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

Myung Kang-Huneke
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Susan Kolar
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer

Caralynn Sandorf
Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer

Sherrie Westin
Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer

 

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


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


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


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


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

Sanford M. Litvack, Esq.
Partner
Hogan & Hartson LLP


Jeffrey N. Watanabe, Esq.
Former Chairman of the Board
Sesame Workshop
Of Counsel
Watanabe Ing LLP

Ms. Margaret Loesch
Chief Executive Officer
The Hatchery LLC

Ms. Fabiola R. Arredondo
Managing Partner
Siempre Holdings

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

Ms. Joanna Barsh
Director
McKinsey & Company, Inc.

 

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

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

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


Mr. David C. Cole
Director
Maui Land and Pineapple Company, Inc.


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


Mrs. Daniella Lipper Coules
Managing Director
Maple Stone Capital Advisors

Mr. Richard Steadman


Mr. Martín Gómez
Director of Library Services
San Mateo County Library

Dr. Merryl Tisch
Chancellor
New York State Board of Regents

Ms. Jane Hartley
Chief Executive Officer
Observatory Group, LLC

Dr. Ellen Wartella
Distinguished Professor of Psychology
University of California – Riverside


Mr. Craig M. Hatkoff
Co-Founder, Tribeca Film Festival
Chairman, Turtle Pond Publications


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


Mr. Peter Hero
Senior Fellow, Center for Social Innovation
Stanford University Graduate School of Business