Sherry Simpson Dean ITVS

Sherry Simpson Dean is currently Senior Director of Engagement and Impact Innovation for Independent Television Service (ITVS). She is a recognized leader at the intersection of media, social change and values ethics and accountability in media. Her focus includes building younger and more diverse audiences while amplifying the impact of documentaries in the public media space. Her expertise has been honed over the last fifteen years, during which time she has developed and secured financing for multiple film, television and music projects. This list includes her production Amandla! a revolution in four-part harmony for which she won an Emmy and Sundance Film Festival Awards. Following the success of this film she was deemed a subject-matter-expert on South Africa’s human rights struggle and lectured globally on the impact of reconciliation through film, arts and culture.