Avrum Bluming, M.D., received his BA from Columbia College, where he majored in music, and his M.D. degree from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. He spent four years as a Senior Investigator for the National Cancer Institute and has taught at medical and academic institutions, including Harvard, Princeton, Johns Hopkins and Columbia Universities, as well as UCLA and USC. He is currently an Emeritus Clinical Professor of Medicine at USC, and has been an invited speaker at the Royal College of Physicians in London, the Pasteur Institute in Paris, and the International Society of Hematology in Jerusalem. In 1994, he was elected to Mastership in the American College of Physicians, an honor accorded to only 500 of the over 100,000 board-certified internists in the U.S. Since 1994, he has been consistently listed in The Best Doctors in America. For more than three decades, Dr. Bluming has been studying the benefits and risks of hormone replacement therapy administered to women with a history of breast cancer. His book with Dr. Carol Tavris, Estrogen Matters: Why taking hormones in menopause can improve women’s well-being and lengthen their lives—without raising the risk of breast cancer (Little, Brown Spark, 2018), has, along with controversy, been received with praise and support from researchers, physicians, and hundreds of grateful women around the world. German and Chinese editions are available, and a Spanish edition is being prepared. The second edition, published September 3, 2024, is currently the #1 best seller in Breast Cancer as well as #1 in General Women’s Health on Amazon.

Comedian and host Samantha Bee received global recognition from the success of her weekly late-night comedy series, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, which was nominated for 70 awards and ran for seven seasons on TBS. Bee has personally been nominated for 18 Emmy awards, winning for both writing and executive producing the longest running satirical late-night show hosted by a woman. In 2003, Bee joined Comedy Central's The Daily Show's "Best F#@king News Team." Bee departed The Daily Show in 2015 and currently holds the title for being the longest-serving regular Daily Show correspondent. Bee is the author of the essay collection I Know I Am, But What Are You? and has been featured in TIME 100: The Most Influential People. Bee and her husband Jason Jones also co-created the half-hour comedy series, The Detour, which ran for four seasons on TBS. She’ll present her upcoming one-woman show, ‘How to Survive Menopause‘, written and performed by her in partnership with Audible Theater.

Bobbi Brown is a beauty industry titan, world-renowned makeup artist, best-selling author, sought-after speaker, and serial entrepreneur. As a professional makeup artist, Ms. Brown created the ten simple lipsticks that launched her billion-dollar brand, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. She left her namesake brand in 2016 to return to her roots as an entrepreneur, launching three new businesses — justBOBBI.com, a digital editorial content site; The George, a 31-room boutique hotel in Montclair, NJ; and The Important Things, a podcast that interviews thought leaders, creators, and entrepreneurs on the habits and mindsets that have helped them live their most authentic and gratifying lives. In October 2020, Ms. Brown made her triumphant return to the beauty industry and launched Jones Road – a collection of edited and indispensable clean beauty products for all ages, skin types, and skin tones.

Dr. Elizabeth Comen, MD, has dedicated her medical career to saving the lives of women. An award-winning, internationally sought-after clinician and physician-scientist, Dr. Comen is a Medical Oncologist specializing in breast cancer and an Associate Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone. She earned her BA in the History of Science from Harvard College and her MD from Harvard Medical School, then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and her fellowship in oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She lives in New York City with her family.

Aimee Meredith Cox PhD is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at New York University and author of the award-winning book, Shapeshifters: Black Girls and the Choreography of Citizenship. A long-time yogi, Aimee is the Director of Training & Development and Teacher at The Class. Aimee teaches courses in academic, studio, and community settings that draw from her training and deep study as a cultural anthropologist, professional dancer with Ailey II, and yoga and meditation practitioner. She is currently working on a second book that integrates all of her areas of expertise called Living Past Slow Death. Aimee leads yoga teacher trainings and retreats around the world.

Tamsen Fadal is an Emmy award-winning journalist, menopause advocate, documentary filmmaker, and content creator who left her 30-year career as a news anchor to rewrite the narrative for women in midlife. She’s since built a loyal audience of 3M+ followers and created and co-produced the PBS documentary The M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause, the first ever broadcast film accredited by the Federation of State Medical Boards to provide Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits. This unprecedented achievement aims to transform the education of healthcare professionals on menopause care. She continues to advocate for policies to foster change, from the workplace to Capitol Hill. Her latest book, How to Menopause: Take Charge of Your Health, Reclaim Your Life, and Feel Even Better than Before (Hachette) will be available in March of 2025. She has been featured in Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, Oprah Daily, and The Today Show among others, and she lives in New York City with her husband, Ira Bernstein.

