Steve Youngwood Will Become Sesame Workshop’s Next CEO
Grover, Big Bird and Cookie Monster will soon have a new boss.
Sesame Workshop’s Board of Trustees elected Steve Youngwood to take over as CEO of the nonprofit educational organization starting on January 1, 2021. He will replace Jeffrey D. Dunn, who will take on a new position as executive chairman. Sherrie Westin, president of of the company’s social impact and philanthropy division, will become president.
As chief operating officer, Youngwood has supervised a dramatic expansion of Sesame Workshop’s media business, and helped put the organization on more solid financial footing. The company, once focused on producing its flagship landmark children’s program, “Sesame Street, ” now works not only with PBS, which has aired that program for decades, but WarnerMedia, Apple and YouTube among others. Sesame Workshop has dramatically increased its production pipeline, and currently maintains several projects for HBO and HBO Max, including a ersatz late-night program featuring Elmo,...
Sesame Workshop’s Board of Trustees elected Steve Youngwood to take over as CEO of the nonprofit educational organization starting on January 1, 2021. He will replace Jeffrey D. Dunn, who will take on a new position as executive chairman. Sherrie Westin, president of of the company’s social impact and philanthropy division, will become president.
As chief operating officer, Youngwood has supervised a dramatic expansion of Sesame Workshop’s media business, and helped put the organization on more solid financial footing. The company, once focused on producing its flagship landmark children’s program, “Sesame Street, ” now works not only with PBS, which has aired that program for decades, but WarnerMedia, Apple and YouTube among others. Sesame Workshop has dramatically increased its production pipeline, and currently maintains several projects for HBO and HBO Max, including a ersatz late-night program featuring Elmo,...
- 10/27/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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