALLISON GILBERT

Allison Gilbert is an Emmy award-winning journalist, critically acclaimed author, and sought after keynote speaker. Her work has been honored by the National Academy...

Allison Gilbert

Speaker on Cancer Prevention, Workplace Rebounds, Parentless Parents, and Loss & Recovery; Emmy Award-winning Journalist

LESLIE GILBERT-LURIE

Leslie Gilbert-Lurie, a writer, lawyer, teacher, and child advocate, is a board member and Immediate Past President of the Los Angeles County Board of Education. She...

Leslie Gilbert-Lurie

Author, Educator, Lawyer, Child Advocate

PRISCILLA GILMAN

Priscilla Gilman, Ph.D. is the author of The Anti-Romantic Child: A Memoir of Unexpected Joy (HarperCollins), a beautiful exploration of one woman's expectations and...

Priscilla Gilman

Authority on Parenting, Education, Literature, and Autism; Author of The Anti-Romantic Child

FRANCESCA GINO

Francesca Gino is the Tandon Family Professor of business administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. She is formally...

Francesca Gino

Internationally Recognized Expert on How to Foster Talent

NIKKI GIOVANNI

During her storied, decades long career, poet, activist, professor, and mother Nikki Giovanni has published twenty-eight books, including the including the seminal Black...

Nikki Giovanni

World-Renowned Poet, Writer, Commentator, Activist, and Educator

ANDREA ‘ANDY’ GONZALES

Andrea “Andy” Gonzales is a computer programmer, feminist, and captivating public speaker. When Andy was 16, she created Tampon Run, a video game to destigmatize...

Andrea ‘Andy’ Gonzales

Coder, Writer, Activist

ISABEL GONZALEZ

Isabel González is the co-author with Carolina Buia of Latin Chic: Entertaining with Style and Sass (Rayo), which captures the best pan-Latin flavors and the unique...

Isabel Gonzalez

Media Spokesperson & Entertaining Expert

LISA GREEN

Lisa Green is a journalist, lawyer, legal analyst and author of On Your Case (William Morrow). Green brings a wealth of knowledge, warm demeanor and practical approach...

Lisa Green

Lawyer, Television Legal Analyst, and Author of On Your Case

LISA GREER

Lisa Zola Greer is a philanthropist, entrepreneur and convener. Earlier in her career Greer was a studio executive at NBC and Universal Studios, and she founded and led...

Lisa Greer

Author, Donor, Board Member, & Philanthropic Strategist Helping to Save Giving

JESSICA GROGAN

Jessica Grogan, Ph.D., author of Encountering America: Humanistic Psychology, Sixties Culture, and the Shaping of the Modern Self (Harper Perennial), is a leading authority...

Jessica Grogan

Authority on American Culture in the 1960s and 1970s and Author of Encountering America

PAMELA HAAG

Pamela Haag's work spans a wide and unusual spectrum, from academic scholarship to memoir. As the author of Marriage Confidential: The Post-Romantic Age of Workhorse...

Pamela Haag

Cultural Critic on Gender and Marriage

JENNIFER HAIGH

Jennifer Haigh is the acclaimed author of the short story collection News From Heaven and of novels Faith, The Condition, Baker Towers, and Mrs. Kimble. Haigh’s most...

Jennifer Haigh

Award-Winning Novelist

ELAINE HALL

Elaine Hall has worn many hats in her multi-faceted and accomplished life including: the child whisperer, educator, writer, consultant, performer, international speaker,...

Elaine Hall

Coach E, Internationally Recognized Autism Educator and Advocate, The Child Whisperer, and Founder of The Miracle Project

NADIA HASHIMI

Nadia Hashimi is a pediatrician turned novelist who draws on her Afghan culture to craft internationally bestselling books. With translations in seventeen languages,...

Nadia Hashimi

Afghan American Author, Physician, & Advocate

MARIEL HEMINGWAY

Mariel Hemingway is an actress, author, and an expert on holistic living. She tours the country giving inspirational talks covering such topics as healthy living, the...

Mariel Hemingway

Actress and Healthy Living Expert

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