SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS at FEMINIST EXPO 2000 More than 500 renowned speakers – feminist leaders, scholars, authors, celebrities and performers. Meet and hear these leading feminists in the media, law, the arts, politics, medicine and health care, labor, business, technology, education, non-profit services, advocacy, sports, entertainment, religion and philanthropy. This is a partial list and will be updated regularly. Click here for the full Speakers' Index.
	Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority Foundation
	Gloria Steinem, Feminist author and Co-Founder of Ms. Magazine
	Carol Moseley-Braun, Former Illinois Senator and recently-approved Ambassador to New Zealand
	Laura Dern, Actor
	Dolores Huerta, Secretary Treasurer and Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers and board member of The Feminist Majority Foundation
	Senator Barbara Boxer, California
	Bell Hooks, author
	Patricia Ireland, President of the National Organization for Women
	Congresswoman Patsy Mink, Representing the state of Hawaii
	Marcia Ann Gillespie, Editor in Chief of Ms Magazine
	Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland since 1995
	Mary Chung, Founder, President and CEO of the National Asian Women's Health Organization (NAWHO)
	Senator Dianne Feinstein, California
	Kate Michelman, Executive Director of NARAL-The National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
	Kathy Najimy, Actor on hit show Veronica's Closet and recently appeared in If These Walls Could Talk II
	René Hicks, Comedian
	Geraldine Laybourne, Chairman and CEO of Oxygen Media
	Linda Chavez Thompson, Executive Vice President of the AFL-CIO
	Tyne Daly, actor currently starring in CBS television series "Judging Amy"
	Helen Zia, Award-winning journalist, Former Executive Editor of Ms. Magazine and author of the forthcoming book, Asian American Dreams: The Emergence an American People
	Gloria Feldt, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America
	Beverly Harvard Chief Harvard, appointed Chief of Atlanta Police Department in October, 1994, is the first African American woman in the country to run a major police department
	Sharon Gless, Actor
	Honorable Navanethem Pillay, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
	Ann Lewis, Counselor to the President at the White House
	Robin Morgan, Feminist Author known for her highly acclaimed books Sisterhood is Powerful and Sisterhood is Global
	Urvashi Vaid, Director of National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
	Charlotte Bunch, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Women’s Global Leadership at Douglass College, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
	Peg Yorkin, Chair of the Board at the Feminist Majority Foundation
Jennifer Abod, Professor at Hofstra University Mahnaz Afkhami, President of the Women's Learning Partnership Ginger Applegarth, President of First Financial Advisors Sandy Arnold, Vice President of the Population Council Representative Tammy Baldwin, United States House of Representatives - Wisconsin Penelope Beckles, Attorney Janet Benshoof, Executive Director of the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy Susan Bianchi-Sand, Executive Director of the National Committee on Pay Equity and Chair of NCWO Dr. Susan J. Blumenthal, U.S. Assistant Surgeon General, Rear Admiral and Senior Science Advisor in the Department of Health and Human Services Kathy Bonk, President of Communications at Consortium Media Center Anita Borg, Founding Director of the Institute for Women and Technology and a member of the research staff at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center Linda Bowker, Director of New Jersey Division on Status of Women Gail Buckner, Senior Vice President of Putnam Investments Martha Burk, President of the Center for the Advancement of Public Policy Mariah Burton Nelson, Former professional basketball player, author and professional speaker Sharon Camp, President of Women's Capital Corporation Maggie Cervantes, Executive Director of New Economics for Women Mariam Chamberlain, Founding President of The National Council for Research on Women Eshter Chavez Cano, Executive Director of Casa Amiga Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor of Law at the University of Southern California Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Co-Founder and Contributing Editor of Ms. Magazine and a popular author, lecturer, reporter and colunmist Alison Crisman, Program Associate at Stakeholder's Alliance Drude Dahlerup, Political Science Professor at Stockholm University Parvin Darabi, Founder and President of Dr. Homa Darabi Foundation, Co-Author of the book Rage Against the Veil Gail Dines, Sociology Professor at Wheelock College Joan Drury, Publisher of Spinster Inc. Margorie Engel, President of Stepfamily Association of America Barbara Ferris, Founder and President of the International Women's Democracy Center Catherine Friend White, President of FinArc Sygnithia Fordham, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Connecticut Joana Foster, Regional Coordinator of Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF) Ann Furedi, Director of Communications at BPAS Kim Gandy, Vice President of the National Organization for Women Annie Laurie Gaylor, Editor of Freethought Today, a publication of the Freedom From Religion Foundation Pronita Gupta, Director of Living Wage Research and Education at JUST ECONOMICS Denise Gurer, Chair of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Dr. Hamid Hadi, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Jean Hardisty, Executive Director of Political Research Associates Penny Harrington Chief Harrington, Director of the National Center for Women & Policing, was the first woman police chief of a major U.S. city Heidi Hartmann, Executive Director of the Institute for Women's Policy Research Mary Hartmann, Director of the Institute for