Lauren Smith Brody is the CEO and founder of The Fifth Trimester, which advances gender equality in the workforce through support for caregivers. Lauren’s work grew out of her bestselling book The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom’s Guide to Style, Sanity, and Success After Baby (Doubleday), written in the sunset of her first career as a media executive (RIP, print magazines). These days, she brings her research and expertise frequently to the national media (NYT, WSJ, GMA, CNN), and her consulting clients include a broad spectrum of businesses in tech, big law, education, media, and finance. Lauren is also a co-founder of the Chamber of Mothers, a national nonpartisan nonprofit that mobilizes Americans around public policy solutions for parents, bringing local-chapter advocacy to Capitol Hill. Raised in Ohio, Texas, and Georgia, she lives in New York City with her husband, two sons, and a highly-medicated rescue dog.