Joyce Linehan

Her master's thesis — The Day My Mama Socked it to the Harper Valley PTA: Country Music Womanhood in the Second Wave of Feminism — received the American Studies Book Award from UMass Boston.

In the 1990s, Linehan took a job as promotions director and talent scout at Sub Pop, a Seattle label that was later acquired by Warner Brothers and launched the grunge band Nirvana into mainstream stardom.

[2] She owned a house on Burt Street in Dorchester, Massachusetts, which the Phoenix once called the "most famous and best-loved rock-and-roll crash pad in Boston history."

Some of her clients include ArtsEmerson, Fruitlands Museum, Handel & Haydn Society and Institute of Contemporary Art.

She helped out in many campaigns including John Kerry's 2004 Presidential Election and Elizabeth Warren's run for U.S Senate in 2012.

[3] Linehan is an animal advocate and leader in the fight to end breed-specific legislation; and serves on the board of Interim House, a residential substance abuse treatment center.