Health & Wellness
Reproductive Health/Rights:
Filmmaker & Founder, Family Health Alliance
Taraneh Salke is the founder & executive director of Family Health Alliance (FHA), a nonprofit organization focused on advancing women's reproductive health & rights in underdeveloped & resource-poor environments.
Activist & HIV/AIDS Educator
Jennifer Jako is a certified AIDS educator and award-winning director of True Life: It Could Be You. Infected with HIV as a teen, she channels her insight into talks of AIDS in the media and the meaning of life.
Physician / Author / Social Educator
Dr. Henry Foster is a former Surgeon General Nominee and the former Presidential Advisor on Teen Pregnancy Reduction and Youth Issues. He is widely published and authored Make A Difference.
Award-Winning Actress & Activist
Seen in over 25 films such as Sister Act and The Wedding Planner, Kathy Najimy is an AIDS activist and enthusiastic supporter of women and animal rights, and choice.
Contributing Writer, Washington Post Outlook
Described by The New York Times as being "known for her smarts and feminist bona fides," Irin Carmon is a journalist specializing in gender, politics and the law and the author of Notorious RGB.
The 15th Surgeon General of the United States
A pediatric endocrinologist and 15th Surgeon General of the US, Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders has a deep concern for young people and teaches that education, prevention, and responsibility are the keys to a healthy life.
Filmmaker & Founder of the Webby Awards
Speaker Tiffany Shlain offers insight on how the Internet is changing filmmaking, the shifting roles of women, the creative process, and American Jewish identity.
Senior Fellow, Southern Poverty Law Center
Mark Potok is an internationally renowned expert on the American radical right who for 20 years helped lead the Southern Poverty Law Center in exposing hate groups, right-wing terrorism, and extremist ideas.