With more than twenty-five years at the forefront of the fashion industry, Christy Turlington Burns has established a diverse career as a model, writer, entrepreneur, spokesperson, advocate and now filmmaker. Philanthropy and service have long been a part of her personal and professional mission to make a lasting impact on the world. As the daughter of a Central American mother, she felt compelled to support efforts to rebuild post-war El Salvador in the early 1990's. After losing her father to lung cancer in 1997, her activism shifted to preventative healthcare, more specifically smoking prevention and cessation. She collaborated on several public health service campaigns and in 2002 launched an award-winning website, smokingisugly.com.

Turlington Burns founded two successful lifestyle brands; Sundãri, an Ayurvedic skincare line and Nuala, a yoga inspired apparel and accessories line. During that time, she also merged her love of yoga and writing to author her first book, Living Yoga: Creating A Life Practice (Hyperion 2002). She has contributed writings to Marie Claire magazine, Yoga Journal and Teen Vogue along with contributions to the Huffington Post, Canada’s Globe and Mail and the UK’s Evening Standard. She has also contributed to NBC’s Today as a guest correspondent, which included reporting on the status of girl’s education in Afghanistan in early 2002 and an interview with H.H. The Dalai Lama at his home in Dharamsala, India.

In 2005, she began working with the international humanitarian organization CARE and has since become their Advocate for Maternal Health. She has also been an Ambassador for (RED) since their launch in 2006. Her work on behalf of CARE and (RED) inspired her to pursue a Masters in Public Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School where she is currently a student.

In 2008, Turlington Burns began working on a documentary film profiling the status of maternal health worldwide. In her gripping directorial debut, she shares the powerful stories of at-risk pregnant women in four parts of the world, including a remote Maasai tribe in Tanzania, a slum of Bangladesh, a post-abortion care ward in Guatemala, and a prenatal clinic in the United States. NO WOMAN, NO CRY made its world premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City and the US television broadcast premiere will air this coming Mother’s Day and throughout the world in 2011. Concurrent with the debut of her documentary, Christy launched Every Mother Counts, an advocacy and mobilization campaign to increase education and support for maternal and child health. Every Mother Counts seeks to engage policymakers and thought leaders, develop new partnerships and encourage people to take action to improve the lives of women worldwide. The keystone of the campaign is www.everymothercounts.org, an interactive platform providing the tools to raise awareness, education and action.

She lives in New York City with her husband - filmmaker Edward Burns - and their two children.

Dr. Alan Altman was formerly Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School, where he taught medical students, interns and residents, as well as fellow clinicians at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.

Dr. Altman is presently a consultative gynecologist advising patients on peri- and post-menopausal issues, hormonal therapy and sexual function and dysfunction. He is also an internationally known lecturer and author of books and textbook chapters. Perimenopause, sexual function and hormonal therapy were the topics covered in his first book, Making Love the Way We Used To...or Better; Secrets to Satisfying Midlife Sexuality. His second, The Betrayal of American Women; Don't Throw Away Those Hormones So Quickly, is due out shortly as an e-book which will be updated regularly on-line.

He was recently elected the President-Elect of ISSWSH (The International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health), the premier multidisciplinary, academic and clinical society in the world uniquely focused on female sexual research and therapeutic issues. An important part of his ongoing career has been the education of the lay public on postmenopausal hormonal therapy after the misrepresentation of the results of the Womens' Health Initiative (WHI) study were presented in July, 2002. This has led to his involvement in the production of a full-length documentary movie on menopause which was distributed in theatres nationally last year. Women around the country have found Dr. Altman invaluable as a consultant-by-phone helping them make better choices concerning menopausal health, hormones and sexual issues. He lives in Aspen, CO with his wife of 37 years and bases his consultative practice there.

The 2010 season marks Linda Bell Blue’s 16th year as Executive Producer of Entertainment Tonight, making her the longest-running Executive Producer in the history of the No. 1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine in the world. An Emmy Award-winning producer, Ms. Bell Blue joined the venerable entertainment newsmagazine at the beginning of season 15, after more than a decade working in television news.

Bell Blue also serves as Executive Producer of The Insider, the nightly half-hour newsmagazine based on the popular ET segment of the same name. The Insider premiered in 2004 with the highest-rated debut of any syndicated newsmagazine since 1996.

In 2010, Bell Blue was selected to participate as a mentor in The Hollywood Reporter’s Big Brothers and Big Sisters Mentorship Program, comprised of a select group of top female industry executives. Additionally, for the second year in a row, she was named to the prestigious Hollywood Reporter’s “100 Most Powerful Women in Entertainment” list.

In 2009, Bell Blue joined television journalism’s elite when she became the first Executive Producer of an entertainment newsmagazine program to be inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame. She was also honored by TelevisionWeek as one of the “30 Most Influential Women in Entertainment.” 

Previously, in October 2002, Bell Blue was named one of “Television’s Most Powerful Women” by TelevisionWeek magazine. She is also the recipient of a STAR Award from the American Women in Radio & Television (AWRT) for outstanding individual achievement in television, and she was recently recognized for her work in television production by The Hollywood Reporter in their “Salute to Women in Entertainment” special issue.

In October 2006 Entertainment Tonight became the first newsmagazine – and only the third syndicated program – ever to be inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame. In addition, Entertainment Tonight has also won a TV GUIDE Award for “Favorite News Program,” beating Dateline NBC and 20/20.

