Veronica I. Arreola is a professional feminist, mom and a writer from Chicago. She is a founding board member of Women in Media & News, a national media analysis, education and advocacy group that works to increase women’s presence and power in the public debate. Veronica is the assistant director of the Center for Research [...]

Karen Mulhauser runs Mulhauser and Associates which has been providing consulting services to nonprofit organizations, grantmakers and candidates for public office since 1988. In addition to effective consulting services, she brings many years of leadership experience as CEO and board member of domestic and international nonprofit groups, with particular expertise in management assistance, public affairs, [...]

Olga Vives is a long time NOW activist and former sales and marketing professional. Originally from Cuba, Vives has been a strong women’s rights advocate in Illinois for decades. She was elected Action Vice-President of NOW in June 2001 and Executive Vice-President in July 2005.
As Action Vice-President, Vives oversaw the grassroots organizing efforts that are [...]

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner is an author, freelance journalist, and consultant in the field of environmental policy and political strategy. She is the Executive Director of MomsRising.org.
Kristin is also the author of the award winning book, The F-Word: Feminism in Jeopardy–Women, Politics, and the Future, and writes frequently about public policy and women’s issues.
She lives in Washington [...]

A blogging pioneer and marketing executive with 17 years of experience in Silicon Valley, Elisa Camahort Page leads all events, marketing and public relations for BlogHer while working as COO to ensure that all company operations deliver on our vision. Elisa was at the vanguard of professional and business blogging. Among the seven blogs she [...]

Shireen Mitchell is the founder and Executive Director of Digital Sisters/Sistas, Inc. a non-profit organization focused on using digital media and technology to access self-sufficiency tools for women and children who are traditionally underserved. Shireen is a graduate of the University of the District of Columbia and continues to advance her education towards a doctorate [...]

Heather Holdridge serves as the Director of Political Advocacy for Care2 (http://www.care2.com), the largest social network empowering civically active people to discover, share and take action. She is working to connect Care2’s seven million members to non-profits doing political work and campaigns in 2008, and to provide a forum for organizations to promote their message [...]

At the heart of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center is Executive Director Kristina Wilfore. Kristina was recruited in 2002 to turn the little research shop into a powerhouse nerve center - adapting along the way the tactics pioneered by the right and using them to advance progressive causes. Kristina is one of the country’s leading [...]

Avis Jones-DeWeever, Ph.D., is former the Director of Poverty, Education, and Social Justice Programs at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research and recently joined the National Council of Negro Women as the Director of the Research, Public Policy, and Information Center for African American Women. She is contiuing her connection to IWPR as an Affiliated [...]

Kierra Johnson is a southern girl from the peach tree state of Georgia. With a solid background organizing around reproductive health, racial justice, student’s rights and access to education, Ms. Johnson is a prominent and dynamic leader in developing the growing national reproductive justice and progressive movements. As a recent addition to the Resource Generation [...]