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The Hollywood Radio and Television Society | www.HRTS.org | [email protected] | (818) 789-1182 4 FEATURED SPEAKERS GREG BERLANTI Writer, Producer, and Director WGA, DGA and Golden Globe nominated writer, director, and producer, Greg Berlanti, is the force behind some of the most inventive and acclaimed works in film and television. Currently, Berlanti’s company has a re- cord-breaking 16 scripted series, the highest number of shows to air at one time for a tv producer and creator. He works as executive producer and co-creator of The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Stargirl, Titans, and You. Additionally, Berlanti serves as executive producer on The Flight Attendant (Golden Globe nominated), Superman & Lois, Riverdale, All American, Doom Patrol, Batwoman and Prodigal Son, as well as the upcoming Green Lantern, Kung Fu, and Strange Adventures. He began his career in television as a staff writer on the hit show Dawson’s Creek and be- came an executive producer and showrunner of the series after only one year on staff. Since then, Berlanti has served as creator, writer, and producer behind several of the most creative and lauded television series in history including WB’s Everwood and Jack & Bobby, ABC’s Brothers & Sisters, Eli Stone (for which he was nominated for a WGA award), and Dirty, Sexy, Money, and the USA Network’s mini-series Political Animals (for which he was nominated for a WGA, DGA and Golden Globe award). Berlanti made his film directorial debut in 2000 with The Broken Hearts Club. His most recent feature directorial project is the critically acclaimed Love, Simon, an adaptation of the celebrated YA novel Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda. He also directed Life as We Know It, and most recently produced Unpregnant for HBO Max. Upcoming feature projects include Free Guy, My Policeman, Moonshot, and the Untitled Rock Hudson Biopic. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his husband and two children. 5 FEATURED SPEAKERS ALBERT CHENG Chief Operating Officer and Co-Head of Television, Amazon Studios, Board Member, HRTS Albert Cheng is Chief Operating Officer and Co- Head of Television at Amazon Studios. As COO of the Studio, he leads studio teams respon- sible for programming and audience develop- ment, TV and feature film music, consumer in- sights research, technology and applications. As Co-Head of Television, both he and Vernon Sanders lead a team responsible for televi- sion creative development, business affairs, casting and production / post-production. Since its inception in 2010, Amazon Studios produces Emmy-winning and nominated shows including Car- nival Row, The Boys, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Modern Love, and Homecoming; Golden Globe winner The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Emmy award winner Fleabag. Prior to Amazon Studios, Cheng was an executive at The Walt Disney Company for fifteen years in a number of roles. His most recent position was as Executive Vice President, Digital Media and Chief Product Officer for Disney/ABC Television Group, where he was charged with general management and strategic oversight of digital media for ABC Entertainment, Oscars Digital, ABC News, ABC Daytime, ABC Family, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney Jr and SOAPnet. He led a team that oversaw product development, marketing and operations for the Group’s digital media content platforms, including video-on-demand, broadband, web- based and mobile platforms, as well as interactive television technologies. During that time, years before Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, Cheng and his team were the first in history to put TV episodes on iTunes in 2005, stream top broadcast shows online in 2006, stream in HD in 2007, first to launch an app on the iPad in 2010, and first to offer live broadcast network feeds in 2013. They won four Primetime Emmys for their work during this period of time. Cheng has also held executive positions at Fox and board roles at BMI and Lifetime and was a strategy consultant with The Boston Consulting Group. Cheng earned a Bachelor’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. 6 FEATURED SPEAKERS TARA DUNCAN President, Freeform, Board Member, HRTS Tara Duncan serves as President, Freeform. Freeform is Walt Disney Television’s young adult network, where the force and momentum of its audience drives its quest for authentic, ground- breaking original series. She joined the net- work from her overall deal at Hulu, where she curated a strong slate of projects, including an adaption of Zakiya Dalila Harris’ acclaimed novel, “The Other Black Girl,” which she won in a highly competitive bidding war. Before joining Hulu, she was a senior creative executive at Netflix overseeing the hit series “Orange Is the New Black” and “Narcos,” and launching series with directors Spike Lee, Baz Luhrmann, The Wachowskis and Justin Simien. Prior to that, she produced the pilot “Bosch,” Amazon’s first drama series, and was a key creative executive at AMC, developing “The Killing,” “Rubicon,” and the sci-fi miniseries “The Prisoner.” She is a founding member of Who’s In The Room, an executive mentorship pro- gram created to diversify the executive and leadership ranks in the entertainment industry. Duncan started her career at Section Eight, George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh’s produc- tion company, where she worked on the HBO series “Unscripted” and the Oscar-nominated film “Good Night, and Good Luck.” 7 FEATURED SPEAKERS ROBIN ROBERTS Co-Anchor, Good Morning America, President, Rock’n Robin Productions Robin Roberts is co-anchor of ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Under her leadership, the broadcast has won numerous Emmy Awards for Outstanding Morning Program and the 2017 People’s Choice Award for Favorite Daytime TV Hosting Team. Roberts has been honored with the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism, was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame as well as the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame, and named one of Glamour’s Women of the Year. She was voted the “Most Trusted Person on Televi- sion” by a Reader’s Digest poll in 2013. Roberts founded her own production company, Rock’n Robin Productions, which creates original broadcast and digital programming for ABC and other networks, ranging from infor- mational shows and documentaries, to live special events. Roberts was diagnosed with breast cancer in June 2007, and five years later, she was diagnosed with MDS. Roberts underwent a bone marrow transplant, her sister Sally-Ann was a perfect match. Her story triggered an outpouring of support from across the nation.