Name Jane Wesman | ||
Occupation President of Jane Wesman Public Relations, Inc. Website | ||
Jane Wesman is the president of Jane Wesman Public Relations, a PR agency based in New York City that focuses on the book publishing industry.
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Career
After serving as publicity director of St. Martin’s Press, Grosset & Dunlap and Harry N. Abrams, Ms. Wesman founded Jane Wesman Public Relations, a firm specializing in book publicity campaigns, in 1980. While at Grosset & Dunlap she was in charge of the campaign for RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon. Since then she has orchestrated the campaigns for Murder in Brentwood, Mark Fuhrman's book about the O.J. Simpson murder trial, as well as Whitley Streiber's Communion. Wesman also handled the publicity campaigns for You're Fifty — Now What? Investing for the Second Half of Your Life by Charles Schwab, The 8th Habit (Stephen R. Covey’s follow-up to The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) and both Codependent No More and Beyond Codependency by Melody Beattie. Other authors she has worked with include Mary Higgins Clark, Michael Hammer, Paolo Coehlo, and Alan C. Fox.
Writing and Public Life
Wesman is the author of Dive Right In: The Sharks Won't Bite (Prentice Hall, 1995). Articles Wesman has authored have appeared in outlets including American Bookseller, Professional Performance, Enterprising Women, foxbusiness.com and Inc.
Wesman was for four years the President of the New York City chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners and was program committee chair of ArtTable and opening speaker at the 2009 Summit for the National Women's Business Council. She has lectured at events and institutions including the Womensphere Leadership & Innovation Conference, the Stern School of Business, and the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Personal life
A New Jersey native and graduate of Simmons College, Wesman is married to attorney Donald Savelson, who is a partner at Proskauer Rose and chairman of the board of The Bronx Museum of the Arts.