Jamie Tisch
{{Short description|American businesswoman}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jamie Tisch
| image = Jamie Tisch.jpg
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| caption = Jamie Tisch arriving at LACMA’s Gala Opening of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum on February 9, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA.
|birth_name=Jamie Leigh Anne Alexander
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|08|30|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Alabama
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| nationality = American
| occupation = philanthropist
| spouse = Steve Tisch
| parents = Linda Tanana
Edgar Franklin Alexander
| children = Zachary Tisch
Holden Tisch
Elizabeth Tisch
}}
Jamie Leigh Anne Alexander Tisch (born August 30, 1968) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist.
Early life and education
Jamie Alexander Tisch was born on August 30, 1968, in Alabama. She is the daughter of Linda (née Tanana) and Edgar Franklin Alexander, who worked in air base technology.[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/20/style/steven-tisch-and-jamie-alexander.html Steven Tisch and Jamie Alexander], The New York Times, October 20, 1996
Career
In 2008, Tisch and long-time friend, Elizabeth Wiatt opened Fashionology LA, a retail store in Beverly Hills, California, featuring a build-a-bear approach to clothing.{{Cite news|first=Marcy |last=Medina |title=A Room of her Own |newspaper=Women's Wear Daily |date=February 15, 2002 |url=https://wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/beauty-features/a-room-of-her-own-1169622/ }}{{Cite news|first= Marshall |last=Heyman |title= Elizabeth Wiatt & Jamie Tisch: Ladies Who Launch - Two of Hollywood's most stylish women team up to bring a fresh fashion concept to tweens with a new Beverly Hills boutique |newspaper=Harper's Bazaar|date=July 21, 2008 |url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a320/elizabeth-wiatt-jamie-tisch-0808/ }}{{Cite news|first=Booth |last=Moore |title= Fashionology is a make-your-own apparel experience for tweens. |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=June 15, 2008 |url= https://www.latimes.com/style/la-ig-fashionology15-2008jun15-story.html }}
Philanthropy
In 2003 Tisch Co-Founded the Entertainment Industry's Women's Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) along with Marion Laurie, Anne Douglas, Kelly Meyer and Quinn Ezralow. The Women's Cancer Research Fund was created to support innovative research, education, and outreach directed towards the early diagnosis, treatment and prevention of all women's cancers.{{Cite web |url=http://www.womenscancerresearchfund.org/ |title=The Women's Cancer Research Fund |access-date=2020-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315090156/http://www.womenscancerresearchfund.org/ |archive-date=2010-03-15 |url-status=dead }}
In October 2013, she co-chaired the black-tie gala for the opening of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.Ellen Olivier, [http://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-annenberg-20131021,0,5719820.story Gala opens Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills], The Los Angeles Times, October 21, 2013
Personal life
She married Steve Tisch in October 1996 and later divorced.{{Cite news|first=Chloe |last= Malle |title= Philanthropist Jamie Tisch in Contract at 720 Park for $22 M. |newspaper=The New York Observer|date=March 30, 2010 |url=http://observer.com/2010/03/philanthropist-jamie-tisch-in-contract-at-720-park-for-22-m/ }} They have three children: Zachary, Holden and Elizabeth.{{Cite news|first=Sue |last=Hostetler |title= Jamie Tisch's Aspen Getaway |newspaper=Aspen Peak|url=http://aspenpeak-magazine.com/living/articles/a-great-escape |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126031644/http://aspenpeak-magazine.com/living/articles/a-great-escape |access-date=July 30, 2013|archive-date=2012-01-26 }}{{Cite news|title=Who: Steve Tisch, movie producer, and his wife, Jamie, a fund-raiser |newspaper=New York Times Magazine|date=2004 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2004/08/27/magazine/20040829STYLE_SLIDESHOW_4.html?_r=0 }}
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Category:Businesspeople from Alabama
Category:Businesspeople from Beverly Hills, California
Category:University of Alabama alumni