Jeanne Emanuel
Vice Chair, Board of Directors
Jeanne Emanuel, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at Essential Partners, has been a publishing executive for the past thirty years, most recently as COO at Zibby Books, a New York-based startup.
Jeanne has a track record of leading multi-million-dollar sales teams that deliver revenue, value, and profit. She has held vice president positions at Ingram Content, The Perseus Books Group, and Candlewick Press, and was a leadership gifts officer at WBUR, Boston’s NPR station.
Jeanne holds a BA from Wellesley College and an MBA from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. She lives in a suburb of Boston with her husband, two daughters, and rescue dog.