Ellen Susman is a television host and producer whose show, Balancing Your Life With Ellen Susman, celebrates the strength of women as they work to balance career and family. The show was offered nationally through NETA in March 2007 and currently airs in 78 markets.

Susman began her career in 1977 as one of the original hosts of Philadelphia’s KYW-TV Evening/PM Magazine and had a successful career as a reporter and anchor.  She created a Speakers Bureau in Bermuda, which produced seminars and conferences for multi-national corporations and created, produced and hosted The Aspen Institute Television Show, which focused on leadership issues with high-profile people in the industry and government. In 2001, Ellen became fascinated with the challenges facing women in the workplace. With support from companies such as Reliant Energy, JP Morgan Chase, KPMG and others, The Myth of Superwoman conference was a sellout, with 300 women attending one week after 9/11.  Her 13-week series, Superwoman Central, featured 26 Houston-area women and aired on HoustonPBS in 2005.

Ellen frequently addresses women’s groups on the issues of career and family.  Her firm, Ellen Susman Enterprises, Inc. specializes in creating, moderating and facilitating programs and seminars for the corporate marketplace.  Past clients include The Santa Fe Institute, Vistakon, Aspen Highlands, The Aspen Educational Research Foundation, the Eagles' Don Henley, The Bermuda Heritage Foundation, Project Lighthawk, Amegy Bank, and many others.

A community activist, Ellen has served on local community and charitable boards for over 20 years. Current boards include: The Blanton Museum, the Student Conservation Association, the National Jewish Democratic Council, and the National Council of the Whitney Museum of Art. She is a member of the deToqueville Society of the United Way, The National Speakers Association, Women In Film & Television, and American Leadership Forum.  Ellen is married and lives in Houston,TX.

Keynote Topics:
Celebrate Your Strength: Women Balancing Work and Family
Leader-Ship: Navigating the Course
Moderating: Facilitating the Process

Websites:
www.balancingyourlifeonline.com
www.leadersforum.com

Margaret Winchell Miller

Ellen brought me on board in the spring of 2005 to help coordinate SuperwomanCentral, her first public television show--and I'm still here!  My work encompasses every aspect of Balancing Your Life... locating interview prospects, researching backgrounds, writing questions, coordinating shoots, handling publicity and fund raising, scheduling public appearances, speeches, and presentations, editing, and traveling to New York, Colorado, and California to assist Ellen as she interviews the most amazing women you can imagine.  It's a whirlwind of a job, but I love it!

I'm a professional writer with a background in teaching and a Master of Fine Arts.  My company, The Business of Words, is an enterprise dedicated to helping clients promote themselves and their businesses.  For over 25 years I've collaborated with companies of all sizes to produce creative copy that gets results.

Lastly, I'm the mother of two creative, handsome boys--Blake, a writer, and Evan, a photographer.  I try to stay balanced by running several times a week (I'm training for a marathon), studying (I'm in a graduate program at Rice University), and settling down regularly with a glass of wine and a good book.

Tova Kronick

Tova hails from Montreal, Canada and comes to Houston with over fifteen years of television experience.  As a segment producer in the field, an associate producer on set, and an award-winning short film director, she has shared her passion for the literary arts, women’s issues, and youth subjects in several acclaimed Canadian TV series.  These have included BookTelevision and Girltalk for Bravo (in Canada/Trio in the USA), for the CBC and for The Women’s Television Network.  Recently, she worked on the ABC series, Supernanny, covering struggles faced by selected families in the Houston area.

Now a Houston resident herself, Tova is excited to be a part of Balancing Your Life and delighted to join Ellen Susman in shining the spotlight on so many accomplished and inspirational women!