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CareForce
The CareForce is a cross-sector collaborative of over 350+ builders, advocates, founders, storytellers, and researchers in care. CareForce members get access to monthly programming and a private Slack Group with opportunities for connection, collaboration, and community-building.


Our mission is to transform how we care for people using multidisciplinary ideas and cross-sector tactics. CareForce encourages knowledge-sharing, bridge-building, and radical collaboration among our members to reach our goals for narrative, public policy, political, and private sector social change. Our areas of focus:
- Advancing Paid leave
- Advocating for quality, affordable childcare and eldercare
- Careworker advocacy
- Inviting men into care conversations
- Encouraging employer leadership
- Reimagining the care narrative
- Challenging the status quo of unpaid labor
- New solutions to persistent problems around care

Join us as we all build the future of care together.

The CareForce is a driving force in reimagining how we care.
We are a group of 350+ builders, advocates, funders, storytellers, and researchers across public, private and social sectors.
Our mission is to work together to transform and elevate care in all of its forms. We seek to do this through narrative and political change, care research, care policy, and the care economy.
This is a group that encourages knowledge-sharing, bridge-building, and radical collaboration among our members.

Is the CareForce right for you?
We are accepting members whose professional life is 50% or more devoted to advancing care in some form. If your “day job” does not directly relate to care, we welcome you to join if you have a significant additional project that fits within the care movement, such as writing a book, creating an advocacy group, etc.
If you are interested in the care movement but don’t fit this criteria, we welcome you to join our public-facing virtual events, which we host several times yearly.
Our Members


Jen Bradwell
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionFilmmaker,Areas of InterestPolicyMediaNon-profitAdvocacy

Kate Mangino
LocationWashington, DC, USAPositionAuthor, AuthorAreas of InterestResearchMedia

Shadiah Sigala
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionCEO, KinsideAreas of InterestTechPolicyEntrepreneurshipGloria Riviera
LocationWashington, DC, USAPositionHost, No One is Coming to Save Us,Areas of InterestMedia

Jeanne Sun
LocationNew York, USAPositionWealth Management Leader,Areas of InterestPolicyCorporateNon-profitResearchAdvocacyEntrepreneurship

Liat Krawczyk
LocationNew York, USAPositionSenior Advisor for Workforce Strategy and Head of Child Care, U.S. Department of Commerce CHIPS Program OfficeAreas of InterestTechPolicyCommunityEntrepreneurshipCorporateResearch

Deborah Widiss
LocationIndiana, USAPositionJohn F. Kimberling Professor of Law, Indiana University MaurerAreas of InterestPolicyResearchAdvocacy

Heather McCulloch
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionSenior Fellow, The Aspen InstituteAreas of InterestPolicyMediaNon-profitTechCommunityCorporateResearchAdvocacyEntrepreneurshipGrassroots Campaigns

Leslie Forde
LocationMassachusetts, USAPositionCEO & Founder, Moms Hierarchy of NeedsAreas of InterestResearchEntrepreneurshipCommunity

Mary Beth Ferrante
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionFounder & CEO, WRK/360Areas of InterestCorporateAdvocacy

Pilar McDonald
LocationNew York, USAPositionCo-Founder and Co-Director, Project MatriarchsAreas of InterestCommunityAdvocacyGrassroots Campaigns

Nate Hilger
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionResearcher,Areas of InterestPolicyNon-profitResearchTechMedia

Kristine Cherek
LocationIllinois, USAPositionAuthor and Keynote Speaker , AuthorAreas of InterestCorporate

Lucie Prewitt
LocationColorado, USAPositionSurvey Methodologist / The Care Board, University of KansasAreas of InterestResearchPolicy

Tiffany Anclaire
LocationHamburg, GermanyPositionProducer & Host,Areas of InterestCommunityMediaNon-profitAdvocacyEntrepreneurshipTech

Silvia Vieria
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionCo-Founder & CEO, CoexistAreas of InterestTechEntrepreneurship

Stephanie Tholand
LocationOntario, CanadaPositionSocial & Behavior Change Strategy Consultant,Areas of InterestMediaNon-profit

Cara Pollard
LocationIllinois, USAPositionFounder and CEO, Cara Pollard CoachingAreas of InterestCommunity

Tet Salva
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionFounder | Executive Director, MomWarrior, Tala TherapyAreas of InterestTechCorporateResearchAdvocacyPolicyMedia

Nathaniel Robinson
LocationPositionFounder & CEO, TrustworthyAreas of InterestEntrepreneurshipTech

