Health & Wellness
Reproductive Health/Rights
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.
Physician & Healthcare Executive
Dr. Leana Wen is a practicing physician, healthcare executive, and one of America’s leading public health experts. She is a columnist for The Washington Post, where she writes a twice-weekly column on medicine and public health.
Leading Activist & Best-Selling Author
Gloria Feldt is a women's rights activist and the leading author and media commentator on reproductive rights and health from that point of view where the personal meets the political.
Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at NYU School of Law
Melissa Murray knows the transformational power of women’s rights and gender justice. As a leading scholar of constitutional law and reproductive rights and justice, she researches and writes about the structures, systems, and institutions.
Award-Winning Actress & “Social Action Hero”
Best known for her award-winning work in more than 30 films—including the blockbusters Sister Act, Hocus Pocus, WALL-E and Rat Race—the voice of Peggy Hill on King of the Hill and roles on VEEP, Younger and Graves, Kathy Najimy is also a celebrated advocate on the frontline of myriad progressive social causes.
Award Winning Actor
Wendie Malick has graced our screens with an illustrious film and television career for decades. She received 4 Cable Ace awards for her role in HBO’s groundbreaking comedy, “Dream On,” and garnered a Golden Globe and 2 Emmy Nominations for her iconic role, Nina Van Horn, in “Just Shoot Me!”
Poet
Born and raised in Alaska, National Slam Poetry Champion Noël Jones moved to New York City in 1994 to become a jazz vocalist. Upon discovering slam poetry, she battled her way to a national championship.
Co-Author, Notorious RBG & Senior Correspondent, New York Magazine
Irin Carmon is co-author of the New York Times bestseller Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and a senior correspondent at New York magazine.