Valeisha Butterfield Jones Is Building Power With Purpose—And Making Space For Herself Along The Way

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By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated October 2, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

To know Valeisha Butterfield Jones is to know that she’s forever been that girl.

I mean, let’s check the scoreboard: After graduating from Clark Atlanta University in 2000, she co-founded the Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network (WEEN) in 2007, a global nonprofit that’s engaged more than 85,000 women pursuing careers in media and entertainment. From there, she built a

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