Gloria Feldt

Gloria Feldt is cofounder and president of Take The Lead the women’s premier and proven leadership organization to prepare, develop, inspire, and propel women to take their fair and equal share of leadership positions across all sectors by 2025. The bestselling author of five books, including Intentioning: Sex, Power, Pandemics and How Women Will Take The Lead for (Everyone’s) Good and No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power, she is an acclaimed expert on women, power, and authentic leadership. She offers astute insights to women in today’s changing and challenging workplace.

People magazine calls her the “voice of experience.” Gloria’s expertise in women, power and leadership comes from a deep well of personal knowledge gained on the frontlines of leadership. Her journey from teen mom and high school dropout from rural Texas to president and CEO of the world’s largest reproductive health and advocacy organization, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, to best-selling author and visionary leader for women’s equality inspires both men and women and gives her a birdseye perspective on women in society.

Named by Vanity Fair as one of “America’s Top 200 Women Leaders, Legends, and Trailblazers” and Glamour’s “Woman of the Year,” and Forbes 50 over 50, she’s a world changer who helped pave the way for women today. She believes this is women’s moment to achieve parity. Her passion is to remove the last remaining obstacle: women’s culturally learned resistance to embracing their own power. It’s why women hold under 30% of top leadership positions and why the loss of high-performing female employees keeps organizations from optimal success. Once women “stand in their power and walk with intention,” they can lead unlimited lives and reach parity from the boardroom to the bedroom for good – their own, and society’s as well.

She taught “Women, Power, and Leadership” at Arizona State University. . Both a newsmaker and a commentator, Gloria has been widely quoted and published in media, including the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Politico, Salon, Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, and magazines including Glamour, Elle, Newsweek, Time, Leader to Leader, and Ms. She has appeared extensively on television, including CNN, MSNBC, the Today Show, Good Morning America, numerous podcasts, and The Daily Show. On her personal website www.GloriaFeldt.com, she writes a popular blog, “Heartfeldt.”

She and her late husband Alex Barbanell have a combined family of six children and many grandchildren. She lives in New York City and Scottsdale, AZ.

She hangs out on social media far too much. Follow her @GloriaFeldt on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and LinkedIn; @GloriaFeldt.bsky.social Follow @takeleadwomen on Instagram, X, and Threads; @TakeTheLeadWomen on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Sub-specialties:
Women in the workplace
Women in entrepreneurship
The rise and fall and rise of the women’s movement through history
Economic benefits of women in leadership
Reproductive rights
Diversity-equity-inclusion
Gender influence on AI