List of Women Speakers for Your Conference

Making a list is just a start, but what a freaking list it is. I am psyched.

Many thanks to all the contributors to comment threads here on Personism, and over on design*sponge. Marc and Sara over at Wooster Collective also provided some excellent suggestions.

The list is a work in progress. I'm sure that there are errors and omissions and we're going to keep refining it, so please post your additions and comments below. HUGE SUPER MEGA THANKS to intern Alice Wells (referred to me by the excellent Brian Ulrich) for her intrepid (and quick) researching and to Alison Grippo for making Alice's excellent list web-ready.

As for Tokion (aka "Tokenion", thanks Greg) It's been a while now and last I checked they've confirmed just one woman four women. Creativity? No. Not so much.

Abram, Jan	WRITER/CRITIC	Director of the University of Minnesota Design Institute
Adams, Angela	DESIGNER	Furniture and Household Designer
Adeli, Katayone	DESIGNER	New York-based fashion designer
Adelman, Lindsey	ARTIST	Brooklyn-based visual artist
agnes b	DESIGNER	Fashion designer and active cinephile
Alexander, Lexi	FILMMAKER	Director of Green Street Hooligans
Altman-Siegel, Claudia	GALLERIST	Director of Luhring Augustine
Anders, Allison	FILMMAKER	Director of "Mi Vida Loca" and "Gas, Food Lodging"
Anderson, Laurie	MUSICIAN/ARTIST	Experimental Musician and Performance Artist
Andraos, Amale	ARCHITECT	Co-founder of WORKac architecture firm
Angier, Natalie	WRITER	Science writer for the New York Times
Ann, Keren	MUSICIAN	Parisian/New Yorker Musician
Antonelli, Paola	CURATOR	MoMA Department of Architecture and Design
Aoshima, Chiho	ARTIST	Tokyo-based visual artist
Arbus, Amy	PHOTOGRAPHER	New York-based photographer
Arieff, Allison	EDITOR/DESIGNER	Designer in Residence for IDEO and Former Editor of Dwell Magazine
Armbrust, Jenn	GALLERIST	Founder of Portland's Motel Gallery
Arnold, Alice	PHOTOGRAPHER	Portrait and reportage photographer
Atherton, Hope	ARTIST	New York-based visual artist
Atwood, Margaret	WRITER	The Handmaid's Tale, The Blind Assassin, Oryx and Crake
Au Revoir Simone	MUSICIANS	Heather D'Angelo, Erika Forster, and Annie Hart
Auerbach, Tauba	ARTIST	San Francisco-based visual artist
Aw, Jean	EDITOR/DESIGNER	Trendspotter and Senior Editor/Designer of NOTCOT
Badrak, Oksana	ARTIST	Russian-born, LA-based artist
Ballance, Laura	MUSICIAN	Superchunk bassist and co-founder of Merge Records
Bantjes, Marian	DESIGNER	Designer, Illustrator, and Typographer
Barrezueta, Lorena	DESIGNER	Product Designer and producer of the Gourmet Collection
Barsky, Pamela	DESIGNER	Los Angeles-based product designer
Bartley, Luella	DESIGNER	London-based fashion designer
Basich, Tina	ATHLETE	Snowboarder and activist
Beauchamp, Alex	ARTIST/WRITER	Creative Entrepreneur and creator of the Girl at Play blog
Beck, Melinda	DESIGNER	Illustrator and Graphic Designer
Becker, Holly	DESIGNER/WRITER	Interior Decorator and Founder of décor8
Becker, Polly	ILLUSTRATOR	Boston-based illustrator and assembler
Bekman, Jen	GALLERIST/WRITER	Founder of jen bekman and the mind behind Personism
Bent, Melissa	GALLERIST	Co-founder of New York Gallery Rivington Arms
Berger, Shoshanna	EDITOR	Editor-in-Chief of ReadyMade Magazine
Bickner, Carrie	LIBRARIAN/WRITER	aka Rogue Librarian and Director for Education Outreach with NYPL
Bingaman, Kate	ARTIST	Mississippi-based Photographer
Bjork	MUSICIAN	Icelandic Singer/Songwriter/Composer
Blair, Selma	ACTOR	Cruel Intentions, A Dirty Shame, Legally Blonde
Blatt, Sue	CRAFTER	Co-creator of Rengade Craft Show
Bliss, Jill	DESIGNER	Designer/Creator and Founder Blissen
Bloemink, Barbara	CURATOR	Curatorial Director of Cooper-Hewitt Natl Design Museum
Boatwright, Angela	PHOTOGRAPHER	New York-based photographer
Bonney, Grace	EDITOR	Founder and Editor of design*sponge
Bove, Carol	ARTIST	New York-based installation artist
Boyd, Danah	THINKER	Social Media Researcher
Bozic, Tiffany	ARTIST	San Francisco-based visual artist
Brainstormers	ARTISTS/ACTIVISTS	Performance Art Collaborative: Maria Dumlao, Elaine Kaufmann, Danielle Mysliwiec, and Anne Polashenski
Branquinho, Veronique	DESIGNER	Belgian Fashion Designer
Breillat, Catherine	FILMMAKER	Director of Fat Girl, Romance, A Real Young Girl
Brown, Bobbi	ENTREPRENEUR	Founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
Brown, Cecily	ARTIST	New York-based visual artist
Brown, Melissa	ARTIST	New York-based visual artist
Brownstein, Carrie	MUSICIAN	Guitarist and Vocalist for Sleater-Kinney.
Bruno, Vanessa	DESIGNER	Paris-based Fashion Designer
Bubblyfish	MUSICIAN
Buccini, Beth	ENTREPRENEUR	Co-founder/owner of fashion boutique Kirna Zabete
Buchman, Dana	DESIGNER	Fashion Designer
