Alexis Kashar is President of The Jewish Deaf Resource Center, (JDRC), a non-profit organization that serves as a bridge between Jews who are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and the individuals and organizations which serve the Jewish community throughout North America.  She is also the Public Policy Chair for The National Association of the Deaf and serves as President of the Board of Trustees of the NY School for the Deaf.  She has been a civil rights and special education attorney since 1993 and is licensed to practice in NY, D.C., and California.  She was chosen as 1 of 10 Women to Watch in 2011 by Jewish Women International.  Her advocacy work is widely recognized.  She is on the Speakers Bureau List for the Jewish Federations of North America and 4 years ago inspired the creation of the UJA-Federation of NY Jewish Community Deaf Interpreting Fund.

Anita Hollander has performed throughout Europe & America, at Carnegie Hall, London’s West End and NY Shakespeare Festival. A Helen Hayes Award nominee, she originated the title role of John Belluso’s Gretty Good Time at the Kennedy Center. She has starred Off-Broadway in the World Premiere of Kate Moira Ryan’s Bass For Picasso as well as in her own solo musical Still Standing (also presented at The White House and all over the country). Other stage work includes Ragtime (Emma Goldman), Fiddler on the Roof (Golde), Brighton Beach Memoirs (Blanche) and CATS (Grizabella). She’s appeared on TV series such as Law & Order, OZ, The Sopranos, All My Children and BBC’s From The Edge, and in recent feature films, Handsome Harry and Musical Chairs. Theatre Week Magazine awarded her Best Director for her NJ premiere of The Goodbye Girl.

Anita has toured the country as a Celebrity Against Cancer for the American Cancer Society, has taught at NYU and spoken about Disability & Sexuality at Ramapo College. An AFTRA National Board member, she serves as National East Coast Chair of SAG & AFTRA Performers With Disabilities and National Co-Chair of the I AM PWD campaign for Inclusion in the Arts & Media of People With Disabilities. An adjudicator for VSA arts Playwright Discovery program and AFI International Disability Film Festival, she is proud to have assisted on this year’s ReelAbilities Festival. (www.anitahollander.com)

Beth Haller is Professor of Mass Communication at Towson University in Maryland. She is the author of the book, Representing Disability in an Ableist World: Essays on Mass Media (Advocado Press, 2010). She is the former co-editor of the Society for Disability Studies’ scholarly journal, Disability Studies Quarterly, (2003-2006). She currently maintains a blog on disability issues in the news, Media dis&dat, http://media-dis-n-dat.blogspot.com/, as well as a website on media and disability research at www.media-disability.net. She has been researching news and entertainment media images of disability since 1991.
Her research has been published in Disability Studies Quarterly, Disability & Society, Journalism Studies, Journal of Popular Film and Television, Research in Social Science and Disability, Journal of Comic Art, Journal of Magazine and New Media Research, Mass Comm Review, and Journalism History. She is the co-author of the textbook, An Introduction to News Reporting: A Beginning Journalist’s Guide (Allyn & Bacon, 2005). Haller is a native of Fort Worth, Texas, and received her undergraduate degree from Baylor University, her master’s from the University of Maryland-College Park, and her Ph.D. from Temple University, where she wrote her dissertation on elite news media coverage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Carl McIntyre has been acting regionally and nationally in film (The Closest Thing to Heaven, Warm Springs), TV (Dawson’s Creek, Matlock), commercial and theatre for over 20 years. In addition to being an actor, Carl has also been a producer, salesman, theatre touring director, managing director and an acting instructor.  In 2005, Carl added stroke survivor to his list of credits and is now a person living with aphasia, a communications disorder which is defined as loss of language.
In 2010 Carl’s story was told in the form of a screenplay by his close friend, writer Jim Gloster and a short film about Carl’s life post-stroke was shot in Charlotte, NC. Since the film’s premier on May 1, 2010, Carl has been on tour with the film as a motivational speaker and the face of aphasia. The film Aphasia has now garnered multiple awards on the film festival circuit and has been seen in over 40 US cities and internationally in Germany, Ireland and Canada and will have an Australian premiere in August 2012 in Sydney.
Carl continues to work in theatre (Autobahn), commercials (NC Education Lottery, Bank of America, Siemans, Nationwide) and to tour with Aphasia as a motivational speaker.

