Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner is an American author, speaker, radio host, co-founder and the executive director/CEO of MomsRising.org and board president of the MomsRising Education Fund. In May 2006

Joan Blades Joan Ellen Blades (born March 18, 1956 in Berkeley, California) is an American computer software entrepreneur, political activist, and author. In 1987, she and her husband Wes Boyd co-founded Berkeley Systems, a San Francisco Bay area software co ...

and Rowe-Finkbeiner co-founded MomsRising.

Biography

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner is the host of "Breaking Through with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner - Powered by MomsRising" that airs on 1480AM in Washington, D.C., the 7th largest media market in the country, and also airs on other stations across the nation on the WeAct Radio Network, TuneIn's Progressive Voices Network, as well as on iTunes as a podcast. In 2005 Rowe-Finkbeiner wrote ''The F-Word: Feminism in Jeopardy'' which was awarded first place by the Independent Book Publishers Association in the category of Women's Issues in 2005. Rowe-Finkbeiner is married to former Republican Washington State Senator Bill Finkbeiner. They live in

Washington state Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washington ...

with their two children.

Honors and awards

* Independent Book Publishers Association Award, Women's Issues (2005) for ''The F-Word: Feminism in Jeopardy'' * Rockwood Institute Leadership Fellowship (2008) * Hunt Alternatives Fund's Prime Movers: Cultivating Social Capital Fellowship (2008) * Washington State League of Women Voters Good in Government Award (2008)"Washington League of Women Voters Newsletter"
retrieved February 2, 2012.

References

External links

MomsRising.org
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