Over the years, Bell Blue has executive produced numerous CBS primetime television specials, including “Red Carpet Confidential,” which revealed the beauty and style secrets of the stars and “An Entertainment Tonight Event - Celebrity Weddings Unveiled,” which celebrated the lavish wedding moments, mementos and mishaps of Hollywood celebrities. She also executive produced the critically acclaimed CBS Valentine’s Day special, “The Stars’ First Time on Entertainment Tonight With Mary Hart.” In 2002, she served as executive producer of the highly rated ABC reunion special, “Entertainment Tonight Presents: Laverne & Shirley Together Again,” which revisited the classic sitcom with stars Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams.

Prior to joining Entertainment Tonight, Bell Blue served as Executive Producer of Hard Copy. During her tenure, the show received accolades from Time magazine and The Los Angeles Press Club. Before Hard Copy, she was Supervising Producer of the newsmagazine show This Evening and Producer of Hour Magazine for Group W Productions in Los Angeles.

From 1982-87, Bell Blue was an Executive Producer at KCBS-TV news in Los Angeles, where she received an Emmy Award for live coverage of breaking news and produced specials for the 1984 Democratic Convention, the 1984 Summer Olympics and a highly publicized interview with Charles Manson. Prior to KCBS, she worked as a News Producer at KRON-TV and KPIX-TV in San Francisco and WDIV-TV in Detroit.

A native of Springfield, MO, Bell Blue graduated from the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri.

Danielle N. Butin, MPH, OTR is the Founder and Executive Director of the Afya Foundation, a medical supply recovery organization in NY. Since its inception in late 2007, Afya has shipped more than forty-six 40-foot containers packed with recovered humanitarian and medical supplies to Haiti and African Nations. Butin is a firm believer in asking recipient hospitals and organizations abroad for their “wish list” and Afya attempts to match as many items as possible with those available for donation in the NY metropolitan area. Donors of products include hospitals and private practitioners, corporations, universities, schools and individuals.

Butin was recently honored by the Greater New York Hospital Association for her organization’s post-earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. In addition, she was awarded the Eli Lilly Welcome Back Award for Afya’s special pre-vocational programs at the warehouse, for at-risk populations. In 2009, she received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Scarsdale High School. Butin’s story was recently covered in the October, 2010 issue of More and her work at Afya has been covered twice in the New York Times, in addition to the Washington Post. She is also an adjunct faculty member at Columbia University.

Prior to creating Afya, Butin was the Director of Health Services, for the East Region of Senior and Retiree Services for United Health Care. In this role, she provided health service leadership for the East Region of the Medicare line of business (which served approximately 300,000 Medicare Members in NY, Ohio and Rhode Island). Prior to her role at United, Butin was the Manager of the Health Promotion and Wellness Department at Oxford Health Plans (which served approximately 80,000 Medicare members in NY). In the Medicare Division of Oxford Health Plans, she developed a number of innovative health screening, self-management, care management and wellness programs. Butin has received national recognition and awards for her leadership in the development of health education programs and materials. She served as a board member for the National HMO Workgroup on Care Management for 8 years, and continues to serve on the advisory board for Practice Change Fellows, a grant sponsored mentoring program to develop national leaders in geriatric care.

Butin received her Masters in Public Health with a specialization in Geriatrics and Gerontology at Columbia University and her B.S. in Occupational Therapy from New York University.

Jean Chatzky, award-winning journalist, best-selling author and sought-after motivational speaker, has created a global platform that is making significant strides to help millions of men and women battle an epidemic with a devastating impact — debt. Chatzky is the financial editor for NBC’s Today, a Consulting Money Editor for More and a columnist for the New York Daily News. She also hosts a daily show on Sirius XM Radio. She is the author of six books including The Difference: How Anyone Can Prosper in Even the Toughest Times (Crown Business 2009) and best sellers Pay It Down: From Debt to Wealth on $10 a Day (New York Times and Business Week bestseller) and Make Money, Not Excuses (Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestseller). Chatzky has been recognized as an exceptional journalist, receiving the Clarion Award for magazine columns from The Association of Women in Communications and a Gracie Award from American Women in Radio & Television, Inc. for her radio show. Chatzky lives with her family in Westchester, NY.

Judy Coyne is the Executive Editor of More. Previously, she was the Executive Editor at Good Housekeeping for seven years. She also served as Editor-in-Chief at New Woman magazine and later at women.com, a website that launched the first branded sites for Hearst Magazines. Coyne has also served as Executive Editor at Glamour magazine, and has been on staff at both Cosmopolitan and Redbook. Before working in magazines, she was a book editor at Putnam and E.P. Dutton. Coyne is a graduate of SUNY Stonybrook where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in English.

Susan Feldman is the Co-founder and Chief Merchandising Officer of One Kings Lane. When she moved back to Los Angeles from New York a few years ago, and into her first house as an adult, she was house proud, but noted the frugal climate.  She saw an opportunity to create a new way to make beautiful home furnishings available affordably, a sort of online sample sale.

Prior to One Kings Lane, Feldman was the Vice President of Sales for C&C California where she was responsible for overseeing and managing sales for all C&C lines. There she helped lead a successful turnaround of the business after the departure of the two company founders in 2005 and led the company to an annual double-digit sales increase. Previously, Feldman served as Vice President of Sales for Polo Jeans Company where she was responsible for the sales and marketing of the women’s division that generated over $200 million in sales volume. Before this, she was the President of Sales at Ralph Lauren Sleepwear where she successfully launched the sleepwear line into more than 400 doors, exceeding initial projections. Feldman has held various sales executive positions at companies such as Warnaco/Authentic Fitness Corp, Ralph Lauren Swimwear, Authentic Fitness Corporation and Cole of California. She began her career as a buyer at Macy’s New York and Bullock’s in Los Angeles, where she first developed her love for retail. Feldman received her Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Stanford and her MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA.

