Take a look at Business News Daily’s interview with Ken Lindner for great insight into Ken and Ken Lindner & Associates!

Over the past 27 years, Ken has “discovered” and taken more top-tier news and hosting individuals to the heights of broadcasting than any other talent representative at any time, anywhere! For example, during his career, Ken has Choreographed the careers of such national broadcast journalists as:

LESTER HOLT, MARIO LOPEZ, MAGGIE RODRIGUEZ, DR. SANJAY GUPTA, ROBIN MEADE, ANN CURRY, ELIZABETH VARGAS, SAMANTHA HARRIS, MEGYN KELLY, TOM BERGERON, ROB MARCIANO, LIZ CLAMAN, JENNA LEE, NANCY O’DELL, SAM CHAMPION, SHEPARD SMITH, BROOKE BALDWIN, SHAUN ROBINSON, BROOKE ANDERSON, LEEZA GIBBONS, LISA GREGORISCH, JOEL CHEATWOOD, DEBORAH NORVILLE, RICK SANCHEZ, BETTY NGUYEN, CHIP REID, MICHELLE KOSINSKI, TRACE GALLAGHER, MARTHA MACCALLUM, CHRISTINA MCLARTY, MELISSA FRANCIS, LYNN BERRY, DAYNA DEVON, GREG KINNEAR, KIMBERLY CALDWELL, JILL WAGNER, CHRISTI PAUL, JANET SHAMLIAN, GISELLE FERNANDEZ, JULIE MORAN, MONICA NOVOTNY, MICHELLE GIELAN, JODI APPLEGATE, KRIS GUTIERREZ, SHIBANI JOSHI, T.J. HOLMES, JOHN SAUNDERS, DIANE MCINERNEY, PHIL KEATING, E.D. HILL, LONNIE QUINN, VICTORIA RECANO, SHANNON HIGH, SUSAN HENDRICKS, KRISTINA GUERRERO, MARIA SANSONE, CINDY BRUNSON, TERRELL BROWN, JASON CARROLL, TUCKER CARLSON:

The means by which Ken has on-air individuals achieve their goals and dreams is through Career Choreography™; which is that certain set of logical, calculated steps that put the percentages in a client’s favor that they will achieve their cherished goals and dreams.

About Ken Lindner

Ken Lindner owns and is the Chief Executive Officer of the world’s most successful and well-respected newscaster and host representation company, Ken Lindner & Associates, Inc.

Ken graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University in Social Anthropology. His course selection was centered on the human thought process and conflict resolution. During his college career, he wrote an honors thesis on decision-making that received national attention. This paper was based upon empirical research done with hundreds of respondents. He studied how these individuals thought, ordered their values, and made their decisions when exposed to certain situations and stimuli. This thesis was also awarded a grade of Magna Cum Laude.

While at Harvard, Ken was the Captain and the #1 player on the Varsity Tennis Team. He captured the Princeton Invitational Indoor Intercollegiate Doubles Championship, won numerous singles and doubles tennis titles, and defeated Arthur Ashe in a match that took place one year before Ashe won his Wimbledon Singles Title. In addition, he was the Men’s National Open Paddle Tennis Singles and Doubles Champion.

Ken then attended Cornell Law School, so that he could further study conflict resolution and learn to think through and analyze issues in a more orderly fashion. It was there that he developed his strong interest in the First Amendment. In 1978, he was awarded his Juris Doctorate degree.

Upon graduation from Cornell, he worked as an attorney in the Business Affairs Department of the William Morris Agency. Within two years, he became Assistant to the President, and then an agent in the News Department. Thereafter, he was promoted to Vice President in charge of the West Coast News Division. In 1988, he left William Morris and founded Ken Lindner & Associates, Inc. Approximately 95 percent of his clients followed him.

During the past 30 years, Ken has specialized in all areas of broadcasting, i.e., as a talent representative and as an attorney who has negotiated and worked on more than 3,000 broadcasting and other television-related contracts. He has derived his greatest sense of accomplishment by helping to develop the careers of some of this county’s most prominent and influential current and next-generation broadcast journalists. Ken has devoted his career to seeing what “can be” in broadcast journalists. (“Namasté KLA”) He loves identifying extraordinary talent, helping his clients grow through crafting personalized multi-media and multi-platform Choreographies, and placing clients in venues that showcase their unique gifts and strengths.

