Serena Torrey Roosevelt

Executive Director of Business Development for New York Media

Serena Torrey Roosevelt works as the Executive Director of Business Development for New York Media, the company that owns New York magazine, nymag.com, and Grubstreet.com. Roosevelt is responsible for New York Media’s digital partnership, distribution, and e-commerce work. Prior to joining New York Media’s digital business in 2008, Roosevelt served as that company’s Executive Director of Communications for five years, in which capacity she handled external media strategy and relations, print content licensing, book publishing, new product launches, and non-digital business development.

From 1997 to 2002, Roosevelt worked in communications for a number of Democratic political campaigns and office holders, including Senator Chuck Schumer’s 1998 senate campaign, the office of Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY,) Bill Bradley for President 2000, Hillary Clinton for Senate 2000, the New York State Democratic Committee, Carl McCall for Governor and Liz Krueger for New York State Senate.

Roosevelt is active in a number of political and non-profit causes: She co-founded Generation Obama, the young professionals’ fundraising and organization arm of Obama for America, and regularly raises funds, organizes, and co-hosts events for Democratic candidates for office. Roosevelt has worked closely with organizations including Seeds of Peace, the Robin Hood Foundation, and the Clinton Foundation.

Roosevelt was born and raised in New York City. She graduated from Brown University with a concentration in communications in politics. She now lives in her hometown with her husband, Ted, their son, Nicholas, and their dog, Pepper.