Betsy Fentress
Fellow
Betsy Fentress is an award-winning writer, editor, publishing consultant, and a co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show, Conversations with Consequences, a production of The Catholic Association (TCA). She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and pursued her graduate studies in English at Louisiana State University.
As Vice President of Watermark, Ltd., she directed many publishing projects from end to end, with an emphasis in culinary books. As a freelance writer, editor, and publishing consultant for 22 years, Betsy specialized in private memoirs, ghost writing, and has co-authored three specialty cookbooks, including The Bryant Family Vineyard Cookbook; Almonds: Recipes, History, Culture; and Pecans: History and Recipes of an American Nut.
Betsy is a member of the Board of Trustees at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, and served as a mentor for the Hatchery Program at the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at Washington University, supporting community entrepreneurs. She works with youth each week at an after-school tutoring program in University City, Missouri, where she resides with her husband Sam, a photographer. Betsy and her husband share six grown children and five grandchildren. In their spare time, they enjoy dabbling in art collecting.