Ken drew on his Broadcasting expertise for his first book, Broadcasting Realities (1999), which is considered the standard in the psychology of broadcasting for broadcast journalists and those aspiring to be on-air. The aim of the book is to acquaint and equip his readers with the requisite knowledge to reach informed and enhancing career decisions. All royalties from this book have been donated to charity.

Thereafter, Ken wrote Crunch Time™: 8 Steps to Making the Right Life Decisions At The Right Times (2004). This book enables and empowers the reader to make constructive and self-enhancing career and life decisions.

Ken lives in Los Angeles with his wonderful wife, Melinda, and their twins, Mary and Tristan.

You can email Ken: ken@klateam.com

Karen joined Ken Lindner & Associates in 1993, representing news, sports, and host talent. She enjoys great success in all areas of broadcast, securing major market, network, syndicated, cable and reality-based programs for her clients.

Karen has a strong track record for developing young journalists and host talent. She has placed clients in all of the major markets and networks, including ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, CNN, Fox News Channel, ESPN, MSNBC.

She has extensive expertise in alternative and reality television. She has guided her clients to host a wide range of competition, entertainment news and reality-based programming, including ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, NBC’s Stars Earn Stripes, ABC’s The Bachelor, Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, E! News, Extra, Inside Edition, Turner Classic Movies, TV Guide Network, NBC and G4’s American Ninja Warrior, History’s Picked Off, Discovery’s Overhaulin’, ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Syfy’s Hot Set, Style’s Clean House, CMT’s Next Superstar, Discovery’s Airplane Repo, USA’s Character Fantasy, At the Movies, VH1’s I Love Money, FOX Sports’ Best Damn Sports Show Period, VH1’s World Series of Pop Culture, Food Network’s Chefs vs. City, Food Network’s Extreme Chef, History’s Digging for the Truth, Merv Griffin’s Crosswords, Fox’s The Next Joe Millionaire, GSN’s Bingo America, HGTV’s Designers’ Challenge, The Adam Carolla Radio Show.

A graduate of UCLA, Karen was born in northern California and grew up in Potomac, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. She resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Ed, a software engineer.

You can email Karen: karen@klateam.com

Nick is our Executive Vice President here at Ken Lindner and Associates. He handles many facets of the business including budgeting, client billing and payroll.

He is also an editor with more than 20 years of experience. Nick has worked on all formats and many types of programming including features, documentary, and television. He is certified in both AVID and Final Cut Pro Editing Systems.

He joined KLA in 2007 and since he has helped us charter into having a larger online presence. As an editor, he helped create an online reel video database for our clients. This helps us deliver client video content in an instant.

Nick is a native to Maryland. He attended Towson University in Baltimore, MD where he studied Film Production. He also studied at the Sheffield Institute learning both Film Production and Post-Production. He now lives in the South Bay along with wife Amy and their two sons.

Melissa Van Fleet joined Ken Lindner & Associates in 2004. As Vice President and agent in both the news and programming departments at KLA, she has the privilege of representing some of the brightest and most talented journalists and hosts in news and entertainment. Melissa has negotiated employment contracts on behalf of her clients on network, cable, digital platforms, nationally syndicated and local market stations, including CNN, MSNBC, Entertainment Tonight, E.W. Scripps syndication, BET, E! Entertainment News, Litton Entertainment, Inside Edition.

Prior to joining KLA, Melissa worked in film and television production in Los Angeles. During that time, she was introduced to the agency by a prominent entertainment news executive. It was clear from that first meeting that KLA was a company that valued integrity and hard work as much as they respected talent. Nearly two decades later, Melissa still believes those qualities set KLA apart from any other agency.

A native Hoosier, Melissa graduated from Bethel University in South Bend, IN. As a foster/adoptive family, she has been active with several foster care non-profits, including CarePortal Los Angeles and Foster All. Melissa and her husband live in Nashville, TN with their four children.

You can email Melissa: melissa@klateam.com

Rob Jordan re-joined Ken Lindner and Associates in 2011 as an agent and executive. Rob brought with him 20+ years of agenting experience as well as a sizable roster of talent, after ten successful years of operating Rob Jordan Talent Management.

