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Lindsay Shookus is a founder, speaker and 7-time Emmy-winning and 2-time television producer. For twenty years she worked as a veteran producer at Saturday Night Live, running the talent department, where she was responsible for booking the hosts, musical guests and cast. Lindsay executive produced Miley Cyrus’ New Year’s Eve Party, was an Associate Producer on the critically-acclaimed television show 30 Rock, and produced NBC’s Adele: Live in New York City special. In 2015, she was named one of The Hollywood Reporter’s Up-and-Coming Execs 35 & Under and has appeared on Billboard’s Women in Music list three times. Lindsay cofounded Women Work F#cking Hard, a women’s community focused on educating and empowering females to be better advocates for one another in life and business. As a motivational speaker, Lindsay travels the world talking to Fortune-500 companies, women's organizations and C-suite executives about leadership, the power of trust and the beauty of adversity.
Lindsay is originally from Buffalo, N.Y, and studied journalism at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where she earned her BA in 2002. She is a member of the 2022 Class of Henry Crown Fellows within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute. She resides with her daughter in New York City.
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