​Liza Lentini is an award-winning playwright, journalist, and author. Liza’s plays have been performed around the world, including Off-Broadway’s McGinn/Cazale Theatre, The Women’s Project, Chicago Dramatists, and The Cherry Lane Theatre. In 2009 Manhattan Repertory Theatre performed a festival of Liza’s early plays aptly titled LIZAFEST.  Liza’s writings have been featured in the science magazine Discover, men’s magazine Gear, and the women’s lifestyle magazine Pure, among others. In 2006 Liza founded Elephant Ensemble Theater (www.elephanttheater.com) a charitable organization which brings educational, interactive productions to children in hospitals. In addition to designing the touring model, Liza also penned the scripts in Elephant’s repertoire. Liza’s proudest accomplishment, Elephant has made literally hundreds of sick kids smile. Learn more about Liza at www.lizalentini.com.

Meredith Resnick is a right-handed, right-brain type who responds beautifully to deadlines. Her work has been published in Newsweek, JAMA, Los Angeles Times, Santa Monica Review, Culinate, The Complete Book of Aunts (Twelve) and many others, and writes the Adoption Stories and More Than Caregiving blogs at Psychology Today. She is the creator of The Writer’s [Inner] Journey, a 2012 Bloggies Award finalist. A former therapist, Meredith holds a license in clinical social work, and worked in diverse settings such as inpatient psychiatry, outpatient counseling and home health/pre-hospice care. As a writer, she seeks to understand why something--or someone--turned out the way they did, and how it came to be that way. Left to her own devices, she eats too much candy. She lives in southern California with her husband and their greyhound where she is an avid creator of mosaic art on furniture. www.meredithresnick.com

Jenny Rough is a lawyer-turned-writer. Her articles and essays have appeared in a range of publications, including AARP The Magazine, More, The Washington Post, Whole Living, and Yoga Journal. She leads a RESOLVE support group for women diagnosed with infertility.

Laurenne Sala is a storyteller, comedian, and regular contributor to the Huffington Post, KCET, and her own blog, Humans are Funny. With a Master’s degree in Spiritual Psychology, Laurenne teaches writing therapy workshops that encourage the sharing of human truths. She produces and hosts Taboo Tales, a storytelling show with the same mantra. She hates writing about herself in third person because she knows you know she’s writing this.​

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Marianne Schnall is a widely published writer and interviewer. She is also the founder and Executive Director of Feminist.com, a leading women’s website and nonprofit organization. For over sixteen years, Feminist.com has been fostering awareness, education, and activism for people all across the world. Marianne is also the cofounder of EcoMall.com, one of the oldest environmental websites promoting earth-friendly living. Marianne’s writings and interviews appear at The Huffington Post, the Women's Media Center, CNN.com and many other publications, and she contributes regularly to the nationally syndicated NPR show “51% - The Women's Perspective”. Marianne was a contributor to Robin Morgan’s anthology Sisterhood is Forever: The Women’s Anthology for a New Millennium. Her latest book is Daring to Be Ourselves: Influential Women Share Insights on Courage, Happiness and Finding Your Own Voice. Through her writings, interviews, and websites, Marianne strives to raise awareness and inspire activism around important issues and causes.​