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Award-Winning Playwright, Performer, Activist and Author, "The Vagina Monologues"
Eve Ensler, Tony Award-winning playwright, performer, and activist, is the author of The Vagina Monologues, which has been translated into over 48 languages, performed in over 140 countries, including sold-out…
Journalist and Host, Exec in Charge at PBS' To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe
Bonnie Erbé is a nonpartisan, award-winning American journalist and television host based in the Washington, D.C. area who has covered national politics for decades. She writes a weekly column for…
Grammy Award-Winning Latin Musician
Long before Ricky Martin or Jennifer Lopez topped the charts, Gloria Estefan was infusing Latin American rhythms into pop music with over 50 platinum-selling albums and the support of worldwide…
Golden Globe Winning Actress and Author
Actress Linda Evans has personified beauty and grace to American television viewers for over five decades, from her role as Audra Barkley, a daughter of the Old West on The…
Performance Strategist & Author
As one of the nation's leading experts on the art of maximizing potential, “reinvention strategist,” entrepreneur and entertainment attorney Marshawn Evans is a Reinvention Strategist, Influence Expert and Best-Selling Author…
Journalist, Author, Businesswoman, Investor, Commentator and Philanthropist
Esther Dyson is an active angel investor in a variety of start-ups, for-profit and otherwise, around the world. She also operates as the Internet’s court jester, a person of no…
Leadership, Business, Motivational Speaker and biz coach who creates WOW-worthy leadership experiences
Motivational leadership business speaker Pegine Echevarria is in the Motivational Speaker Hall of Fame. A motivational, leadership and business speaker, consultant, personal coach, and author who teaches business, relationship, sales…
Activist For The Rights of Children. She Has Been an Advocate For Disadvantaged Americans for Her Entire Professional Life
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life. Under her leadership, CDF has become…
The 15th Surgeon General of the United States
When she was sworn in as Surgeon General, Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders became the first African American and the second woman to hold that post. As Surgeon General, Dr. Elders…
Three-time Olympic Champion in Track and Field
Olympic gold medalist, Gail Devers won the 100-meter dash in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Devers was also a member of the 2000…
Model, Activist and Actress. She is best known for her work as a plus-size model where she appeared in multiple editorials in fashion magazines
Plus-size model Kate Dillon-Levin talks about body acceptance and the necessity of having self-esteem- no matter what your size. Named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People," she is…
Business News Anchor, Author, and Radio Host. She is also one half of The Dolans. Prior to her career in radio and television, Daria was a vice president of a New York Stock Exchange firm
Daria Dolan, Financial expert and co-host of “Smart Money With the Dolans,” a daily national radio call-in show, and a regular contributor to “CBS This Morning.”
Acclaimed Poet and Spoken Word Artist
Poet and performer Mayda Del Valle has been described by the Chicago Sun Times as having “a way with words. Sometimes they seem to flutter and roll off her lips.…
Political Activist, Academic, and Author
Through her activism and scholarship over the last decades, Angela Davis has been deeply involved in our nation's quest for social justice. Her work as an educator - both at…
Olympic Gold Medal-Winning Gymnast, Former Co-Chair of President Obama's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition
Dominique Dawes is best known for her tremendous success as an Olympic gymnast who competed in three Olympic Games, winning team medals in all three Olympic Games becoming the only…
Legendary Motown Producer
Suzanne de Passe is co-chair of the de Passe Jones Entertainment Group, an entertainment provider that has produced such content as the Martin Luther King Jr. biopic King and President…
Renowned Transformational Teacher, TV Personality and #1 NY Times bestselling author of 15 books plus her latest: Soul Shifts
Dr. Barbara DeAngelis is one of the most influential teachers of our time in the field of personal and spiritual development. For the past thirty-five years, she has reached tens…
Award-Winning Journalist, Best-Selling Author, & Co-founder of Stand Up to Cancer
Katie Couric is an award-winning journalist and TV personality, well-known cancer advocate, documentary film producer and The New York Times best-selling author of "The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons…
Dr. Maura Cullen is considered one of the foremost authorities on issues of Diversity and Leadership
Dr. Maura Cullen has been referred to as being the best there is at simplifying the complex issues of diversity in an entertaining and educational manner. Since 1987, Dr. Cullen…
The Real World: Sydney
Trisha Cummings of The Real World Sydney is in Fresno California but now lives in Los Angeles. She got a quick jump on college by attending class during High School…
MTV's "The Real World: Brooklyn"
Katelynn Cusanelli from MTV's The Real World: Brooklyn, The Challenge: Fresh Meat 2, and The Challenge: Rivals. She is also the first (and AFAIK only) openly Transgender housemate in the…
Actress who has appeared in various television and stage plays
Tawny Cypress has appeared in various television and stage plays. She starred as Cherie Rollins-Murray on the television series Unforgettable, on the second and third seasons. She previously had recurring…
Anthropologist, Educator and Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Cole Was The First African-American Female President of Spelman College
One of the most powerful and well-regarded African American women in the US, Johnnetta B. Cole has a way with making history. She was the first female African American president…
Legendary Folk Singer & Activist
Few artists have as much staying power as music icon Judy Collins. She has celebrated over 50 years of recording with 37 albums, top ten hits, Grammy wins, and gold…
Olympic Gold-Medalist, Two-Time WNBA MVP
Universally considered one of the best women's basketball players of all time, Cynthia Cooper helped lead the Houston Comets to four consecutive national championships. She won two NCAA basketball titles…
Comedienne, Actress & Writer
Quickly on her way to the top of the comedy food chain, mainstream comedienne, Alycia Cooper, is a force to be reckoned with. Her “take no prisoners” stand up is…
Award-Winning Relationship Specialist and Former TV Talk Show Advice Expert
People across the United States and abroad know Dr. Grace Cornish Livingstone, as "Dr. Grace," the award-winning relationship specialist, dynamic minister, keynote speaker, former TV talk show advice expert, and…
Television News Anchor and Correspondent, Radio Host, and Best Selling Author
Rita Cosby is one of the most recognized and respected broadcasters in America and has been quoted and profiled by hundreds of media outlets across the country and overseas. Born…
Playwright & Novelist
Pearl Cleage is an Atlanta based writer whose work has won commercial acceptance and critical praise in several genres. An award winning playwright whose Flyin' West was the most produced…
Feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces, which examine the role of women in history and culture
Judy Chicago is an artist, author, feminist, educator, and intellectual whose career now spans five decades. -- and men in particular. The thought processes involved in PowerPlay,
Award-Winning Author & Analyst on the Future of Work, Jobs, Presidential Politics & Race Relations
Farai Chideya has combined media, technology, and diversity during her 20-year career as an award-winning author and journalist. Chideya is currently a political contributor to WNYC, where she also hosts…
Stand-Up Comedian, Actress, Fashion Designer, Author and Singer- Songwriter
Margaret Cho started performing stand-up at age 16 in a comedy club called The Rose & Thistle above a bookstore her parents ran. Soon after, she won a comedy contest…
Civil Rights Activist, MLK's Smallest Freedom Fighter and The Recipient Of The Congressional Gold Medal from President Obama in 2016
Civil rights & voting rights activist, author, humanitarian & the recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal From President Barack Obama.
