Gloria Feldt is a leading activist and author who blogs about women’s lives, rights, and leadership from where the personal meets the political. Her newest book, No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power ~ Tools for Leading an Unlimited Life, will be published October, 2010. It reveals why women are stuck at 18% of top leadership roles and shows how we can redefine power and reach parity from the boardroom to the bedroom for good—our own and society’s.

Former president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America whose journey to leadership began as a teen mom, Gloria was dubbed “the voice of experience” by People Magazine. She teaches “Women, Power, and Leadership” at Arizona State University. Previous books include New York Times best seller Send YOURSELF Roses co-written with actress Kathleen Turner, The War on Choice, and Behind Every Choice Is a Story. Her commentary has been featured in national publications such as the New York Times, the Daily Beast, and Salon; find her Heartfeldt blog at www.GloriaFeldt.com. Glamour honored her as Woman of the Year; Vanity Fair named her to its Top 200 Women Leaders, Legends, and Trailblazers; she is a Women’s e-News’ 21 Leaders for the 21st Century. She serves on the board of the Women’s Media Center. Connect with her on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter where she hangs out far too much.

Emily McKhann is co-founder of the award-winning web community for mothers, TheMotherhood.com. Prior to discovering the power of mothers online, Emily McKhann ran a strategic communications firm in New York City, was Director of International Business and Acting Commissioner to the United Nations, Consular Corps & Protocol for the City of New York, and co-authored the book Living with the End in Mind that was featured numerous times on Oprah. She serves on the advisory board of the Women's Media Center and on the board of the Creative Visions Foundation. Follow Emily on Twitter at @EmilyMcKhann and @theMotherhood.

Joanne Bamberger is a recovering attorney, author and political/media analyst living in the shadow of the nation’s capital. She’s also known around the blogosphere as PunditMom!

PunditMom blog is the home of op-ed commentary by Joanne, who is also a freelance writer and former op-ed columnist for The Washington Examiner. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications including The Washington Post, various American Lawyer Media publications, Legal Times, Washingtonian Magazine, and many others.

A new media expert and authority on political involvement of women and mothers, Joanne is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and a featured columnist at CafeMom’s The Stir where she writes a weekly feature called Speaker of the House. Joanne also writes at MomsRising and MOMocrats, and was a contributing editor for news and politics at BlogHer. Her political commentary has appeared on CNN, Fox News, ABC.com, BBC Radio, NPR, Al Jazeera English & XM Radio POTUS ‘08, among others.

Joanne speaks frequently at conferences and to private groups about the growing influence of women/mothers in politics and social media. She has presented and participated in panels at Netroots Nation 2009, the Feminist Majority Foundation, EMILY’s List, BlogHer, Fem 2.0, Type-A Mom Conference, WAM! 2009, the Women’s Media Center and others.

Joanne was in the inaugural class of the Progressive Women’s Voices fellowship program at the Women’s Media Center. Joanne’s book about how mothers and social media are revolutionizing political involvement will be published by Bright Sky Press this fall. Her work is also featured in Kirtsy Takes a Bow: A Celebration of Women’s Online Favorites and Courageous Parents, Confident Kids (chapter on parents and political activism). Joanne is an award-winning broadcast journalist who spent a decade as a radio and television reporter before attending law school. Joanne spent 15 years in private and government law practice, including a stint as Deputy Director of Public Affairs at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Joanne claims to have time for other things, but has given up sleep.

Jen Nedeau is a social media consultant, progressive activist, feminist speaker and writer. She works full-time as the Director of Digital Strategy at Air America Media (www.airamerica.com) and also serves as the Editor of the Women's Rights blog at Change.org (www.womensrights.change.org). In her free time, she volunteers for New Leaders Council, a progressive leadership training program. You can follow her on Twitter @HumanFolly.

Tracy Viselli is a blogger, advocate, and the Community Manager for ACTion Alexandria, an online civic engagement project and Knight Foundation Community Information Challenge winner.

Known in blogging circles as "Myrna the Minx" for her Nevada-based blog, Reno and Its Discontents, Viselli has explored the possibilities for online advocacy and civic engagement though her blog and projects like TwitterVoteReport, TweetProgress,and the #p2 hashtag. As a blogger, she was the first person to get the Nevada State Democratic Party on the record regarding the eventually canceled Fox-sponsored Democratic presidential primary debate in March, 2007.

Viselli regularly provides social media consulting and training and frequently speaks about social media as an effective tool for community building, engagement, and advocacy and has been quoted in several national publications including; CNN.com, The Hill, National Journal, techPresident, PBS Media Shift, and the London Times.

Viselli is the co-founder of Nevada Interactive Media and writes about politics and feminism at her own blog and Care2.com. You can always find her on Twitter where she spends far too much time @MyrnaTheMinx