Burana, Lily	WRITER/EDITOR	Author of Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America
Burnside, Cara Beth	ATHLETE	Top Female Skateboarder and Women's activist
C.Damage	ARTIST
Callahan, Christine	PHOTOGRAPHER	New York-based photographer
Calle, Sophie	ARTIST	French Conceptual Artist
Campbell, Neve	actor	Star of Scream Trilogy
Campion, Jane	FILMMAKER	Director of The Piano, An Angel at My Table, Sweetie
Cannon, Jes	ARTIST	Brooklyn-based visual artist
Carson, Tsia	DESIGNER	Co-Founder of FLAT
Carter, Majora	ENTREPRENEUR	Founder and Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx
Case, Neko	MUSICIAN	Singer/Songwriter
Cerand, Lauren	ENTREPRENEUR	PR Rep/Writer
Cervenka, Exene	MUSICIAN/ARTIST	Member of X and The Knitters
Chamberlain, Lisa	JOURNALIST	The New York Times
Champ, Heather	WEB DESIGNER/ARTIST/ENTREPRENEUR	Co-founder of JPG Magazine
Chan, Twinkie	CRAFTER	Creator of deliciously distinct scarves
Chanin, Natalie	DESIGNER	Founder of Project Alabama
Chapman, Sunny	ARTIST	aka Flower Face Killah
Cheuk, Deanne	DESIGNER	Art Director for Tokion Magazine and MU
Chicago, Judy	ARTIST	Creator of The Dinner Party and Founder of the Women's Art Education collective
Chideya, Farai	JOURNALIST	Founder of popandpolitics.com
Christensen, Julie	ARTIST	Writer, Teacher, Artist, and Participant in 'How Communities are Reusing the Big Box'
Chung, Jennifer	EDITOR	Editor and Co-founder of Gothamist
Churchill, Elizabeth	RESEARCHER/DESIGNER	PARC
Cihat, Sarah	ARTIST/DESIGNER	Creator of Rehabilitated Dishware
Clark, Leith	EDITOR/STYLIST	Editor of Lula Magazine
CLAW	ARTIST	Graff Queen, Stylist, and Fashion Creator
Clegg, Judith	ENTREPRENEUR/DESIGNER	Founder of the Glasshouse
Coen, Jessica	EDITOR	Co-editor of Gawker.com
Coleman, Beth	ARTIST/MUSICIAN	Co-founder or SoundLab/Cultural Alchemy
Coleman, Caryn	WRITER/GALLERIST	Co-owner of Sixspace and Editor of art.blogging.la
Collins, Christine	PHOTOGRAPHER	Boston-based photographer
Cooper, Martha	PHOTOGRAPHER	Photojournalist specializing in art and anthropology
Coppola, Sofia	FILMMAKER	Director of the Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, and Marie Antoinette
Corace, Jen	ARTIST	Illustrator/Designer
Cornell, Lauren	DIRECTOR/CURATOR	Founder and Executive Director of Rhizome.org
Crosland, Neisha	DESIGNER	Founder of her own Textile/Accessorie Label
Dalton, Jennifer	ARTIST	New York-based visual artist
Dalton, Trinie	WRITER/ARTIST	Los Angeles-based writer and author of 'Wide Eyed'
Danysz, Magda	GALLERIST	Owner of Paris-based Magda Danysz Gallery
Danzico, Liz	DESIGNER	Editor-in-chief for Boxes and Arrows and Director of Experience Strategy for AIGA.
Darcy, Dame	ARTIST	Creator of Meatcake comics
Davis, Lydia	WRITER	The 'writer's writer' and Author of Break It Down, Samuel Johnson is Indignant
Dawesar, Abha	WRITER/ARTIST	Author of That Summer in Paris, Babyji, and Miniplanner
Dawson, Kimya	MUSICIAN/ARTIST	Singer/Songwriter and member of The Moldy Peaches
Dayal, Geeta	WRITER	Village Voice, The New York Times, The Wire, Bookforum, Wired, Seattle Weekly, and other publications.
de Beer, Sue	ARTIST	Brooklyn-based visual artist
de la Torre, Monica	POET	Poet and Co-editor of 'Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry' (Copper Canyon Press)
de Oliveira, Jocy	COMPOSER	Brazilian Contemporary Composer
De Wilde, Autumn	PHOTOGRAPHER	Los Angeles-based photographer
Dean, Cecilia	EDITOR	Founing Partner and Editor of VISIONAIRE and V Magazine
Deavere-Smith, Anna	WRITER/ACTOR	actor/Playwright and recipient of tbe MacArthur Fellowship
Debatty, Regine	WRITER/RESEARCHER	Publisher of the blog we make money not art
DeGeneres, Ellen	COMEDIAN/ACTOR	Star of The Ellen DeGeneres Show
DeGenevieve, Barbara	ARTIST	Chicago-based Video Artist/Photographer
Dell, Megan	ARTIST	aka 629W, Melbourne-based Illustrator/Artist
Demeulemeester, Ann	DESIGNER	Fashion Designer
DeNike, Jen	ARTIST	Brooklyn-based Video Artist/Photographer
Deren, Maya	ARTIST	Avant-garde filmmaker and film theorist
DeSantis, Carla	EDITOR/ACTIVIST	Founder of ROCKGRL Magazine and Music Conference
Dikeou, Devon	ARTIST/EDITOR	Founder/Editor of zingmagazine
Diller, Elizabeth	ARTIST/ARCHITECT	New York-based architect, of Diller and Scofidio
diMattia, Marissa	WRITER/ATTORNEY	Tattoo-snob and editor of tattoo culture blog Needled
Dubbeldam, Winka	ARCHITECT	Principal of New York's Archi-Tectonics
Dullaghan, Penelope	ARTIST	Ohio-based Illustrator
Dumlao, Maria	ARTIST/ACTIVIST	Member of The Brainstormers
Duncan, Theresa	WRITER/CRITIC	Los-Angeles based critic and writer/director of 'The History of Glamour'
Dunn, Cheryl	PHOTOGRAPHER	New York-based photographer
Dunning, Jeanne	ARTIST	Chicago-based Video Artist/Photographer
