MONDAY, JANUARY 27 - THURSDAY, JANUARY 30
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Marriott Marquis | Washington, DC | Sunday, January 28 – Wednesday, January 31, 2020

Speaker Eli Lehrer

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Eli Lehrer

Executive Vice President and Head, Programming Genres & Music Services

History

Eli Lehrer is Executive Vice President and General Manager of HISTORY®, a role he assumed in 2017. He oversees the development, creation and execution of scripted and unscripted programming for HISTORY®.

Lehrer joined HISTORY® from MTV2 where he was Executive Vice President and headed up creative and business operations at the channel. Prior to that, Lehrer was Senior Vice President and Head of Non-Fiction Programming at Lifetime® since 2013. In that role, he executive produced and developed hit series including The Rap GameTMBring It!True Tori and the Little Women® franchise, and oversaw Project Runway® and assorted spin-offs.

Prior to joining Lifetime, Lehrer was Head of Development at Bravo, where he developed hits including Vanderpump RulesBelow DeckSouthern Charm, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, The Shahs of SunsetThe Millionaire Matchmaker and Watch What Happens: Live.

Lehrer also worked at Artists Management Group as assistant to Michael Ovitz and at ABC News as assistant to George Stephanopoulos. Lehrer earned a BA in American history from Columbia University. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their three children.

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