Described as “guiding the battles of the women’s rights movement” by The New York Times, Marcia Greenberger is the founder and Co-President of the National Women's Law Center. The creation of the Center nearly 35 years ago established her as the first full-time women's rights legal advocate in Washington, D.C.

A recognized expert on sex discrimination and the law, Ms. Greenberger has participated in the development of key legislative initiatives and litigation protecting women's rights, particularly in the areas of education, employment, health and reproductive rights. She has been a leader in developing strategies to secure the successful passage of legislation protecting women and counsel in landmark litigation establishing new legal precedents for women, and is the author of numerous published articles.

Her leadership and contributions are reflected in the professional honors she has received and the numerous boards on which she serves. Recognized by Working Woman Magazine as one of the 25 heroines whose activities over 25 years have helped women in the workplace, and Washingtonian Magazine as one of Washington, D.C.’s most powerful women, she was awarded the Alumni Award of Merit from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2001 and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Lafayette College in 2000. She was selected to receive the Hope Award from Calvary Women’s Shelter in 2005, an award from the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association in 2005, the Woman of Distinction Award from Soroptomist International of the Americas in 2000, the Woman Lawyer of the Year Award by the D.C. Women's Bar Association in 1996, honored by the Center for Law and Social Policy in 1995, and given the William J. Brennan, Jr. Award by the District of Columbia Bar in 1994. She received a Presidential appointment to the National Skill Standards Board, and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program Board of Directors, the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Board of Directors, and the National Policy Council of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund.

Ms. Greenberger received her B.A. with honors in 1967, and her J.D. cum laude in 1970, from the University of Pennsylvania. She practiced law with the Washington, D.C., firm of Caplin and Drysdale from 1970-72, and in 1972 she started and became Director of the Women's Rights Project of the Center for Law and Social Policy, which became the National Women’s Law Center in 1981.

Nancy Duff Campbell is a founder and Co-president of the National Women’s Law Center, one of the nation’s preeminent women’s rights organizations. A recognized expert on women’s law and public policy issues, for over thirty-five years Ms. Campbell has participated in the development and implementation of key legislative initiatives and litigation protecting women’s rights, with a particular emphasis on issues affecting low-income women and their families.

Ms. Campbell’s accomplishments include participation in successful Supreme Court litigation establishing that two-parent families with unemployed mothers are entitled to AFDC benefits, in Califano v. Westcott; organization and leadership of the Coalition on Women and Taxes, whose analyses and advocacy led to expanded tax assistance for single heads of household and the removal of six million low-income families from the tax rolls in the Tax Reform Act of 1986; the establishment of a uniform right to child support enforcement services for all custodial parents without regard to income, in Parents Without Partners v. Massinga; a central role in drafting and pressing a national agenda on child care, which culminated in passage in 1990 of the first comprehensive child care legislation since World War II and several improvements in the succeeding years; and expansion of the rights and remedies of military women facing sexual harassment, unfair family policies, and stereotyped limitations on their jobs and ability to serve in combat, through congressional legislation and Department of Defense policies. She’s also the author of numerous articles on women’s legal issues.

Ms. Campbell has been named by Working Woman magazine as one of the top 25 heroines whose actions over the last 25 years have advanced women in the workplace, and a Woman of Genius by Trinity University. She has been selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in America (2006) and Who’s Who of American Women (2006-2007). She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for her work to improve child support enforcement and was appointed by Congress to the U.S. Commission on Child and Family Welfare, to study and make recommendations on a range of issues, including child support, custody and visitation; family services; and family and juvenile court systems. She is the recipient of the District of Columbia Bar’s William J. Brennan Award, in recognition of her exemplary legal career dedicated to service in the public interest, was honored by the Center for Law and Social Policy at its 25th Anniversary Dinner, and has been recognized by her law school as an “NYU Alumnus/Alumna of the Month.” She has served on the District of Columbia Bar Board of Governors, including its Executive Committee, and currently is a member of the Princeton University Center for Research on Child Wellbeing Advisory Board, Low-Income Investment Fund Board of Directors, Alliance for National Defense Board of Advisors, ALI-ABA Advisory Panel on Employee Benefits, Community Tax Law Report Board of Advisors, Institute for Women’s Policy Research Board of Advisors, National Conference of State Legislatures Child Care Advisory Committee and Campaign for Family Leave Income Advisory Committee. She is also a Fellow of the American Bar Association.

Ms. Campbell received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College of Columbia University in 1965 and her law degree from New York University School of Law in 1968. Prior to her work with the National Women’s Law Center, she was a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center and Catholic University School of Law in Washington, D.C., and an attorney with the Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law (now the Welfare Law Center) in New York.

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