Kimberlé Crenshaw is a Professor of Law at UCLA and at Columbia Law School. Writing in the area of Civil Rights, black feminist legal theory, and race, racism and the law, her articles have appeared in the Harvard Law Review, National Black Law Journal, Stanford Law Review, and Southern California Law Review.

Professor Crenshaw has lectured widely nationally and internationally on race and gender matters. Her work was influential in the drafting of the equality clause in the South African Constitution. In 2001, she played a key role in the United Nation's World Conference on Racism, serving as the Rapporteur for the Expert Group on Race and Gender and coordinating the NGO forum to facilitate the inclusion of gender in the WCAR Conference Declaration. In the domestic arena, she has served as a member of the National Science Foundation's committee to research violence against women.

Professor Crenshaw is a founding member of the Women's Media Initiative and is a regular commentator on NPR's "The Tavis Smiley Show." She was twice awarded Professor of the Year at UCLA Law School and was recently featured in Essence Magazine, "The Beautiful Ones: 35 of the Most Remarkable Women in the World."

Cathy L. Greenberg is a recognized expert on the science of happiness and best-selling co-author of What Happy Companies Know and What Happy Women Know. With two decades of real world experience, Ms. Greenberg focuses on the successful integration of business strategies and human performance to make everyone a happy, high performing contributor.

Ms. Greenberg holds a Ph.D in the behavioral sciences and is an internationally recognized authority on human behavior. She is a former managing partner in two of the world's largest consulting firms, Accenture and CSC, and the founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Strategic Leadership at the LeBow College of Business, Drexel University.

Her most recent book, What Happy Women Know, was featured in Oprah Magazine and Glamour as well as the Top 200 Radio News and Talk Shows. She and a team of world wide experts, including Warren Bennis, completed the most comprehensive work to date on developing the executive of the future. Her book, Global Leadership: Next Generation, co-authored with Marshall Goldsmith, is ranked as the #1 leadership book on Amazon.com and HBR. Currently, Ms. Greenberg is the founding partner in a new venture, h2c: Happy Companies Healthy People, What Happy Brands, and the h2c Leadership Foundation.'

Dee Dee Myers is the first woman and youngest person ever to serve as White House Press Secretary, appointed to this role at age 31. During the first years of the Clinton Administration, Ms. Myers earned the respect of a vigilant press corps and the nation with her sharp political instincts, sense of humor, and ability to explain complex subjects in straightforward language. Her book, Why Women Should Rule the World considers the question: What would happen if women ruled the world? Blending memoir, social history, and a call to action, Ms. Myers challenges us to imagine a not-too-distant future in which increasing numbers of women reach the top ranks of politics, business, science, and academia. Reflecting on her own experiences, she assesses the crucial but long-ignored strengths that female leaders bring to the table.

Since leaving the White House, Ms. Myers has worked as a political analyst, commentator, and writer. She is currently a Contributing Editor to Vanity Fair magazine and a frequent political commentator on NBC and MSNBC.

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