Lauren Purcell, Beta Theta-Durham

Lauren Purcell, Beta Theta-Durham

Editor-in-chief of Every Day with Rachael Ray, and former deputy editor of Self magazine. In 2005, she wrote Cocktail Parties, Straight Up! (with her sister Anne Purcell Grissinger). She has written about food, entertaining and celebrities for Mademoiselle, American Health and Harper’s Bazaar, and she has had numerous television appearances.