Easley, Sarah	ENTREPRENEUR	Co-founder/owner of fashion boutique Kirna Zabete
Ebner, Shannon	ARTIST	Los Angeles-based visual artist
Edelkoort, Li	TREND FORECASTER	Style Oracle and Founder of the Edeljoort Group
Ellis, Carson	ARTIST	Portland-based Illustrator
Emin, Tracey	ARTIST	London-based visual artist
Engler, Elise	ARTIST	New York-based visual artist
Engman, Camilla	ARTIST	Swedish Painter/Illustrator
Ensler, Eve	WRITER/PERFORMER/ACTIVIST	Creator of The Vagina Monologues
Eriksson, Karin	ARTIST	Creator of Functional Ceramics
Erlbaum, Janice	WRITER	Author of GIRLBOMB: A Halfway Homeless Memoir
Faconti, Dana	EDITOR	Editor of Blindspot Magazine
Fafi	ARTIST	French Graffiti Artist
Faggioni, Lauri	ARTIST	New York-based fiber artist and animator
Fake, Caterina	ENTREPRENEUR	Co-Founder of Ludicorp/Flickr
Fan, Evah	ARTIST	San Francisco-based visual artist
Fanjul, Emilia	ENTREPRENEUR	Head of Public Relations company Emilia Fanjul Communications
Faris, Valerie	FILMMAKER	Music video master and Co-director of Little Miss Sunshine
Fey, Tina	WRITER/ACTOR/COMEDIAN	Head Writer of SNL, Director of Mean Girls
Field, Patricia	STYLIST	New York Fashion icon and stylist to the stars
Finch, Shea’la	ART LOVER	Co-creator of Tiny Showcase
Flanagan, Mary	ARTIST/CRITIC	New York-based New Media Artist/Inventor/Activist/Teacher
Fletcher, Emma	DESIGNER	Owner of fashion boutique Lyell
Foeller, Janine	GALLERIST	Co-owner and Co-director of Wallspace Gallery
Fraser, Andrea	ARTIST	New York-based artist
Fraser, Janice	ENTREPRENEUR/EDITOR/DESIGNER	CEO of Adaptive Path
Friedberger,Eleanor	MUSICIAN	Singer/Songwriter of The Fiery Furnaces
Fugate, Christine	FILMMAKER	Documentary Filmmaker and Director of The Girl Next Door
Isda	DESIGNER	San Francisco-based fashion designer of Isda
Gage, Jenny	PHOTOGRAPHER	New York-based photographer
Galas, Diamanda	ARTIST/MUSICIAN	Avant-garde performance artist, vocalist, and composer
Galloway, Anne	TECHNOLOGY RESEARCHER
Gambrell, Dorothy	ARTIST/MUSICIAN	Cartoonist
Gangitano, Lia	CURATOR	Founder and Director of Participant, inc
Garcia, Camille Rose	ARTIST	Los Angeles-based visual artist
Gardner, Emma	DESIGNER	Fine Artist and rug designer, former Editor-in-Chief of PHYS.COM
Garofalo, Janeane	COMEDIAN	Comedian/Actor/Activist/Writer and former co-host on Air America Radio's The Majority Report.
Gaskell, Anna	PHOTOGRAPHER	New York-based photographer
Gehlhar, Mary	CREATIVE DIRECTOR	Fashion Director of Gen Art
Gehweiler, Fawn	ARTIST	Los Angeles-based visual artist and designer
Genninger, Laura	DESIGNER	Index/I-D magazine
Ghahremani, Susie	ARTIST	San Diego-based Illustrator, Musician, and Stuff Maker
Gibbons, Beth	MUSICIAN	Lead Singer of Portishead
Gillis, Terri	DESIGNER	Owner of the Lower East Side's fashion boutique TG-170
Gittins, Eileen	ENTREPRENEUR	Founder, President, and CEO of Blurb
Godwin, Mary	TEACHER	English Professor
Gold, Heather	COMEDIAN/EMCEE/THINKER	San Francisco-based comedian of The Heather Gold Show
Goldberg, Marsea	GALLERIST	Owner of Los Angeles' New Image Art Gallery
Golden, Thelma	CURATOR	Chief Curator of the Studio Museum Harlem
Goldfrapp, Alison	MUSICIAN	Lead Singer of the Mercury Music Prize nominated English electronica duo, Goldfrapp
Goodman, Elizabeth	DESIGNER	Designer, writer, and researcher
Goodman, Susan	ART COLLECTOR
Goodman, Wendy	WRITER	Contributor to New York Magazine
Gordon, Kim	MUSICIAN/ARTIST	Bass and Guitar player for Sonic Youth
Graham, Lauren	ACTOR	Star of the WB's Gilmore Girls
Grannan, Katy	PHOTOGRAPHER	San Francisco-based photographer
Grantham, Trish	ARTIST	Portland-based visual artist
Grayson, Kathy	CURATOR/WRITER	Gallery Director, Deitch Projects
Greenberg, Debi	ENTREPRENEUR	President/Buyer for Louis Boston
Greenberg, Jill	PHOTOGRAPHER	Los Angeles-based photographer
Greenfield, Lauren	PHOTOGRAPHER	Eye behind 'Girl Culture' and 'Fast Forward'
Griffin, Kathy	ACTOR	Comedian/Writer and self-proclaimed "D-list Celebrity"
Grippo, Alison	PHOTOGRAPHER	New York-based Photographer
Grosch, Eleanor	DESIGNER	Founder of Pushmepullyoudesign
Gross, Terry	INTERVIEWER	NPR's Fresh Air Host
Habbley, Kathleen	CRAFTER	Co-creator of Rengade Craft Show
Hable, Katherine	ENTREPRENEUR/DESIGNER	Co-founder of Hable Construction
Hable, Susan	ENTREPRENEUR/DESIGNER	Co-founder of Hable Construction
Hadid, Zaha	ARCHITECT	British architect and the first woman winner of Pritzker Prize
Hagberg, Eva	WRITER	Writer for Metropolis, Wallpaper, New York Times, and others
Hagen, Nina	MUSICIAN	Lead Singer of her own band, The Nina Hagen Band and often referred to as "the mother of punk"
Hait, Jane	GALLERIST	Co-owner and co-director of Wallspace Gallery
Hall, Ann	PHOTOGRAPHER	New York-based photographer
Hall, Erika	DESIGNER/WRITER	Co-Founder of Mule Design