Christine Bruno comes to Inclusion in the Arts with a varied background, working nationally and internationally as an actor, singer, director and writer.  A member of AEA, SAG and AFTRA, she served as the 2011 Co-Chair of the I AM PWD global civil rights campaign and is a member of the SAG National Committee for Performers with Disabilities. As Disability Advocate, Christine has represented Inclusion in the Arts at symposiums, forums, panels, resource events and radio outlets across the country and internationally at arts festivals in Melbourne, Australia and Manchester, England.  She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Skidmore College, where she received a BA in Theatre and Political Science, holds an MFA in Acting and Directing from the Actors Studio Masters Program at the New School and is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. As a performer and director, Christine has worked throughout the U.S., across the U.K. in Scotland, England and Ireland, and in Australia. She recently completed a run at London’s Oval House Theatre and a U.K. tour of the new musical, Raspberry. November 2010 also marked the U.K. premiere of her one-woman show, Screw You, Jimmy Choo!, as part of DaDaFest International 2010 in Liverpool. Christine can be seen in the upcoming independent features Watch Over Us and One Spring.

Danny Woodburn is an American dwarf film, television and stage actor best known for having played Mickey Abbott on the sitcom Seinfeld. Born in Philadelphia, with more than 120 TV appearances, Woodburn has had recurring roles on shows such as Tracey Takes On, Baywatch, Murder, She Wrote, Charmed, Becker, Bones, and the soap opera Passions. He has also appeared in the films Jingle All the Way, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Death to Smoochy, Employee of the Month and as the character Big Figure in Watchmen.
Woodburn starred as Professor Pixel in Fox’s 1992 Halloween special Count DeClues’ Mystery Castle. It was shot at The Magic Castle. His television starring roles were in the 1997 series Conan the Adventurer (as Otli, one of Conan’s sidekicks), Special Unit 2 and Passions.
A graduate of Temple University School of Communications and Theater, he appeared in numerous stage productions before moving to Los Angeles, among them Indian Wants the Bronx by Israel Horovitz, Scapino, David Mamet’s Revenge of the Space Pandas and a touring company production of Viet Rock. His debut in the New York theater world began with The Soda Jerk. He received the school’s Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award in 2001.
Woodburn is also an advocate for disabled and Little People issues, and serves on the Screen Actors Guild Performers with Disabilities Committee. As an advocate for persons with disabilities he was keynote speaker at 20101 RespectABILITY Conference and the Inclusion Network of Cincinnati, The Little People’s Research Fund. He was awarded the DREAM Award by the Disability Rights Legal Center in 2009 and the 2010 Screen Actors Guild Harold Russell Award.

Donna has been acting and producing theatrical events for over a decade in North Carolina. Her theatre production company has successfully created and produced award winning theatre shows: The Body Chronicles, The Fairy Tale Chronicles, The Dixie Swim Club and multi-day and multi-event educational festivals. She has planned successful community events with UNC Charlotte and the North Carolina Women’s Convention. Donna has been seen locally and nationally in commercials for Exxon, Duke Energy, Harris Teeter and the Speed Channel and in the independent film Great World of Sound, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.  Aphasia is her inaugural film effort.

Ellayne S.  Ganzfried, M.S., CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist and the Executive Director of the National Aphasia Association.  She is Past President of the NYS Speech Language Hearing Association (NYSSLHA), Long Island Speech Language Hearing Association (LISHA) and the Council of State Association Presidents for Speech Language Pathology and Audiology (CSAP) and remains active in these associations. Ellayne is a Fellow of the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA). She was a site visitor for ASHA’s   Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) and a practitioner member of the CAA for four years. She has served on the Steering Committee for ASHA’s Special Interest Division 11-Administration and Supervision. Ellayne has created and managed several speech, hearing and rehabilitation programs in New York and Massachusetts.  She is an adjunct instructor at Adelphi University-Garden City –NY. Ellayne has written articles and presented regionally and nationally on a variety of topics including aphasia, rehabilitation and leadership skills.

