2014 Alumni Fellow 2014Nancy AlumniA. McKenna ’78 Lib Fellow

Nancy A. McKenna is vice president of production for truTV in New York City. She oversees production of truTV’s prime-time original programming, negotiates production and talent contracts, and manages all production budgets and department budgets.

Throughout her distinguished career in television, McKenna has been selected for numerous senior-level executive positions with oversight responsibilities for areas such as production, program development, management, and studio operations. Prior to accepting her current position at truTV, McKenna was production manager, unit manager, and field producer at ABC Television Network; vice president of production at AMC (American Movie Classics); vice president of production and programming at iN DEMAND Networks; and executive director of operations at SportsNet New York (SNY), where she was a member of the executive launch team at the network’s inception. Her career has included numerous opportunities to personally experience world events, from political conventions and inaugurations to peace talks and major sporting events. At AMC, McKenna led the production team that successfully launched WE: Women’s Entertainment Network. She was a key member of the senior management team that re-launched and re-branded AMC while preparing the network for a full-commercial format.

McKenna was presented a Daytime Emmy for producing AMC’s documentary series Film Preservation Classics and a Gracie Award for producing AMC in Concert with Dionne Warwick. She is an active member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Production Executives, and Producers Guild of America, Producers’ Peer Group.

McKenna is a graduate of Simmons College Graduate School of Management. An Altoona native, McKenna and her husband, Edward, live in Huntington, N.Y.

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