Who We Are

In the Spotlight
Melvin Ming

Dr. Jeanette Betancourt

Dr. Betancourt has directed Sesame Workshop Outreach projects in the areas of bilingual education, literacy, music, health and safety, resiliency, and child care. She has overseen content development for Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat and advised on Dragon Tales. She is also the series content advisor for the award-winning parenting programs A Place of Our Own and Los Niños en su Casa in association with KCET, the PBS station in Los Angeles, California. Betancourt maintains and expands a comprehensive network of national organizations that are strategic partners within the educational community.

  • Senior Management
  • Board of Trustees

Gary E. Knell
President and Chief Executive Officer

H. Melvin Ming
Chief Operating Officer

Miranda Barry
Executive Vice President, Content

Dr. Lewis Bernstein
Executive Vice President, Education and Research

Terry Fitzpatrick
Executive Vice President, Content Distribution

Susan Kolar
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer

Sherrie Rollins Westin
Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer

Daniel Victor
Executive Vice President, International

 
Mr. Vincent A. Mai
Chairman of the Board
Sesame Workshop
Chairman
AEA Investors, Inc.

Mrs. Joan Ganz Cooney
Co-Founder & Chairman of the Executive Committee
Sesame Workshop

Mr. Lloyd N. Morrisett
Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus of the Board
Sesame Workshop

Mr. Jeffrey N. Watanabe, Esq.
Former Chairman of the Board
Sesame Workshop
Partner
Watanabe, Ing, & Komeiji LLP

Ms. Fabiola R. Arredondo
Managing Partner
Siempre Holdings

Ms. Joanna Barsh
Director
McKinsey & Company, Inc.

Mr. Richard I. Beattie, Esq.
Chairman
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Ms. Lisa Caputo
Chief Marketing Officer, Citi
and Chairman and CEO,
Women and Company

Mr. David C. Cole
Chairman, President and CEO
Maui Land and Pineapple Company, Inc.

Mrs. Daniella Lipper Coules
Managing Director
Maple Stone Capital Advisors

Mr. Martín Gómez
President & Chief Executive Officer
Urban Libraries Council
Ms. Jane Hartley
Chief Executive Officer
G7 Group, Inc.

Ms. Rachel Hines
Former Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Inc.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations

Mr. Gary E. Knell
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sesame Workshop

Mr. Sanford Litvack, Esq.
Partner
Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

Ms. Margaret Loesch
Managing Partner
The Hatchery

Dr. Kyle Pruett
Clinical Professor, Child Psychiatry and Nursing
Yale University School of Medicine

Mr. Keith Reinhard
Chairman Emeritus, DDB Worldwide, Inc. and
President, Business for Diplomatic Action

Dr. Linda G. Roberts
National Consultant
Former Director, Office of Educational Technology
U.S. Department of Education

Ms. Susan Solomon
Former Partner, Mercer Consulting
Chairman Emeritus, Safe Horizon

Mr. Richard Steadman

Dr. Ellen Wartella
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
University of California - Riverside

Ms. Deborah C. Wright
Chairman & CEO
Carver Federal Savings Bank