Stephanie Sharis Email & Phone Number

Santa Barbara, California, Us

Good News Network was founded in 1997 by veteran news producer Geri Weis-Corbley. From the beginning, its mission has been to offset the negative effects of bad news by amplifying the good news. Now, led by co-owner Anthony Samadani, the recently formed Good News Network, Inc. will soon launch a bold new “Good News Network of Tomorrow” across every screen, amplifying and sharing good news and positive media to connect people, influencers, companies and causes, unifying all as a powerful force for good around the world.

Lightbeam is a social enterprise start-up that harnesses storytelling for daily inspiration, connection, and motivation. Lightbeam is the first-ever aggregator of best-in-class shareable videos about compassionate acts and selfless people. During these unprecedented times, Lightbeam harnesses an exploding consumer demand for positive media and helps brands find 'authentic distribution' for its new mission-driven storytelling. To fans of feel-good content, we deliver micro-short films by talented creators (not low-quality UGC) that inspire prosocial behavior.Lightbeam serves as a welcome beacon during a time when fear, sadness and anger have risen to record levels globally. Our mission is to reduce today's urgent "empathy deficit.”

Los Angeles, California, Us

• Alina, Executive Producer. Feature film directorial debut of Ben Barenholtz, premiered in 2017• Music Inn, Co-Producer. Jazz documentary premiered at 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and is in its festival circuit• The Promise, Producer. Starring Saundra Santiago (Sopranos, Carlito’s Way) and Kevin Conway (Mystic River)• How the Irish Saved Civilization, Coordinating Producer. Managed pre-production for Walden Media • The Party’s Over, Co-Producer. 2000 Presidential election documentary hosted by Philip Seymour Hoffman

Providing digital media companies with a range of consulting services, from strategic planning to business development to new product design and go-to-market support.• Advised newly funded video intelligence company, which powers data-inspired storytelling through AI and machine learning, on how best to reach and attract filmmakers and video professionals• Helped fast-growing start-up break into the education market by defining strategy and overseeing its implementation; within 90 days, YE forecast increased by 60%• Served as an outsourced Head of Strategy for children's creative writing company and tasked with driving growth by expanding its current B2B market share and moving into new channels such as new product lines and international markets• Conducted data analysis for leader in applied data science, making customer acquisition and marketing recommendations for Fortune 500 brands

New York, Us

Mclean, Virginia, Us

At Cricket Media, we believe that challenging children’s minds and connecting them to learn together does wonders for their confidence, creativity and curiosity. That’s why we are dedicated to providing award-winning media on a safe and secure learning network to engage, enlighten and educate children everywhere. • Brought on by Board in April as Consultant to evaluate opportunities and define a strategy to usher this beloved children’s media company into the digital age; recruited as CEO in June to conduct turnaround • Managed 100+ person team to hit 2016 revenue goals and improved EBITDA by 27% compared to 2015; exceeded 2017 Q1 and Q2 sales targets• Improved core business by exiting negative margin channels and business lines (e.g., merchandise) and optimizing variable costs (e.g., printing)• Strengthened team: streamlined top-heavy organization, yielding nearly $1MM in annual savings, brought on strong COO/CFO and attracted other key talent, built morale through clear communication of Company Goals; established task forces, and conducted off-site seminars on key initiatives; year end survey proved substantial gains in employee satisfaction• Built and launched CricketTogether, a digital mentoring product that pairs adult employees with children in underserved schools to read Cricket magazine stories and exchange e-letters together, safely and remotely - Corporate partners for Spring 2017 pilot program: Fidelity, John Deere, The Great Courses - Public launch at 2017 ISTE: won Best of Show award - Expansions planned for January 2018: STEM version and volunteer-pay version • Invigorated five year old joint venture in China with Neusoft, China’s largest publicly traded IT company ($3.2B market cap) through English language practice product development• Handled investor relations and Board communications

Meaningful civic participation with bill tracking, one-click impact tools, and contextualized political reporting• Incubated political start-up, attracting leading technology partner DOM & TOM to build legislative tracking tool and angel financing through the Knight Foundation and friends and family• Developed and launched BillCam, a tool that embeds live State and Federal legislation into news outlets, blogs and magazines; when a news article about legislation is supported by BillCam, readers are empowered to take real political action steps including voting on, accessing and annotating bill, tweeting bill sponsor, and social sharing of the bill • Secured major media partners, including Huffington Post, Women’s Health, Bizarre, and Forbes• Presented BillCam at the 2016 Common Good Forum as a keynote speaker