Dr. Fitzgerald is a Diplomat of the American Board of Dermatology and a Fellow of both the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) and the American Society of Dermatological Surgery (ASDS). She is also on the clinical faculty at the University of California — Los Angeles (UCLA).

A New Orleans native, Dr. Fitzgerald graduated from Louisiana State University (LSU) Medical School. She subsequently completed an Internal Medicine residency at UCLA/Cedars Sinai Medical Center (CSMC) in Los Angeles, California before returning home to New Orleans, where she completed her training in Dermatology. She returned to California following her post graduate training, and is pleased to continue serving the greater Los Angeles area from her new Larchmont location.

Dr. Fitzgerald has published in peer reviewed medical journals, presented at medical educational seminars and has been featured as a medical expert on local and national television programs.

Alexis Glick is CEO of the Gen YOUth Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting childhood obesity. Gen YOUth’s flagship program Fuel Up to Play 60, is a partnership between the NFL and the National Dairy Council. The in-school program empowers youth in more than 70,000 schools to improve nutrition and physical activity at their own school and for their own health. It encourages youth to consume nutrient-rich foods and achieve at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day. Prior to her appointment as CEO, Glick was Vice President of Fox Business News, where she helped launch the largest cable news network in history and anchored “Money for Breakfast” and “The Opening Bell.”

She is a senior fellow for the Kauffman Foundation, one of the largest foundations in the country; the organization is dedicated to education and entrepreneurship. Glick has become an emerging philanthropic leader. She is a strategic advisor to the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, an international forum of business CEOs and chairpersons focused exclusively on corporate philanthropy created by Paul Newman, John C. Whitehead and Peter L. Malkin.

Throughout her career, Glick has interviewed some of the world’s most recognized leaders and newsmakers across politics, business and sports, including President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Warren Buffett, Rupert Murdoch, Muhtar Kent and Tiger Woods, among others.

In addition to her consulting and advisory work for media and financial companies, Glick has become a frequent guest and contributor to many network, cable news and national radio stations. She travels across the country speaking about a range of topics including the fate of the U.S. economy, the political climate in Washington, D.C. and her personal journey from running a business on Wall Street to covering hurricanes, super bowls, presidential elections and the largest financial crisis of our lifetime.

Prior to joining Fox News, Glick was a correspondent for NBC News’s Today, where she co-anchored the third hour of the program with Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, Al Roker and Ann Curry. Before joining Today, she was the senior trading correspondent for CNBC and reported from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for CNBC’s flagship morning program Squawk Box.

Earlier in her career, Glick was an executive at Morgan Stanley where she headed floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange. A member of the New York Stock Exchange since 2002, she was the first and youngest woman to manage such an operation for a bulge bracket firm, and served as one of its top producers on the Listed Equity Trading Desk. She began her career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs in the Equities Division.

Glick is a graduate of Columbia University and serves as a member of the board of directors of the Columbia College Alumni Association. In 2006 she was awarded Columbia’s John Jay Award for distinguished professional achievement. She’s been featured in Metropolitan Home, W, Fortune, New York Magazine, Glamour, Men’s Health, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times among others. She is the proud mother of three young boys.

Jeanette Jenkins, founder and President of The Hollywood Trainer LLC is the author of The Hollywood Trainer Weight-Loss Plan: 21 Days to Make Healthy Living a Lifetime Habit and creator of Bikini Bootcamp, part of her internationally successful Hollywood Trainer DVD Collection, created to inspire and motivate men and women to live a healthy life.

New for 2011 Jenkins has released her 14th  & 15th workout DVDs Blast the Belly Fat  and Power Yoga and joins forces with the legendary Jane Fonda to launch Team Jane Fonda’s Workout exclusively for Target.  As a Nike Training Club Ambassador she has also launched the New 2011 Nike Training Club Application. As one of the country’s leading healthy lifestyle coaches, known best for her holistic approach, results-driven cross-training techniques, and supreme ability to motivate, she helps millions of people achieve their health and fitness goals.

Jenkins studied Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa and has earned over 18 international certifications covering nutrition and various methods of training.  She is a graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition recognized by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners and Columbia University and she serves as an 8-year Advisory Board Member for Fitness magazine.Her mission is to use her experience and education to teach and inspire others to live their best life!

Her knowledge and ability to get results is what attracts an A-List student/client roster which has included Queen Latifah, Kimora Lee Simmons, Serena Williams, Kelly Rowland, Robin Thicke, Paula Patton Thicke, Tia Mowry, Chrisette Michele, Debra L. Lee, Christina Applegate, Lauren Velez, Taryn Manning, Ian Ziering, Kendra Wilkinson, Carmen Electra, Holly Madison, Jordana Brewster, Mara Brock Akil, NFL’s Bryant McKinnie, Ty Law and Brian Cox.

Growing up in public housing in Canada, Jenkins was one of three children raised by a single mother, and fitness is what kept her focused. A natural athlete, she found a safe haven in sports, one that taught her the value of discipline and team work, and most importantly instilled self confidence and a “can do” attitude.  Jenkins has benefited from social and community services as a child and dedicates her time and support to several non-profit organizations including The Samburu Project, School on Wheels Organization and the Los Angeles Downtown Women’s Shelter.

