It's Just Getting Started", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Audrey_Gelman&oldid=983519097, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 October 2020, at 18:09. She resigned from her position as The Wing's CEO in June 2020. But Ms. Gelman and Ms. Kassan overturned the decision. Audrey Gelman, the founder of the Wing, a women-only co-working space, at the Washington, D.C., location in 2018. Between April 15 and June 7, employees could apply for one-time assistance grants of $500 each. By mid-May, several former employees had received their checks, but others had not. She maintains an ownership stake of more than 10 percent in the company and will remain on the board. [11] The club had a founding membership of 200 women. Ms. Gelman, 33, resigned Thursday. “Hold up, how do you have 200k for orgs when you still haven’t paid numerous employees that applied for the employee relief fund?” said one commenter, among many. [26] In April 2016, she married Genius co-founder Ilan Zechory[27] in Detroit. Audrey Gelman — who resigned as CEO of women-only club the Wing in June amid accusations that the feminist networking space treated black and brown employees poorly — … Ms. Gelman stepped down. Black lives don’t matter to yall.”. By then, civil rights protests had begun to multiply in what was becoming a national watershed moment for racial justice. By December 2017, The Wing had a second location in New York's Soho. She resigned from her position as The Wing's CEO in June 2020. The black women of Dumbo had a whole groupchat that we spoke in every single day for MONTHS because we didn’t feel safe working at the wing. [15], In April 2017, The Wing announced it had raised a Series A led by venture capital fund New Enterprise Associates with support from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and an expansion to three new locations. The Wing CEO, Audrey Gelman, steps down as turmoil rocks the buzzy social club for women By Sara Ashley O'Brien , CNN Business Updated 8:59 AM ET, Fri June 12, 2020 [2][3], Gelman attended the Lab School and Bard High School in New York City. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Your Privacy Controls. Audrey Gelman… We stand with the protesters who are putting their voices and bodies on the line to advocate for the dire change that we need in this country.”, The response was perhaps not what Ms. Gelman and her fellow executives had hoped. The Wing’s founders, Lauren Kassan, left, and Audrey Gelman, at the SoHo location in New York in 2017. employees described low pay and poor treatment. She is the founder of The Wing, a women's co-working space and social club founded in New York City in 2016. She declined to comment further. [1] She was the inspiration for Allison Williams's character Marnie on Girls. While the corporate staff was about 40 percent people of color, the employees who ran the spaces themselves — the cafe workers, the cleaners, the maintenance staffs, the desk clerks — were hourly wage earners who were mostly people of color, according to former employees. The Wing was among them, saying to its 548,000 followers that it would make a $200,000 donation to causes associated with the Black Lives Matter movement. She is a childhood friend of Lena Dunham, who has called her the inspiration for the Girls character Marnie. Employees at the West Hollywood location and at the New York headquarters were outraged, according to two former senior employees. She finished her bachelor's degree in political science at New York University. Vox reported in 2019 that the company’s “several hundred dollars a month for membership” put it “out of reach of the very women who could use them most, especially women of color and low-income women.” [4], In its first two years operations, the Wing did not have a formal membership policy and its practice was to only admit women and non-binary individuals. The Wing instates formal membership policy", "Pietrangelo v. 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As they rallied around ideals of fighting the patriarchy and celebrating a diversity of female and nonbinary members, a brand was born. Audrey Gelman, co-founder of The Wing, is stepping down as CEO of the millenial-pink–hued women’s co-working space.. On Thursday morning, Gelman notified staff in a company-wide email that after running the business for a little over three years, today will be her last day. Early this year, 26 former and current employees described low pay and poor treatment of employees in a New York Times Magazine article. “The decision is the right thing for the business and the best way to bring The Wing along into a long overdue era of change,” Ms. Gelman wrote to colleagues. Audrey Gelman is the CEO and, with Lauren Kassan, the co-founder of women’s co-working space The Wing.The company has locations in New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco, with plans to open soon in L.A. and Boston (and London, West Hollywood, Toronto, Seattle, and Paris to follow). “I’m looking forward to spending a little time as a stay-at-home mom,” Ms. Gelman said in an interview Thursday night. [7] In the December 