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Articles by Brienne Walsh

Brienne Walsh is a writer living in Brooklyn, New York. She writes for such publications as Art in America, Interview, the New York Daily News and New York Magazine. She received an AB in art history from Brown University, and a master's degree in critical theory at Columbia University.

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Fashion Week Focus: Susan Sokol Talks Style, Motherhood, and Fearless Finances

by Brienne Walsh February 17, 2012

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Susan Sokol is one of those rare people who knew what she was passionate about from a young age. That passion was fashion, and it has led her to some of the most recognizable labels in the world—Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Michael Kors, and Vera Wang. Today, she is the President and COO of J. [...]

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Interview with Dawn Ostroff

by Brienne Walsh January 27, 2012

Dawn Ostroff Profile

As the newly appointed head of Conde Nast Entertainment, and the former president of the CW Network, Dawn Ostroff is one of the most powerful women in the entertainment industry. For almost a decade, she has consistently been included on power lists in such publications as Elle Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and Entertainment Weekly. Dawn [...]

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Interview with Shannon Schuyler

by Brienne Walsh January 20, 2012

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It’s no small feat to change policy at a globally recognized professional services firm like PwC. But Shannon Schuyler, who has worked at the firm for fifteen years, and currently heads corporate responsibility, has helped to elevate PwC as a brand that cares about changing the world. We were lucky enough to speak to Schuyler [...]

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Interview with Charlie Javice

by Brienne Walsh December 7, 2011

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At the age of 19, Charlie Javice has already been called “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company magazine. A sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, Charlie is the founder of PoverUP, a non-profit organization that allows like-minded students to learn, connect, and invest in microfinance and social businesses. The organization [...]

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Interview With The Women Behind Council of Media Moms

by Brienne Walsh November 18, 2011

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Heather Reinhard and Nina Restieri are the co-founders of COMM, a team of eight influential bloggers with a mission to collaborate and spread the word about momAgenda, a company dedicated to providing products that help mothers manage their busy lifestyles. Both women bring their distinctive skill sets to make COMM one of the most successful [...]

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Bringing the Glam to Motherhood: Interview with Jill Seiman

by Brienne Walsh November 4, 2011

Jill Seiman

It would be unfair to wedge Jill Seiman into any one category. The founder of High Line Media, a media strategy and special events production company, Jill maintains a successful blog called Glamamom, and contributes to publications such as Cosmopolitan. She began her professional career on Wall Street, had stints at Coach and The Estée [...]

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Roomates for Life?

by Brienne Walsh November 2, 2011

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When I first graduated from college, my father suggested that rather than renting an apartment in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, where I desperately wanted to live, I should get together a group of seven or eight friends and buy a small house in an outer borough. That way, instead of wasting money on [...]

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Interview with Nancy Friedman and Rebecca Levey

by Brienne Walsh September 14, 2011

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Rebecca Levey and Nancy Friedman are writers and entrepreneurs living and working in New York City.  Both are active members of the mom blogger community. The pair met an event for NYC Moms, part of the Silicon Valley Moms Group of blogs. Quickly realizing their shared passion for writing, mothering, and Twitter, the pair joined [...]

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Does Money Really Motivate Women?

by Brienne Walsh September 12, 2011

As a member of the rising generation of mothers (although I’m not one myself), I’ve frequently had conversations with friends that revolve around the question: “Will we return to the workforce after we have children?” For the people I know doing something they feel passionately about, the answer is an obvious and emphatic “Yes!” But [...]

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Countries in Debt: What Does it All Mean?

by Brienne Walsh September 2, 2011

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Earlier last month, the world watched as groups of young, disillusioned youths rioted in the streets of London while the global financial markets preened on the edge of collapse. Unless you were knowledgeable about international economies or cognizant of the general malaise that has set into British society in recent years, the events were bewildering, [...]

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