Jane Hertzmark Hudis Honored by Mother’s Day Committee

NEW YORK — Jane Hertzmark Hudis doesn’t believe in “balance.” Which is an interesting statement from a woman who appears to excel at balance: Hertzmark Hudis is the group president at Estée Lauder Cos. Inc. — where she oversees eight brands for the multibillion dollar beauty company — and is today receiving an Outstanding Mother Award from the National Mother’s Day Committee. Instead, she prefers to use the word “integration.” “I believe in work-life integration to the extent that you’re focused on the moment. When you’re at work you’re focused at work, when you’re home you’re at home — and then you go back to work. It’s not like you have to go back to the office; you’re online and you’re working. And you stay super organized,” Hertzmark Hudis told WWD during an interview last week in her office at Estée Lauder Cos. Inc’s headquarters at the General Motors Building on Fifth Avenue here. “But at the end of the day I can assure you that when the principal calls and your kid falls down, you’re there — [and] making [your children] understand that they’re your number-one priority. No matter what,” she continued, referring to her two sons, now ages 23 and 25. Hertzmark Hudis clarified

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