Influencers

Academy Award–winning actress and a vocal opponent of the “anti-aging” industry. Jamie Lee Curtis speaks openly against cosmetic surgery, fillers, and the pressure to erase…

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,…

The ‘senior sexpert’ and author of Better Than I Ever Expected, Naked at Our Age, and Sex After… Joan Price writes and speaks candidly about…

A fine-art photographer (Yale, Hunter MFA, Guggenheim Fellow) based in Maine, Jocelyn Lee has spent 40 years making psychological portraits. Her acclaimed 2020 monograph Sovereign…

Sheffield-based writer, award-winning marketer and social entrepreneur who founded Crone Club, a Facebook community turned e-magazine (Tits to the Wind) reclaiming crone as a positive…

Harvard Law graduate turned feminist life coach and host of UnF*ck Your Brain. Kara Loewentheil helps women unlearn the patriarchal beliefs that hold them back…

Northwestern University clinical professor and Director of their Centre for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. Dr. Streicher specialises in vaginal health, painful sex, and the intersection…

Associate professor of neuroscience and radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine and author of The XX Brain and The Menopause Brain. Dr. Mosconi’s research on oestrogen…

Social work professor who became a fashion sensation at 64 when a photo of her went viral outside Milan Fashion Week. As the Accidental Icon,…

Philanthropist and founder of Pivotal, Melinda French Gates has made women’s health — and menopause in particular — a signature cause, directing major funding and…

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…

Founder and editor-in-chief of the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism, South Africa’s leading independent health news organisation. Mia Malan began her career at the SABC…

Michelle Obama served as First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, and has continued to be a powerful public voice on education,…

Founder of Afford Anything and host of the podcast of the same name. Paula Pant’s philosophy — you can afford anything, but not everything —…

UK fashion influencer and body confidence advocate who began modeling at 46. Through her platform and podcast Out of the Bubble, Peru champions women in…

London-based mythologist, author, and sex educator who draws on ancient Indian texts—the Kama Sutra, the Mahabharata—to address intimacy, desire, and sexual agency with dignity and…

Founder of Menopause Chicks, Canada’s most supportive online menopause community. Shirley Weir’s frank, warm approach to the menopausal transition has helped thousands of Canadian and…

Activist, author, and founder of The Body is Not an Apology movement. Sonya Renee Taylor’s work on radical self-love and body liberation is essential for…

Serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Advantages of Age, a social enterprise busting negative narratives about growing older. After finding herself the oldest person in London’s…

America’s most recognised personal finance expert — author, television host, and fierce advocate for women’s financial empowerment. Suze Orman has helped millions of women take…

Psychologist and Buddhist teacher, author of Radical Acceptance. Tara Brach offers meditation practices and teachings on radical acceptance that have helped countless women in midlife…

Author, podcaster, and late-blooming adventurer. At 58, after leaving an abusive relationship and healing during a 3,102-mile tandem bicycle ride across the United States, Teri…

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…