Dr. Somi Javaid is a board-certified OB/GYN, a leading advocate for women’s sexual health and menopause, and the Founder of HerMD, a comprehensive women’s health practice revolutionizing the future of women’s health care. She aims to make women’s healthcare exceptional by educating, advocating for, and empowering patients to take control of their health concerns. In 2024, Dr. Javaid was featured in Inc.’s prestigious Female Founders 250 list. She has raised 40M to expand HerMD. Dr. Javaid is also featured as an expert in "The M Factor," a documentary film that shreds the silence on menopause.

After practicing medicine in the nation’s capital for over 30 years, Dr. Malone is now the Chief Medical Officer for Alloy Women’s Health, an online telehealth company that provides education and access to hormone therapy for menopausal women. Her op-Ed co-authored with Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, “America lost its way on Menopause Research” is the catalyst for ‘The Menopause Research and Equity Act’ which will be introduced in Congress on October 25, 2023. Other areas of interest include reducing teen pregnancy and addressing healthcare disparities. Dr. Malone is a board-certified OB/GYN and is also certified by the Menopause Society as a certified national menopause practitioner. Her upcoming book, a guide to getting and staying healthy, entitled Grown Woman Talk will be published in April 2024.

Dr. Corinne Menn is a board-certified OBGYN and Menopause Society Certified Practitioner. Dr. Menn is also an over 20 year survivor of breast cancer and premature menopause, a BRCA carrier, and uses her experience to help women navigate their own health challenges. She has dedicated her medical practice to menopause management, the unique healthcare needs of female cancer survivors, and those at high risk for breast cancer. Now practicing exclusively through telehealth, Dr. Menn provides women’s health consultations and patient education via her private practice as well as at Alloy.

Monica Molenaar is a serial entrepreneur and an advocate for frank talk and common sense solutions around women’s health and wellness.At the age of 40, Monica tested positive for the BRCA gene and elected to remove her ovaries prophylactically to reduce her risk of breast and ovarian cancers, thereby ending her natural production of estrogen and sending her into surgical menopause overnight. This began a multi-year journey trying to make sense of all the misinformation and lack of clarity around this phase of life. It was only after starting to supplement with estrogen and progesterone that Monica found relief from the menopausal symptoms affecting her quality of life and was able to get back to work. She was inspired to start Alloy to make sure that other women entering menopause would have an easier time than she did accessing credible information, effective and safe solutions, and a supportive community.

Dr. Jayne Morgan is an accomplished Cardiologist and the Executive Director of Health and Community Education at the Piedmont Healthcare Corporation located in Atlanta. With an extensive background in internal medicine and a specialization in Cardiology, Dr. Morgan has made significant contributions to patient care and medical research throughout her career. Her outstanding contributions have earned her several awards, including the NAACP Award, the Medical Association of Atlanta’s President’s Award, the National Women's Empowerment Award, the Atlanta Business Chronicle Award, and the Medical Association of GA Humanitarian Award. She holds an appointment as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at The Morehouse School of Medicine and appears as a medical expert for CNN, and a health news contributor for Scripps News.

Dr. Lisa Mosconi, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Neurology and Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM), and the Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program and the Women's Brain Initiative at WCM/New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Mosconi holds a PhD degree in Neuroscience and Nuclear Medicine from the University of Florence, Italy. She is ranked amongst the top 1% of scientists of the past 20 years, and was listed as one of the 17 most influential living female scientists by The Times. She is the NYT bestselling author of The Menopause Brain and The XX Brain.

The creator and founder of LIFTED, Holly Rilinger was once the number one collegiate point guard in America. She began her athletic journey at age eight, eventually making her way to the pros despite her underdog status at 5’4. Holly has channeled all her years of training to create The LIFTED Method which combines the mental and physical strength required by world class-athletes through meditation and strength training. Over the years Holly has been a Nike Master Trainer, Red Bull Athlete, Founding Flywheel instructor, spokesperson for Weight Watchers, and now an author and motivational speaker. Holly holds a degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science and has over a dozen certifications in training and nutrition.

Rocio Salas-Whalen, MD, is a top endocrinologist and obesity medicine physician who lends her skills and expertise to serve patients at her private practice, New York Endocrinology, in New York City, NY. She additionally serves as Clinical Instructor at NYU Langone Hospital. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis, gestational and steroid induced diabetes, Cushing disease, osteopenia, prolactinomas, pituitary adenoma, PCOS, transgender medicine, amenorrhea/oligomenorrhea, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, adrenal adenomas, etc. Dr. Salas-Whalen is also an expert in hype and hypocalcemia, hypoglycemia, hyperaldosteronism, hyperparathyroidism, hyper and hyponatremia, and hyperlipidemia.

