Kathy Spillar is the Executive Director of Feminist Majority Foundation and Feminist Majority, national organizations working for women’s equality, empowerment, and non-violence. One of the founders, Spillar has been a driving force in executing the organizations’ diverse programs securing women’s rights both domestically and globally since its inception in 1987. An expert on anti-abortion terrorism, Spillar has overseen the organization’s research and public education activities, law enforcement relations, litigation, as well as grassroots organizing to keep clinics open in the face of extremist violence. She has played a vital role in the organization’s work to mobilize young feminists on college and high school campuses.

Spillar is Executive Editor of Ms. magazine which the Feminist Majority Foundation acquired in 2001. Under her oversight, Ms. has increased its investigative reporting and today is one of the largest print and online feminist news sites reaching nearly 5 million readers from across the globe. Under her direction, Ms. launched Ms. Studios for audio and video programming – podcasts, virtual programs, and book talks, as well as live events with high-profile experts, including an annual Supreme Court round-up.  Ms.’s  popular Women & Democracy platform features a combination of video, audio, and written content to explore how feminist leadership and reforms ensure more democratic outcomes. Instructors for all levels of women’s and gender studies courses in hundreds of college and university programs across the country use the innovative digital textbook resource, Ms. Classroom, covering current feminist topics and activism.

Spillar is a magna cum laude graduate of Texas Christian University (TCU), and holds a Master of Science interdisciplinary degree in Economics and Urban Studies from Trinity University. In 2018, Spillar was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by TCU.