Evan Sneider was born in Boston and raised in Wayland, Massachusetts, where Girlfriend was filmed.  He currently resides near Cape Cod.
His main goal is to become a working actor.
Evan’s interest in acting began when he was very young, sparked by a role in Delia Ephron’s How to Eat like a Child during a summer theater program.
Determined, with his interest in acting growing, Evan performed in elementary and middle school plays as well as continuing to perform in summer theatre.
Beyond the traditional subjects in high school, Evan elected to take theatre, drama and creative writing classes.  It is here that Evan and director Justin Lerner first met.
In addition to his friendship with Justin, Evan has been lifelong friends with actors Daniel Turnbull and Darren McDonald, who have small roles in Girlfriend.
After post-graduation studies, Evan, who is a huge Stephen Sondheim fan, began auditioning for numerous community theater productions and has performed in more than twenty, including turns in Sondheim’s Into the Woods at F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company in Arlington, Massachusetts and in Sondheim’s Assassins with the Lexington Players.  His first film work was in Lerner’s thesis film The Replacement Child. Girlfriend is his feature film debut.

Geri Jewell is best known as Cousin Geri on the NBC sitcom, “The Facts of Life”. She was the first person with a disability to have a regular role on a prime time series. She began her career doing stand up comedy at the Comedy Store in 1978. In 1980 she performed at the 2nd Annual Media Access Awards, when she was introduced to Norman Lear by producer, Fern Field.
After her ground breaking role on “Facts” she has appeared on such shows as “The Great Space Coaster”, the Emmy award winning movie “Two of a Kind”, “Sesame Street”, “21 Jump Street”, “Young and the Restless”, “Strong Medicine” and the HBO hit series, “Deadwood.” Most recently, she joined the cast of the hit FOX TV series “Alcatraz”.
When Geri is not working in television, she is a highly sought after motivational speaker and trainer in the areas of disability and diversity. She has consulted for such companies as Hewlett Packard, Master Foods, Johnson Wax, AT&T, and Amgen. She has also trained such government agencies as The C.I.A., The U.S. Treasury Department, Defense Intelligence Agency, and the U.S. Army.

Haideh Sahim is a translator and a scholar of Iranian studies.  She has taught Persian language and literature and the history of Iran and Islam at New York University, Hofstra University and Queens College. She was Executive Director of the International Society for Iranian Studies from 2002 to 2005. Before this she was on the staff of the Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University, where she participated in the Encyclopædia Iranica project from 1989 to 1998. She is a freelance translator and interpreter for major media and publishing companies.  Ms. Sahim received an M.Phil. from New York University in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, with emphasis on Iranian history and art history, an M.A. in Iranian Linguistics and Ancient Culture and a B.A. in English Literature from Tehran University. She has carried out research on Iranian dialects and the Jews of Iran and has published widely on these subjects.  Major publications, in addition to numerous encyclopedia entries, include “Jews of Iran in the Qajar Period: Persecution and Perseverance”, in Religion and Society in Qajar Iran, Robert Gleave, ed. (London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2005) 293-310; “Jewish Languages Enter the Modern Era: Languages and Literatures of Jews of Iran and Afghanistan” and “Iran and Afghanistan”, in The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times, Reeva S. Simon et al, eds. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003) 133-41 and 367-88; “Languages and Dialects of the Jews of Iran and Afghanistan”, in Esther’s Children: A Portrait of Iranian Jews, Houman Sarshar, ed. (Beverly Hills, CA: Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History, 2002), 175-96 and 283-294, respectively; “Khaterat-e Yahudian-e Iran,” (Biographies of Iranian Jews)  in Iran Nameh XV/1, (Winter 1997) 51-76; and “The Dialect of the Jews of Hamedan,” in Irano-Judaica III (1994) 171-81.

