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What life lessons prepared you to be the first female head of programming at Showtime & Lifetime?

Loreen Arbus (Author & Emmy Nominated Executive Producer)


Loreen Arbus talks about the different mentors she had along the way that did not see gender difference but instead saw talent and an ability to do the job. She tells the personal story of how being a “colorful personality” brought her to the attention of the Chairman of the Board of Viacom who asked to help with hiring the right people to create innovative programming.

Loreen Arbus

Author, Activist, Philantropist & Emmy Nominated Executive Producer Loreen Arbus an author, activist, philanthropist and Emmy nominated executive producer. She is the first woman in the United States to head programming for a national network, which she has done for both Showtime and Cable Health Network/Lifetime Television. Arbus has an extensive history in the entertainment industry, having been a writer and producer, a consultant to various networks, and an executive in network television, cable, syndication, and print media.

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Loreen Arbus

Author, Activist, Philantropist & Emmy Nominated Executive Producer

Loreen Arbus an author, activist, philanthropist and Emmy nominated executive producer. She is the first woman in the United States to head programming for a national network, which she has done for both Showtime and Cable Health Network/Lifetime Television. Arbus has an extensive history in the entertainment industry, having been a writer and producer, a consultant to various networks, and an executive in network television, cable, syndication, and print media.

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Tracey Fitzpatrick

Tracey Fitzpatrick

Sarder TV Anchor & Former Market News Video Anchor

Tracey is a Telly Award winning producer and reporter and has spent over a decade at Cablevision. She also has had stints at Time Warner’s NY1 News, and recently a financial news anchor with Market News Video.

Tracey is the recipient of several industry awards including, a Cable Ace Nominee, and is a three time Telly Award winning producer/reporter.

In addition, she writes for Examiner.com, an online news and entertainment site with a focus on fashion and fundraising, and also creates content for Wochit, an award-winning video creation platform.

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