A results-oriented scientific leader in the pharmaceutical industry with in depth knowledge of departmental roles, functions and interactions within small- to large-sized pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Expertise in roles and responsibilities including Medical Affairs activities, Thought Leader development, medical marketing, designing and executing clinical research programs, strategic publication planning and implementation, business development, directing product launches and developing efficient medical strategies and tactics. Experienced with core medical affairs activities: data dissemination and mining, grants management, investigator-initiated studies, building core scientific and training curriculum, medical-legal-regulatory review, policy development and budgeting.

Jessica Shepherd, MD, MBA, FACOG is a gynecologist and women's health expert in Dallas, she is also Chief Medical Officer at VeryWell Health, and Founder and CEO of Sanctum Med + Wellness and affiliated with Baylor University Medical Center. Her latest venture in wellness is the launch of StellaVia, doctor-formulated SuperBotanicals™ and CBD-sourced solutions for women in menopause. Dr. Shepherd is seen regularly as an expert on Good Morning America, The Today Show, CNN, MSNBC and CBS News. She is on the Advisory Board for Women's Health Magazine, Women's Health.org.

Recognized as one of today’s foremost experts on grief, Claire Bidwell Smith is a licensed therapist, international speaker, and the author of five books published in 22 countries. Led by her own experience in grief and fueled by her work in hospice and private practice, Claire strives to provide support for all kinds of people experiencing all kinds of loss. Claire has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, MSNBC, CNN, Scientific American, Goop, Oprah and many more outlets. Her most recent books Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief and Conscious Grieving have provided groundbreaking and transformative approaches to the process of grief.

Dr. Wendy A. Suzuki is the Dean of Arts and Sciences at New York University. She is also Professor of Neural Science and Psychology at the Center for Neural Science at New York University. Her major research interest continues to be brain plasticity. She is best known for her extensive work studying areas in the brain critical for our ability to form and retain new long-term memories. More recently her work has focused on understanding how aerobic exercise can be used to improve learning, memory, and higher cognitive abilities in humans. Wendy is passionate about teaching (see her courses), about exercise (intenSati), and about supporting and mentoring up and coming scientists.

Carol Tavris received her PhD in social psychology from the University of Michigan. In addition to Estrogen Matters with Avrum Bluming, her books include Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me), with Elliot Aronson; Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion; and The Mismeasure of Woman. She has lectured to audiences around the world and written articles, op-eds, and book reviews on topics in psychological science, with a focus on debunking pseudoscience and bias in the study of gender—for a wide array of publications. A Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, she has received numerous awards for her efforts to promote gender equality, science, and skepticism.

Naomi Watts is a renowned actor and producer. She has received Academy Award nominations for her performances in "21 Grams" and "The Impossible", and is also known for starring in critically acclaimed projects such as "Mulholland Drive", "King Kong", and, more recently, "Feud: Capote vs. The Swans", for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She is the founder and chief creative officer of Stripes Beauty, a company dedicated to raising menopause awareness and providing women with education, community, and solutions for a holistic approach to menopause.

Dr. Vonda Wright is a double-boarded, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon and internationally recognized authority on active aging and mobility. Dr. Wright’s practice focuses on minimally invasive surgery for hip preservation, shoulder and knee reconstruction, cartilage restoration, orthobiologics, and the latest in injury prevention and performance optimization. An intra-preneur, Dr. Wright was the founding director of the Performance and Research Initiative for Masters Athletes (PRIMA) and her pioneering research in mobility and musculoskeletal aging is changing the way we view and treat the aging process. Dr. Wright cares for athletes and active people of all ages and skill levels from the Division I Georgia State Panthers, Pens Elite developmental hockey teams, University of Pittsburgh Division I athletes, World Rugby 7’s, Olympic track and field athletes, and the Atlanta Ballet. She is a pioneering physician and thought leader for the new legion of E-Sports athletes.

Dr. Ashley Winter is a board-certified urologist and fellowship trained in sexual medicine with extensive experience in sexual medicine for all genders. She received her B.S. in biomedical/medical engineering from Rutgers University. She received her medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and completed her residency in urology at Weill Cornell Medical Center. After finishing her residency, she spent an additional year studying male and female sexual medicine in San Diego alongside Dr. Rubin in the same sexual medicine fellowship.

Alisa Volkman is a serial entrepreneur who has built and sold several digital companies related to her own life phases: Nerve.com (addressing the post-college / pre-marriage market), which was acquired by IAC; Nerve Personals/Spring Street Networks (online dating platform), acquired by FriendFinder; and Babble (next-gen parenting site), acquired by The Walt Disney Company. Her latest venture, The Swell, founded in 2020, is a fast-growing community and learning platform that helps people navigate the second half of their lives.