Leah Segedie’s Official Bio
Leah Segedie helps women make safer consumer choices for their families. She’s a consumer watchdog, author, activist, community organizer, & strategist. Leah founded the award-winning consumer activist website Mamavation.com in 2009 and the eco-friendly influencer conference ShiftCon Social Media Conference, which she ran for many years. She also wrote Green Enough: Eat Better, Live Cleaner, Be Happier (All Without Driving Your Family Crazy!), published by Penguin Random House, to democratize scientific findings and help families make safer & greener product choices.
Content from Mamavation reaches millions of American women every year, helping them avoid hormone-disrupting chemicals inside everyday products through in-depth investigations of every retail aisle. Within the Mamavation community, Leah brings excitement & humor to serious topics, which makes them easier to remember and digest. Fans automatically become more knowledgeable about marketing tricks and toxic pitfalls.
Leah is also a very passionate consumer health activist. She organized over 650 social media influencer activists when California, Washington, Oregon, and Colorado attempted to label GMOs through the ballot box starting in 2012. After such an incredible feat, she realized that this group needed an annual conference to connect & network with like-minded folks. That’s when she founded ShiftCon Social Media Conference, an annual blogger conference focused on how health is affected by food and everyday products. The conference ran for several years and became a go-to gathering for the eco-friendly influencer space.
Leah has been recognized for several feats in her professional and personal life, such as being named “Mom of the Year” by Shape Magazine, “The PFAS Hunter” by Consumer Reports, and the 4th most Influential Mom Blogger by Cision Media, compared to Lady Gaga for her unique social media tactics in The Huffington Post, and Favorite Weight Loss Blog by Fitness Magazine. Her story, communities and work have also been featured in the following publications: CNN, ABC, NBC, The O’Reiley factor, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, The Talk, Yahoo, Ladies Home Journal, Fitness Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Shape Magazine, EcoWatch, The Huffington Post, Mind Body Green, Women’s Day, Fitness RX, International Business Times, Babble, etc.
Leah has a Master’s degree in Communication Management from the University of Southern California, where she focused on persuasion, public health, and speech. She was also the commencement speaker during her 2001 Graduation Ceremony at the University of Southern California, when she received her Bachelor of Arts in Communication. She lives in greater Los Angeles with her husband and three young children. Leah Segedie can be emailed at leah(at)mamavation(dot)com.
Random Facts About Leah Segedie in her own words…
- I’m incredibly stubborn and self-motivated. You can’t get me to do things via pressure. I have to come to them on my own.
- I have lots and lots and lots of plants
- My favorite activities are hiking in nature, going to the beach with the kids, or walking with my husband around the neighborhood
- In 2015, the American Association of Pediatrics kicked Monsanto out as a sponsor after having a meeting with me.
- It took me about two years to get Target to ban bisphenol coatings on their thermal receipt paper and hooray! Today lots of brands have started to offer their receipt paper free of BPS.
- My three sons have autism, and my youngest son & husband have food allergies. Thus, I understand many of the issues plaguing mothers today and have a unique perspective to help support.
- I love geeks and always have, so it’s very easy for me to work alongside technical & scientific people. I even married one!
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