Halloran, Lia	ARTIST	Los Angeles-based Painter
Halpin, Mikki	WRITER	Author of "A Girl's Guide to Geek Guys"
Hanna, Kathleen	MUSICIAN	Member of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre
Hardwicke, Catherine	FILMMAKER	Director of Thirteen and Lords of Dogtown
Harry, Debbie	MUSICIAN	Frontwoman of Blondie
Hart, Jenny	ARTIST/DESIGNER	Founder of Sublime Stitching
Harvey, PJ	MUSICIAN	Singer/Songwriter
Hastreiter, Kim	EDITOR	Co-Founder of Paper Magazine
Hayuk, Maya	ARTIST	Brooklyn-based visual artist
Hedberg Deam, Lara	PUBLISHER	Founder of Dwell Magazine
Helfand, Jessica	DESIGNER/WRITER	Partner at Winterhouse Studio
Henzel, Laurie	EDITOR	Creative Director of BUST
Hodgson, Patience	MUSICIAN	Lead vocals for The Grates
Hoffman, Mara	DESIGNER	Fashion Designer
Hogshead, Sally	ENTREPRENEUR	Freelance Creative Director
Holofcener, Nicole	FILMMAKER/TELEVISION	"Friends with Money" 2006
Holzer, Jenny	ARTIST	"Artist of Truisms"
Holzschlag,Molly E.	DESIGNER/WRITER	Web Designer/Teacher/Author of over 30 books
Homes, A.M.	WRITER	Author of 'The End of Alice' and 'This Book Will Save Your Life' and recipient of numerous awards
Hong-Porretta, Souris	ENTREPRENEUR	VP Interactive Media at Entertainment Media Ventures and Enabler at Hustler Of Culture
Hopper, Jessica	WRITER/CRITIC	Feminist Music and Culture Critic
Hoptman, Laura	CURATOR	New Museum, MOMA, Carnegie
Hostetler, Jemma	DESIGNER	Art Director and Co-Founder of Studio Sans Nom
Hourihan, Meg	ENTREPRENEUR/WEB DEVELOPER	Co-Founder Blogger.com. Web developer 10+ years.
Huey, Elizabeth	ARTIST	Brooklyn-based visual artist
Hughes, Holly	ARTIST	Lesbian performance artist and playwright
Hughes, Holly Stuart	EDITOR	Editor of PDN
Hultquist, Christiane	DESIGNER	aka Christian Joy - Fashion Designer known for her fashioning for Karen O
Hwang, Caroline	ILLUSTRATOR	New York-based Illustrator
Hwang, Nancy	ARTIST	New York-based visual artist
Ingall, Marjorie	WRITER	New York-based freelance writer
Innes, Laura	ACTOR
Jackson, Jo	ARTIST	Portland-based visual artist
Jane O’Neil, Tara	MUSICIAN/ARTIST	Singer/Songwriter and ex-member of Rodan, Retsin, and Sonora Pine
Jardin, Xeni	WRITER/BLOGGER	Co-editor of weblog Boing Boing
Johnson, Paddy	ARTIST/BLOGGER	Author of popular blog Art Fag City
Jones, Caitlin	NEW MEDIA SCHOLAR/CURATOR	Researcher for the Curatorial and Conservation departments at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Jongerius, Hella	DESIGNER	Dutch product designer and founder of Jongeriuslab
Juell, Addie	PHOTOGRAPHER	New York-based artist
Julavits, Heidi	EDITOR/WRITER	Editor of Believer Magazine
July, Miranda	ARTIST	Performance artist, writer, musician, filmmaker, and the mind behind 'Me and You and Everyone We Know'
Juno, Andrea	WRITER/EDITOR	Editor/Interviewer of 'Angry Women in Rock' and other books
Kairys, Elizabeth	DESIGNER	Founder/Owner of Elizabeth Kairys Design
Kalman, Maira	ARTIST	Illustrator, Author, Reporter, Muralist, Choreographer, and all-around creative mind
Karan, Donna	DESIGNER	Owner and Chief Designer of the Donna Karen label
Kare, Marie	ENTREPRENEUR	Creator of The Sampler
Karen O	MUSICIAN	Lead singer of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Karnowsky, Merry	GALLERIST	Founder and Owner of the Los Angeles-based Merry Karnowsky Gallery
Kaufmann, Elaine	ARTIST/ACTIVIST	Member of The Brainstormers
Kaufmann, Michelle	ARCHITECT	Founder and Design Principal of Michelle Kaufmann Designs
Kawakubo, Rei	DESIGNER	Japanese Fashion Designer behind the Comme des Garcons label
Kawasaki, Audrey	ARTIST	Los Angeles-based visual artist
Keaton, Diane	ACTOR	Academy Award winning Actor/Director/Producer/Writer
Kenney, Heidi	ARTIST/CRAFTER	Founder of My Paper Crane
Kereszi, Lisa	PHOTOGRAPHER	Brooklyn-based photographer and 2005 Baum Award Winner
Khouri, Callie	FILMMAKER	Academy Award-winning Writer, Director, and Producer
Kiely, Orla	DESIGNER	Fashion Designer known for her use of color and patterns
Kightlinger, Laura	ACTOR	Actor/Comedian/Writer and Director of award-winning documentray '60 Spins Around the Sun'
Kilimnik, Karen	ARTIST	Philadelphia-based visual artist
Kim, Jiae	EDITOR/DESIGNER	Publisher, creative director, and editor-in-chief of Theme magazine
Kim, Sun-min	DESIGNER	Creator of Uglydolls
Kirino, Natsuo	AUTHOR	Award winning Japanese author of 'Out' and 'Soft Cheeks'
Kitchens, Kozy	ARTIST	Illustrator and Partner in Kozyndan
Kluvo, Laura	DESIGNER	Scottsdale-based Fashion Designer and blogger
Kokosalaki, Sophia	DESIGNER	Paris-based Fashion Designer
Kolbowski, Sylvia	ARTIST	Conceptual Artist
Kramer, Leah	CRAFTER/PROGRAMMER	Founder of Craftster, organizer of Bazaar Bizarre, and owner of Boston's boutique Magpie