Amy Beacom, Ed.D.
LocationPositionFounder and CEO, Center for Parental Leave LeadershipAreas of InterestEntrepreneurshipAdvocacyPolicyCorporateValerie Recore
LocationColorado, USAPositionProductivity coach, Certified Fair Play Method Facilitator, Stride Productivity

Sarah Johal
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionFounder, CareSprintAreas of InterestCorporatePolicyAdvocacyMediaResearchTechNon-profitCommunityKatie Mayshak
LocationMassachusetts, USAPositionChief Growth Officer, Neighborhood VillagesErin O'Connor
LocationNew York, USAPositionProfessor and Co-founder , New York University and Nested Institute for FamiliesAreas of InterestPolicyCommunityNon-profitResearchAdvocacyGrassroots Campaigns

Haley Swenson
LocationUtah, USAPositionWriter and Researcher, Better Life Lab / New AmericaAreas of InterestPolicyMediaResearchAshley Brichter
LocationNew York, USA, Utah, USAPositionFounder + CEO , BirthsmarterAreas of InterestCommunityAdvocacyEntrepreneurshipGrassroots Campaigns

Stephanie Fornaro
LocationTexas, USAPositionCEO, Hello NannyAreas of InterestAdvocacyCommunityEmily Phipps
LocationWashington, DC, USAPositionSenior Manager of External Affairs, The National Women's Law CenterAreas of InterestPolicyAdvocacyCommunityEntrepreneurshipGrassroots CampaignsCorporateNon-profit

Lisa Sibbett
LocationWashington, USAPositionDr.,Areas of InterestCommunityMediaGrassroots CampaignsResearch

Michelle Yu
LocationWashington, DC, USAPositionCo-founder & CEO, JosieAreas of InterestEntrepreneurshipCorporate

Julie Kling
LocationNew York, USAPositionWriter & Entrepreneur, Mom Rage(r)Areas of InterestCommunityEntrepreneurshipResearchMediaLeah Ruppanner
LocationTennessee, USAPositionProfessor, University of Melbourne/ Vanderbilt UniversityAreas of InterestPolicyAdvocacyCorporateEntrepreneurship

Johannon Olson
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionCoFounder, Recombinate HealthAreas of InterestPolicyCommunityEntrepreneurshipCorporateResearch
Rachel Sonis
LocationNew York, USAPositionEditor, Writer, Journalist, Freelance, Owner of Sonis EditorialAreas of InterestMediaCommunityResearchEntrepreneurshipPhyllis Stewart Pires
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionAssociate Vice President, Employee Support Programs and Services, Stanford UniversityAreas of InterestCorporateAdvocacyCommunity

Julie Kashen
LocationMaryland, USAPositionDirector, Women's Economic Justice, The Century FoundationAreas of InterestPolicy

Denise Iacona Stern
LocationVirginia, USAPositionCEO, Let Mommy SleepAreas of InterestMediaPolicyEntrepreneurshipAdvocacy

Keisha Blair
LocationNew York, USAPositionFounder, Institute on Holistic WealthAreas of InterestPolicyAdvocacyEntrepreneurshipResearch

Pooja Lakshmin MD
LocationTexas, USAPositionFounder & CEO, Gemma, Physician specializing in women's mental health, GemmaAreas of InterestMedia

Lynn Perkins
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionCEO & Founder, Urban Sitter

Allison J. Applebaum, Ph.D.
LocationNew York, USAPositionDirector, Center for Caregiving Science; Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterAreas of InterestPolicyResearch

Jen Saxton
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionFounder & CEO, Tot SquadAreas of InterestTechEntrepreneurship

Vicki Shabo (she/her), J.D., M.A.
LocationWashington, DC, USAPositionSenior Fellow for Paid Leave Policy & Strategy and Founder/Director, Entertainment Practice, New America, Better Life LabAreas of InterestPolicyNon-profitAdvocacyMediaResearch

Elissa Strauss
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionAuthor & Journalist, AuthorAreas of InterestMedia

Katie B. Garner, PhD
LocationIllinois, USAPositionExecutive Director, IAMASAreas of InterestNon-profitResearchAdvocacy

Sarah K Peck
LocationNew York, USAPositionCEO, Startup ParentAreas of InterestMediaCommunityEntrepreneurshipTech

Rebecca Joy Tromsness
LocationOntario, CanadaPositionFounder / Job Search Coach,Areas of InterestAdvocacy

Emma Johnson
LocationVirginia, USAPositionFounder, Author, Wealthy Single MommyAreas of InterestAdvocacyEntrepreneurshipTechMedia

