Celebrating 135 years, Good Housekeeping is a leading lifestyle media brand inspiring a monthly audience of 65+ million readers to discover genius innovations, delicious ideas, style-savvy trends, compelling news and best-in-class products for their homes, their families and themselves. The Good Housekeeping Institute’s state-of-the-art labs, combined with Good Housekeeping’s seasoned editorial talent, are unparalleled. Staffed by top engineers, scientists and technology experts, the GH Institute tests and evaluates thousands of products each year for the magazine, the website and the Good Housekeeping Seal and the Green Good Housekeeping Seal, which are among the most recognized and trusted consumer icons in the world today. Good Housekeeping, which also has five international editions, is published by Hearst Magazines, a unit of Hearst, a leading global, diversified media, information and services company. Hearst Magazines’ portfolio of more than 25 powerful brands in the U.S., inspires and entertains audiences across all media platforms. Hearst Magazines’ print and digital assets reach nearly 165 million readers and site visitors each month — 70% of millennials and 69% of all those over 18 in Generation Z (source: comScore/MRI 1-20/S19). The company publishes over 300 editions and 245 websites around the world and attracts more readers of monthly magazines than any other publisher.
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Al Roker is the weather and feature anchor of NBC News’ TODAY as well as the co-host of third hour of TODAY. He joined in January 1996. From July 2009 to September 2015, Roker served as co-host of the morning show “Wake Up with Al” on the Weather Channel. Until January 2000, he also served as the weekday weather forecaster for News Channel 4’s early evening newscast Live at 5 on WNBC-TV, NBC’s flagship owned and operated station in New York City. Roker came to WNBC-TV as a weekend weathercaster in December 1983 from WKYC-TV, the NBC television station in Cleveland. Roker began his broadcasting career while still in college by landing a job as a weekend weatherman at WTVH-TV in Syracuse, N.Y. in 1974. After graduation he moved on to weathercasting jobs in Washington, D.C. (1976-1978) and Cleveland (1978-1983).
Roker has been named Best Weatherman twice by New York Magazine. He is a recipient of the American Meteorological Society’s prestigious Seal of Approval and has been a pioneer in the use of computer graphics for weathercasting. Roker has won three Daytime Emmy Awards as part of TODAY’s recognition as the best morning newscast (2007, 2009, 2010).
Roker also co-hosts Sirius XM’s “Off the Rails” with Dylan Dreyer and Sheinelle Jones and hosts “Cold Cuts with Al Roker” on Today.com and YouTube. He made his Broadway stage debut in “Waitress” in October 2018 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City, playing the part of Old Joe.
In November 2014, Roker made history on TODAY for “Rokerthon,” in which he broke the Guinness World Record for the Longest Uninterrupted Live Weather Report Broadcast by providing 34 hours of continuous weather coverage. The following year in October 2015, “Rokerthon 2” broke the Guinness World Record for the Fastest Time to Report a Weather Forecast from All 50 US States and the District of Colombia, which he completed in one week. In March 2017 for “Rokerthon 3,” Roker visited five colleges across the country in five days and helped college students break additional Guinness World Records.
Throughout the years, Roker has reported live for TODAY from some of history’s worst storms and natural disasters including Hurricane Wilma, Hurricane Isaac, Superstorm Sandy and the earthquake in Haiti.
Among many highlights of his career as an interviewer, Roker conducted an exclusive interview with Peanuts creator Charles Shultz shortly before his death from colon cancer. Additional interview highlights include Willie Nelson, Burt Reynolds, James Earl Jones and B. Smith.
Since 1985, Roker has co-hosted the annual Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting. He also co-hosts the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Rose Bowl Parade. For ten years, from 2001 to 2010, and in 2017, Roker’s “Lend a Hand Today” initiative took him across the country and raised millions to help small charities work towards improving conditions in their communities.
In 1994, Roker founded Al Roker Entertainment, Inc. (ARE), a thriving multimedia company involved in the development and production of network, cable, home video, and public television projects. ARE produces programming for a diverse clientele including NBC News, Lifetime Television, A&E, The History Channel, E!, Discovery Networks, PBS, TV ONE, Oxygen, The Cartoon Network and NBC Television Stations Group.
Roker is a bestselling author with 12 acclaimed books to his credit: “The Morning Show Murders”, “The Midnight Show Murders”, “The Talk Show Murders”, “Al Roker’s Big Bad Book of Barbecue”, “Don’t Make Me Stop This Car: Adventures in Fatherhood”, “Al Roker’s Hassle Free Holiday Cookbook”, “Never Goin' Back : Winning the Weight Loss Battle for Good”, “Big Shoes: In Celebration of Dads and Fatherhood”, “Been There Done That: Family Wisdom For Modern Times”, “The Storm of the Century”, “Al Roker's Extreme Weather” and “Ruthless Tide.”
Roker is a member of several professional organizations including the Friars Club, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Screen Actors Guild and the American Meteorological Society.
Raised in Queens, New York, Roker received his B.A. in Communications from the State University at Oswego in 1976, and he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the school in 1998. He resides in Manhattan with his wife, ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts. Roker has two daughters and one son.
Craig Melvin is a news anchor of NBC News’ TODAY, a co-host of 3rd Hour TODAY, an anchor on MSNBC Live, and a host of “Dateline.” His breaking news coverage and reporting appears across all NBC News and MSNBC platforms.
