Pat Mitchell: Lifelong Advocate for Women in Media
PAT MITCHELL is a lifelong advocate for women and girls. At every step of her career, Mitchell has broken new ground for women, leveraging the power of media as a journalist, an Emmy award-winning and Oscar-nominated producer to tell women’s stories and increase the representation of women onscreen and off. Transitioning to an executive role, she became the president of CNN Productions, and the first woman president and CEO of PBS and the Paley Center for Media. Today, her commitment to connect and strengthen a global community of women leaders continues as a conference curator, advisor and mentor. In partnership with TED, Mitchell launched TEDWomen in 2010 and is its editorial director, curator and host. She is chair of the Sundance and the Women’s Media Center boards and a trustee of the VDAY movement, the Skoll Foundation and the Acumen Fund. She is an advisor to Participant Media and served as a congressional appointment to The American Museum of Women’s History Advisory Council. She is the author of Becoming a Dangerous Woman: Embracing Risk to Change the World.
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DEVELOP A VOICE: 1:46 min.
INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 1:10 min.
COLLABORATION: 1:21 min.
UNDERSTANDS ARTISTS’ NEEDS: 1:07 min.
CREATIVE FLEXIBILITY: 5:41 min.
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OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED: 1:39 min.
EMPATHY: 1:19 min.
PERSEVERANCE FURTHERS: 2:09 min.
STRONG DRIVE FOR ACHIEVEMENT: 0:43 sec.
COMMUNITY VALUES: 0:20 sec.
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 0:38 sec.
