Suzanne Braun Levine is a writer, editor, and authority on women, families, media, and changing gender roles. She was the first editor of Ms. magazine and the first female editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. She reports on the changes in women’s lives in her books; on her website, television, and radio; and as a blogger for AARP, Huff/Post 50, Next Avenue, Feminist.com, and others. She is on the board of Encore.org and the Ms. Foundation for Education and Communication, is on the Advisory Board for the Women’s Media Center and the Transition Network, and is a contributing editor at More magazine.She was editor-in-chief of the 30th-anniversary issue of Ms. and was honored as a “Ms. Woman of the Year” in 2004. She graduated with honors from Harvard University and has taught journalism at several universities. Braun Levine lives in New York with her husband Robert F. Levine, an attorney. They have two adult children.