Jason Harris was diagnosed with a non-verbal learning disability on the Asperger Spectrum in his pre-teens.  He went to boarding high school at Franklin Academy in Connecticut. Franklin Academy specializes in education for young people on the Asperger Spectrum. At Franklin Academy, Jason learned about his disability, his challenges and opportunities and self advocacy.  Jason is currently a junior at The College of Mount St Joseph in Cincinnati Ohio.  He is on the Dean’s List.  He wants to be a writer and speaker on special needs.  Jason has spoken at numerous venues on special needs issues.

Jeff Harris is the Chairman of the Saul Schottenstein Foundation B. The foundations mission is “changing perceptions, fostering acceptance and promoting connection and oneness of all people.” The foundation is actively involved, through it’s chief project officer Andrea Bochner, in bringing the ReelAbilities National Program to cities throughout the United States.  Jeff is the father of Jason Harris, a young person diagnosed on the Asperger Spectrum.  Jeff and Jason have been speakers at various cities in the ReelAbilities National Program including related to the subject of father/son relationships and special needs.

Jim Gloster is a producer, writer, actor and director that has been working in film and television for over two decades. Film credits include Art Direction on the features The Other Guys (Sony Pictures), She’s Outta My League (Dreamworks), Semi Pro (New Line Cinema) and Talladega Nights (Sony Pictures) and production design on the independent films Gospel Hill and Walker. Television credits include ESPN (‘3’ The Dale Earnhardht Story), Fox Sports South, Hallmark Hall of Fame(Saint Maybe), ABC, CBS (Shake Rattle and Roll, The Last Brickmaker)and HBO’s East Bound and Down. He was the recipient of a 2004 Nomination and the 2001 Winner for the Art Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Production Values in a TV Movie, and is a member of the Art Directors Guild. Jim wrote, directed and produced Aphasia, which is his second written screenplay and inaugural short film.

Jonah Bossewitch is a technical architect for Columbia’s Center for New Media Teaching and Learning and a doctoral candidate in Communications at Columbia’s School of Journalism. He is investigating the politics of memory, surveillance, and transparency and their intersection with corruption in psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry. He is a longtime Icarus organizer and a vocal advocate for free culture, mad pride, and social justice. He blogs at http://alchemicalmusings.org.

Writer/Director, Justin Lerner, was born in State College, Pennsylvania, but considers the Massachusetts town of Wayland his home town.  He is the product of an interfaith marriage between a Jewish man and a Catholic woman, both of whom are developmental psychologists, who compromised by sending him to Quaker school until he was eleven.  He studied theater arts and film at Cornell University, from which he graduated cum laude.
In 2007, he received his MFA in directing at the UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television, where his thesis film The Replacement Child was awarded with two Student Emmys, one for Best Drama and the other for Best Director. The Replacement Child made its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival and went on to play over forty other U.S. and international festivals, including the Sundance, Los Angeles and Torino Film Festivals.
Justin currently lives in Los Angeles. Girlfriend is his feature directorial debut.

Kathleen Bateman, Director, Achilles Triathlon Team and New York City Chapter
Kat joined Achilles International in 2009 while working as an exercise therapist at Achilles outreach programs in local NYC hospitals. She took over the triathlon team in the spring of 2010 and was promoted to Director of the New York Chapter in January 2011. As director of the tri team and NYC chapter, Kat works with athletes with various disabilities to set goals, train, and participate in mainstream competitions. An avid runner and multi-sport athlete, Kat has completed more than a dozen triathlons, numerous road races, and most recently finished the NYC Marathon. Prior to moving to New York in 2009, Kat pursued a double major in Liberal Arts and Exercise Physiology at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Most recently she received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a specialization in child development from SUNY Empire State College. She has worked as an exercise therapist for adults with severe physical disabilities, as an educator for children with autism and pervasive developmental disorders, a coach for rhythmic gymnastics with the Special Olympics, and as program director at a center for adults and children with physical and cognitive delays. Her education, employment record and experience as a varsity athlete and coach combine to give her the expertise she utilizes in her multifaceted role at Achilles.