Melvin has covered a wide-range of news events, including several Republican and Democratic National Conventions and three presidential inaugurations. His coverage of politics has included notable interviews with former President Bill Clinton, Former Vice President Joe Biden, Ambassador Nikki Haley, and Secretaries of State John Kerry, Mike Pompeo and Condoleezza Rice. Melvin also covered the tragic mass shootings in Dallas, Texas and Orlando, Florida in 2016, Charleston, South Carolina in 2015, the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. in 2013, and Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. He reported extensively on police involved shootings and subsequent protests in Baltimore, Maryland in 2015 and Ferguson, Missouri in 2014.
In addition, he covered the 2016 death of Muhammad Ali and the 2016 EgyptAir MS804 crash. He has also covered two Olympic Games and six Super Bowls – most recently, the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang and the 2019 Super Bowl in Atlanta.
Prior to joining NBC News and MSNBC in July 2011, Melvin was a weekend anchor for WRC, NBC’s owned-and-operated station in Washington, D.C. Before that, Melvin earned acclaim as an evening news anchor at WIS in Columbia, South Carolina where he was named “Best Anchor” by the South Carolina Broadcaster’s Association and was awarded two Emmy Awards.
Melvin is a graduate of Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina where he serves on the board of trustees. He is an active member in several charities, including the Colorectal Cancer Alliance and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Melvin lives in Connecticut with his wife, awarding winning sportscaster Lindsay Czarniak, who is a Fox Sports host and the host of the podcast “Players.” They have a son and daughter.
Melvin is on Twitter at @craigmelvin.
Dee Poku-Spalding is an entrepreneur and women’s advocate born in the UK and raised between London and Accra.
She is the Founder and CEO of The WIE Suite, a membership network and platform for women leaders and creators. In addition to providing its members with the community and tools to succeed in the workplace, The WIE Suite supports brands and corporations with their culture building and diversity initiatives. Over the years, Dee has attracted numerous business and cultural leaders to her global gatherings, including Queen Rania, Melinda Gates, Mellody Hobson, Shan-Lyn Ma, Naomi Campbell, Arianna Huffington, Thasunda Duckett, Diane von Furstenberg, Nancy Pelosi, Katia Beauchamp, Jill Biden, Jennifer Hyman, Alek Wek, Aileen Lee, Lauren Bush, Iman, Rosario Dawson and Christy Turlington.
Back in 2010 Dee co-founded The WIE Symposium - one of the early modern women’s conferences, created partly in response to the lack of diversity at traditional business forums. A former Hollywood studio executive, Dee’s background includes senior marketing roles at Paramount Pictures and Focus Features (a division of Universal Pictures. She has worked on numerous award-winning films including Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’; the Coen brothers’ ‘No Country For Old Men’ & ‘O Brother Where Art Thou’; Sofia Coppola’s 'Lost in Translation', Alejandro González Iñárritu’s ‘Babel’ & ’21 Grams’ and Ang Lee’s 'Brokeback Mountain'.
Dee began her career in brand marketing and communications and over the years has worked with renowned brands such as Coca Cola, Absolut Vodka, Crème de la Mer, Stella Artois and London Fashion Week.
Dee has been named one of Marie Claire Magazine’s 50 women changing the world, a CUP Catalyst Changemaker, a Harlem Fashion Week Cultural Icon and one of TRUE Africa’s 100 Top Innovators.
Dylan Dreyer is the co-host of 3 rd Hour of TODAY and weather anchor and meteorologist of NBC News’ Weekend TODAY and Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist. Dreyer also serves as a weekday weather correspondent and regular co-host for TODAY and Nightly News with Lester Holt.
Dreyer joined Weekend TODAY in 2012 from WHDH-TV, the NBC affiliate in Boston, where she served as the weekday morning meteorologist on “Today in New England” since 2007. In 2008, she was named Boston’s Best Meteorologist by Improper Bostonian magazine. From 2005 to 2007, Dreyer was the weekend
meteorologist at WJAR-TV, the NBC affiliate in Providence, Rhode Island and from 2003 to 2005 she was the weekend meteorologist at WICU-TV, the NBC affiliate in Erie, Pennsylvania
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Dreyer is the host of “Journey with Dylan Dreyer,” the winner of 3 Telley Awards, which airs Saturday mornings on NBC. In addition, she co-hosts Sirius XM’s “Off the Rails” with Al Roker and Sheinelle Jones.
Throughout the years, Dreyer has reported live for NBC News from some of history’s worst storms, including Hurricane Harvey, Boston’s record-breaking snowfall in 2015 and the North American polar vortex of 2014. She was also a part of the network’s extensive coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
Dreyer graduated Cum Laude from Rutgers University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology. During her time at Rutgers, she served as weather anchor for the Rutgers TV network and radio station. Dreyer is a recipient of the American Meteorological Society’s prestigious Seal of Approval award.
She resides in New York with her husband Brian and their son Calvin.
Dreyer is on Twitter and Instagram at @DylanDreyerNBC.
Dr. Harvey Karp is one of America's most-trusted pediatricians and child development experts. He is on the faculty of the USC School of Medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Karp practiced pediatrics in Los Angeles for over 25 years. His landmark discoveries and unique ability to translate complex science into effective techniques to empower parents have revolutionized our understanding of the needs of young children. He is the founder and CEO of Happiest Baby, a smart-tech and parenting solutions company that invented the SNOO Smart Sleeper, a responsive bassinet that mimics the sounds and motions of the womb to extend infant sleep by 1-3 hours. Dr. Karp is also the best-selling author of The Happiest Baby on the Block and The Happiest Toddler on the Block.
