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ELLEN ROLFES BOOKS – Ellen Rolfes Books, Inc. is a book packaging company that specializes in cause-related publishing with titles that focus on the domestic arts.  Ellen works in collaborative partnership with non-profit organizations and corporations to publish a wide range of titles with New York trade houses.  She is represented by the Blumer Literary Agency in New York City.

How to Write and Publish a Classic Cookbook – Co-Author (New American Library, 1986)

The Black Family Reunion Cookbook – With the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (Tradery House, 1988; Simon & Schuster, 1994)

Celebracion: Recipes & Traditions Celebrating Latino Family Life – By Regina Cordova and Emma Carrasco for the National Council of La Raza (Doubleday, 1996)

Mother’s Africa Table – With the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (Doubleday, 1996)

The Junior League Centennial Cookbook – With the Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (Doubleday, 1996)

A Gracious Plenty – With the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi (Putnam, 1999)

The Bread of Life – With the National Episcopal Church Women (Morehouse, 1999)

The Junior League Celebration Cookbook – With the Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (Putnam, 2000)

The Church Ladies’ Divine Desserts – By Brenda Rhodes Miller (Putnam, 2001)

The Church Ladies’ Celestial Suppers – By Brenda Rhodes Miller (Putnam, 2004)

The Junior League at Home – With Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (Putnam, 2003)

Occasions to Savor – With Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (Putnam, 2004)

Graceland’s Table – With Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (Rutledge Hill, 2005)

POSTSCRIPT: My dear cousin, Jack Dodson in Clarksdale, MS, emailed, “Well, you are a very busy person and all over the Internet.  I knew you were destined for greatness when you won that doll contest!  If only you had been there in 1875 to help with the cookbook shortage!”

Representative Clients

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Association of Junior Leagues International Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare
Baptist Women’s Hospital National Council of La Raza
BRIDGES National Council of Negro Women
Center for the Study of Southern Culture National Episcopal Church Women
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (national) Proctor & Gamble
Elvis Presley Enterprises PROTECT, Inc.
Hutchison School Southeastern Outdoor Press Association
Kemmons Wilson Family Center for Good Grief University of Mississippi

Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis

Honors, Accomplishments and Milestones

Consultant America’s Best, a community cookbook continuity series (Oxmoor House)

Consultant – The McIlhenny Company on forming The Tabasco Community Cookbook Awards Program

Nominee – The Association of Junior Leagues International’s Mary Harriman Community Leadership Award nominated by the Junior League of Memphis, Inc. (2007 and 2013)

Honored – By the Ole Miss Women’s Council as its founder – the dedication of an outdoor space called The Rose Garden in her name at the entrance of the University of Mississippi

Founding Member and Past President – Society of Entrepreneurs in Memphis, TN, aninvitation only organization of CEO’s who have nationally or internationally reshaped a business or industry

Named – One of 1998’s “50 Women Who Make a Difference” by Women’s News of the Mid South

Member, Board of Trustees – The Hutchison School (1997-2000)

Member – The New Memphis Institute, Class of 1998

Member – Memphis Race Relations & Diversity Institute Forum Committee (1994-1996)

Member – President’s Council – Rhodes College (1993-1996)

Member – Leadership Memphis, Class of 1986

President – Junior League of Memphis (1984-1985)

Inducted – Tennessee Women’s Forum (2013)