Frances Beinicke began working as an intern at the Natural Resources Defense Council during the 1970’s. Today she is their President! Frances talked with Ellen about taking 7 years off to raise her children, why the environment is at a crucial juncture, and what we all can do to make a difference.

As co-head of the television department at United Talent Agency in Los Angeles, Sue Naegle’s specialty is television writers of programs such as “One Tree Hill” and “Six Feet Under” and comedians—something she knows a lot about since she’s married to Dana Gould, writer and Co-Executive Producer of “The Simpsons.” Sue shares with Ellen her strategies for balancing her job as a high-powered TV executive, surviving cancer, and being a mom to her two adopted daughters from China.