Jane Francisco is the Editorial Director of the Hearst Lifestyle Group overseeing Good Housekeeping, as editor-in-chief, as well as Redbook, Dr. Oz The Good Life and Woman's Day. She was appointed editor in chief of Good Housekeeping in November 2013. As Editor of Good Housekeeping, Francisco oversees all content for the magazine, which reaches over 30 million readers each month in print, online and socially. Unique to the brand Francisco also oversees the Good Housekeeping Institute (GHI), a state-of-the-art testing facility that evaluates thousands of products and digital properties each year and tests for the Good Housekeeping Seal. Everything appearing in the magazine and website have been vetted by GHI. Francisco has been in the magazine industry for over 20 years holding key positions as EIC of CHATELAINE, the leading women's lifestyle media brand in Canada, EIC of Style at Home, a founding EIC of St. Joseph's Media's Wish (appointed editorial director of the company's Lifestyle Group adding oversight of Gardening Life and Canadian Family), and launch EIC of the beauty and health-focused Glow. Earlier in her career, Francisco was marketing director at Fashion magazine and worked with Futurebrand creating the image and strategy for new brands in the U.S. and Canada. She also co-created the acclaimed national arts and culture magazine Venue. Jane splits her time in NYC and Toronto with her husband and son.
Often called one of the last true supermodels, the Czech-born Karolina Kurkova has established herself as a fashion and entertainment icon and savvy businesswoman, most notably gracing best-selling covers of fashion magazines worldwide, starring in numerous high-fashion campaigns, co-starring in a hit film franchise, and parlaying her talent into the world of fashion TV
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After being spotted by a model scout in 1999, Kurkova was signed to an exclusive Prada/Miu Miu contract. Soon after, she became the youngest model to grace the cover of American Vogue at age 16, and was lauded as the “next supermodel” by its famed editor Anna Wintour. Wintour isn’t the only one applauding Kurkova. Photographer Mario Testino has said, “The proportions of her body and her face, as well as her energy level, make her a model who could fit almost into any moment,” and designer Marc Jacobs has been quoted saying, “She has an angelic look with a dark side. She’s sweet and fun, but looks like she could be an evil bewitching
child.”
The appearance on the cover of American Vogue gained her momentum as a worldwide phenomenon, with covers of French, German, Spanish and Australian Vogue, not to mention a first-time-ever series of British Vogue covers following in close succession. Kurkova went on to grace the covers of every major worldwide fashion publication- from W and Harper’s Bazaar to Numero, international Marie Claire and i-D. In 2004, Kurkova crossed over into men’s magazines, gracing the cover of GQ’s “Summer Beach Issue”. In her first few years of modeling
alone, Kurkova was featured on no less than 52 covers. Magazines know that Kurkova’s covers will sell. Her November 2011 Vogue Brazil cover was the magazine’s highest-selling issue ever. This record was formerly held by Gisele Bundchen. Kurkova has worked with the who’s who of top photographers in the fashion industry, including: Steven Meisel, Patrick Demarchelier, Ellen von Unwerth, Mario Testino, Michael Thompson, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Irving Penn, David Simms, Steven Klein, David Bailey, Arthur Elgort, Nathaniel
Goldberg, Elaine Constantine, Richard Avedon, Herb Ritts, and David LaChapelle.
Kurkova has expanded into the business world, proving to be a natural entrepreneur. Since she was 19 years old, Kurkova has been experimenting with alternative and holistic practices, which has formed her belief that beauty and well-being starts from the inside out. Her travel and experiences along with her constant drive to evolve and learn has affected the way she raises her children, introducing them early to healthy foods and habits and always searching out the best ingredients in products. Through her own thirst for continued knowledge, she found herbalist Orion Nevel & Rachel Finger and a natural partnership to create Gryph & IvyRose with the goal of creating pure, functional products for children. Additionally, she recently collaborated with Cybex Strollers to create an eco-friendly yet stylish line of children’s mobility products.
Additionally, she has starred in fashion and beauty campaigns for internationally iconic clients such as, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Celine, Helmut Lang, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana/ D&G, Versace/ Versus, Christian Dior beauty, Tommy Hilfiger, MaxMara, Saks Fifth Avenue, Anne Klein, Victoria’s Secret, Missoni, Blumarine, Giuseppe Zanotti, IWC and Jean Paul Gaultier, to name a few. She has also made over 400 runway appearances for such diverse designers as Michael Kors, Helmut Lang, Donna Karan, Chanel, Roberto Cavalli, Marc Jacobs, Anna Sui, Alexander Wang and Calvin Klein. Kurkova was chosen to
wear the $15 million jeweled Fantasy Bra for Victoria’s Secret in 2002 and she also appears in the prestigious Pirelli calendar.
In 2009, Kurkova crossed-over into the entertainment world, making her big screen debut in the summer blockbuster, “G.I Joe: The Rise of the Cobra”. She went on to guest-star on the NBC television series “Chuck” and “30 Rock”, CBS’s “Person of Interest”, and produced/starred in the 2012 German fashion reality TV series entitled ‘The Perfect Model’. Most recently Kurkova joined fellow supermodels Naomi Campbell and Coco Rocha as coaches/mentors on Oxygen’s first season of the reality series, The Face, which premiered February 2013. With Kurkova’s guidance, a model from her team went on to win the entire competition.
