Nossa Liderança

Precisamos de líderes fortes e inovadores, para cumprir nossa missão de ajudar as crianças no mundo todo a crescerem mais fortes, mais inventivas e mais afetuosas. E é isso o que temos - uma equipe de profissionais talentosos que se dedicam a um único objetivo: ajudar as crianças.

Fundadores

Joan Ganz Cooney
Joan Ganz Cooney

Co-Founder and Lifetime Honorary Trustee
Lloyd Morrisett
Lloyd Morrisett

Co-Founder and Lifetime Honorary Trustee

Equipe Operacional

Steve Youngwood
Steve Youngwood

Chief Executive Officer
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Sherrie Westin

President
Tanya Haider
Tanya Haider

Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President, Research and Ventures
Shadrach Kisten
Shadrach Kisten

Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
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Shanna Kohn

Senior Education Manager, Humanitarian Programs
Diana Lee
Diana Lee

Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
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Samantha Maltin

Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Daryl Mintz
Daryl Mintz

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Michael Preston, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President and Executive Director, Joan Ganz Cooney Center
Joseph P. Salvo
Joseph P. Salvo

Executive Vice President and General Counsel
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Maureen Trantham

Senior Vice President, Social Impact & Philanthropy Operations
Ed Wells
Ed Wells

Executive Vice President and Head of Global Media and Education
Kay Wilson Stallings
Kay Wilson Stallings

Executive Vice President, Creative and Production
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Wanda Witherspoon

Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

Alta Direção

Jeanette Betancourt
Jeanette Betancourt, Ed. D.

Senior Vice President, U.S. Social Impact
Taska Carrigan
Taska Carrigan

Senior Vice President of Production Management, Operations, Business Affairs, and Legal
Melani Grisanti
Melanie Grisanti

Senior Vice President, Production Management
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Ben Lehmann

Senior Vice President, Head of Live Action
Shari Rosenfeld
Shari Rosenfeld

Senior Vice President, International Social Impact
Rosemarie Truglio
Rosemarie Truglio, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President, Curriculum and Content

International Management

Shah Alam
Shah Alam

Executive Director, Sesame Workshop Bangladesh
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Alvin Fu

Vice President and General Manager, Greater China
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Stefan Kastenmüller

General Manager, Europe
Sonali
Sonali Khan

Managing Director, India
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Manabu Nagaoka

Vice President and General Manager, Japan and Head of Sesame Street English
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Innocent Nkata

Managing Director, Sesame Workshop International South Africa

Conselho Administrativo

Ms. Joan Ganz Cooney

Co-Founder and Chairman of the Executive Committee
Sesame Workshop

Mr. Lloyd N. Morrisett

Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Board
Sesame Workshop

Ms. Jane D. Hartley

Chairman of the Board, Sesame Workshop 
Former Ambassador to France & Monaco 
Board of Trustees, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 
Board of Trustees, Center for American Progress 
Board of Overseers, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
Member, Visiting Committee, Executive Committee at Kennedy School at Harvard University 
Co-Chair, 2018 House Victory Project

Mr. Jeffrey D. Dunn

President and Chief Executive Officer
Sesame Workshop

Steve Youngwood

Chief Executive Officer
Ex Officio Member of the Board
Sesame Workshop

Jeffrey N. Watanabe, Esq.

Former Chairman of the Board
Sesame Workshop
Retired Founder Watanabe Ing LLP

Mr. Varun Chandra

Managing Partner, Hakluyt & Company

Milton Chen, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow and Executive Director, Emeritus
The George Lucas Educational Foundation

Mr. Lee Eastman

Partner
Eastman & Eastman

Kathleen G. Elsesser

Global Chair Consumer Retail and Healthcare Groups, Investment Banking Division
Goldman Sachs

Ms. Marlene Hess

Board Chair, International Women's Health Coalition
Member, Council on Foreign Relations
Former Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Inc.

Mr. Frans Hijkoop

Former Executive Vice President
Chief Human Resources Officer
MetLife, Inc.

Valerie Jarrett

Distinguished Senior Fellow
University of Chicago Law School

Dr. Amy Beth Jordan

Professor
School of Communication and Information
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Paul Lindley OBE

Founder
Ella's Kitchen
 

Ms. Jenna Mack

Executive Producer and Host of In the Grey

Mr. Michael G. Manasse

President and Chief Operating Officer
Peterson Management LLC

Ms. Gabrielle Sulzberger   

General Partner 
Rustic Canyon / Fontis Partners LP

Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum

President Emerita
Spelman College

Ms. Ann Rubenstein Tisch

Founder and President
The Young Women's Leadership Network

Mr. Jeffrey Weiss

Principal
Five Forty Investments

Conselho Consultivo Global

Vincent Mai

Chairman

Jane D. Hartley

Hosh Ibrahim

Deborah Lehr

Tsitsi Masiyiwa

Adm. Mike Mullen

Mary Menell Zients

Conselho de Dirigentes

Nosso Conselho de Dirigentes é composto de pessoas que representam várias atividades, perspectivas regionais, e excelência profissional dedicadas à missão da Sesame Workshop. Seus membros proporcionam liderança em ideias, são nossos embaixadores, e apóiam a Sesame Workshop nos dando seu tempo, seus valores, seus conhecimentos, e construindo as redes que envolvem toda a comunidade.

Jason Graefe

Co-Chair

Robert Tichio

Co-Chair

Mariam Alsikafi

Jenna Arnold

Chief Impact Officer
Rethink

Erica Blob

Margaret Chi

Drew Collins

Irene Hong Edwards

Peter Friedland

Laura Heintz

Katie Hockmeyer

Kim Klimczak

Tyler Lewis

Michelle Marra

Patrick McGinnis

Tai Mendoza

Former Litigator

Krista Milam

Brette Wolff Ottavino

Akhil Paul

Investor and Advisor
Caparo Group

Sarah Richardson

Florence Ann Romano

Lindsay Shookus

Anita Tandon

Maya Tichio

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