Annabel Monaghan (right),

Author

Elisabeth Wolfe (left),

Author; Founding Partner, Three Little Chicks, LLC

Mentee:

Anum, 18, United States

Annabel Monaghan

Annabel Monaghan is co-author of Click! The Girl’s Guide to Knowing What You Want and Making It Happen. A third-generation Angelino, Annabel grew up in Los Angeles and attended Marlborough School, a small girls’ high school where she served as Student Body President her senior year.

She went on to attend Duke University, where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in English. Her career steered her away from creative writing, as she spent two years after college working as an analyst for Goldman, Sachs and Co. Annabel then went on to The Wharton School where she picked up an MBA in Finance and a husband. Their careers moved them back to New York where she worked as an investment banker for PaineWebber, Inc.

Annabel traded finance for family in 1998. She has three sons, ages nine, six and one. She teaches Catholic religious education (catechism) and is a certified Reiki practitioner. Since writing Click!, she has begun presenting to 4th and 5th graders about the writing process.

Annabel lives in New York and spends an hour a day on the phone with her sister in L.A.– every day – and knows the lyrics to every song on the radio. Really.

Elisabeth Wolfe

Elisabeth Wolfe is co-author of Click! The Girl’s Guide to Knowing What You Want and Making It Happen. She is also one of three founding partners of Three Little Chicks, a television production company she formed in 2002 that creates educational content and concepts for children's television. In 2005 the company, in conjunction with HBO Family, co-produced Prime Time Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Classical Baby.

From 2002 to 2008, Elisabeth served on the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar's Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section. In 2005 she received the President's Pro Bono Service Award from the New York State Bar Association for her dedication to pro bono causes. An attorney by trade, Elisabeth previously worked at Pricewaterhouse Coopers in their Telecom and Entertainment Group and at Musicians on Call, a nonprofit organization in the music industry.

Elisabeth lives with her husband, Ed, and two young children in Rye, New York, where she dedicates a considerable amount of time to local charities, including the Port Chester Carver Center, the John Jay Heritage Center, the Westchester Children's Museum, and serves on the Auxiliary Board of the Rye Free Reading Room. She holds a B.A. from Skidmore College and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.