Kurkova has been honored for her impressive achievements, including being named one of the world’s “50 Most Beautiful People” twice by People Magazine and remains the youngest model ever to win ‘Model of the Year’ at the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007, and in July of that year, Kurkova was listed by Forbes as one of the top-earning supermodels in the world. In 2012 Karolina was honored as "Style Icon" at the Vienna Awards for Fashion & Lifestyle. In the same year she also received the GALA Spa Award in the category of "Beauty Idol", which was awarded by one of Germany's most popular premium people magazines. Karolina moderated the Energy Fashion Night 2012, once again proving that she's also a force to be reckoned with in the Entertainment Industry. In early 2013 Karolina released her own fragrance in cooperation with LR Health & Beauty Systems, an international operation company. Karolina was intensively involved in the creative process. The fragrance cooperation already earned Karolina a nomination at the 2013 Duftstar Awards in the category "Novelties - Lifestyle (Women)". The German Duftstar Award is the most distinguished award in the cosmetic industry.
Kurkova’s most recent partnership is Masks For All, a collaboration with Billie Blooms for which she and the brand have teamed up to produce sustainable, colorful cloth masks for purchase and donation to Feeding America to help flatten the curve. More than a beautiful face, Kurkova campaigns for the welfare of children through organizations such as AmFar, Feeding America, and New Yorkers for Children. She has also done work on behalf of theInjured Marine Semper Fi Fund, Feeding America, and Wounded Warriors.
Having grown up in the small Czech town of Decin, 100 miles from Prague, Kurkova comes from a close-knit family. She credits her solid upbringing and unfailing family support as her foundation and source of her level-headedness, confidence and self-sufficiency. Married in 2009, Kurkova and her husband, film producer and businessman Archie Drury, currently reside together with their sons, Tobin Jack Drury and Noah Lee Drury.
Lori Bergamotto joined Good Housekeeping as Style Director in August 2014. At Good Housekeeping, Lori curates style-focused content for the magazine, and brings that content to life on national television.
Lori joined Good Housekeeping from Lucky, where she was a contributing style editor since 2010. She held the same position at People StyleWatch for two years prior to that. She has also held beauty titles in the beauty department for the likes of Lucky, Teen People, and Glamour.
Lori regularly appears as a style expert for Good Housekeeping on Good Morning America, The Today Show, The View, The Wendy Williams Show, Live! With Kelly & Ryan, and Amazon Style Code Live, as well as local NY network affiliates.
Lori lives in Manhattan with her husband Nick and their two kids Gemma and Leo.
Mara Schiavocampo is a celebrated TV journalist, podcast host, digital content creator, and best-selling author. The four-time Emmy Award winning news correspondent works as the Senior Investigative Correspondent for The Dr. Oz Show, covering everything from the most pressing health and wellness issues, to the big crime and news stories of the day. Mara is also the host of The Trend Reporter podcast (iHeartMedia) and YouTube Channel (Jungo TV). Mara has worked as Correspondent for Good Morning America and The Today Show, and appeared on The View, The Chew, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more.
Over her 15 year journalism career, Mara has covered many of the biggest news stories of the last decade, most recently as a correspondent for ABC News’ Good Morning America. Prior to ABC News, Mara spent six years as an anchor and correspondent at NBC News and MSNBC. She has also worked as an international contributor and commentator for numerous news outlets and websites, including Current TV, Yahoo!, NPR and more.
Mara is a wellness enthusiast whose weight-loss memoir “Thinspired” (Simon & Schuster, 2014) documents her journey of losing 90 pounds after the birth of her first child.
The daughter of an African-American mother and Italian father, Mara holds dual Italian-American citizenship, speaks fluent Italian, and can get by in Spanish and French. Mara is an avid traveler, and has lived in Somalia, Italy and the Philippines.
But by far the best part of Mara's life is as "Mrs. Porter", a wife, and mom to two rambunctious kids (and one adorable fur baby) in Harlem, New York. Oh yeah, she's also obsessed with shoes and Beyonce.
Megan Harper is a mom of three young kids in NYC, full-time working mom and accidental influencer @girlgonechildinnyc. A trained sommelier, she switched careers after her first child was born to focus on her passion for branding, technology and start-ups in the parenting space. You can follow along on her social media to see her hilarious journey of raising kids in the busiest city of the world while also making a name for herself in start-ups.
Nina is a devoted mother of three children, Noah, and twins, Skye and Jordyn, and married to NBA All-Star, Russell Westbrook. When not spending time with her family, Nina can be found following her passion to serve her community as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, or building her personal brands, The Little Ark, a lifestyle boutique in Oklahoma City that offers fun and educational classes for families, and Minibrook, a timeless epicene children’s apparel brand with adaptable, heirloom pieces designed in Los Angeles making its debut this summer.
Nina’s journey began as a collegiate athlete at the University of California Los Angeles where she studied English and Psychology. Nina later pursued a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy, eventually becoming a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT). She practiced at Antioch University Counseling Center in Los Angeles where she provided therapy and counseling services to families and individuals of all ages before moving to INTEGRIS Mental Health, the largest hospital network in Oklahoma. While at INTEGRIS, Nina served children and adolescents who were struggling with mood disorders, including major and postpartum depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, grief issues, and bipolar disorder, as well as victims of sexual trauma. While there, she also practiced therapy at INTEGRIS Generations, an inpatient psychiatric program for adults age 55 and older who require comprehensive cognitive and emotional support.