Kruger, Barbara	ARTIST	NY/LA-based visual artist known for her collage of image and text
Kubisch, Christina	ARTIST	German first-generation sound artist
Kwok, Jenny	CRAFTER	Creator of Cut+Paste
Larocca, Amy	WRITER	New York-based fashion journalist
Lazin, Lauren	FILMMAKER	Award winning Director/Produce/Writer and the creative force behind MTV's Sex in the 90's and MTV Rockumentary
Leach, Julia	DESIGNER	EVP/ Creative Direction + Brand Strategy for kate spade
Leah	ENTREPRENEUR	Creator and Founder of Married to the Mob
Lee, Nikki S	ARTIST	Artist and Cultural Chameleon
Lepore, Nanette	DESIGNER	Fashion Designer
Levete, Amanda	ARCHITECT	Head of London's architecture and design firm Future Systems
Levine, Faythe	ARTIST/CRAFTER	Milwaukee-based artist and creative organizer of Flying Fish Design and Art vs Craft
Levitt, Danielle	PHOTOGRAPHER	New York-based photographer
Levitt, Helen	PHOTOGRAPHER	Photographer of New York, "The Photographer'sPhotographer"
Lewis, Jenny	MUSICIAN	Singer/Songwriter with the Watson Twins
Lilly1975	ARTIST	Brooklyn-based graphic designer and street artist
Lindstrom, Sue	ENTREPRENEUR	Owner and Founder of Paper Source
Livingston, Jennie	FILMMAKER	Director of 'Paris is Burning'
Lobel, Jeanine	ENTREPRENEUR	Make-up Artist and Founder of Stila
Loktev, Julia	ARTIST	New York-based artist and filmmaker
Lolley, Kathleen	ARTIST	Louisville-based Painter, Animator, and Artist-at-Large
lori-d	ANIMATOR/ARTIST/SKATER
Love, Courtney	MUSICIAN	Singer/Songwriter/Actor/Celebrity
Lowitt, Roxanne	PHOTOGRAPHER	New York-based photographer
Lufkin, Caroline	MUSICIAN	Singer/Songwriter
Lupton, Ellen	WRITER/CURATOR/DESIGNER	Curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Author, and Editor of Design-your-life
Lynton, Holly	PHOTOGRAPHER	New York-based photographer
M.I.A.	MUSICIAN	Sri-Lanka raised singer and artist
Hoffman, Romy	MUSICIAN	Melbourne-based MACROMANTICS MC
Malakooti, Tiffany	ARTIST	Canadian Designer/Illustrator
Magnuson, Ann	ACTOR	Actor/Performance Artist/Nightclub performer
Mann, Sally	PHOTOGRAPHER	Photographer known for her images of her children
Marden, Mirabelle	GALLERIST	Rivington Arms
Mark, Mary Ellen	PHOTOGRAPHER
Markoff, Katrina	ENTREPRENEUR	Owner/Chocolatier of Vosges Haut-Chocolat
Marshall, Chan	MUSICIAN	Singer/Songwriter Cat Power
Mayle, Jane	DESIGNER	Designer and NoLita Boutique owner
McCarthy, Alicia	ARTIST	San Francisco-based visual artist
McCartney, Stella	DESIGNER	English Fashion Designer
McCarty, Marlene	ARTIST	Visual Artist/Designer/Political Activist
McCormack, Janina	ARTIST	Half of the Pants Avengers Team
Mcgrane, Karen	DIRECTOR	Senior Director of Information Architecture for Razorfish, Inc
McHugh, Heather	WRITER	Award-winning author of Hinge & Sign: Poems 1968-1993 and Eyeshot
McKee, Stacey	WRITER	Writer of Grey's Anatomy
McLaren, Carrie	EDITOR/DESIGNER	Editor and Art Director of Stay Free Magazine and Designer
McPherson, Tara	ARTIST	Painter and Illustrator
Meeka	ARTIST	Brooklyn-based street artist
Messager, Annette	ARTIST	French Visual Artist
Metzner, Ruby	DESIGNER	Co-founder of Brooklyn's Hivemindesign
Michaux, Gaetane	ARTIST	The Re-Arranger -street art collage-creator
Miller, Rebecca	WRITER/DIRECTOR	Novelist, Director, Screenwriter, and Actor
Millman, Debbie	DESIGNER/WRITER	Managing Partner and President of the Design division at Sterling Brands
Miracle, Virginia	DIRECTOR	Director of Word of Mouth Marketing for Brains on Fire and Director of the WOM Marketing Association
Miss Van	ARTIST	French Street Artist
Mizuno, Junko	ARTIST	Comic Artist/Illustrator/Designer behind Hell Babies
Morioka, Noreen	DESIGNER	Co-founder of California's AdamsMorioka Design Firm
Mouritzen, Nina	ARTIST	New York-based photographer
Moussavi, Farshid	ARCHITECT	Founder and Director of London's Award winning firm Foreign Office Architects
Mullin, Wendy	DESIGNER	Fashion Designer and Founder of Built by Wendy
Mutu, Wangechi	ARTIST	New York-based visual artist often working with collage
Mysliwiec, Danielle	ARTIST/ACTIVIST	Member of The Brainstormers
Myung, Angie	ARTIST	Poketo co-founder
Nagy, Phyllis	WRITER	London-based Playwright, Screewriter, and Director
Nakagawa, Aiko	ARTIST/ORGANIZER	aka Faile - Artist Collective
Nakamura, Tracy	ATHLETE	USC Women's Golf Team
Nevins, Sheila	PRODUCER	HBO Executive Producer
Newsom, Joanna	MUSICIAN	Singer, Songwriter, Harpist, Pianist
Newton, Maud	WRITER/EDITOR	Literary Blogger
Nexus6, Yuko	MUSICIAN/ARTIST	Japanese Musician and Sound Artist
O’hara, Ert	PHOTOGRAPHER/WRITER	Photographer and Art Journalist for Juxtapoz
Oates, Joyce Carol	WRITER	Award winning Author and Associate Editor of Ontario Review
Oberman, Emily	DESIGNER	Partner in acclaimed design firm Number 17
Oh, Saelee	ARTIST	Los Angeles-based visual artist
