Leadership, hit creation, impact and empowerment

From launching Nick At Nite to leading Cartoon Network and transforming Lifetime Television, Betty Cohen has been a brand builder, hit picker and nurturer of diverse creative talent on and off camera for some of the largest commercial hits of the past 20 years. She serves as a senior advisor to impact-making companies and organizations while building her new media venture, Hearts & Minds.

 

Betty’s current venture in development is Hearts & Minds, her multi-platform media brand for girls, the culmination of a lifetime of experience building beloved brands. Her other work past and present includes:

 
 

Corporate Leadership

Building networks that become beloved brands.

  • Cartoon Network

  • Adult Swim

  • Boomerang

  • Lifetime

  • TNT

  • Nickelodeon/Nick At Nite

Commercial Hit Creation

Identifying resonant stories and nurturing talent across genres and audiences.

  • PowerPuff Girls

  • Samurai Jack

  • Dexter’s Lab

  • Johnny Bravo

  • Aqua Teen Hunger Force

  • Space Ghost Coast to Coast

  • Army Wives

  • Human Trafficking  

  • Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy

Impact and empowerment

Providing expertise and advising leadership at the nexus of learning, technology and entertainment.

  • Homer (formerly Speakaboos)

  • Lynda.com (acquired by LinkedIn)

  • News Literacy Project

  • Roadtrip Nation

  • Fred Rogers Institute

  • Paley Center for Media

  • Cable in the Classroom

  • We Are Family Foundation

Providing leadership.


 

Betty’s previous and current Advisory and Leadership Board experience includes:

  • News Literacy Project,  National Leadership Council

  • Speakaboos (Homer), Advisor/Investor

  • Roadtrip Nation, Advisory Board 

  • We Are Family Foundation, Board of Governors

  • DoSomething.org, Advisory Board

  • “The Next Big Thing” at the Paley Center for Media, Board of Advisors

  • Women’s Leadership Board, Kennedy School at Harvard 

  • Teach for America, Mentor

  • AOL/Time Warner Foundation, Board of Trustees

  • Cable in the Classroom, National Executive Committee