Background
Mitch Semel has worked for thirty years as a senior network executive, producer, and strategist in television (broadcast, cable, and public), radio, broadband, and mobile technologies.
His experience ranges from corporate boardrooms to television studios across the country. He has overseen network programming and produced prime-time and late-night shows for CBS, NBC, CNN, Nick@Nite, TV Land, PBS, and Comedy Central. In addition, Semel has hosted and produced syndicated radio programs featuring in-depth interviews with prominent politicians, entertainers, and international newsmakers. He has also supervised the design and launch of a worldwide news and information TV network and website for the United States Department of Defense, created a children's internet video portal, and devised strategy for a cell carrier's push into advanced screen content.
Semel has brought his media background to other disciplines, among them as a member of the Hughes Public Education Project, developing satellite delivery to public schools of educational programming for low-income and at-risk children. He has also advised the United Service Organizations (USO) on assembling entertainment shows for US military service personnel at home and overseas.
A 1981 graduate of Princeton University, Semel received his Bachelor of Arts degree and graduated cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He lives outside New York City with his wife and three daughters. He is an instrument-rated private pilot currently working on his commercial rating.
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