The Girlprint

Award-winning entertainment executive turned political appointee to U.S. President Barack Obama, Valeisha Butterfield Jones, shares with readers her meteoric rise from unpaid intern for music mogul Russell Simmons to Executive Director. In an intimate account, The Girlprint provides young women with a proven blueprint to propel their dreams into action and prepares readers for the harsh realities faced when pursuing the career of their dreams. This obsessive and almost compulsive account of the drive and talent it takes to have it all brings to life the unglamorous, yet rewarding side of the business and the tools needed to accelerate to the top.

Award-winning entertainment executive turned political appointee to U.S. President Barack Obama, Valeisha Butterfield Jones, shares with readers her meteoric rise from unpaid intern for music mogul Russell Simmons to Executive Director. In an intimate account, The Girlprint provides young women with a proven blueprint to propel their dreams into action and prepares readers for the harsh realities faced when pursuing the career of their dreams. This obsessive and almost compulsive account of the drive and talent it takes to have it all brings to life the unglamorous, yet rewarding side of the business and the tools needed to accelerate to the top.

Valeisha Butterfield-Jones is the Co-Founder of the Women Entertainment Empowerment Network & Author of “The Girlprint.” She is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University. Butterfield-Jones began her career as an unpaid intern for music mogul Russell Simmons and worked her way up the ranks to becoming the Vice President of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. Butterfield-Jones volunteered for then Senator Barack Obama and worked her way through the ranks to land her dream job as the National Youth Vote Director for President Obama’s reelection campaign. Valeisha released her first book this year titled “The Girlprint.” Butterfield-Jones has been recognized by ESSENCE Magazine, EBONY Magazine, JET Magazine, The Business Insider and TheRoot.com as a leading executive in the United States and profiled by Glamour Magazine, USA Today, ABC News, NBC News, BET Networks, Black Enterprise and more.