Nina was yearning for new experiences in an educational setting and eventually made a home for herself at Project HOPE, an innovative teen dropout prevention and recovery program within Oklahoma’s Francis Tuttle Technology Center. She served as a counselor for over two years, providing Project HOPE students with the emotional and psychological support they needed to obtain their diploma and prepare for a successful career or pursue further education.
During Nina’s pregnancy with twin daughters, Jordyn and Skye, she decided it was time to take a temporary step back from active practice. To this day, she remains passionate about erasing the mental health stigma and regularly calls on her knowledge and understanding to support others on their journey towards physical and emotional wellness. Nina’s refreshingly candid insight on the topics of mental health and the importance of personal and interpersonal growth are regularly highlighted by trusted outlets nationwide, including the New York Times, BET, Cheddar, Bustle and ABC13.
Lexie Sachs is the Textiles Director at the Good Housekeeping Institute. She researches, tests and reports on fabric-based products ranging from sheets, mattresses and towels to bras, fitness apparel and other clothing. She also evaluates luggage, rain gear, disposable paper goods and baby products. Lexie earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Fiber Science from Cornell University. Prior to joining Good Housekeeping in 2013, she worked in merchandising and product development in the fashion and home industries. Lexie sits on several industry committees, has served as an expert judge for various awards programs and is regularly the first person to hear about new product launches. She is often consulted as a textiles expert by major media outlets like The New York Times, The Washington Post, Good Morning America and NBC News for product recommendations, trend analysis and shopping and care tips. A mom to two young daughters, Lexie especially enjoys testing products that help make parenting stress-free and fun.
Rachel is the chief technologist and director of engineering at the Good Housekeeping Institute, where she oversees testing methodology, implementation and reporting for all labs. She also manages GH’s growing research division and the analysis of applicants for the Good Housekeeping Seal, the Green Good Housekeeping Seal, the GH Humanitarian Seal and the GH Innovation emblem. Rachel holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania. During her 10 years at Good Housekeeping, the self-described Gadget Girl has had the opportunity to evaluate thousands of products, including toys and cars for GH’s annual Awards programs, and countless innovative breakthroughs in consumer tech and home improvement. Rachel is regularly called upon as guest expert for leading media outlets, including The Today Show, Good Morning America, Fox Business and MSNBC, and frequently presents to large groups on technology and trends at conferences like CES, the Women in Innovation Forum and the World Science Festival. As a female engineer and the proud mother of two young daughters, it is Rachel’s goal to create an encouraging, inspiring ecosystem for women of all ages to excel in STEM.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is a British supermodel, designer, and businesswoman. She plays a pivotal role in defining the ongoing evolution of the fashion industry. The extent of her work as a dedicated, hardworking model has earned her a spot on Forbes Highest Paid Models list the last three years in a row. Over Rosie’s career, she has received recognition from some of the top women’s publications. She has been awarded Glamour UK Woman of the Year award, along with two ELLE UK Style Awards and Harper’s Bazaar UK Business Woman Of The Year.
Rosie has graced the cover of over 100 international magazines and worked with fashion’s most notable photographers including Inez & Vinoodh, Mert & Marcus, Peter Lindbergh, Patrick Demarchelier, Mario Sorrenti, Lachlan Bailey and many more. She has worked with luxury brands such as Versace, Balmain, Burberry, Givenchy, Bulgari, Jimmy Choo, and Ralph Lauren. Rosie has also been featured in campaigns for Moroccanoil, Model Co., bareMinerals, Ugg, Paige, Hourglass, and Pipette.
Since 2012, Rosie has collaborated closely with prestigious retail institution Marks and Spencer to design a signature ‘Rosie for Autograph’ luxury collection comprised of lingerie and sleepwear collections, active wear, swimwear, perfumes, candles, body creams and makeup. After being the face of the label PAIGE Denim for two years, Rosie co-designed two successful collections with Paige Adams Gellar in 2017.
Last year Rosie founded Rose Inc., a daily editorial destination for all things beauty. The website features original photography and insight from the industry’s top beauty experts and includes makeup tutorials, interviews, visual eye candy, and products tried, tested, and approved by Rosie herself.
On the big screen, Rosie made her debut in Transformers: Dark of the Moon and was also seen in Academy Award winning Mad Max: Fury Road. Rosie is passionate about giving back and does extensive charitable work with UNICEF and Baby2Baby.
Samira Nasr was named Editor in Chief of Harper’s BAZAAR in July 2020, overseeing content strategy and development across the brand’s print and digital platforms.
Prior to BAZAAR, Nasr was the executive fashion director at Vanity Fair, where she managed and directed the magazine's fashion department and all fashion content, including styling iconic covers such as the 25th annual Hollywood issue, the spring style issue featuring cover star Lupita Nyong’o, the May 2019 issue with Nicole Kidman and more.
This role serves as a homecoming to Hearst Magazines as she was the fashion director at ELLE from January 2013 to May 2018, and before that served as style director for InStyle. In addition to working with top fashion magazines in publishing, she has also styled campaigns for fashion and beauty brands, including Laura Mercier, Tiffany & Co., Tory Burch, Estée Lauder, L’Oréal, Clarins and more.
Sheinelle Jones is the co-host of 3rd Hour of TODAY. Since joining NBC News
in 2014, Jones has covered a variety of breaking news events and human-
interest stories.
