Dr. Janet Z. Giele is Professor Emerita of Sociology, Social Policy, and Women's Studies at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management of Brandeis University. Her pioneering research on the changing lives of women shows how different life patterns are variously shaped in each generation by each person's unique identity, social networks, personal drive, and response to change. Giele's 1995 book Two Paths to Women's Equality) shows how temperance and suffrage women drew on their different life experiences to achieve the vote for women. Women today are similarly diverse in focusing on home or work or both, but they have a common purpose in wanting to find a satisfying life for themselves, their families, and the larger society. Professor Giele's newest book, Family Policy and the American Safety Net, shows how changes in women's lives have led to a wide range of public policies to strengthen family life. Professor Giele is an alumna of Earlham College and received her doctorate in sociology from Harvard University. She is currently president of Wellesley at Home, a community organization in Wellesley, Massachusetts that helps seniors to live independently as long as possible in their own homes.

Dr. Stone has written widely on a range of subjects related to women in the labor force, including the gender wage gap and the work-family interface. Her most recent book, Opting Out? Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home (University of California Press) won the 2009 William J. Goode Book Award of the American Sociological Association. Her work has been featured in numerous publications including The New York Times, Washington Post, Time, and Working Mother, as well as in other media including the CBS Nightly News and NBC's Today Show. In research currently underway, she is conducting a follow-up of the study that was the basis for Opting Out?

Joyce M. Davis is an award winning journalist and internationally acclaimed author, a writer and media consultant. Currently, she and her husband provide media consulting services as Davis & Goodman International Media Consultants. She is the former foreign correspondent and editor for National Public Radio and Knight Ridder Newspapers. She has written extensively on terrorism, national security and Islam. Davis and lived and worked in a senior role providing radio and internet services to Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries in Central Asia. She has received numerous awards including twice receiving the “DuPont-Columbia Award” Silver Baton for international reporting. She is a founding member of Women in International Security and a member of the board of directors of the World Affairs Councils of America. She is founder and President of the World Affairs Council in Harrisburg, PA, where she also lives with her husband and son.

Dr. Linda M. Thor is chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, one of the most prominent community college districts in the nation, serving some 65,000 students each year in Silicon Valley. Before joining Foothill-De Anza, Dr. Thor served for nearly 20 years as president of Rio Salado College in Tempe, Arizona and for four years as the president of West Los Angeles College in Culver City, CA. Active at the national level, she serves on the board of the League for Innovation in the Community College, the executive council of the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET), the Commission on Lifelong Learning for the American Council on Education, and the board of the Community College Baccalaureate Association. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan appointed her to serve on the Committee on Measures of Student Success, made up of 15 higher education leaders.

Ms. Nana M E Magomola Bsc. LLB., is a South African lawyer, business leader and the chairman of Thamaga Investments. A General Nurse and Midwife, soon after graduating from City University of New York, she was appointed as a professional nurse at New York Hospital and later joined Johnson and Johnson in South Africa. Former President Nelson Mandela appointed her as Trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and more recently Chair of Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital. Her passion for women's development led her to co-found the Business Woman's Association. Together with other prominent South African women leaders they established the local chapter of the International Women's Forum (IWF). Magomola is also the current Chair of IWF's Presidents' Council. At the recent IWF Leadership Conference held in San Francisco, Ms Magomola was inducted as one of "WOMEN WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE" as a tribute to her contribution towards women leadership development and empowerment.

Dr. Janet Z. Giele is Professor Emerita of Sociology, Social Policy, and Women's Studies at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management of Brandeis University. Her pioneering research on the changing lives of women shows how different life patterns are variously shaped in each generation by each person's unique identity, social networks, personal drive, and response to change. Giele's 1995 book Two Paths to Women's Equality) shows how temperance and suffrage women drew on their different life experiences to achieve the vote for women. Women today are similarly diverse in focusing on home or work or both, but they have a common purpose in wanting to find a satisfying life for themselves, their families, and the larger society. Professor Giele's newest book, Family Policy and the American Safety Net, shows how changes in women's lives have led to a wide range of public policies to strengthen family life. Professor Giele is an alumna of Earlham College and received her doctorate in sociology from Harvard University. She is currently president of Wellesley at Home, a community organization in Wellesley, Massachusetts that helps seniors to live independently as long as possible in their own homes.