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Jodi Delaney
Jodi Delaney
Jodi Delaney is executive director of the Television Academy Foundation. She oversees daily operations and provides strategic leadership of foundation programs and initiatives to fulfill the charitable organization's mission to identify, advance and empower future television leaders. An executive with 20 years' experience in nonprofit, government, and private sector management and development, Delaney has supervised high-profile initiatives in entertainment, environmental conservation, economic development and social services throughout her career.
Jodi Delaney is executive director of the Television Academy Foundation. She oversees daily operations and provides strategic leadership of foundation programs and initiatives to fulfill the charitable organization's mission to identify, advance and empower future television leaders. An executive with 20 years' experience in nonprofit, government, and private sector management and development, Delaney has supervised high-profile initiatives in entertainment, environmental conservation, economic development and social services throughout her career.
Previously, Delaney served as chief development officer at the Youth Policy Institute, a nonprofit fighting intergenerational poverty in Los Angeles, where she oversaw donor development and fundraising efforts. Delaney also held the position of Los Angeles program director at The Trust for Public Land, a national environmental organization that builds parks and preserves natural places for communities in 30 states nationwide.
She served in New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's administration where she held two key positions over a six-year period. At the New Mexico Film Office, she directed the New Mexico Filmmakers program, creating numerous education and diversity-focused initiatives designed to help establish and grow a sustainable media community in the state. At the Department of Cultural Affairs, she was executive director of New Mexico's statehood centennial, a wide-ranging commemoration that involved over 300 projects among diverse communities in 33 counties.
Delaney's television career began in New York City, where she was field producer at ABC News on the multi-part series The Century with Peter Jennings. For over a decade Delaney was a writer and producer for documentaries, commercials and short films that aired on networks including HBO, TLC, History Channel and Discovery Health.
Delaney received her Master of Arts from Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Arts in speech-communication from the University of Minnesota. She is a board member of the Los Angeles Chapter of Advisors in Philanthropy and on the board of trustees of the Pasadena Waldorf School.
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Academy Foundation executive director Jodi Delaney, Glen Mazzara, Tarah Malhotra-Feinberg, Gary Barker, Ted Bunch, Matt Walsh and Foundation senior director of education programs Miracle Bizira
Television Academy Foundation Executive Director Jodi Delaney moderates a panel with Kristen Bartlett, Marco Esquivel and Brittany Chapman for the “Intern to Industry Professional” Panel
The “Intern to Industry Professional” Panel
Performer Amanda Kloots, Television Academy Music peer group governor Rickey Minor, Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma, costume designer Bob Mackie, Television Academy Foundaiton executive director Jodi Delaney and Television Academy Casting Directors peer group governor Kim Taylor-Coleman, CSA
Jodi Delaney, executive director of the Television Academy Foundation (center) with Dara Adedara (left) and Manuel Diaz (right), Television Academy interns who will be trophy presenters at the 74th Emmy Awards
Monica Pineda, Logan Johnson, Christina Oyelola, Jodi Delaney, Jules Crosby, Dara Adedara, Tia Black, Eren Joyce, Zoe Cannon, and Alexis RÌos at the Governors Gala at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
Television Academy Foundation manager of development and stewardship Azra Variscic, Foundation chief advancement officer Amani Roland, Rajib Guha, Foundation senior director of education programs Miracle Bizira and Foundation executive director Jodi Delaney
Ken Alcazar, Marina Darsalia, Television Academy Foundation executive director Jodi Delaney and Tony Ly
Television Academy governor Derek Spears, Television Academy Foundation executive director Jodi Delaney, and Television Academy second vice chair Tim Gibbons at the 2021 Producers and Writers Nominee Celebration
Television Academy Foundation Executive Director Jodi Delaney, writer/producer Margaret Nagle, Shoshannah Stern (This Close), Sarah Dunn (American Housewife), and Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) at the 2019 Faculty Seminar Conference, held November 4-6, 2019 at the Television Academy in North Hollywood, California.
Television Academy Foundation Executive Director Jodi Delaney, Spice Williams-Crosby, Talyn Edelson, and Laura Ferretti at the 2019 Stunts Nominee Reception on Saturday, September 7, 2019 at the Television Academy in North Hollywood, California.
Television Academy Governor Glenn Rigberg and Television Academy Foundation Executive Director Jodi Delaney at the 2019 Executive Peer Groups Celebration on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at NeueHouse Hollywood in Los Angeles, California.
Marina Darsalia and Television Academy Foundation Executive Director Jodi Delaney at the Costume Design & Supervision Nominee Reception, held at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, California, Saturday, August 17, 2019.
Television Academy Foundation Executive Director Jodi Delaney, Television Academy Foundation Chair Madeline Di Nonno, and Television Academy Foundation Chief Development Officer Karla Pita Loor at “The Power of TV: Trans Visibility in Storytelling,” a Television Academy Foundation event focused on representation of trans individuals in TV and the pathways to increased visibility, at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center on Thursday, August 1, 2019 in North Hollywood, California.
Beth David, Esteban Bravo, and Television Academy Foundation Executive Director Jodi Delaney, at the 39th College Television Awards presented by the Television Academy Foundation at the Saban Media Center on Saturday, March 16, 2019, in North Hollywood, California.
Benito Martinez, left, and Jodi Delaney, executive director, Television Academy Foundation, attend the 19th Annual Emmys Golf Classic
Jodi Delaney, executive director of the Television Academy Foundation, Rachelle Houston, and Cedric the Entertainer pose at the 19th Annual Emmys Golf Classic
Television Academy Foundation Executive Director Jodi Delaney and Mitch Waldow at the 2018 Writers Nominee Reception held on Thursday, September 13, 2018 at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California.
Ron Frierson and Television Academy Foundation executive director Jodi Delaney at the 2018 Dynamic and Diverse Celebration presented by the Television Academy on Tuesday, September 11, 2018, in North Hollywood, California.
Television Academy Foundation Executive Director Jodi Delaney and De Andre Allen-Toole at the 2018 Music Peer Group Nominee Reception at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center on Wednesday, September 5, 2018, in North Hollywood, California.
Television Academy Foundation Executive Director Jodi Delaney, Abbe Kanter, and Michael Jaye at the 2018 Music Peer Group Nominee Reception at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center on Wednesday, September 5, 2018, in North Hollywood, California.
Television Academy Chairman and CEO Hayma Washington, Television Academy Foundation Executive Director Jodi Delaney, and Television Academy President and COO Maury McIntyre at the Television Academy's 2018 Choreographers Nominee Reception at the Saban Media Center’s Wolf Theatre on Sunday, August 26, 2018 in North Hollywood, California.
Television Academy Foundation executive director Jodi Delaney and Benito Martinez, of the Television Academy Foundation board of directors, attend the panel discussion “The Power of TV: Latinx Inclusion,” on Thursday, August 9, 2018 in North Hollywood, California.
Linda Hope with Television Academy Foundation Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships & External Relations Karla Loor Kitchel, and Television Academy Foundation Executive Director Jodi Delaney at the Television Academy Foundation's public program, “THE POWER OF TV -- AMERICAN MASTERS: This is Bob Hope...,” a special screening and discussion on Thursday, November 30, 2017 at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California
Television Academy Governor Bob Bronow, Jodi Delaney and John Gray attend the 2017 Documentary/Reality Programming Nominee Reception at the Television Academy Wolf Theatre and Saban Media Center on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, in North Hollywood, California.
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Jodi Delaney Named Executive Director, Television Academy Foundation