Dr. Will Kirby is a Board Certified Dermatologist based in Beverly Hills, CA.  His practice specializes in anti-aging and aesthetic/cosmetic dermatology and laser medicine. Well-known from his multiple television appearances, he has appeared on Dr. 90210, Regis & Kelly, Chelsea Lately, The Real Housewives of Orange County and The Doctors. 

He currently serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Western University of Health Sciences and a Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Dermatology, Nova Southeastern University.
 
Dr. Kirby frequently lectures at national medical conventions and has published multiple articles in medical journals.  He also serves on the editorial advisory board for Skin & Aging and Healthy Aging magazines.

Alison Levine currently serves as an adjunct professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point where she teaches in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership. In January 2011 she addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos on the topic of responsible risk-taking. She is also the founder of the Climb High Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of jobless women in Uganda by training them to be trekking guides and porters in their local mountains so they will have the skills to earn a sustainable living wage through climbing-related tourism.

As a history-making explorer and mountaineer, Alison has climbed the highest peak on every continent, served as the team captain of the first American Women’s Everest Expedition and skied across the Arctic Circle to the geographic North Pole. In January 2008, she made history as the first American to complete a ski-traverse across west Antarctica to the South Pole, an arduous 7-week journey that required her to haul 150 pounds of her gear and supplies in a sled harnessed to her waist for 600 miles. In May 2010 she completed the Adventure Grand Slam – climbing the 7 Summits (highest peak on each continent) and skiing to both Poles, an accomplishment fewer than 30 people in the world can claim. Her success in extreme environments is noteworthy given she has had 3 heart surgeries and suffers from a neurological disease that causes the arteries that feed her fingers and toes to collapse in cold weather, leaving her at extreme risk for frostbite.

Genevieve Monsma is the Beauty Director of both More magazine and more.com, where she reports on the latest skin, hair and makeup news, filtered through an anti-aging lense. Monsma has been covering the beauty market for almost 15 years and has written and edited for a wide variety of audiences. She was previously the Beauty Director at Shape, where she wrote extensively about the evolving “green” beauty world; the Deputy Beauty Director at Marie Claire, where she reported on beauty trends as well as fitness and nutrition; the founding Beauty Director at CosmoGirl, where she helped to grow the Cosmopolitan spin-off, turning the magazine into one of the ’90s biggest magazine success stories; and the Associate Beauty Editor at Redbook, where she first reported on anti-aging skincare, an interest that now borders on an obsession. She has appeared as a beauty expert on NBC’s Today, CBS’s The Early Show, MTV and VH1. Monsma, a self-professed mascara junkie, lives in New York City with her husband and seven-year-old son.

In April of 2010, Laura Munson authored a memoir called This Is Not the Story You Think It Is published by Amy Einhorn and Putnam, the same team that published the bestselling novel The Help. This memoir is an international bestseller, landing on the New York Times bestseller list in its first week of publication. The short version was published in the New York Times "Modern Love" section, the responses to which crashed the New York Times website.  This Is Not the Story You Think It Is has been featured and reviewed in Vanity Fair, Elle, Newsweek, Time, Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook, Woman's Day, The Huffington Post, Publishers Weekly, The Washington Post, and numerous other newspapers and magazines around the world. Book of the Month Club named it one of the best books of the year. It is being published in Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, China, and Taiwan. Munson went on a national book tour with numerous television and radio appearances including Good Morning America and many NPR stations.  Her work has appeared in the New York Times “Modern Love” column, The New York Times Magazine “Lives” column, Woman's Day, The Huffington Post, The Week, Whole Living, Ladies Home Journal, The Sun, Big Sky Journal and others.  While the entry point to her memoir is a marital crisis, true to its title, this is a book about empowerment; about living in the present moment, and committing to being responsible for your own happiness no matter what’s going on in your life.  Munson lives in Northwest, Montana with her husband and children.

Nancy O’Dell joined Entertainment Tonight as a special correspondent and substitute co-anchor in January 2011. She will assume the role of co-anchor of Entertainment Tonight after Mary Hart ends her final season in May 2011.

Named one of TelevisionWeek's 10 Most Bankable Stars in Syndication, Emmy Award-winning entertainment journalist O'Dell has proven to be a force in all areas of her career as a host, author, producer and entrepreneur. She also recently hosted Fox’s New Year’s Eve Special ringing in 2011 from Las Vegas. Previously, O’Dell served as the co- anchor of Access Hollywood for 13 years and has contributed reports to CBS's The Early Show, NBCs Today show and Dateline.

O’Dell is a published author with her first book, FULL OF LIFE: Mom-to-Mom Tips I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Pregnant, debuting in the top three of all motherhood books and as a top-selling gift book. FULL OF LIFE was released by Simon Spotlight in April 2009. Her most recent book, Full of Love: Mom-to-Mom Advice for Enriching Families with Simple Photo Albums and Scrapbooking was released in October 2010.

Some of O'Dell's additional broadcasting work includes hosting ABC's 2010 Fall Preview special, 2010 Emmy Awards coverage for CBS, VH1's 2010 Critic's Choice Awards Live Red Carpet Special and the 2010 Superbowl Fan Jam Concert Special. NBC Sports also tapped her to host their live 2009 NFL Kickoff Show. In 2009, O’Dell hosted NBC's live coverage of the Kentucky Derby with Bob Costas, as well as the Bravo special "Ladies First: Bravo at the Kentucky Derby."  She has been chosen by NBC for the last nine years to host two of their popular annual network broadcasts, "The Live Golden Globes Arrivals Special" and "The Tournament of Roses Parade."