Prior to joining TODAY, Jones served as a co-host of FOX’s Emmy Award-
winning morning show "Good Day Philadelphia" where she reported local, national and international headlines. Jones joined FOX Philadelphia from FOX Tulsa where she served as an evening news anchor and reporter. During her
time there, Jones was awarded and honored by the National Association of Black Journalists and the Oklahoma Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Jones began her career as a morning anchor and reporter for WICS-TV in Springfield, Illinois.
Jones also hosts “Through Mom’s Eyes,” a digital series for TODAY and co-hosts Sirius XM’s “Off the Rails” with Al Roker and Dylan Dreyer. She contributes to the TODAY Parenting Team, a multi-platform community where she shares about her life as a multi-tasking mom and interacts with viewers around the country.
Jones has interviewed many notable politicians including then-Senator Barack Obama, then-Senator Hillary Clinton, former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and celebrities including Halle Berry, Kevin Hart, John Legend, Renee Zellweger, Tiffany Haddish and Natalie Portman.
During her time in Philadelphia, Jones was recognized for her involvement with children and youth organizations. She also received proclamations from the city of Philadelphia and the states of Pennsylvania and Delaware citing her work as a journalist and volunteer.
Jones is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and The Links Inc., an international group of women devoted to enriching the lives of families in their communities. Jones, who comes from a family of educators, takes a special interest in activities involving education.
Jones graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism and Spanish. She and her husband live in
Manhattan with their 5-year-old twin son and daughter and their 8-year-old son.
Jones is on Twitter at @sheinellejones and Instagram at @sheinelle_o
Four-time Emmy Award-winner Sunny Hostin has been a co-host of The View since 2016. This fall, she will make her authorial debut with “I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds,” a memoir featuring an introspective look into the challenges she faced while being raised by teenage parents in the South Bronx, the many obstacles she overcame to become a federal prosecutor, and her ultimate path to becoming an incredibly successful television journalist. The book will be published by HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins, on September 22nd
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Last winter, Sunny hosted and executive produced a six-episode documentary series, Truth About Murder with Sunny Hostin, on Investigation Discovery. The series explores the stories behind some of the nation’s most notorious homicides. Each episode,Sunny meets with forensic experts, law enforcement officials, prosecutors, defense attorneys and the families of each victim, showing viewers how cases are solved.
Next summer, Sunny’s debut novel, “Summer on the Bluffs,” will be released by William Morrow – an imprint of HarperCollins. Drawing from elements of her own story, the book stars a talented Afro-Latina lawyer named Perry Soto and
her godsisters, and chronicles their escapades in Oak Bluffs, the most exclusive black beach community in the country.
A gifted storyteller, Sunny’s impressive depth of knowledge carries over to the criminal justice system. She has brought clarity and context to some of the biggest stories of the past decade, including the Bernie Madoff scandal, the George Zimmerman trial, the unrest in Ferguson and Baltimore, the AME church shooting in Charleston, and the Bill Cosby rape allegations. She won two Emmys for her work as a correspondent for ABC’s Good Morning America and one for her work as a correspondent for the ABC News Special, The President and the People.
Originally from the South Bronx, Sunny began her career as an appellate law clerk after graduating from Notre Dame Law School and went on to become a trial attorney for the Justice Department and a federal prosecutor. During her time as Assistant U.S. Attorney, Sunny was awarded the Special Achievement Award by Attorney General Janet Reno for her prosecution of child sexual predators.
Sunny currently resides in Westchester, NY with her husband and two children, Gabriel, 18, and Paloma, 14.
Grammy Award®-nominated singer/songwriter Natasha Bedingfield has recorded a brand-new song entitled “Together in This” for the animated feature, Jungle Beat: The Movie, out today. The song is the featured single on the soundtrack as well as the official end title track for the film. A Sandcastle Studios production made in collaboration with Sunrise Productions, Jungle Beat: The Movie premiered as part of the official feature selection of the digital edition of the Annecy International Animation Festival on June 15 and is now available worldwide on Amazon, GooglePlay and AppleTV.
Written by Grammy Award®-winning singer/songwriter and longtime friend of Natasha’s Jonas Myrin, “Together in This” was not only inspired by the film’s themes of togetherness and friendship, but also the current state of the world today, reminding us that although we may be apart, we’re never alone.
In the vibrant visual that accompanies the song, Bedingfield and Myrin are joined by people from all walks of life dancing to the same choreography in unison with the animated animals from the film. The music video also features special guests including Anastasia Radzinskaya (“Like Nastya”) who is the leading digital media creator for children with over 130 million YouTube subscribers across the globe, and Courtney Allen, dancer for Beyonce, Janelle Monet and more.
“As a mother, I love being a part of a movie that will captivate my son with its positive messages about unity and friendship that the whole family can appreciate,” says Natasha. “The song ‘Together in This’ came about after my friend and acclaimed songwriter, Jonas Myrin, called me about a track he wrote for Jungle Beat: The Movie with my voice in mind. When he told me what the song was about, I knew I wanted to be a part of the project. I feel so much joy singing a song that promotes togetherness during this challenging time. It really tapped into the joy that my son gives me, and I hope it brings joy to other families as well,” she adds.
“Together in This” is Natasha Bedingfield’s first release following her latest studio album, Roll With Me, which was produced by Grammy®-nominated, multi-platinum producer Linda Perry and released via We Are Hear in 2019. The LP showcases the power of Bedingfield’s unparalleled musicality heard in hits like her era-defining anthem "Unwritten," a double-platinum hit that emerged as the most played song on US Top 40 radio the year of its release.
