Supporters of a presumption of 50/50 parenting schedules when parents live separately:
Julia Dennison, Parents Magazine
Julia is Digital Content Director for Parents.com. A single, 50/50 co-parenting mama to Esme, she’s been writing and editing in the parenting space for over 13 years and is co-host of the podcast We Are Family with ShaunT. Julia has appeared as a panel moderator and parenting expert for Good Morning America, CNN/HLN, Yahoo! and others.
Dr. Torri Barton, The Fatherless Foundation
Torri Barton, PhD, is founder of The Fatherless Generation Foundation, a nonprofit that serves children who live without a biological father in the home, and has successfully reunited more than 8,000 children with their estranged fathers — work for which she was awarded the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from Barack Obama.
Bethanie Baynes, Google Director
Bethanie Baynes is a Director of Global Partnerships at Google and founder of Breadwinning Women at Google, a network of 3,000+ women who identify as the primary earners for their household. She is the host of the Working Wife, Happy Life! podcast, and has been selected to attend women-in-leadership trainings at Oxford University and the Kellogg School of Management.
Susan Guthrie, ABA Executive Council
Susan is rated as a Top Family Law and Mediation Attorney with more than 30 years experience. She serves on the Executive Council of the American Bar Association’s Advanced Mediation Skills Institute, and has trained more than 15,000 dispute resolution professionals around the world on online mediation. Her award-winning Divorce and Beyond podcast has reached more than 3 million listeners.
Ginger Gentile, Documentary Filmaker
Ginger is an activist documentary filmmaker. Her third documentary, ERASING FAMILY, exposes the trauma children suffer when a loving parent is erased by the divorce courts and has helped numerous families reunite. Gentile was named an Architect of Change by Maria Shriver, presented at SXSW, served as the Executive Director of the National Parents Organization and is currently directing a new documentary with Cora Media.