The daughter of Indian and Pakistani intellectuals and advocates, Abedin grew up in the United States and Saudi Arabia and traveled widely. She has spent her entire career in public service and national politics, beginning as an intern in First Lady Hillary Clinton’s office in 1996. After four years in the White House, she worked in the US Senate as Senior Advisor to Senator Clinton and was traveling Chief of Staff for Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign. In 2009, she was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff at the US Department of State. Huma served as Vice Chair of Hillary for America in 2016, resulting in the first woman elected nominee of a major political party. She currently serves as Hillary Clinton’s Chief of Staff. Born in the United States and raised in Saudi Arabia, Huma moved back to the US in 1993. She lives in New York City with her son, Jordan. Both/And is her first book.

Hillary Rodham Clinton has spent five decades in public service as an advocate, attorney, First Lady, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, and presidential candidate. As 67th U.S. Secretary of State, her “smart power” approach to foreign policy repositioned American diplomacy and development for the 21st century. Clinton played a central role in restoring America’s standing in the world, reasserting the United States as a Pacific power, imposing crippling sanctions on Iran and North Korea, responding to the Arab Awakening, and negotiating a ceasefire in the Middle East. Earlier, as First Lady and Senator for New York, she traveled to more than 80 countries as a champion of human rights, democracy, and opportunities for women and girls. She also worked to provide health care to millions of children, create jobs and opportunity, and support first responders who risked their lives at Ground Zero. In her historic 2016 campaign for President of the United States, Clinton won 66 million votes. She is the author of nine bestselling books, and host of the podcast You and Me Both. She is married to former U.S. President Bill Clinton has one daughter Chelsea, and three grandchildren: Charlotte, Aidan, and Jasper.

Samantha Barry is the editor-in-chief of Glamour, leading one of the biggest female-focused media titles in the US. Barry has transformed the annual Women of the Year Awards, led Glamour to reach record-breaking monthly audiences, and grown their video across platforms. Recently, Barry interviewed the US First Lady Dr. Jill Biden for Glamour’s College Women of the Year.

Prior to joining Glamour, Barry served as the global head of social media at CNN. Spearheaded the organization’s 2016 election coverage, she received the first-ever Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in social media.

Previously, Barry worked as a reporter and producer for BBC World News in London, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in Papua New Guinea, and RTE and Newstalk in Ireland.

Barry graduated from Dublin City University with a Masters’s in Journalism. A 2016 fellow of Columbia University’s Sulzberger executive program, Barry is also a guest lecturer at Yale University.