STAMFORD Conn.–  World Wrestling Entertainment has announced the hiring of Dorothy Brill as Senior Vice President Human Resources.  Brill who brings more than 10 years of Human Resources experience to WWE® will lead employee initiatives and programs to help the company achieve its growth objectives.  With functional responsibility for staffing compensation and benefits training and development and employee relations she will continue to build and support a world class workforce behind WWE’s acclaimed media and entertainment success.

Prior to joining WWE Brill served as vice president of human resources at Synapse Group a leading provider of subscriptions and customer management services for U.S. consumer magazine publishers.  During her tenure at Synapse she helped the company through the process of being acquired by Time Inc.  Brill was instrumental in helping Synapse Group achieve recognition for being one of the 25 Best Medium Sized Companies to Work for in America in 2004 and 2005.

Before joining Synapse Group in 1998 Dorothy served for four years at GE and GE Capital in a quick succession of human resource roles and spent four years as a high school history teacher and administrator.  Previously she worked in institutional sales for Allen & Company an investment bank in New York City.

Brill has an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson School and a BA from Williams College.  

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: WWE) is an integrated media and entertainment company headquartered in Stamford Conn. with offices in New York City Los Angeles Toronto and London. Additional information on the company can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com.

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