• As founding COO and 2nd company employee after CEO, created original business plan, web site, and content library from scratch; launched beta, with over 300 films including Super Size Me and renowned titles from PBS and National Geographic within six months from company’s start date, glowingly reviewed by Walt Mossberg of WSJ; evolved business over seven years, growing library to 5,000+ films and team to over 75 people• Content and Audience: Set film programming and editorial priorities required to meet revenue and audience growth targets and ensured content acquisition team and programming team executed against plan; powered audience development, including paid, social and referral marketing as well as brand marketing strategy, growing reach to over 2B PVs, with more than 325MM minutes of streamed across more than 100K affiliated sites and webpages, including through partners such as Aol, Comcast, Hulu, the Starbucks Digital Network, IMDb, the Miami Herald, hundreds of non-profits, special interest sites and blogs• Technology and Product: Managed technology team, including CTO, and defined digital product roadmap focused on video consumption experience, UX/UI, and app development across 28 OTT and mobile platforms• Indiewire: Oversaw operations for Indiewire.com, a SnagFilms Company, which won the Webby Award for Best Film Site in 2012; grew from 250K monthly PVs when acquired in 2008 to nearly 15MM in 2015• Upheld officer responsibilities to Board (including Ted Leonsis, Chairman; Peter Barris, NEA, Jean Case, Case Foundation) such as financial planning, P&L ownership and quarterly operations updates at Board Meetings • Helped architect strategy for productizing end to end video distribution solution and transforming business into a SaaS model under the new B2B brand, Viewlift, in 2015

New York, Ny, Us

AOL, Director of Creative Development, Original Programming ~ Responsible for developing original content for distribution on AOL’s network.o Fielded pitches from agents and talent community and developed most promising concepts. o Managed program lifecycle including talent selection, contract negotiations, client presentations, video production and web build.o Produced sponsored programming, including cooking (host: Tyler Florence), home life management (host: Rachel Campos-Duffy), and celebrity interview shows for clients including GMC, P&G, Honda and Verizon. ~ Developed and launched AOL True Stories (December 2006), a broadband channel where users can watch documentaries and engage with the content through Web 2.0 tools. True Stories featured over 75 films with partners including HBO, ITVS/PBS, CNN, Warner Independent Pictures, Focus Features, and IFC/Rainbow Media.o Managed acquisition team and negotiated all contracts including deals resulting in online premieres of first-run films prior to their theatrical or cable broadcast releases.o Oversaw all web production and technical functionality for the channel. o Customized advertising packages to secure channel sponsorship and advertiser support.

New York, Ny, Us

~ Brought to market four premium edutainment subscription services for consumers: Learning Games, Writing Assistant, Step by Step Math, and Ready Set Read.o Validated concepts through primary and secondary research and financial forecasts.o Analyzed and selected best of breed third party vendors and successfully negotiated and closed deals.o Aggregated 100K active subscribers yield $1.5MM per quarter in revenues. ~ Managed team of five direct reports plus secured support and involvement from VP and EVP level executives as well as other internal and external stakeholders in order to adhere to project plans and hit target launch dates.

• Led business development efforts for web site distributing films online via eDonkey’s peer to peer technology• Established key partnerships: Jibe (streaming), iBill (e-commerce), Northern Arts Entertainment (content), and CAVU Pictures (co-distribution); recruited filmmakers, adding over 100 films to library; syndicated films to universities (e.g., Stanford, Duke) through closed broadband network managed by CFlix

• Raised funds for Where the Girls Are, a documentary directed by Tricia Cooke, produced by Ethan Coen • Managed national promotional screening program for Passionada, a Samuel Goldwyn Pictures’ release, hiring staff of 25, supervising 100+ recruiters, and controlling budget of $150K • Executive produced Digicon, the inaugural digital conference for Urbanworld, the world’s largest festival of Black, Latino, and Asian cinema; handled all aspects of event management and raised $100K in sponsorship• Developed new film projects for legendary producer Ben Barenholtz (Millers’s Crossing, Barton Fink, Raising Arizona) and conducted fund raising meetings in NYC/LA and at the Cannes Film Festival • Wrote business plans for Content Film, founded by Edward R. Pressman (producer of 80+ films, e.g., Wall Street, Badlands) and John Schmidt, management firm New York Office, and Palisade Pictures Entertainment

New York, Ny, Us

National Service Corps Member:• Taught English, grades 9-12, in East Los Angeles at nation’s largest public high school, Roosevelt High School• Earned California Clear Teaching Credential as a Los Angeles Unified School District Intern

Master Of Public Policy, Media Policy

Ba, English