2014 issue of Forbes, Audrey Gelman was named one of its 30 Under 30: Corporate Climbers, and was previously named in the magazine's 30 Under 30: Law and Policy list. [8], In October 2016, Gelman launched The Wing, a women's co-working space with her co-founder Lauren Kassan. Audrey Gelman, the cofounder of the popular—and recently controversial—women’s coworking space The Wing, has resigned from her position … That was a catalyst for some employees to organize and stage their strike. [12] On March 1, 2018, the New York City Commission on Human Rights started a "commission-initiated" investigation[13] into how The Wing membership system operates. [4][5] During this time, she also appeared in the satirical web series Delusional Downtown Divas by Lena Dunham. In accordance with Wing bylaws, employees alerted the white woman that she would be banned from the space. [2] She returned to New York after Clinton's primary defeat. [16][17] The Series A funding came to $8 million. Soon after, Instagram posts and tweets began to emerge, stating, “Audrey Gelman’s resignation is not enough.”, Audrey Gelman, the Wing’s Co-Founder, Resigns. [6] She served as deputy communications director in Scott Stringer's successful campaign to win the position of New York City Comptroller in 2013. Dues are waived for about 300 low-income members.). [4] In 2013, Gelman joined the New York office of strategic consulting firm SKDKnickerbocker. Despite the outward attention to promoting diversity among its membership, the majority of Wing members were white and had the means to pay the dues. Gelman dated photographer Terry Richardson from 2011 until 2013. In August 2018, a male applicant who was denied admission filed a lawsuit against The Wing for gender discrimination. “Particularly black & brown space staff who were making $16.50. She adroitly navigated the cultural tide of feminism, female empowerment and the #MeToo movement, transforming herself from a publicist to a veritable power broker. She declined to be interviewed. Information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Verizon Media websites and apps. The tensions began to rise to a boil last summer, when an altercation took place at the Wing location in West Hollywood between a white guest of a member and a black member. Audrey Gelman (born June 2, 1987) is an American businessperson and political staffer. [28] Their first child was born on September 24, 2019. [7] During the 2012 presidential election, Gelman was involved with the revival of the political action committee Downtown for Democracy. But the Black Lives Matter movement, amplified by the police killing of George Floyd, has not played to Ms. Gelman’s advantage. Others took the opportunity to highlight general work conditions for people of color at the Wing. [18], In 2013, Politico listed Gelman as one of its 50 Politicos to Watch. [14] In June 2019, the Wing's motion to dismiss the lawsuit was denied and as of September 2019, the lawsuit was pending. [24], In June 2020, Gelman resigned from her position as CEO of The Wing, in response to complaints from staff regarding the treatment of employees of color.[25]. We and our partners will store and/or access information on your device through the use of cookies and similar technologies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. [19][20] In 2017, Fast Company named Gelman to their Most Creative People in Business list. [4], In 2008, Gelman worked as a press aide for Hillary Clinton's campaign for president. In the next three and a half years, Ms. Gelman and Ms. Kassan raised more than $100 million from venture capitalists and investors like Valerie Jarrett, a former adviser to President Barack Obama, and the soccer star Megan Rapinoe, opening eight more locations, from London to Los Angeles. Shortly afterwards, the company instituted its first formal membership policy which went into effect on September 24, 2018. Check your priorities.”. On June 1, one employee who asked for an update on her payments was told in an email that “the fund is currently paused as we continue to raise more money and distribute grants to the existing applicants.”. The two also attended Oberlin College together. President. The Washington Post via Getty Images Audrey Gelman, the founder of The Wing, on April 9, 2018, in Washington. ”, Diedra Nelson, the company’s chief financial officer and one of two black women in the company’s C-suite, also resigned. The company announced a Wing Employee Relief Fund. “The company is elevating leadership from within to create a newly formed Office of the CEO that will be composed of Lauren Kassan, Celestine Maddy, and Ashley Peterson,” a spokeswoman for the company said in a detailed email. [2] She began Oberlin College in 2005[4] and attended for two years before leaving to work for Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign for U.S. Civil rights movements were good for Audrey Gelman, a founder of the upscale women-only club and co-working space the Wing, until they weren’t. Audrey Gelman (born June 2, 1987) is an American businessperson and political staffer.

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