Named one of VH1's "100 Greatest Women in Music," Bedingfield has sold over 10 million albums and has earned a Grammy Award® nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and multiple Brit Award nominations for Best British Female Artist. Her illustrious career also includes collaborations with icons like Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars and Sheryl Crow.
Jungle Beat: The Movie is a family friendly adventure of epic proportions. When a homesick alien crash-lands his spaceship near the colorful African jungle, his new animal friends need to find a way to get him back to his ship and teach him about friendship and fun before his Space-Conquerer father can take over the planet. The film is based on the global hit series, Jungle Beat, which has broadcast in over 200 countries and across a range of media platforms including TV, cinema and in-flight entertainment. For more information on the film, visit the website or follow on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and/or Twitter. The Jungle Beat: The Movie press kit is available here.
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During her tenure, brands within the Hearst Women’s Lifestyle Group have received
numerous industry awards and accolades from Adweek, Ad Age, Folio, and MIN
among others.
Haegele began her national advertising career at The Washington Post and also held the posiitons of VP/Publisher of USA Weekend and Publisher of Travel Holiday
Magazine. She was the first President of the Newspaper National Network (NNN).
She serves on the Board of Directors of Bideawee, one of the oldest and most
respected humane organizations in the United States whose mission is to promote safe, loving, long-term relationships between humans and companion animals.
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Shazi was proudly recognized by President Obama as "a leader that all of us can emulate" for her commitment to advancing babies' health, and is mother to a 10-year-old boy with special needs and 4-year-old girl. She has been featured on NPR's How I Built This and profiled in Forbes, Entrepreneur ad Good Morning America, among others.
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Expanding upon his technical skills, he parlayed his love of artistry and fashion into
decor, quickly gaining notoriety in the interior design world. After founding his
design firm in 2011, Jeremiah has transformed countless homes, restaurants, and
public spaces across coasts. His "no rules" approach to California Modern style is
inspired by the natural beauty of his home state and travels to the far reaches of
the globe. Jeremiah curates his clients' homes to reflect those journeys and
demonstrates that successful interior design is, above all else, a personal
reflection of one's past, present and future.
Featured in publications such as Domino Magazine, Architectural Digest, and
Harper’s Bazaar, his work shows the effortless depth, fearlessness, and creativity
behind his designs.
With a keen eye for style and craftsmanship, Jeremiah has established himself as both a tastemaker and influencer continually inspiring those around him through various partnerships, television series, and branded collaborations. He was the host of Emmy Award-winning show, Home Made Simple for two seasons on OWN. Alongside his husband and fellow interior designer, Nate Berkus, he launched television show “Nate & Jeremiah By Design” on TLC network which has run for three seasons. Brent can currently be seen in the new Netflix series
“Say I Do” from the executive producers of “Queer Eye.”
In 2018, Nate and Jeremiah successfully debuted their exclusive furniture line with Living Spaces, featuring beautiful, timeless and transitional pieces for the modern home. In the spring of 2020, Jeremiah launched his first nursery collection with Pottery Barn Kids. The chic collection includes personal touches inspired by his own family.
Jeremiah currently resides in New York with his husband Nate and their two children, Poppy and Oskar.
Megan Harper is a mom of three young kids in NYC, full-time working mom and accidental influencer @girlgonechildinnyc. A trained sommelier, she switched careers after her first child was born to focus on her passion for branding, technology and start-ups in the parenting space. You can follow along on her social media to see her hilarious journey of raising kids in the busiest city of the world while also making a name for herself in start-ups.
Megan Harper is a mom of three young kids in NYC, full-time working mom and accidental influencer @girlgonechildinnyc. A trained sommelier, she switched careers after her first child was born to focus on her passion for branding, technology and start-ups in the parenting space. You can follow along on her social media to see her hilarious journey of raising kids in the busiest city of the world while also making a name for herself in start-ups.
Megan Harper is a mom of three young kids in NYC, full-time working mom and accidental influencer @girlgonechildinnyc. A trained sommelier, she switched careers after her first child was born to focus on her passion for branding, technology and start-ups in the parenting space. You can follow along on her social media to see her hilarious journey of raising kids in the busiest city of the world while also making a name for herself in start-ups.
Manny and I had been married about two years when we started talking about having a family. Time and Newsweek magazines seemed to have an article in every other issue warning how once you turned thirty-five, your eggs turned a corner and it would become more and more difficult to conceive. I was thirty-three and dreamed of having three, maybe four kids, so we started trying. But nothing was happening.
It’s one of life’s many ironies. You worry about getting pregnant before you’re ready, a soundtrack that definitely played in my head given that my own parents were teenagers when I was born, but now that I was eager and ready for children, it was proving to be a struggle. We never used birth control during our marriage, yet I never got pregnant.
My primary care doctor sent me to a fertility specialist, an amazing physician named Fady Sharara, and we discovered that I had fibroids, benign uterine tumors that are particularly common in women of color. Dr. Sharara told me that there were several, of varying sizes, with some so big that my uterus had stretched to the size of that of a woman who was five months pregnant.
The fibroids on their own weren’t enough to prevent me from carrying a baby. But when Dr. Sharara tested Manny, we found out that Manny’s sperm were so overactive, they were literally knocking one another out. It was a double whammy that was going to make it really hard to conceive. Dr. Sharara said I needed to think about having an operation, known as a myomectomy, to remove the fibroids.