Tina Cartwright
LocationMaine, USAPositionFounder + Brander + Mom , Rebranding MotherhoodAreas of InterestCommunityMediaEntrepreneurship

Megan Trask
LocationColorado, USAPositionCo-Founder + CEO, TULA Life BalancedAreas of InterestTechEntrepreneurshipCommunity

Anna McKay
LocationTexas, USAPositionFounder & Coach, Parents PivotAreas of InterestAdvocacyCommunityMediaEntrepreneurship

Shannon Amspacher, SPHRi
LocationPennsylvania, USAPositionCEO & Founder, Potluck,Areas of InterestEntrepreneurshipAdvocacyCommunityMediaTech

Tara Ryan
LocationNew Hampshire, USAPositionFounder, InfiniDEI, Fair Play MethodAreas of InterestPolicyCorporateAdvocacyTech

Nicole Jorwic
LocationVirginia, USAPositionChief of Advocacy and Campaigns, Caring Across GenerationsAreas of InterestPolicyCorporateNon-profit

Suzanne Slaughter
LocationPositionProduct Marketing Lead (current), Alchemy (currently), about to be unemployed working on a project tangential to care (more details below!)Areas of InterestTechCommunity

Kelley Coleman
LocationPositionAuthor, AuthorAreas of InterestAdvocacyMediaCommunity

Kate Georgalas
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionDirector Of Partnerships, Hello Nanny!

Jac Gamache
LocationIllinois, USAPositionDEI/ESG Merch Expert, Boxed SourcingMisty Heggeness
LocationKansas, USAPositionAssociate Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, University of KansasGemma Hartley
LocationNevada, USAPositionAuthor & Speaker,Areas of InterestMediaResearchAdvocacyStew Friedman
LocationPennsylvania, USAPositionEmeritus Professor of Management Practice, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Jenn Younker
LocationWashington, USAPositionCOO, Fair Play Policy InstituteAreas of InterestCommunityMediaResearchPolicyNon-profit

Lydia Fogo Johnson, MS, ACC
LocationTennessee, USAPositionFounder & Coach, ThriveCulture CoachingAreas of InterestCorporate

Kirsten Swinth
LocationNew York, USAPositionProfessor of History, Fordham UniversityAreas of InterestResearchPolicy

Courtney Masterson
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionAssociate Dean, University of San FranciscoAreas of InterestResearchCommunityCorporateGrassroots CampaignsMediaAdvocacy

Kat McGowan
LocationPositionIndependent Journalist,Areas of InterestMediaPolicyCommunitySusanna Rosenbaum
LocationNew York, USAPositionAssociate Professor, The City College of New YorkAreas of InterestResearchJennifer N. Levin
LocationNew York, USAPositionAuthor & Journalist, Founder of Caregiver Collective, Caregiver CollectiveAreas of InterestMediaAdvocacyCommunityPolicy

Suha Tirmizi
LocationWashington, USAPositionFounder, BlissMamaAreas of InterestEntrepreneurshipCommunityAdvocacyTech

Molly Day
LocationNew York, USAPositionChief Operating Officer, Moms FirstAreas of InterestPolicyAdvocacyCorporateMediaResearchSara Mickelson
LocationNew MexicoPositionDeputy Cabinet Secretary, NM Early Childhood and Education DepartmentAreas of InterestPolicyGrassroots CampaignsFunderCommunity

Dr. Wendy Wagner Robeson
LocationMassachusetts, USAPositionSenior Research Scientist, Wellesley CollegeAreas of InterestResearchPolicyNon-profit

Kim Rohrer
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionFree Agent, Patchwork PortfolioAreas of InterestCommunityCorporateMediaPolicyTechTiffany Green
LocationWisconsin, USAPositionAssistant Professor, Departments of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics & Gynecology , University of WisconsinAreas of InterestPolicyNon-profitJenna Arnold
LocationNew York, USAPositionActivist & Author & Co-Founder, ORGANIZEAreas of InterestPolicyCommunityMediaNon-profit

Debi Yadegari
LocationNew York, USAPositionChief Empathy Officer, VillygeAreas of InterestCorporateTechCommunityMedia

Nancy Folbre
LocationMaine, USAPositionProfessor emerita of economics,Areas of InterestPolicyResearch

Siran Cao
LocationNew York, USAPositionCEO, Hey MirzaAreas of InterestPolicyTechEntrepreneurship

Molly Dickens
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionFounder, Writer, The Maternal Stress ProjectAreas of InterestResearchAdvocacy

Rhonesha Byng
LocationNew Jersey, USAPositionCEO, HerAgendaAreas of InterestCommunityMedia