O'Dell has done guest appearances on numerous television shows, including the Emmy award-winning "30 Rock," Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana" and “Sesame Street.” O'Dell will be seen in “Scream 4” in 2011, a sequel in the huge blockbuster movie franchise. O'Dell also had roles in “Scream” 2 and 3. In 2006, she appeared in the Golden Globe-nominated film "Thank You for Smoking" and had a recurring role as herself on FX's "Dirt" from 2006 to 2008. Other TV appearances include co-hosting ESPN's "ESPY Awards Red Carpet Show" in 2003 and 2004 and NBC's broadcast of "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" in 2004 with Al Roker. O'Dell hosted Miss USA from 2004 to 2007. She also hosted Miss Universe in 2005 and the annual "Prism Awards" on the FX channel from 2008 to 2010.

An award-winning journalist, O'Dell has been honored with three Associated Press Awards, two Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Awards, an Emmy Award and has been nominated for seven additional Emmys. In 2009, O'Dell was honored by the entire beauty industry for the inaugural Beautiful Humanitarian Award by the Professional Beauty Association, an award given to a public figure who exemplifies beauty both inside and out. In addition, she was nominated two years in a row (1999 and 2000) for the prestigious ICG Publicists Guild Press Award, recognizing excellence in entertainment reporting.

O'Dell began her broadcast career as a reporter and anchor at WPDE-TV in Myrtle Beach, S.C. She later worked as morning news anchor and crime reporter at WCBD-TV in Charleston, S.C. O'Dell went on to become evening co-anchor and investigative reporter in Miami for NBC's WTVJ-TV, before joining Access Hollywood.

O'Dell, a National Vice President of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the ALS National Ambassador, has been working with MDA since her mother was diagnosed with and passed away in 2008 from complications related to ALS. In August of 2009, MDA, O'Dell, and O'Dell's family formed a foundation in her mother's name called Betty's Battle: Fighting ALS. O'Dell is honored to co-host the MDA Jerry Lewis telethon this year for the third year in a row. Additionally, O'Dell was inducted into the American Red Cross's National Celebrity Cabinet in 2002 and remains in that position today, and she also serves as a celebrity spokesperson for the March of Dimes (MOD). Further, she acts as an international board member for Best Buddies, a non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. In June 2002, Best Buddies honored O'Dell with the organization's Spirit of Leadership Award. This honor has previously been bestowed upon Muhammad Ali, Maria Shriver and Olympian Carl Lewis.

A native of South Carolina, O'Dell is a graduate of Clemson University.

Kristin Patrick brings extensive experience leading brands in their marketing, branding and business efforts to WME. She has expertise across several image-oriented industries including entertainment, fashion and beauty. Most recently, Patrick was the CMO for Liz Claiborne’s Lucky Brand. Earlier career highlights include marketing positions at Walt Disney Company, Calvin Klein, Revlon, and NBC Universal. She held a unique position at Gap, Inc. responsible for Strategy and Innovation across all Gap, Inc. brands and was instrumental in developing Gap’s partnership with the RED campaign. Brandweek named her a “Next Gen Marketer” and she is also a recipient of a Reggie Award. Patrick received her BA from Emerson College and JD from Southwestern University.

Alison Pincus is the Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of One Kings Lane.    A longtime digital media enthusiast, she was inspired to create One Kings Lane with her Co-founder Susan Feldman in order to marry her passion for online shopping and love of design, home fashion and lifestyle accessories. Sourcing and sharing affordable treasures became a primary objective in the development of One Kings Lane.

Before One Kings Lane, Pincus worked as a Senior Director at Hachette Filipacchi Media, where she oversaw strategic alliances for the digital group’s magazine brands. Prior to this, she was on the U.S. business development team for 19 Entertainment, the creative entity behind American Idol. Previously, Pincus was a web producer at both NBC.com and Disney.com, where she focused on how web-based communications tools (chat and live productions) could be measurable promotional tools for entertainment brands and personalities. Pincus received her bachelor of sciences from UC Berkeley and her MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA. She was named one of Food & Wine's "40 Under 40.”  She is actively involved in the design community and recently served as co-chair of the Connoisseur Circle of the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show which benefits Enterprise for High School Students.

Deborah Perry Piscione is the Co-founder and CEO of Desha Productions, Inc., a content production studio and parent company of BettyConfidential.com and Alley to the Valley™.  Under her leadership, BettyConfidential.com has won the AlwaysOn OnHollywood 100 list of world’s top private companies in digital entertainment, Forbes Top 100 Women’s web sites, and min’s Editorial Excellence award in 2010. Alley to the Valley™ networks the world’s most influential women in venture, entrepreneurship, corporate, media, politics and academia through in-person summits, conferences and a subscription-based online community.  

Piscione is also a bestselling author, on-air political commentator and public speaker. She is the co-author (with Dr. Julianne Malveaux) of a Washington Post bestseller entitled Unfinished Business: A Democrat and a Republican Take on the 10 Most Important Issues Women Face (Perigee September 2002), and a television and radio commentator on CNN and National Public Radio. As a television and radio commentator, she has appeared as a guest on Today, Wolf Blitzer Reports, The McLaughlin Group, The O’Reilly Factor, Hardball with Chris Matthews, and Politically Incorrect, and has been a featured guest on PBS, BET and National Public Radio programs including Justice Talking, Public Interest and The Tavis Smiley Show.  She has been featured in leading women’s magazines such as Ladies’ Home Journal and in newspapers including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Dallas Morning News. Piscione has won numerous awards including the 2009 Silicon Valley Women Business Owner of the Year, a Gracie Allen Award for her participation in a debate for NPR’s Justice Talking, and a distinguished award from The White House Project.

