Gloria Feldt is the former president and CEO of Planned Parenthood and a sought-after public speaker, lecturing at universities, civic and professional organizations, and national and international conferences on women, feminism, politics, leadership, media, and health. In addition to her keynotes on these topics, she tours with an intergenerational feminist panel, WomenGirlsLadies. She is a professor of practice at Arizona State University, where she teaches “Women, Power, and Leadership.”
Feldt's commentary has appeared in
The New York Times, USA Today, the
Wall Street Journal, and
The Washington Post, among other print publications. On the web, she is a commentator for Truthout, the Daily Beast, Salon, Democracy Journal, Women’s eNews, Huffington Post, WIMN’s Voices, Women’s Media Center, the International Leadership Forum’s ilfpost, and BlogHer. She currently serves on the boards of the Women’s Media Center and the Jewish Women’s Archive, and on the Our Bodies, Ourselves advisory board.
Gloria and her husband, Alex Barbanell, have a combined family of six children, nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. They live in New York, NY and in Scottsdale, AZ.
For more information on Gloria Feldt and
No Excuses, visit her website,
GloriaFeldt.com.