Jody Gottlieb

Jody Gottlieb is the head of production and development for Paul G. Allen's Vulcan Productions. Gottlieb's portfolio includes network series and specials, theatrical productions, feature documentaries, digital content, and social impact campaigns to persuade consumers and viewers to share in Vulcan's vision for positive change. Previously, Gottlieb served as the Executive Director of CNN Productions, the long-form programming division of CNN Worldwide and Turner Broadcasting System Inc. She was responsible for all production, programming, marketing, on-air promotions, operational, new business, international sales and management issues of the division, which produces long-form and feature and television documentary programming for prime-time newscasts and several weekly series and specials - CNN Presents, CNN: Special Investigations, Amanpour Reports. During her 15-year tenure with Turner Broadcasting, she has been instrumental in numerous, large-scale initiatives: producing and managing TBS Superstation's award-winning natural history series Wild!Life Adventures; managing the production of two multi-part CNN series - the Peabody-winning Cold War series and the 10-hour Millennium; managing three weekly magazine format shows under the banner CNN Newsstand; supervising the award- and ratings-winning People in the News; originating and maintaining multiple new business initiatives; and the daily management of a department of 50 people creating more than 100 hours of award-winning programming a year. Gottlieb has been highly recognized with dozens of major broadcasting and journalism awards including the Alfred I. DuPont, the George Polk, Edward R. Murrow, National Emmy and the George Foster Peabody.