Antoinette Machiaverna

Senior Producer -- National Geographic Channel’s Brain Surgery Live with Mental Floss, the first ever live televised brain surgery, hosted by Bryant Gumbel and broadcast live to 171 countries in 45 languages worldwide.

Provides media expertise in creating narratively and visually compelling stories that integrate both traditional and social media across multiple channels and audiences into high-quality, audience-engaging broadcast television, broadcast-quality web video, and successful business strategies and marketing campaigns. Creates and identifies quality media content that cuts through the clutter to communicate the story of a brand, company, cause, executive, celebrity or athlete with a passionate and consistent voice. Superior writing skills for broadcast, print, corporate and digital media. Innovative ideas that can inspire. Website: http://antoinettemachiavernamedia.com ♦Broadcast and Content Consultant Today Show Toy Drive Leftfield Pictures JMC Productions Say Yes To Education Ford Foundation The Hodges Partnership ♦Media Coach Eve Pearl Cosmetics Say Yes To Education

-Produce live and edited segments for Today Show on all topics: Politics, Sports, Entertainment, Parenting, Breaking News, experienced story teller on any topic -Extensive control room experience for both live and live-to-tape programming -Senior Producer Responsible for Programming and Line Producing Special Taped and Live Shows -Producer, 2012, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1996, 1992 Summer and Winter Olympics -Producer, Tom Cruise/Matt Lauer headline making interview -Produced LIVE coverage of events of September 11th lining up guests and phoners as events unfolded -Produced interviews with 5 U.S. Presidents -Created franchises aimed at Today's core audience including Today's Family, Forever Young, Today's Home, Do-It-Yourself Today, Today Builds A House among other special series -Produce interviews with major actors, directors, authors, artists, celebrities and newsmakers -Media-trained, developed many non-TV experts to become regular Today Contributors -Co-Writer and Producer, Muppets Take Over Today -Team Member and Producer, Education Nation coverage -Producer, Inside The College Admissions Process -4 Daytime Emmys, Best Daytime Show as Producer

Special NBC Universal Studio Operations Project: Curated, negotiated rights, wrote all editorial aspects of Muppet Pipes and History of Studio 6B for NBC Studio Tours. The historic location was home to TV and radio shows including The Tonight Show with Jack Paar, The Texaco Star Theater with Milton Berle, Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. On Feb. 17, 2014, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon premiered, returning the iconic broadcast to Studio 6B and New York City.

-Founded and created the Today Show Charitable Foundation, an independently operated and funded 501C3 non-profit dedicated to putting a smile on the faces of the nation's neediest children through the Today Toy Drive -Distributed $395 million in-kind and cash donations to more than 200 children's charities since 1994 -Honored by Boys & Girls Clubs of America with 2010 Foundation Philanthropy Award -Provide non-profit leadeship and coordinate relationship between Foundation and NBC Universal -Manage independent staff -Work with partner companies to elicit donations, communicate the social responsibility message, solicit viewer donations -Promote NBC Universal and Today's commitment to social responsibility in the press and through social media -Contribute editorial to annual Social Responsibility report for NBC Universal and Comcast -Produce on-air segments for Today throughout the month-long toy drive

-Produced Live and Tape Sports Coverage on all major sports and anthology sports, both domestic and international events -Producer Major League Baseball Game of the Week Pregame Show -Producer, NFL 1980-1988 Pregame Show -Feature Producer 1980-1988 World Series on NBC Pregame Shows -Feature Producer, Super Bowl Pregame segments on NBC -Halftime Producer, Feature Producer, Replay Producer 1983-1988 Orange Bowls -Producer, 1983, 1987 World Championships of Track & Field -1987, Producer East German National Games, only Western TV crew ever allowed -1983 interview with Former President Jimmy Carter on 1980 Olympic Boycott, his first out of office interview, with Edwin Newman -Producer, 1982-1987 Breeders' Cup -Producer 1980 Friendship Games in China, first international games hosted there -3 Emmys for Best Edited Features for pregame shows