Olson, Marisa	ARTIST/CURATOR	Artist, Curator, Critic and Editor at Large of Rhizome.org
Ono, Yoko	ARTIST
Ording, Kelly	ARTIST	San Francisco-based artist
Orpin, Beci	DESIGNER	Princess Tina
Park, Youngna	ARTIST	New York-based Photographer
Parker, Mary Louise	ACTOR	Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe winning actor
Pearl Watson, Esther	ARTIST	http://funchicken.com/
Pedemonte, Juliana	DESIGNER	Director of Colorblok
Pernet, Diane	WRITER	Fashion Journalist
Pessl, Marisha	WRITER	Author of NY Times
Peyton, Elizabeth	ARTIST	Painter
Pfahler, Kembra	ARTIST	Performance artist, musician, and leader of The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black
Phair, Liz	MUSICIAN	Singer/Songwriter and early indie female crusader
Phelps, Nicole	EDITOR	Executive Editor of Style.com
Piper, Chrissy	PHOTOGRAPHER	LA/NYC-based photographer
Pohl, Uscha	ENTREPRENEUR	Director of Very Up & Co
Polashenski, Anne	ARTIST/ACTIVIST	Member of The Brainstormers
Poseley, Lisa	PHOTOGRAPHER	New York-based photojournalist
Power, Cat	MUSICIAN	aka Chan Marshall - Singer/Songwriter
Pratt, Jane	EDITOR	Founding Editor of Sassy and Jane Magazine
Pratts, Candy Price	MUSICIAN	Executive Fashion Director of Style.com
Quan, Jody
Railla, Jean	WRITER/CRAFTER	Editor/Publisher of Get Crafty
Ratkje, Maja	MUSICIAN	Noise Artist - Fe-mail
Ray, Christina	ARTIST/CURATOR	Brooklyn-based artist and Founder of Glowlab
Raye, Robynne	DESIGNER	Co-Founder of Modern Dog
Reese, Tracy	DESIGNER	Fashion Designer
Reichart, Kelly	FILMMAKER	Director of Old Joy
Rist, Pipilotti	ARTIST	Swiss video artist
Rivers, Kalene	ARTIST/EDITOR/DESIGNER	Thundercut Art/Sherbert/Coney Island Shortcakes
Robertson, Claire	ILLUSTRATOR	Australian Illustrator and Toy Maker
Roi, Alice	DESIGNER	Fashion Designer
Rojas, Claire	ARTIST/MUSICIAN	aka Peggy Honeywell
Romano, Dannielle	EDITOR	Editor-at-large for Daily Candy
Rosati, Pavia	EDITOR	Executive Editor of Daily Candy
Roth, Tina	DESIGNER	Swiss Miss -'Swiss Designer Gone NYC'
Rowley, Cynthia	DESIGNER	Fashion Designer
Roy, Lindy	ARCHITECT	Founder of ROY Co.
Rupp, Diana	DESIGNER	Founder of Make Workshop
Ruppel, Amy	ARTIST	Illustrator/Designer/Crafter/Photographer
Rutter-Kaye, Joyce	EDITOR	Editor of PRINT Magazine
Ryan, Jenny	CRAFTER	Creator of Felt Club Craft Show and SewDarnCute
Ryan, Kathy	EDITOR	Photo Editor for the New York Times Magazine
Saldana, Zoe Sheehan /a>	ARTIST	New York-based visual artist
Samaras, Isabel	ARTIST	San Francisco-based visual artist
Sandler, Karen	LAWYER	Counsel, Software Freedom Law Center
Sanguinetti, Alessandra	PHOTOGRAPHER	New York-based Photographer
Saville, Jenny	ARTIST	British Painter
Savoca, Nancy	FILMMAKER	Director of True Love, Household Saints, The 24 Hour Woman
Scher, Paula	DESIGNER	Partner at Pentagram Design
Schiller, Sara	CREATIVE ORGANIZER	Co-Founder of Wooster Collective
Schroeder, Amy	EDITOR	Founder and Editor of Venus Magazine
Schutz, Dana	ARTIST	Brooklyn-based painter
Sedaris, Amy	ACTOR	Comedian/Writer - Strangers with Candy
Sekizawa, Zen	PHOTOGRAPHER	California-bred editorial, advertising, and fin art photographer
Sellers, Libby	CURATOR	Senior Curator of the London Design Museum
Sellers, Susan	DESIGNER	Founding Partner and Creative Director at 2×4
Senator, Susan	WRITER/ACTIVIST	Writer/Activist/Researcher of issues of disability and autism
Sester, Marie	ARTIST	French Media Artist based in Los Angeles
Seward, Vanessa	DESIGNER	Creative Director for Azzaro Paris
Shapiro, Miriam	ARTIST	Lifelong Mixed Media Artist
Shapton, Leanne	DESIGNER	Illustrator, Art Director, Editor, and Book Publisher
Sherman, Cindy	PHOTOGRAPHER	Photographer and MacArthur Awardee
Sherman-Palladino, Amy	WRITER/PRODUCER	Creator and Executive Producer of Gilmore Girls
Shokrian, Jasmin	DESIGNER	Los Angeles-based Fashion Designer and Winner of 2005's Ecco Domani Foundation Award for Excellence in Emerging Design
Shubuck, Simone	ARTIST	New York-based visual artist
Sierra, Kathy	ENTREPRENEUR	Co-creator of Head First series and Founder of JavaRanch
Sigismondi, Floria	DIRECTOR/PHOTOGRAPHER	Film and Video creator and Photographer
Sikander, Shazia	ARTIST
Silverbush, Lori	FILMMAKER	Co-director of 'On the Outs'
Silverman, Sarah	COMEDIAN	Comedian/Actor/Writer and Star of 2005's Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic
Sioux, Siouxsie	MUSICIAN	Lead Singer of Siouxsie & the Banshees and The Creatures.
Sklar, Rachel	EDITOR/WRITER	Media & Special Projects Editor for the Huffington Post and writes and edits the site's Eat The Press
Sleater-Kinney	MUSICIANS	Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker, and Janet Weiss
Smith, Dori	PROGRAMMER/WRITER	Author of various Visual QuickStart Guides and Publisher and ListMom for the Wise-Women's Web organization
