Kristy Cooper is a six-time Emmy award-winning producer. She began her

media career in domestic news at CNN followed by ESPN’s SportsCenter before returning to CNN's Special Projects unit. This position was followed by a decade-long contract with the Department of Defense working alongside U.S. military journalists producing live news, commercials, promos, public service announcements, and trailers. While there she managed the creative services department and led the full rebrand of The Pentagon Channel. She was also the Director of Marketing and Coordinating Producer for Towne Group, a strategic communications company, with clients ranging from nonprofits to government agencies.

 

Cooper led Empire PBS (KVCR) as the Director of Original Television Production where she was the showrunner for over ten series and specials including two that won Emmy awards: a military docu-special and a lifestyle series. Additionally, she won gold and silver awards from the American Advertising Federation for rebranding the station.

 

She founded Team Cooper Entertainment, a production company that developed television shows and highlighted dynamic women.

 

Most recently, she was Senior Director of Live Programming and Senior Director of Special Projects for BNC and Executive Producer. As well as Executive Producer over all video production for Oak Hill Strategies, a PR firm servicing various nonprofits and government agencies.

 

Cooper lives in Atlanta, GA with her talent agent hubby Ralph and their son Jack.