Widely recognized for his expertise in the arts, access and media, Lawrence Carter-Long is a frequent media spokesperson on a wide variety of subjects. He was the founder and curator of the disTHIS! Film Series which was presented in partnership with New York University’s Center for the Study of Disability from 2006 until 2010, and has been a featured performer in choreographer Heidi Latsky’s GIMP dance ensemble since 2007. In addition to serving on the steering committee of the Reel Abilities Film Festival until 2010, he has been an advisor to NYC’s Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts as part of their Disability in Entertainment and Arts Link (DEAL) project since 2006.
For his advocacy efforts, Lawrence was awarded the Frieda Zames Advocacy Award from NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in 2009, and the 2010 Paul G. Hearne Leadership Award from the American Association of People with Disabilities.  In May 2011, Lawrence began working with the National Council on Disability – an independent federal agency that recommends federal disability policy to the President, Congress and other federal agencies – as their Public Affairs Specialist. In October 2012, in partnership with the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, Lawrence will be presenting a selection of films exploring the history of disability in cinema on Turner Classic Movies.

Lynnette Taylor, CSC, is from Kentucky where she grew up with her Deaf mother. She began her journey as a professional sign language interpreter by participating in the 504 demonstration and occupying the HEW building for 26 days.  That seminal experience shaped her politics and belief in the power of community engagement and organizing. Currently she is involved in organizing national community forums as a way to bring the Deaf, interpreting, coda and hearing communities together to explore ways we can work to preserve American Sign Language.
She lives in Brooklyn, New York and works for the NYC Dept of Education office of sign language interpreting services. In addition to interpreting, she teaches Ethics and core interpreting courses at La Guardia Community College Interpreter Education Program. She is a veteran interpreter of Broadway shows and Shakespeare in the Park. She is a national presenter of workshops about translation, interpreting for the theatre, and ethics with a special emphasis on the coda experience. She was one of the founders and a core instructor in the Juilliard/TDF Interpreting for the theatre program.

Moshonov’s first appearance on television was in 1990 at the age of 4, when he participated in the Israeli children show “Mesibat Gan”. Since then Michael participated in numerous rolls in Israeli TV and film, alongside his father, acclaimed actor Moni Moshonov.
After completing his studies at the Yoram Levinstein’s theater he went on to host an Israeli youth TV show “Exit”.
Through the years Moshonov played in stage productions, films and many television series, including the Israeli drama series “Parashat Ha-Shavua” and the Israeli film “Dead End”. In addition, he played in Orna Porat stage production “Colors in the sand” which is based on the life story of the Israeli painter Nahum Gutman.
In 2006 Moshonov played the title role in Raphael Nadjari’s film “Tehilim”, which was also nominated for the Palme d’Or prize in the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2007 Moshonov played in Reshef Levi’s film “Lost Islands”. For his performance in this film Moshonov was awarded an Ophir Award in the “Best Actor” category.
In 2008 Moshonov received a leading role in the Israeli Sci-Fi TV series “Deus”. That same year he played the movie “Lebanon”, directed by Samuel Maoz.
For his performance in Guy Nativ’s MABUL (The Flood), he was awarded the Israeli Academy Ophir Award in the “Best Supporting Actor” category.
Moshonov is also a member of the Israeli hip-hop group “Cohen and Mushon” (כהן את מושון), in which performs along with his friend Michael Cohen.

After graduating Northeasetern University in Boston, MA, majoring in Speech communications and philosophy, Longley was hired by famed fashion designer Ralph Lauren to be a fashion model in his ad campaigns. This exposure landed him his first professional acting job as Byron Pierce in the daytime soap opera Another World in 1991. Since then Longley acted in numerous TV roles, including the role of Dr. Matthew “Matt” Harmon on the soap opera Port Charles and General Hospital, Judging Amy, and Las Vegas,  Joan of Arcadia, NCIS LA, Law and Order and Desperate Housewives.
In 1991 he founded the non-profit organization SOWOHO, Spirit of the Wounded Horse, Inc., which helps underprivileged Native Americans with physical disabilities.
Recently, starred in How to Score Your Life, an independent feature film by NY city writer/director Steven Tanenbaum.
Mitch is also a gallery represented photographer, a published writer and lecturer on spinal cord and disability related issues.