Smith, Keri	ARTIST	Author/Illustrator/Guerilla Artist and creator of the Wish Jar blog
Smith, Kiki	ARTIST	New York-based visual artist
Smith, Patti	MUSICIAN	Singer, Songwriter, and "punk rock's poet laureate"
Smith, Zadie	WRITER	Author of On Beauty, The Autograph Man, and White Teeth
Snyder, Julie	PRODUCER	Senior Producer of Public Radio's This American Life
Soares, Valeska	ARTIST	Brazilian-born, Brooklyn-based visual artist
Somogyi, Erika	ARTIST	New York-based visual artist
Spade, Kate	DESIGNER	Founder of the designer brand Kate Spade
Spector, Shelley	ARTIST	Artist/Gallerist/Curator/Teacher and Founder of Philly's own Spector
Spektor, Regina	MUSICIAN	New York-based singer and pianist
Spellman, Lisa	GALLERIST	Director of 303 Gallery
Spheeris, Penelope	FILMMAKER	Director of The Decline of Western Civilization, Waynes World, and Black Sheep
Spiers, Elizabeth	EDITOR/WRITER	Publisher and Editor of DealBreaker.com and previously the founding editor of Gawker.com
Stauffer, Tema	PHOTOGRAPHER	New York-based photographer
Steenson, Molly	DESIGNER	Design Researcher and Co-founder of the webzine Maxi
Stefani, Gwen	MUSICIAN	Singer/Songwriter and original member of No Doubt
Still, Lance	PRESIDENT	Senior Vice President of National Promotions for New Line Cinema
Stoller, Debbie	EDITOR	Creator, Owner, and Editor-in-Chief of BUST Magazine and author of Stitch 'n Bitch Books
Stout, Georgie	DESIGNER	Founding partner of 2×4 Inc.
Strausfeld, Lisa	DESIGNER	Partner with Pentagram and original founder of Perspecta
Strauss, Carolyn	PRODUCER	President of HBO Entertainment
Suqi, Rima	WRITER/EDITOR	New York Magazine Editor and Travel Journalist
Swoon	ARTIST	New York-based Street Artist
Tafjord, Hild Sofie	MUSICIAN	Noise Artist - Fe-mail
Takano, Aya	ARTIST	Japanese Artist/Illustrator
Taraska, Julie	EDITOR/WRITER	Editor for Home Magazine and former editor of metropolismag.com
Taylor-Wood, Sam	ARTIST	YBA - Video artist and Photographer
Telford, Anne	EDITOR/WRITER/PHOTOGRAPHER	Editor-at-large of Communication Arts Magazine, founding boardmember of the Illustration Conference, and board member of Watershed Media
Templeton, Deanna	PHOTOGRAPHER	Orange County photographer of Skateboarding culture
Tom, Rena	DESIGNER	Owner of Brooklyn boutique Rare Device
Toomey, Jenny	MUSICIAN/ACTIVIST	Executive Director of the Future of Music Coalition
Towey, Gael	DESIGNER	Chief Creative Officer of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Trapani, Gina	PROGRAMMER/WRITER	Web Programmer, technology writer, and Editor of Lifehacker.com
Trocme, Suzanne	DESIGNER/WRITER	Special Projects Editor of Wallpaper*, Designer with Bernhardt, and published author
Trott, Mena	PRESIDENT	President and Co-founder of Six Apart, creator of Movable Type and TypePad
Tsay, Shin-Pei	URBAN GEOGRAPHER	Director of Marketing for Project for Public Spaces
Turlington, Christy	MODEL/YOGINI	Creator of the NUALA Yoga-influenced fashion line
Urquiola, Patricia	DESIGNER	Milan-based furniture designer
Vachon, Christine	PRODUCER	Founder of Killer Films and a leader in the independent film and queer cinema world
Varon, Sara	ARTIST	Print maker, illustraor, and comic artist
Vitkus, Jessica	WRITER	New York-based writer and television producer
Vowell, Sarah	WRITER	Author, Social Observer, and Contributor to NPR's This American Life
Walker, Kara	ARTIST	New York-based visual artist exploring issues of race, gender, and sexuality
Waxler, Caroline	WRITER	TV Guide Channel, VH1 - Co-Founder of NY Chapter of the Glasshouse
Weber, Aimee	DESIGNER	Second Life content creator and designer of virtual clothing line PREEN
Wells, Portia	DESIGNER	Brookyln-based designer
West, Jessamyn	LIBRARIAN	Librarian and blogger 'putting the rarin' back in librarian'
West, Paige	CURATOR	Founder of Mixed Greens
Westwood, Vivienne	DESIGNER	British Fashion Designer
Whitmarsh, Megan	ARTIST	Los Angeles-based visual artist
Wilding, Faith	WRITER	multi-disciplinary artist and co-founder of subRosa
Williams, Diane	WRITER/EDITOR	Founder and Editor of the literary annual Noon
Williams, Kristen	WRITER	New York-based blogger of More Than Donuts
Williams, Lucinda	MUSICIAN	Singer, Songwriter, and three-time Grammy Award winner
Williams, Rosemary	ARTIST	Brooklyn-based visual artist
Winterson, Jeanette	WRITER	Prize-winning Author and Journalist for UK's The Times and The Guardian
Wollner, Mara Bodis	PHOTOGRAPHER	New York-based photographer
Yuskavage, Lisa	ARTIST	New York-based Painter
Zalaznick, Lauren	PRODUCER	President of NBC Universal Cable Networks Bravo and Trio
Zimmerman, Jasmine	ARTIST	Nocturnal Web Slinger
Zittel, Andrea	ARTIST	California-based Sculptor/Architect/Installation Artist