Rob first joined KLA in 1992 and was the first agent hired to have day-to-day TV newsroom experience. He successfully grew the company’s reach into medium and large markets while aggressively seeking up and coming talent in untapped markets. Rob has an impressive track record of career management with clients working at the networks and local tv markets across the country. He discovered national talent such as Nancy O’Dell (Charleston, SC), Craig Melvin of NBC News (Columbia, SC), Kelly Cobiella of NBC News (San Luis Obispo), Michelle Miller of CBS News (Columbia, SC), Jay Harris at ESPN (Pittsburgh) and countless testaments of career choreography success.

Prior to joining KLA, Rob worked at then Disney-owned KCAL-TV in Los Angeles as an executive assistant to the news management team from 1989 – 1992. He was involved in the start-up of the first three-hour prime-time newscast in the country and assisted senior management in the hiring of over 100 news staffers. He worked closely with the business manager on talent negotiations, contracts and budgeting. He met Ken Lindner in 1989 first over the phone, as KCAL was on a hiring spree and KLA represented many of the station’s anchor and reporter hires, including the incomparable Pat Harvey, who is still with the station today (and STILL a client of KLA!)

Rob is a graduate of the University of South Carolina. He and his wife Lisa have three children and live in Fort Mill, SC, just outside of Charlotte. He serves on the board of Victory Sports Outreach, a family recreational sports ministry in Fort Mill and is part of the pax of F3Nation, a men’s fitness, fellowship and faith community leadership group.

Email Rob: rob@klateam.com

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Michelle joined Ken Lindner and Associates in December of 2012 as an agent representing news, host, sports and weather talent.

Michelle’s passion for discovering and helping talent comes from many years of working on both sides of the camera. Prior to joining KLA, Michelle worked as a broadcaster (anchor/reporter) and producer at CNN in Washington, D.C., WHDH-TV in Boston, and E! Entertainment Television in both Los Angeles and New York.

Michelle comes full-circle with KLA as she was formerly represented by Ken Lindner during her days of anchoring and reporting in Boston, Los Angeles and New York. As a consultant and talent recruiter with The Broadcast Image Group for eight years, Michelle successfully placed talent at many local news stations and syndicated programs throughout the country. Her experience both in front of and behind the camera, gives Michelle a unique agent perspective to identify closely with on air talent as well as understand management needs.

A native Texan, Michelle graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Trinity University. She lives in Austin, Texas.

You can email her at: michelle@klateam.com

You can call her: 210-386-7887

Ashley Traoré joins Ken Lindner & Associates bringing over eight years of media & entertainment industry experience. After receiving her Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcasting from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. Ashley began her career immediately after, working the newsroom at CNN in Atlanta, GA.

Ashley has since worked and collaborated with celebrities such as Bill Maher on the hit show Real Time with Bill Maher, where she served as a vital entity of production and talent efforts. Her passion for the entertainment industry drives her notable dedication and desire for excellence.

Recently returning from CBS News in the fast paced world of New York, NY, Ashley is looking forward to putting her experience to fast use by placing great talent at Ken Lindner & Associates. Ashley currently resides in the neighborhood of Koreatown with her husband and two dogs.

One of the best discoveries that Ken has ever made, was hiring his Executive Assistant, Shari Freis. Ken worked with Shari for over fifteen years, when Shari was the extraordinarily effective assistant to the long line of KCBS News Directors. It is in great part, because of Shari and her wonderful organizational and people skills, that Ken has been able to be as effective as he has been over the last few years.

Shari was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Colorado at Boulder, with a degree in Psychology and Secondary Education. After teaching high school for a year, she fulfilled her life-long dream of moving to California. A professed “news junkie” since college, Shari won an RTNA of Southern California Golden Mike Award in 1994, for her work on KCBS-TV’s continuous coverage of the Northridge earthquake.

When not traveling (Shari’s number one passion!), she can be seen hiking in the hills above Los Angeles. Her most recent feat was hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. She also enjoys going to movies, concerts, and the opera, and is an avid Denver Broncos fan. An important part of Shari’s life is her volunteer work with Concern Foundation, a charity dedicated to funding cancer research worldwide.

You can email Shari: shari@klateam.com