Jennifer Rudolph Walsh

Who is 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.

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. She created WME’s first Women’s Summit in 2011, which assembled 120 female execs from the agency’s offices around the world.

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.

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