I was terrified. I’d never had surgery before, not to take out my appendix, not to remove my tonsils, not to fix a broken bone. And I’m very risk averse. Though I’ve traveled extensively, I’m usually anxious getting to where I’m going because I don’t like to fly. I will zoom around in a go-kart at an amusement park, but I don’t ride roller coasters. And because I don’t feel like chasing away nightmares once I go to sleep, I avoid scary movies.
So the thought of being wheeled into an operating room put me into a full-fledged panic. We tried a procedure that involved “washing” Manny’s sperm, to slow them down and increase the chance of my becoming pregnant. I did, twice. But my uterus was so misshapen by the fibroids, I miscarried both times. There was no choice. I had to have the surgery.
The day they gave me the anesthesia and prepared me for the operation, I started crying. On the way to the operating room, I even asked Dr. Sharara if I was going to die. I was afraid I would drift off to sleep and never wake up. But I wanted a baby so much, it was worth taking that chance. It was worth anything. It was worth every- thing.
Dr. Sharara later told me that it was one of the most difficult surgeries he’d ever done. I had twenty-six fibroids, the most he’d ever had to remove. He actually took a picture of them that I still have.
Though the surgery was successful, I was still likely to have a high-risk pregnancy given the condition of my uterus. Manny and I briefly considered using a surrogate. Years later, I talked to the ac- tress Gabrielle Union on The View about surrogacy, since she and her husband, the basketball player Dwyane Wade, went that route to have their baby girl. But neither Manny
nor I were very comfortable with the idea. I really wanted to try to carry my own child, if there was any way I could.
We decided to try in vitro fertilization. I had pretty good health insurance working for the Justice Department, enough to cover one, maybe two cycles. Each would cost $30,000.
There was no way to anticipate the emotional vortex we were about to enter. Each cycle takes weeks. I was injecting myself with medications like Lupron, to produce more than the single egg women develop in a typical, natural cycle. My doctors checked my blood repeatedly to see how the eggs were developing, and then before I ovulated, I had to undergo a surgical procedure to retrieve the eggs.
After that, the eggs were placed in a dish with Manny’s sperm. If an egg was fertilized, an embryo developed, and it would be implanted inside my uterus. Again, there would be more monitoring as the fertility specialists checked for the amount of human chorionic gonadotropin I had in my blood to determine if I was indeed pregnant.
Your anxiety grows with every step, but so does your hope. And then, if the day comes that the hormone level drops, telling you the embryo didn’t attach or survive after all, the cycle starts all over again.
Laurie Jennings is deputy editor at Good Housekeeping and director of the Good Housekeeping Institute. She heads up a variety of content initiatives, from lifestyle packages to product testing. Laurie also leads special projects and editorial innovations for the brand, including GH's entry into voice-enabled content for Amazon Alexa and Google Home and the monetization of editorial through e-commerce. Her first victory at GH was relaunching the magazine's health section. More recently she has conceptualized and directed editorially driven business opportunities, marketing initiatives and strategic content partnerships, including a new concept space, the Kitchen of the Future Powered by Miele; print and digital programs with Walmart, Microsoft and The Honest Company; as well as special events like Good Housekeeping's upcoming Green Summit and Innovation Day, Raising the Green Bar.
Prior to working at GH, Laurie was the executive editor and health director at Chatelaine, Canada's largest women's magazine. Under her leadership, its health section was nominated for several National Magazine Awards, winning two. She also led Chatelaine's parent company Rogers' most successful stand-alone iPad app, Chatelaine 10-Minute Fitness, which hit #1 in 49 countries.
Today Laurie is one of Good Housekeeping's primary public faces, appearing frequently on TV and radio, including national shows. She speaks regularly at conferences and other special events. She keeps active with yoga, spinning and running, having completed the New York City Marathon in 2013. Follow her on Twitter @lauriejennings, on Instagram @laurieajennings and on Pinterest @ladylauriej.
Monique Valeris is the senior home editor for Good Housekeeping, where she covers decorating ideas, interior design trends, home tours, gift guides, and lifestyle product roundups for both print and digital. Previously, she served as the digital home editor at ELLE Decor, where she was responsible for writing, editing, and developing story ideas for ELLEDecor.com.
Before joining Hearst, Monique was the senior editor at Dering Hall, a content marketing platform for interior designers that was recently acquired by Chairish.Monique holds a dual bachelor's degree from Syracuse University in Magazine Journalism and English & Textual Studies, along with a Master's in Publishing from New York University. She's also proud working mother with two young children.
Aya Kanai is the Head of Content and Editorial Partnerships at Pinterest. Previously she spent 8 years at Hearst Magazines, most recently as Editor In Chief at Marie Claire and Hearst Magazines Chief Fashion Director since 2016 overseeing the fashion content for Cosmopolitan, Women’s Health, Seventeen, Good Housekeeping and Women’s Day. She also managed fashion styling for HearstMade and supported special projects for Hearst Magazines’ digital sites including HarpersBAZAAR.com, TownandCountryMag.com, OprahMag.com and Esquire.com. In 2015 and 2016, Kanai appeared as a judge on the Lifetime reality television series Project Runway Junior. Prior to that she was the Style Director at Amazon’s Shopbop.com. In 2008 she was the senior fashion editor at Teen Vogue and, from 2004- 2007 fashion director at Nylon. Kanai is a graduate of Oberlin College where she was a Double Major in Visual Art and Religion with a minor in East Asian Studies. Kanai lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.