Highly Recognized Diversity Advocate & Television Personality
Three-time Emmy Award-winner Connie Chung started her television journalism career in 1969 at a local station in her hometown, Washington, D.C. She worked for all the major networks, starting in…
Actress, Blogger, and Former Reality Television Personality
Jamie Chung is a actress, blogger and former reality television personality.
Mystery Author and Actress. She is the daughter of suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark, with whom she has co-authored several Christmas novels, and the former sister-in-law of author Mary Jane Clark
Carol Higgins Clark is the author of four bestselling Regan Reilly mysteries, Decked, nominated as Best First Novel for both the Agatha and Anthony Awards, Snagged, Iced, Twanged, published by…
Actress, Comedian and Voice Artist; Best Known for her Role as Bart Simpson
Spend an entertaining evening with Nancy Cartwright, Emmy Award-winning actress, who not only created the voice of Bart Simpson; she scribed the ultimate insider’s guide to “The Simpsons”, the longest-running…
Former Miss America, Entertainer and TV personality
Suzette Charles, competed in the Miss America 1984 pageant held in Atlantic City on September 17, 1983. Earlier in the week, she had won a Preliminary Talent Award for her…
Immigration Expert, Author, Columnist, Commentator and highest-ranking woman in President Reagan's White House, and first Latina ever nominated to the United States Cabinet
Linda Chavez is President of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a non-profit public policy research organization in Washington, DC. She also writes a weekly syndicated column that appears in newspapers…
Israeli academic, activist, and politician. As a legislator, Chazan championed the causes of human rights, women's rights, and consumer protection
Professor Naomi Chazan is Dean of the School of Government and Society at the Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo and spent the year 2004-2005 as the Wilhelm Fellow at the Center…
Author, is a prize-winning best-selling writer well known for her memoir, her writing about alcoholism, and her intimate understanding of American history
Susan Cheever is the author of twelve books including five novels. Her nonfiction books include My Name is Bill, a biography of Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder Bill Wilson; Note Found in…
Co-host of CBS's Daytime Talk Show "The Talk," Host of "Big Brother"
Julie Chen serves as co-host and moderator of THE TALK, CBS’s Daytime Emmy Award-nominated talk show that examines topical events and contemporary issues through the eyes of five female hosts.…
The First Woman and First African-American Neurosurgeon in the U.S.
Dr. Alexa Irene Canady-Davis was the first African American woman in the United States to become a neurosurgeon. Canady-Davis was born to Elizabeth Hortense (Golden) Canady and Dr. Clinton Canady,…
Trishelle was a cast member on The Real World: Las Vegas, and is best known for her romantic relationship with fellow cast-mate Steven Hill, which resulted in a pregnancy scare
Trishelle Cannatella was a cast member on The Real World: Las Vegas, and is best known for her romantic relationship with fellow castmate Steven Hill, which resulted in a pregnancy scare.…
The Executive Director of the International Indian Treaty Council
Andrea Carmen, Yaqui Indian Nation, has been a staff member of the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) since 1983 and IITC’s Executive Director since 1992. In 1977, IITC was the…
Accomplished actress whose movie career spans over nearly three decades
Vanessa Bell Calloway’s work on stage, screen, and television clearly demonstrates why she has maintained her staying power. She is a favorite of audiences across the country and her work…
Women & Youth Speaker Best Known for Her Role on "Full House", Former Co-Star on "The View", Inspirational Speaker
Actress, producer, New York Times’ bestselling author and inspirational speaker, Candace Cameron Bure is both outspoken and passionate about her family and faith. Known to millions worldwide from her role…
Teacher, Author, and Journalist
Jenna Hager Best-selling Author; Contributing Correspondent, NBC's Today; Chair, UNICEF's Next Generation and Editor-at-Large, Southern Living Magazine. Jenna Hager is a contributing correspondent on NBC's Today show and an editor-at-large…
Actress and Comedienne. Featured Cast Member on VH1's "Best Week Ever"
Born in New Jersey to Caribbean parents, comedian/host/performer Michelle Buteau brings a cheeky swagger, unique perspective and big personality to stage and screen. You can catch her co-hosting on VH1's…