Blind since birth, Richard is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Northwestern University School of Law. He is an attorney with The Sam Bernstein Law Firm in Farmington Hills, Michigan, tirelessly advocating for disabled rights.
Richard teaches a political science course in social activism at the University of Michigan and co-hosts a one-hour legal radio show called “Fighting for Justice” with Pulitzer Prize winner Angelo Henderson in Metro Detroit. Honors Richard has received include “Michiganian of the Year” by the Detroit News, one of Crain’s Detroit Business’ “40 Under 40” and recognition on worldwide television by CNN as a leader in keeping government honest.
In his spare time, Richard is an avid runner, completing 15 marathons – including seven New York City marathons – the Ironman triathlon in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho in 2008 and the Israman triathlon in Eilat, Israel in 2011.

Director of Positive Exposure, Rick completed his education in photography and filmmaking at New York’s School of Visual Arts and established a studio in Manhattan, specializing in portraiture and fashion for 15 years. During that period he also worked in Milan, Paris and London for clients such as Yves Saint Laurent, Elle, Harpers Bazaar, Revlon, L’Oreal and Life Magazine. 
In 1998, Rick founded Positive Exposure, a non profit organization, that challenges stigma associated with difference by pioneering a new vision of the beauty and richness of genetic diversity. Rick’s photo essay “Redefining Beauty” in Life Magazine won the Genetic Alliance’s “Art of Reporting” award.
The body of work entitled “Positive Exposure, The Spirit of Difference” premiered at the People’s Genome Celebration, June 2001, at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in DC. and continues to exhibit in galleries, museums and public arenas internationally. 
In addition to the exhibition, Rick has developed a lecture series targeting medical schools, nursing and genetic counseling programs as well as universities, elementary and secondary schools worldwide. The lecture series has recently expanded to include a diversity workshop and was introduced at MTV headquarters. Rick is based in New York City.

Rick Randall is a prolific director, cinematographer and editor who has worked internationally and throughout Australia for more than 25 years. Rick has worked with a wide range of communities including people who have experienced physical, intellectual, sensory and psychiatric disabilities.
Rick is the founding director of The Other Film Festival, Australia’s only international film festival dedicated to exploring the contemporary experience of disability. He is now internationally regarded as a leader in the field of access to the arts for people with a disability. Rick provides advice and information to a wide range of organisations and government agencies concerning the aspirations of the disability community to participate in the arts, film production and film culture.

Simi Linton is the writer, and Co-Director/Producer of the forthcoming documentary film, Invitation to Dance.  The film is based on her memoir My Body Politic (University of Michigan Press, 2006). She identifies as a disabled woman, and brings that experience to bear on her work as a writer, filmmaker. She is the author of Claiming Disability: Knowledge and Identity, and numerous articles on disability. Linton was on the faculty at CUNY for 14 years, leaving in 1998 to write, and develop her consultancy to filmmakers, artists and cultural institutions (e.g. The Smithsonian, Margaret Mead Film Festival, Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts) working to shape the presentation of disability in the arts and to increase the representation of works by disabled artists. Linton holds an undergraduate degree in psychology from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from New York University.

Xian Horn is a joyful half-Asian woman with Cerebral Palsy serving as writer, blogger, mentor, and positivity activist.  With her personal stories and life’s work, Xian Horn is invested in contributing positively to self-esteem and the collective self-image, especially for women. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Xian performed a personal monologue in Visible Theatre’s True Story Project: Faith.  Thanks to the phenomenal response of audiences to her story, she saw the pervasive need for positive role models and the positive effect she could have on girls with and without disabilities. In a popular YouTube video, Xian called for the inclusion people with disabilities in beauty campaigns like the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty.
Xian Horn is currently working with NYU’s Initiative for Women with Disabilities’ Young Women’s Program, leading a workshop she created, called “Cultivating Beauty and Self-Esteem,” with girls and women 14-21. The young ladies’ personal progress is documented and celebrated each semester.  In the fall of 2011, a modified version of her successful Beauty and Self-Esteem course served the (21 and over) Empowerment program at Initiative for Women with Disabilities. Xian Horn serves as mentor with IMentor in NYC, and a member of 85 Broads and the New York Women’s Foundation’s Committee for the Future.