Randi Petersen began her career in a hair salon at the age of 15 in her hometown of Salem, Oregon. Immediately, Petersen was drawn to the creativity and excitement of building a person's image with their hair. After a few short years, Petersen had built a name for herself with a group of regular clients at the top-rated salon in the northwest.
 
Upon relocating to Los Angeles, Petersen began working alongside some of the top stylists in the world and developed an appreciation for pushing boundaries and seeking new methods and techniques. She has since gathered her own clientele in the fashion and celebrity industries, having worked with such clients as Mariah Carey and Ali Landry, as well as advertising campaigns with Ford, Macy's, Volkswagen and Coors Light.

Randi's goal and vision has always been to bring out each client's unique beauty. Her energetic attitude constantly fuels her passion for styling hair and creatively guides her to push through new boundaries. Petersen currently resides in Los Angeles and works on a bi-coastal basis.

After training in Milan alongside world-renowned makeup artist Pat McGrath, Tim Quinn joined the Giorgio Armani Beauty team with the launch of the brand in September 2001. His experience as an artist includes work in TV, print and film. Quinn began his career in the beauty industry when he started modeling at the age of 19. After numerous photo shoots and magazine layouts, he discovered that his true home was behind the camera designing his own individual style. As the U.S. front-man for Giorgio Armani Beauty, Quinn has traveled internationally hosting special events, training and promoting the beauty line. His words of wisdom have appeared in More, W, Elle, Glamour, Lucky, InStyle, Harper’s Bazaar and Cosmopolitan. Quinn has worked backstage at several award shows including the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes and the ESPYs and been featured numerous times on television programs such as Today, Extra and E!. Most recently, he was awarded the title of “Beauty Tsar” at Hollywood Magazine’s 2008 Hollywood Style Awards. Quinn has worked with celebrities such as Uma Thurman, January Jones, Glenn Close, Debra Messing, Victoria Beckham, Kim Cattrall, Gwen Stefani, Kate Bosworth, Jordana Brewster and Brooke Shields among many others.

Mel Robbins is a married, working mother of three and one of the top career and relationship experts in America.  She hosts a daily syndicated radio show, writes a monthly column for Success Magazine, and is the co-founder of two companies: Advice for Living, Inc. and 2Market Media, LLC which develops products and television programming with experts in the wellness, health, relationship and career categories.

Robbins is an expert at removing the mental rubbish that blocks people from achieving their dreams. She's respected for her tough love and grab-you-by-the-collar approach.  She just finished writing her first book, Stop Saying You're Fine: Discover A More Powerful You (Crown) and is taping a new primetime reality show where she helps families across America stop fighting.  Most nights, once the kids are in bed, you'll find her at home with a bourbon on the rocks, writing about life, love and everything else on her award-winning blog.

Malaak Compton-Rock began her career in the public relations and special event fields.  Her professional life started in the entertainment industry, working for many years at the Terrie Williams Agency, where she contributed to many successful movie and record release campaigns and projects for clients including Eddie Murphy, The Essence Awards, and HBO. 

Following a stint in the cosmetics industry, she found her true calling after accepting a position at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF (The United Nations Children’s Fund).  During her three years there, she spearheaded the Special Events and Celebrity Relations Department. Compton-Rock designed and orchestrated numerous fundraising and advocacy events, geared towards increasing the organization’s visibility and promoting private sector and corporate giving. She remains proud of the fact that she was able to increase the organization’s celebrity support by cultivating and recruiting many celebrities who continue to support UNICEF today including Laurence Fishburne, Tea Leoni, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Claudia Schiffer.

While still at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, she made the life-changing decision to dedicate her life’s work to the non-profit world and pursue her dream of starting her own non-profit organization.  After witnessing the sweeping changes in the welfare laws, combined with her love of individual style, Compton-Rock incorporated styleWORKS, an organization that provided comprehensive grooming services, i.e., hair styling, make-up application, skincare services, clothing, accessories, and image consulting to women moving from welfare to work for seven years.

In 2008, Compton-Rock founded The Angelrock Project, an online e-village that promotes volunteerism, social responsibility, and sustainable change. The Angelrock Project includes valuable information on how to volunteer, advice on making monetary or in-kind donations, links to life-changing non-profit organizations, recommends fair trade companies whose products sustain third-world artisans, and includes a discussion forum and blog. The organization can be found at angelrockproject.com.

Along with her husband, Compton-Rock founded The Angelrock Project South Africa Trust to provide assistance to orphaned and vulnerable children, granny-led households and people living with HIV/AIDS in Diepsloot and Soweto, two poverty-stricken shanty towns in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Compton-Rock also founded and coordinates Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service, a program that takes at-risk youth from Brooklyn, New York to Johannesburg, South Africa for two weeks of global volunteer service.  Upon their return, the participants who attend the Salvation Army, become Global Ambassadors for one year engaged in advocacy, service, and educational activities.  The 2008-2009 inaugural program was filmed as part of CNN’s Black in America 2: Tomorrow’s Leaders hosted by journalist Soledad O’Brien which aired on July 21, 2009.  Journey for Change 2 traveled to South Africa on August 18 – September 3, 2010, and took thirty youths from the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick, Brownsville, and Bedford Stuyvesant.

