On January 15, 2020, she was named Chair of East Hampton Town’s Energy Sustainability and Resiliency Committee.
[1] Lena Tabori began her career at Harry N. Abrams, Inc. and rose to the position of Vice President of Marketing and Special Sales before leaving in 1980 to co-found Welcome Enterprises (with Tom Wilson) and co-found Stewart, Tabori & Chang.
Leaving Stewart, Tabori & Chang in 1982, Tabori packaged books through Welcome includingThe Art of Walt Disney (Hyperion), Judith Levy's best-selling Grandmother Remembers; the award-winning Glorious American Food (Random House) by Christopher Idone; and Love: A Celebration in Art and Literature (STC), which she co-edited with Jane Lahr.
Directed by Richard Williams the show was an animated special for ABC television based on the Tom Wilson cartoon character, Ziggy.
[5] Two award winning books published by Welcome include, The Oxford Project by Stephen G. Bloom, photographed by Peter Feldstein and American Farmer, The Heart of Our Country with photographs by Paul Mobley and text by Katrina Fried.