Karen Grant-Selma is the EVP, Head of Business and Legal Affairs at Jesse Collins Entertainment. She previously served as Head of Business and Legal Affairs at OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network where she negotiated talent, production and license deals for scripted and unscripted programming and oversaw its standards & practices, international sales, intellectual property, human resources, union administration, insurance, participations, rights management, and risk assessment. Her experience spans more than 20 years, including time spent at DreamWorks Animation, Live Nation, Universal Pictures, Maker Studios, AMC Networks, ITV Studios America and NBCUniversal. Ms. Grant-Selma is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (LA). She received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Marketing from the University of Miami and received her Juris Doctor from University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law, where she also sits on its Board of Councilors.
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