Amy Merrill
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionCo- Founder & Digital Director, Plan CAreas of InterestCommunityAdvocacyEntrepreneurshipGrassroots Campaigns

Erin Erenberg
LocationSouth Carolina, USAPositionFounder and CEO, Chamber of MothersAreas of InterestPolicyCommunityAdvocacyNon-profitGrassroots Campaigns

Sade Dozan
LocationNew Jersey, USAPosition,Areas of InterestNon-profitCommunity

Amelia Pleasant Kennedy
LocationMichigan, USAPositionCEO + Founder , A Pleasant Solution, Fair Play MethodAreas of InterestCommunity

Christy Johnson
LocationWashington, USAPositionCEO, ArtemisAreas of InterestEntrepreneurshipPolicyMediaCorporate

Greg Cangialosi
LocationMaryland, USAPositionFounder / CEO, Twilight TechnologiesAreas of InterestEntrepreneurshipTech

Courtney Leimkuhler
LocationNew York, USAPositionManaging Partner, SpringbankAreas of InterestTechCorporateFunder

Bridget Garsh
LocationMassachusetts, USAPositionCOO, FamTech.orgAreas of InterestTechEntrepreneurship

José Campi-Portaluppi
LocationWashington, DC, USAPositionDirector of Communications & Advocacy, Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social JusticeAreas of InterestAdvocacyMediaNon-profitGrassroots CampaignsCommunityDoug Messer
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionProject Manager, Social Impact, USC Public Exchange

Laura Danger
LocationIllinois, USAPositionCreator, Domestic Equity Expert,Areas of InterestAdvocacyCommunityMediaGrassroots CampaignsBrian Page
LocationPositionFounder, Modern HusbandsAreas of InterestAdvocacyPolicyVarina Winder
LocationWashington, DC, USAPositionChief of Staff, Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues, U.S. Department of StateAreas of InterestPolicyAdvocacyElliot Haspel
LocationColorado, USAPositionSenior Fellow, Capita

Allison Venditti
LocationPositionFounder, Moms at WorkAreas of InterestPolicyCommunityResearchAdvocacy

Geri Lynn Baumblatt
LocationIllinois, USAPositionConsultant,Areas of InterestTechCommunityPolicyAdvocacyMediaDavid Smith
LocationMaryland, USAPositionAuthor & Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business SchoolAreas of InterestPolicyCorporateResearch

Amanda Goodwin
LocationMassachusetts, USAPositionCEO, LogatotAreas of InterestPolicyTechEntrepreneurshipCommunityAdvocacyMedia

Jessica Patay
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionFounder & Executive Director, We Are Brave Together (501c3)Areas of InterestCommunity

Michele Veldsman
LocationOxford, UKPositionFounder and CEO, PlayroomAreas of InterestResearchTechCorporate

Nancy Reddy
LocationNew Jersey, USAPositionAuthor & Professor, Stockton UniversityAreas of InterestResearch

Maggie Gremminger
LocationNew York, USAPositionCo-Founder, LeonaAreas of InterestCommunityAdvocacyEntrepreneurshipCorporate

Rachel Hope Anderson
LocationMaryland, USAPositionFounder & Principal Consultant, Hope& ConsultingAreas of InterestAdvocacyCommunity

Carly Buxton
LocationVirginia, USAPositionCEO & Co-Founder, ParentswarmAreas of InterestTechEntrepreneurship

Dara Epstein
LocationNew York, USA, California, USAPositionCEO, Smart SittingAreas of InterestAdvocacyTechEntrepreneurshipCorporateResearchMedia

Qef Johnson
LocationNew York, USAPositionNurse, Doula, Fair Play Facilitator, Parental Leave Coach, The Magical BirthAreas of InterestCommunityEntrepreneurshipAdvocacyVanessa Knight
LocationMontana, USAPositionLCPC/LPC, NCC, NCMHC, Coach, Secure Counseling Clinic, AnySchoolersAreas of InterestPolicyAdvocacyMediaNon-profitResearchCommunity

Darby Saxbe
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionProfessor of Psychology, University of Southern CaliforniaAreas of InterestCommunityPolicyMedia

Rachel Drapper
LocationLondon, UKPositionFounder & CEO, Fair Share HomeAreas of InterestEntrepreneurshipTechResearchAdvocacy

Anna Steffeney
LocationMaine, USAPositionExecutive Director, FamTech.orgAreas of InterestPolicyTechAdvocacyEntrepreneurshipCommunity

Kate Washington
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionAuthor, AuthorAreas of InterestMedia

