Wendy Diamond

Wendy Diamond is a cause-related entrepreneur whose accomplishments include two best-selling cookbooks, A Musical Feast, featuring the recipes of musical artists such as Madonna and Steven Tyler, and An All-Star Feast, which features the favorite meals of various athletes, including Michael Jordan and Derek Jeter. An active supporter/fundraiser for homeless people and pets, she has donated $500,000 of sales to homeless charities.

Diamond also practices what she preaches. After adopting her rescue cat, “Pasha,” along with a rescued white Maltese “Lucky,” she used her natural spirit, charm, and business acumen and ventured off to start an animal lifestyle magazine and website called Animal Fair (fairness to animals.) It is the first lifestyle media company for animal lovers in support of animal rescue. Animal Fair is dedicated to highlighting non-profit animal organizations, giving them the opportunity to tell their inspirational stories and to provide contact information so that our readers can become involved. When Animal Fair launched in 1999, 11 million animals were killed in shelters. This year the number has decreased to 5 million! Charlize Theron, Beyonce, Diane Lane, Halle Berry, Renee Zellweger, and Drew Barrymore have all graced the cover with their rescued animals.

Diamond and her dog Lucky are frequent pet contributors to the Today Show, Fox News, CNN, Good Morning America and media outlets around the world. She has appeared in Forbes, Time, The View, New York Times, People The New Yorker, Vogue, CNN, CBS’ Early Show, Oprah, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Philadelphia Enquirer, Extra, MTV, VH1, E!, New York Post, Daily News, London Times, Hello and local media outlets all over the world.

Diamond and her Lucky Diamond Productions are Executive Producers and Creator of the of the NBC pilot Mutt Makeover, Executive Producer and Host of Paws for Style Special on Fox and co-produced and hosted Lucky Travels on Animal Planet. Both Lucky and Diamond were judges on WE Network’s America’s Cutest Puppy. Her documentary, In Search Of Puppy Love, based on her Yappy Hour rescue tour that raised over $200,000 for animal rescue, premiered at the Boston and Cancun Film Festivals. Diamond and Lucky are judges on Greatest American Dog (American Idol for Pets) summer primetime series!

Her books, How to Understand Men through Their Dogs and How to Understand Women through Their Cats were bestsellers. She is working on her next book How to Train Your Boss to Roll Over.

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Loving What You Do! Activism, Philanthropy, & Business