Ellen Galinsky

Ellen Galinsky is President and Co-Founder of Families and Work Institute. She is the author of over 40 books and reports, including the groundbreaking book, Ask The Children: The Breakthrough Study That Reveals How to Succeed at Work and Parenting, selected by The Wall Street Journal as one of the best work life books of 1999 and the now classic, The Six Stages of Parenthood. She has published more than 100 articles in academic journals, books and magazines. A leading authority on work, family, and children’s issues, Ms. Galinsky was a presenter at the 2000 White House Conference on Teenagers and the 1997 White House Conference on Child Care. She is the past president of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, elected to this post by the members of the largest professional organization in the early childhood field. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2004 Distinguished Achievement Award from Vassar College. She was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources in 2005 and a 2006 Purpose Prize Fellow. A popular keynote speaker, she appears regularly at national conferences, on television and in the media, including Today, World News Tonight with Charles Gibson, and Oprah. Before co-founding FWI, Ms. Galinsky was on the faculty of Bank Street College of Education for 25 years, where she helped establish the field of work and family life. She holds numerous honorary degrees, a Master of Science degree in Child Development/ Education from Bank Street College of Education and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Child Study from Vassar College.