Paul Sullivan
LocationConnecticut, USAPositionFounder, The Company of DadsAreas of InterestMediaCorporate

Devi Dutta-Choudhury
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionArchitect/Author, AuthorAreas of InterestCommunity

Katherine Goldstein
LocationNorth Carolina, USAPositionJournalist, New America Fellow, CareForce Director, The Double ShiftAreas of InterestMediaCommunityPolicy

Flory Wilson
LocationNew York, USAPositionFounder & CEO, Reproductive & Maternal Health CompassAreas of InterestNon-profitCorporateResearch

Chelsea Conaboy
LocationMaine, USAPositionWriter/Journalist, AuthorAreas of InterestMediaPolicyResearch

Alex Lebec
LocationFlorida, USAPositionFounder & CEO, Lebec ConsultingAreas of InterestCommunityCorporateNon-profitResearchAdvocacyEntrepreneurshipCarmi Medoff
LocationNew York, USAPositionFounder & CEO, Onsite KidsAreas of InterestEntrepreneurship

Laura Fitzgerald
LocationWashington, DC, USAPositionFounder,Areas of InterestAdvocacyTechCommunityEntrepreneurship

Dan Doty
LocationMaine, USAPositionCo-Founder, Fatherhood Unlocked, Fatherhood ReadyAreas of InterestCommunityMediaCorporateEntrepreneurship

Kelly Hubbell
LocationOregon, USAPositionFounder, CEO, Sage HausAreas of InterestCommunity

Laura Tulchin
LocationNew York, USAPositionChief Strategy Officer, Imagine ELCAreas of InterestAdvocacyPolicy

Linzay Davis
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionFounder and CEO, The ParkAreas of InterestPolicyAdvocacyEntrepreneurship

Julia Ticona
LocationPennsylvania, USAPositionAssistant Professor of Communication & Sociology, University of PennsylvaniaAreas of InterestTech

Kathy Pomer
LocationMaryland, USAPositionCo-Founder, Advocate and Chief, GatherRound ConsultingAreas of InterestAdvocacyCommunityEntrepreneurshipGrassroots Campaigns

Jessica Hill
LocationPositionFounder, The Parent CollectiveAreas of InterestCommunityEntrepreneurship

Alex Lloyd Hunte
LocationLondon, UKPositionMr, The Dad ShiftAreas of InterestTechNon-profit

Michelle Browning Coughlin
LocationKentucky, USAPositionAssistant Professor of Law; founder of MothersEsquire & KWLA, Chase College of Law and MothersEsquireAreas of InterestPolicyAdvocacyTechGrassroots Campaigns

Carrie Lane
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionAnthropologist & Professor of American Studies, California State University, FullertonAreas of InterestCommunityResearchAdvocacyMegan L. Hauser, Ed.D.
LocationPennsylvania, USAPositionResearcher and Educator,

Cris Tcheyan
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionCo-founder/CPO, Grasshopper KidsAreas of InterestPolicyResearchAdvocacyEntrepreneurship

Akima A. Brown
LocationDelaware, USAPositionFounder , Reel Families for ChangeAreas of InterestPolicyMediaNon-profitGrassroots CampaignsAdvocacy

Sehreen Noor Ali
LocationNew York, USAPositionFounder, TecuraAreas of InterestTechAdvocacyEntrepreneurship

Rebecca Clanton
LocationMinnesota, USAPositionCo-Founder and Doctoral Candidate, Back to Human PartnersAreas of InterestResearchEntrepreneurshipCorporate

Melissa Nicholson
LocationTexas, USAPositionFounder & CEO, Work MuseAreas of InterestAdvocacy

Leslie Borrell
LocationNew York, USA, SpainPositionFounder, CarefullyAreas of InterestPolicyCommunityAdvocacyTechEntrepreneurship

Richa Rudola
LocationNew York, USAPositionFilmmaker, Meals About MotherhoodAreas of InterestGrassroots CampaignsMedia

Meredith Patrick
LocationPennsylvania, USAPositionCo-Founder, LeonaAreas of InterestEntrepreneurshipCommunityAdvocacy

Fay Gordon
LocationCalifornia, USAPositionState Long Term Care Ombudsman-California, California Department of AgingAreas of InterestPolicy

Karla Calinawan
LocationNetherlandsPositionFounder / CEO, FoundreeAreas of InterestTechEntrepreneurship

Frederick Van Riper
LocationNew York, USAPositionFounder, Seat at the Table Coaching & ConsultingAreas of InterestCommunityEntrepreneurshipElizabeth Joubert
LocationFrancePosition,Areas of InterestMediaCommunity

