Wendy Sachs

Teaches at American Management Association

Wendy Sachs is a master of the career pivot. She is the author of Fearless and Free: How Smart Women Pivot and Relaunch Their Careers, a book O Magazinechose as a “title to read now.” An Emmy award-winning TV news producer, Wendy has worked at Dateline NBC, Fox and CNN. She was also a Capitol Hill press secretary, public relations executive, CNN contributor and editor-in-chief of Care.com. And in a more random move, Wendy worked as the on-air spokesperson for Trip Advisor. A frequent speaker, Wendy has written about politics, work/life balance and women’s issues for multiple publications and appeared on dozens of radio and TV shows, including the TODAY show, Good Morning America, Fox, MSNBC and CNN’s Headline News. Wendy was recently listed on Forbes.com as a “40 Over 40” Woman to Watch.