Clara Bingham is a former White House correspondent for "Newsweek" and wrote "Women on the hill: Challenging the Culture of Congress. "She has written for "Talk, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, "and "The Washington Monthly. "She is a graduate of Harvard University. Laura Leedy Gansler is a lawyer specializing in alternative dispute resolution and securities law. She is a former adjunct law professor at American University. After graduating from Harvard University, Gansler received a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1989.