Compton-Rock is an avid public speaker who lectures on topics pertaining to philanthropic giving, finding balance in life, and raising giving children in a global world.  In April, 2010 Broadway Books released her first book, If It Takes A Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too. She has been featured on international and national television media outlets, including The Today Show, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, and Good Morning America, among many others and in a variety of print media outlets including Essence, Redbook, Variety, Town & Country, The Daily News and USA Today.

Malaak Compton-Rock lives in New Jersey with her husband Chris Rock and three daughters.  She holds a B.F.A. in Arts/Production Management from Howard University and received honorary doctorate degrees from Fairleigh Dickenson University in May 2009 and Salve Regina University in May 2010.  Compton-Rock sits on the board of directors of The Children’s Defense Fund and The Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation.  She is a Global Ambassador for The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Global Promise Fund, a member of New York Women in Communications, The Cause Marketing Forum and The Association of Fundraising Professionals.  She lives by her favorite Marian Wright Edelman quote “Service is the rent we pay for living.”

Lesley Jane Seymour was named Editor-in-Chief of More magazine in January of 2008 and led the magazine to a 2009 National Magazine Award nomination for Personal Service for a piece called “The Endangered Uterus” and a nomination for General Excellence in 2010. Under her guidance, the magazine was named to Mediaweek’s 2010 Hot List, and dubbed “The Vanity Fair for Women” by marketers. Seymour was also ranked 4th on Forbes’ Most Powerful Fashion Magazine Editors list in 2009.

Before that, Seymour was the Editor-in-Chief of Marie Claire, where she spearheaded the magazine’s signature cause-related programs, including It’s Time to Talk Day, which raised awareness for domestic violence, and the One World/One Wish campaign for Save the Children. She was also Editor-in-Chief of Redbook, where she repositioned the magazine and guided the title to a National Magazine Award nomination for Personal Service. Seymour served as Editor-in-Chief of YM, Beauty Director of Glamour and Contributing Editor for Vogue. She is the author of two books: On the Edge: Images from 100 Years of Vogue and I Wish My Parents Understood.

Willa Shalit is an artist, theatrical and television producer, author/editor, socially-conscious entrepreneur and philanthropist, who says that, "all of my professional activities are efforts to use art as a vehicle for social change." To bring economic recovery to women in post-conflict and post-disaster zones,
Shalit has worked to create markets in the U.S. for products manufactured jointly by Palestinian and Israeli women, and by women survivors of the Rwandan genocide and, most recently, survivors of the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti. As a result, Fairwinds Trading, Inc. has become a leading importer of handmade goods from Rwanda and Haiti, it has partnered with Macy's for the Rwanda Path to Peace and the Heart of Haiti program bringing tens of thousands of artisan-made goods from Haiti.

Shalit is the editor of the book, Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female, a collection of essays and reminiscences by notable women. She is also the author of Lifecast: Behind the Mask, which details her methods and experiences casting sculptures of the Dalai Lama and other notable persons for an exhibit of touchable lifecasts for the purpose of making famous faces accessible to the blind and visually-impaired. Shalit and her lifecasting art were also featured in the Emmy Award-winning television documentary, "Willa: Behind The Mask."

Shalit’s photos of Afghanistan, Rwanda and Israel have been published in many publications including the Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, Parade magazine, and distributed by the Associated Press wire service. She produced the Broadway revival of August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" and several off-Broadway shows including: James Lecesne's One Man Band, Eve Ensler’s "The Vagina Monologues," and "Necessary Targets." She was the Executive Producer of the HBO film of "The Vagina Monologues" and "Until the Violence Stops," a documentary film about V-Day's 2002 activities. Shalit was one of the co-founder's of V-Day, a non-profit organization that distributes funds to programs and organizations that work to stop violence against women and girls, and served as its first executive director. She also served as a Special Advisor to the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and was named by Women's eNews as one of the "21 Leaders for the 21st Century" in 2006.

Appointed President of Fox Searchlight Pictures in 2009, Nancy Utley was charged with jointly managing all aspects of the company including production, acquisitions, marketing and distribution alongside fellow President Stephen Gilula. Since 1999 when she was named President of Marketing and promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2006, Utley has overseen some of Fox Searchlight’s most successful films to date for a total of fifty Golden Globe® and fifty-nine Oscar® nominations, including eleven nominations and a Best Actress win at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards®.

Upcoming releases include The Tree of Life directed by Terrence Malick and starring Sean Penn, Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain; Homework directed by Gavin Wiesen and starring Freddie Highmore and Emma Roberts; Another Earth directed by Mike Cahill and starring William Mapother and Brit Marling; Martha Marcy May Marlene directed by Sean Durkin and starring Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes and Hugh Dancy; The Descendants directed by Alexander Payne and starring George Clooney; and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel directed by John Madden and starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy and Dev Patel.  Past successful films include Black Swan, 127 Hours, Crazy Heart, 500 Days of Summer, Slumdog Millionaire, The Wrestler, Juno, Once, Little Miss Sunshine, The Last King of Scotland, Thank You For Smoking, Sideways, Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite, 28 Days Later and Bend It Like Beckham.

