Influential Women

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Marilu Henner, best known as a Broadway, TV, and film actress, is also a full-time mom and author of two New York Times best-selling books, Marilu Henner’s Total Health...