Kim Gandy is serving her second term as president of the National Organization for Women, elected by the group’s grassroots members in 2001 and again in 2005. She has served as a national officer of NOW since 1987 and in state, local and regional leadership positions since 1973.
Gandy also is president of the NOW Foundation, [...]

Melissa Silverstein is a marketing consultant and writer and blogger.  She specializes in the area of women issues, with an emphasis on women and Hollywood.  Her blog Women & Hollywood has become a respected site for issues related to feminism and pop culture.  In 2008 it was named by More Magazine as one of the [...]

Skilled in the art of interviewing, creative non-fiction, and digital editorial content, Latoya Peterson exists at the intersection of theory and lived experience.  A freelance writer and blogger with strong opinions, she is often found writing about the intersections between race and pop culture – but also finds time to discuss video games, anime, manga, [...]

Victoria Murray has directed numerous productions throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area including HERSTORY: Love Forever Hip-Hop; Moon Bitch (DC Premiere); A Woman’s Liberation; SHE: The Healing Pool; Breathe; The Lover; and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. She has assisted directors including Moises Kaufman, David Muse, Timothy Bond and Peter C. Brosius, among [...]

Alicia C. Shepard, aka Lisa, joined NPR in October 2007 as Ombudsman.  She has worked as a journalist for three decades, including as a reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and a contributor to American Journalism Review, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Washingtonian and People magazines. She has taught journalism for the [...]

Christine Brennan is an award-winning sports columnist for USA Today, an ABC News  and ESPN commentator, an NPR Morning Edition contributor and a best-selling author. Twice named one of the country’s top 10 sports columnists by the Associated Press Sports Editors, she has covered 13 consecutive Olympic Games, summer and winter.
 
Brennan was the first woman [...]