Stella Kasdagli is a writer, a gender expert and the co-founder of Women On Top, a non-profit organisation in Greece for the professional development of women and for gender equality in the public sphere. Within 11 years, Women on Top has managed to become the most experienced organization in Greece regarding women’s professional empowerment and, in 2020, it became the first non profit organization participating in the National Council for Gender Equality, while also taking part in key policy consultations with major stakeholders from state institutions and industry leaders. Stella is also a published author, a translator, a book club enthusiast and the facilitator of impactful workshops on professional development, gender issues and social change. She previously studied French Literature in Athens, Greece, and Media Studies in London, and has worked for 10+ years as a women’s magazine and online editor. She is an IVLP alumna and the recipient of the Social Impact UK Alumni Award. She has published eight books for the empowerment of girls, women and teens, and she lives in Athens with her husband and two daughters.

Persefoni Kerentzi is an educator and a PhD student at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has completed the Master Program in Gender Studies at the Department of Social Anthropology and History of the University of the Aegean, as well as the Joint Master Program "Education and Human Rights" of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens and University College London. Her academic interests focus on issues of gender, education and institutional inequalities.

Zhi Tian is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of George Mason University. Her research interests lie in distributed machine learning, statistical signal processing and wireless communications. She is an IEEE Fellow, and served as a Member-at-Large of the Signal Processing Society Board of Governors.

Stella Kasdagli is a writer, a gender expert and the co-founder of Women On Top, a non-profit organisation in Greece for the professional development of women and for gender equality in the public sphere. Within 11 years, Women on Top has managed to become the most experienced organization in Greece regarding women’s professional empowerment and, in 2020, it became the first non profit organization participating in the National Council for Gender Equality, while also taking part in key policy consultations with major stakeholders from state institutions and industry leaders. Stella is also a published author, a translator, a book club enthusiast and the facilitator of impactful workshops on professional development, gender issues and social change. She previously studied French Literature in Athens, Greece, and Media Studies in London, and has worked for 10+ years as a women’s magazine and online editor. She is an IVLP alumna and the recipient of the Social Impact UK Alumni Award. She has published eight books for the empowerment of girls, women and teens, and she lives in Athens with her husband and two daughters.