Comments

[rw]

It seems absurd to add more names, the list is amazing. But still, someone mentioned graf writers , Claw is a good one I'd forgotten to mention earlier.

And also, on the fine art front, macarthur winner Kara Walker...

[Judith]

Another MacArthur fellow in visual art: Shazia Sikander

Design thinkers:
Jan Abrams [Director of the University of Minnesota Design Institute]
Elizabeth Goodman [confectious.net]
Elizabeth Churchill [PARC]
Rena Tom [designer, owner Rare Device]

[Marian St. Laurent]

MARLENE MCCARTY - political activist, title designer, taught at yale/cooper- visual artist/graphic designer

[kpg]

How is it possible that neither Meg Hourihan and Mena Trott have links to them or their work? Irony, anyone?

[Shane]

Sally Hogshead - Freelance Creative Director
http://www.sallyhogshead.com

[Jen Bekman]

It certainly wasn't intentional. As stated above: the list is a work in progress and there are bound to be errors and omissions. This is why I've encouraged people to post corrections and editions in comments. (You could stand to be a little nicer though next time, thanks.)

Links added for both Mena and Meg.

[Lydia]

Off the top of my head:
Carrie Bickner (http://roguelibrarian.com/bio.php)
Molly E. Holzschlag (http://www.molly.com/)
Liz Danzico (http://www.boxesandarrows.com/person/lizdanzico)

Thanks for doing this. Hope it makes a difference.

[Carla DeSantis]

Hi - I'd like to be included in your list. Job - activist - founder of ROCKRGRL Magazine (1994-2005) and the ROCKRGRL Music Conference (www.rockrgrl.com/conference). E-mail me if you need more info - I do LOTS of lecturing and would like to do more. Your list is amazing! Thanks for thinking this up. Carla

[Carla DeSantis]

Did I send my last comment? I got a phone call and don't remember - anyhow - I'm the founder of rockrgrl magazine - www.rockrgrl.com - which is now defunct but hugely influential (if I may be so bold). Let me know if you have questions.
Thanks! FANTASTIC IDEA!!

[upso]

heres another one:
http://www.jemmahostetler.com

[Anton Zuiker]

Great, and thanks. Any suggestions for who we can get to speak about science blogging at the NC Science Blogging Conference in January?

[tomas]

Majora Carter founder of Sustainable South Bronx, gave a great presentation at TED this year.

[danieli moreira]

jocy de oliveira, brazilian contemporary composer.

[Paul Schreiber]

Heather Gold, comedian, emcee, thinker.

[a. palled]

here's somemore people:
Directors Panel
Kelly Reichart, director, Old Joy
Floria Sigismondi, video director, photographer
Magazine Panel
Laura Genninger, designer, Index/I-D magazine
Devon Dikeou, editor, Zing magazine
Heidi Julavits, editor, Believer magazine

Nightlife Panel
Danielle Levitt, photographer
Roxanne Lowitt, photographer

Television
Sheila Nevins, HBO executive producer
Carolyn Strauss, HBO executive producer (Six Feet Under)

Repackaging the Label
Katayone Adeli, designer
Terri Gillis, owner, TG-170
Emma Fletcher, designer, owner, Lyell
Jane Mayle, designer, owner

influential curators for moderators:
Lia Gangitano, Participant, inc
Claudia Altman-Siegel, Luhring Augustine
Lisa Spellman, 303 Gallery
Laura Hoptman, New Museum, MOMA, Carnegie

[Steve Gerlach]

Wow, good idea!

Don't forget melbourne illustrator/artist 629W aka MEGAN DELL http://www.629w.com

and
MACROMANTICS emcee http://www.macromantics.com

[Fred]

Add Jessamyn West to the list — she's the first person I thought of when I followed the link from my feedreader.

[Ned Batchelder]

Anna Politkovskaya was killed a week ago.

My wife Susan Senator speaks on disability and autism issues. Would you consider her for the list?

[mary godwin]

Add me to the list... Mary Godwin, English Professor/Teacher, http://www.body2see.blogspot.com

[Michael Rubin]

I enthusiastically recommend adding Virginia Miracle to your list. She is one of the foremost experts on word of mouth marketing. Formerly with Dell, she now works for Brains on Fire and is a board member for the Word of Mouth Marketing Association.

http://brainsonfire.com/blog/author/virginia

[Allison]

Ann Manguson- performance artist
Anna Deveare-Smith - writer, actor
Phyllis Nagy - playwright

[Allison]

And how could I forget:

Kembra Pfahler - Performance artist, musician

[john allspaw]

here's the link to Elizabeth Kairys Design:

http://elizabethkairys.com

[DC]

Here's some links, info, etc.:

Case, Neko
http://www.nekocase.com/

Cervenka, Exene (first name spelled wrong on your list)
Musician/Author/Artist
http://www.exenecervenka.com/
http://www.dcktcontemporary.com/artist/view/287

Hong-Porretta, Souris
http://www.hustlerofculture.com/about.html

And make sure to add Siouxsie Sioux Nina Hagen!!!

[rita]

carrie brownstein