Prior to Fox Searchlight, Utley had worked since 1986 in a variety of capacities for Twentieth Century Fox, including most recently Executive Vice President of Marketing for Twentieth Century Fox Film. In that role, she oversaw all aspects of media, research, publicity and promotion for Twentieth Century Fox’s theatrical releases. She also held posts as Vice President of Media, Senior Vice President of Media and Research, and Executive Vice President of Marketing, Media and Research.

During her tenure at Twentieth Century Fox, she worked on such films as: Big, Independence Day, There’s Something About Mary, The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition, Speed, the Diehard series, Mrs. Doubtfire and William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.

Utley came to Twentieth Century Fox from BBDO where she was Senior Vice President of New Business. Beginning her career at Grey Advertising in New York as an Assistant Media Director, she left eight years later as Vice President, Associate Media Director. She holds a Master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. Utley has volunteered as a mentor for Film Independent’s Project: Involve and Northwestern University’s Externship Program. She was named one of Ad Age’s Top 50 Marketers in 2003, received the prestigious Step Up Women’s Network Inspiration Award in 2007, was one of Ad Age’s Top Entertainment Marketers in 2008 and was honored with the “Loop Award” by Lupus LA at the Orange Ball in 2009.

At 46 years old, Bobbie Weiner started a new career in 1993 by going to makeup school for the film and TV industry. While working on her first horror film, “Pumpkinhead II”, she was nicknamed Bloody Mary by the crew. Weiner has since worked with Johnny Cash, Sugar Ray Leonard, Katharine Helmond, Danny Trejo, Loretta Swit and many other celebrities and has been written up in national and international magazines. She went on to become the makeup magician who transformed hundreds of actors into blue-lipped, icicle-covered corpses in the mega-hit movie “Titanic.” Today Weiner owns and operates a multi-million dollar makeup company. She is the  #1 supplier of camouflage face paint for the U.S. Department of Defense, has a line of Halloween makeup, ”Bloody Mary” and has a full line of sports fan makeup kits in team specific colors that sells worldwide for all sports. She is also known for her line of “Secrets of A Hollywood Makeup Artist — How to Look 5-7 Years Younger.” Weiner created the comic book, Tales of Bloody Mary, which sells worldwide and her book, “I Can Do This” The Real Bloody Mary Story, will be available in late Spring 2011.

Rita Wilson first donned her producer’s cap for the record breaking box-office hit, My Big Fat Greek Wedding. She was the driving force behind bringing Nia Vardalos’ semi-autobiographical story to the screen with Vardalos as the lead and was honored with the Visionary Award from the Producer’s Guild of America. The film won the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Comedy, as well as Golden Globe and Oscar nominations.

Wilson is the producer of the 2008 Universal Studios film version of the hit ABBA stage musical Mamma Mia!, starring Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan. Seeing the play in London soon after it opened and loving the energy of ABBA’s music, she felt that it could be a wonderful movie. She got the ball rolling on the film before the play made it to audiences outside of the U.K.

As an actor, Wilson has starred in Homework, Old Dogs with John Travolta and Robin Williams, and Beautiful, Ohio with William Hurt. Some of her other film credits include The Chumbscrubber, with Ralph Fiennes, Raise Your Voice with Hilary Duff, Auto Focus with Greg Kinnear, The Story of Us with Michelle Pfeiffer and Bruce Willis, Runaway Bride with Richard Gere, Gus Van Sant’s Psycho, Nora Ephron’s Mixed Nuts and Sleepless in Seattle, in which she captured the hearts of film audiences everywhere with her now classic crying scene.

On stage, Wilson recently starred in Nora and Delia Ephron's Love, Loss and What I Wore, in the world premiere of Lisa Loomer’s Distracted, directed by Leonard Foglia.  She also starred in the Pulitzer Prize winning play Dinner With Friends in Los Angeles and Boston, directed by Dan Sullivan. In 2006, she made a personal dream come true and made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago, The Musical. Wilson works with the Shakespeare Festival/LA, a charity that provides free Shakespeare to the citizens of Los Angeles, as well providing educational programs for youths in the community.

On television, she has appeared this season in The Good Wife, has foiled Larry David in “The Doll” episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, has been girlfriend and mother to Kelsey Grammar’s Frasier, and co-starred as Susan Borman in HBO’s Emmy award winning miniseries “From the Earth to the Moon.” Wilson has The Brady Bunch to thank for her first professional acting job.

Wilson is currently writing her first screenplay, Terms Of Embarrassment for Fox 2000.

As co-author of the best-selling In an Instant, Lee Woodruff garnered critical acclaim for the compelling and humorous chronicle of her family’s journey to recovery following her husband Bob’s roadside bomb injury in Iraq. Appearing together on national television and radio, the couple has helped put a face on the serious issue of traumatic brain injury among returning Iraq war veterans. Woodruff is currently a contributor for ABC’s Good Morning America, reporting on a variety of home and family related topics. Her second book, Perfectly Imperfect, a Life in Progress, was published in the spring of 2009. A freelance writer, Woodruff has penned numerous personal articles that have run in magazines such as Health, Redbook, Country Living and Family Fun. In addition, Woodruff ran her own public relations and marketing consulting business for 16 years. Before that, she was Senior Vice President of public relations firm Porter Novelli and spent a year in Beijing, China, working for communications company Hill & Knowlton. In the latter position, she helped international clients break into markets in the People’s Republic of China. She serves on the board of the Bob Woodruff Foundation, which assists members of the military following traumatic brain injury received in service to their country. She is also an Advisory Board committee member of the Quinnipiac School of Communications and on the board of the Oklahoma City Memorial and Museum and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.