Women's Global Leadership Dr. Riffat Hassan, Professor of Religious Studies and Humanities at the University of Louisville Dr. Richard Hauskenecht, Medical Director of the DANCO Group Phyllis Hill Slater, Former President of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) Florence Howe, Director of the Feminist Press Rana Husseni, Columnist at the Jordan Times Marsha Jews, CEO of Career Communications Group, Inc. Rachel Jones, Editor at National Public Radio (NPR) Mimi Kim, Program Coordinator of the Asian Women's Shelter Francis Kissling, President of Catholics for a Free Choice since 1982 Susan Klein, Senior Research Associate at the Office of Educational Research and Improvement Ruth Ann Koenick, Director of the Office of Sexual Assault & Crime Victim Assistance Joan Korenman, Director of the Center for Women and Information Technology Barbara Krumsiek, President and CEO of the Calvert Group Anu Kumar, Program Officer at the MacArthur Foundation Larry Lader, President of Abortion Rights and Mobilization Mavis Leno, Board Member of the Feminist Majority Foundation Diane Levin, Professor at Wheelock College Chris Lombardy, Co-Director of STAMP Sandra F. Long, Chair of the National Women's Political Caucus of Maryland Donna Lopiano, Executive Director of the Women's Sports Foundation Barry Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State Lisa Maatz, Public Policy Director of Older Women's League Dorothy Mackey, Co-Director of STAMP Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Representing the state of New York Julianne Malveaux, President of the National Association of Negro Business and PPW Annette Meyers, Author, Olivia Brown, Smith and Wetzon, and Dutchmann Mysteries Senator Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Cheryl Mills, Senior Vice President of Oxygen Media Gwendolyn Mink, Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz Francine Moccio, Director of the Institute for Women and Work at Cornell University Evelyn Murphy, Former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Molly Murphy McGregor, Executive Director of the National Women's History Project Karen K. Narasaki, Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium Terry Neese, Corporate and Public Policy Advisor of the National Association of Women Business Owners Jessica Neuwirth, President of Equality Now Jean O'Barr, Director of Women's Studies at Duke University Theodora Obiageli Nwanko, Executive Director of Civil Resource Development & Documentation Centre Ellen Pack, Founder, Sr. Vice President and General Manager of Women.com Cindy Pearson, Executive Director of the National Women's Health Network Joyce Pilaso-Seroke, Chairperson of the Commission on Gender Equality Jacqueline Pitanguy, Former President of Brazil's National Council for Women's Rights and Founder of CEPIA (Citizenship: Studies, Information, Action) Crystal Plati, Field Associate of Choice USA Dawn Prestwich, Producer and Writer of "Judging Amy" Martha Priddy Patterson, Director of Employee Benefits and Policy Analysis at Deloitte & Touche Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Rights Hedy Ratner, Co-President of the Women's Business Development Center - Chicago Shulamit Reinharz, Professor and Director of Women Studies at Brandeis University Sherry Rockey, Executive Director of the International Women's Media Foundation Kathy Rodgers, Executive Director of NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund Al Ross, President of the Institute for Democracy Studies S. J. Rozan, Author, Lydia Chinn/Bill Smith Mysteries Giselle Rufer, President of DELANCE SA Vicky Saporta, Executive Director of the National Abortion Federation Anita Saville, President of PURSE STRINGS Gail Schaeffer, CEO of Business and Professional Women/USA Lynn Hecht Schafran, Director of National Judicial Education Program at NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund Sandra Scoppettone, Author, Lauren Laurano Mysteries and many other novels Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich, Executive Director and COO of the Black Leadership Forum Ester Shapiro, Boston Women's Health Collective Ritu Sharma, Executive Director of Women's Edge Lorraine Sheinberg, Board Member of the Feminist Majority Foundation Zieba Shorish-Shamley, Director of the Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan Heidi Soumerai, Director of Social Research at Walden Asset Management Joan Spade, Professor at Lehigh University Katherine Spillar, National Coordinator of the Feminist Majority Foundation Ronnie Steinberg, Professor and Director of Women's Studies at Vanderbilt University Catherine Stimpson, Dean of Graduate School of Arts and Science at New York University Cincy Terrell, Vice President of the Center for Voting and Democracy Kimberly Tso, Program Director for UCLA Center for Health Policy Research C. Delores Tucker, National Chair of the National Political Caucus of Black Women Georgina Verdugo, Executive Director of Americans for a Fair Chance Meredith Wagner, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs LIFETIME Television Sarah Weddington, Nationally known attorney, women’s advocate and spokesperson, Sarah successfully argued the landmark Roe v Wade case before the Supreme Court in 1973 Blanche Weisen Cook, Feminist author best known for her highly acclaimed book "Eleanor Roosevelt, Vol 1 1884-1933" and Professor at John Jay College Tina Welch, Executive Director of the Women's Health Center of Duluth Barbara Wenger, Program Director at JUST ECONOMICS Joan Williams, Professor at American University - Project for Gender, Work and Family Marie C. Wilson, President of Ms. Foundation for Women and President, the White House Project Ann Withorn, Professor at University of Massachusetts-Boston Nicole Yorkin, Producer and Writer of "Judging Amy" Ann Zill, Professor at University of New England Women's Center for Ethics in Action Click here for the full Speakers' Index