Linda Lehrer

Linda Lehrer has spent her career in both media and education. She received a B.A. in English Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Ph.D. in English from Brown University, where she taught courses in drama and American literature. She has also taught journalism and writing at Fordham and New York University.

As a journalist, Dr. Lehrer reported for The Wall Street Journal and the Chicago Tribune. Her articles have also appeared in Forbes, Ms., Health and publications of the American Management Association. During her seven years with Dow Jones, she set up and managed business operations for the European edition of The Wall Street Journal and conducted a study on the feasibility of creating an edition of The Journal for Latin America.

Dr. Lehrer has worked in public television, for the PBS business show “Adam Smith” and for Children’s Television Workshop, creator of “Sesame Street.” While Communications Director at Scholastic, Inc., an educational multimedia company, she launched “The Magic School Bus,” an award-winning children’s television show, as well as the first online service for students and teachers.

While Director of Communications for The Aspen Institute, an international leadership organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., Dr. Lehrer helped create and moderated a seminar on life transitions, attended by corporate and community leaders. She also developed a “sabbatical” program for The Smithsonian Institution, using the unique resources of the Smithsonian to help people discover new approaches to their personal lives. In 1997, she helped organize the first Bipartisan Congressional Retreat at which members of the U.S. House of Representatives explored more productive ways to work through their differences and reach consensus.

Dr. Lehrer conducts workshops on Life Changes: The Next Step, a program that helps people find new ways to think about taking the next step in their lives—both professionally and personally. Clients include universities, health centers and nonprofit organizations.

She is currently Director of New York Public Programs for the Aspen Institute.