Jennifer Rudolph Walsh

Jennifer Rudolph Walsh is a Board Member at WME and runs the agency’s Worldwide Literary Department. Walsh’s department publishes over 200 books a year, half of those landing on the New York Times Best Seller List.[1][2][3][4]

The sole female member of WME’s board, Walsh has been named to the Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment list for five years running.[5][6][7][8][9] She created WME’s first Women’s Summit in 2011, which assembled 120 female execs from the agency’s offices around the world.[10]

She joined the William Morris Agency in 2000 when the agency acquired The Writers Shop, of which she was Co-Owner and Co-President. In 2001, Walsh founded the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. Established in 2001, this annual award recognizes the work of young authors and celebrates their accomplishments publicly, making a difference in their lives as they continue to build their careers. Walsh also sits of the board of Room to Grow.[11]

She lives in Manhattan with her husband and their three children.

References

  1. ↑ "THR's Women in Entertainment 2011: Power 100". Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "9 Women Who Master Power and Style". Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/jennifer-rudolph-walsh-268731". Retrieved 26 September 2012. External link in |title= (help)
  4. ↑ Tung, Jennifer. "A NIGHT OUT WITH: Jennifer Rudolph Walsh; The 15 Percent Solution". Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "THR's Women in Entertainment 2011: Power 100". Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Women in Entertainment 2010 - Power 100 List". Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Women in Entertainment 2009". Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Women rise, shine at THR power fete". Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "Women in Entertainment Power 100". Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/jennifer-rudolph-walsh-268731". Retrieved 26 September 2012. External link in |title= (help)
  11. ↑ "A New Generation of Leaders".


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