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Stanley Greenspan, M.D.

Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences and Pediatrics, George Washington University Medical School

Description

Gary Knell is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sesame Workshop. Mr. Knell leads the nonprofit educational organization in its mission to create innovative, engaging content that maximizes the educational power of all media to help children reach their highest potential. He has been instrumental in focusing the organization on Sesame Street’s global mission, including groundbreaking co-productions in South Africa, India, Northern Ireland, and Egypt.  He also helped found PBS Kids Sprout, a 24-hour domestic cable channel in the U.S.

Previously, Mr. Knell was Managing Director of Manager Media International, a print and multimedia publishing company based in Bangkok, Hong Kong and Singapore. In this capacity, he oversaw the development of the monthly business magazine Asia Inc., the daily Asian-based newspaper Asia Times, and several trade publications.

He also has served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel at WNET/Channel 13 in New York, was Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary and Governmental Affairs Committees, and worked in the California State Legislature and Governor’s Office. 

Mr. Knell is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, serves as a Director of executive search firm Heidrick and Struggles, is on the Board of Governors of the National Geographic Education Foundation and is a Board Member of AARP Services, Inc, the Jacob Burns Film Center and Save the Children. He is also an advisor to WFUV, public radio at Fordham University, the Annenberg School of Communications at USC, and Common Sense Media.  He is a frequent spokesperson in the media, appearing in numerous venues, including CNN, Fox News, NBC’s Today Show, NPR, and CNBC.

Topic(s): Cognitive Development & Learning, Emotional Development, Mental Health

User Type(s): Academic, Journalist, Policymaker, Producer

Address

George Washington University Medical School
4938 Hampden Lane Suite 229
Bethesda, Maryland 20814

Contact Information

Phone(s): 301-657-2348
URL(s): http://www.stanleygreenspan.com

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