Influencers

Deb Benfield is a body liberation advocate for older adults, sharing content and resources that challenge anti-aging culture and promote acceptance, joy, and freedom in…

Author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism and creator of the Old School anti-ageism clearinghouse. Ashton Applewhite is America’s most visible activist against…

Advertising executive and outspoken anti-ageism advocate who models unapologetic older-woman visibility in business. Active across Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, and TikTok, she challenges the advertising industry’s…

Helen Hirsh Spence is the founder and CEO of Top Sixty Over Sixty, an Ottawa-based initiative working to shift the narrative of ageing from decline…

Founder of the Ageism Is Never In Style® campaign and The Bias Cut, the first age-inclusive independent fashion boutique. Her #ILookMyAge campaign garnered over 45…

Janine Vanderburg is the founder of Changing the Narrative, a national anti-ageism campaign working to end ageism through culture change, education, and advocacy. Her platform…

Jeanette Leardi is a Portland-based social gerontologist, writer, and public speaker on a mission to change how we think about growing older. Through provocative articles,…

Jo Blackwell is a UK writer, photographer and pro-age advocate — founder of The Midlife Movement and creator of the BBC-featured Face It, Own It…

Melissa Davey is a documentary filmmaker who launched her film career at 65 after decades in the corporate world. Her films Beyond Sixty and Climbing…

Tracey Gendron, PhD, is a gerontologist and Professor of Gerontology at Virginia Commonwealth University, and the author of Ageism Unmasked: Exploring Age Bias and How…