THE
TELEVISION ACADEMY FOUNDATION NAMES
NEW
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JODI DELANEY
Nonprofit Executive Helms the Television
Academy’s Philanthropic Foundation Effective July 24
(NoHo Arts District, Calif.
—July
24, 2017) — The Television Academy
Foundation announced today the appointment of Jodi Delaney as
its executive director effective July 24. Delaney brings
20 years of experience in nonprofit, government and private
sector management and development to her new role at the
Foundation.
As
executive director of the Foundation, Delaney will oversee daily
operations and provide strategic leadership of its programs and
fundraising to fulfill the charitable organization’s mission
to identify, advance and empower future
television leaders.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Delaney served as chief
development officer at the Youth Policy Institute, overseeing
donor development and fundraising efforts for the nonprofit
focused on anti-poverty issues in Los Angeles. She also held the
role of Los Angeles program director for the Trust for Public
Land and served six years in former New Mexico Governor Bill
Richardson’s administration. Delaney began her career in New
York as development director for Dance Theater Workshop. She was
also a television producer for programs appearing on ABC News,
HBO, History Channel and Discovery Networks.
Delaney will report to Television Academy Foundation Chair
Madeline Di Nonno and Television Academy President and Chief
Operating Officer Maury
McIntyre.
About the Television Academy Foundation
Established in 1959 as the charitable arm of the Television
Academy, the Television Academy Foundation is dedicated to
preserving the legacy of television while educating and
inspiring those who will shape its future.
Through renowned educational and
outreach programs such as
The Interviews:
An Oral History Project of the Television Academy Foundation,
College Television
Awards
and
Student Internship
Program
, the Foundation seeks to widen
the circle of voices our industry represents and to create more
opportunity for television to reflect all of society. For more
information on the Foundation, please visit
TelevisionAcademy.com/Foundation |