Named president of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network in 2019, Tina Perry oversees all operations and creative areas of the network, reporting to OWN Chairman and CEO Oprah Winfrey. Her leadership is a driving force behind the network’s ongoing evolution to become the leading destination for Black audiences.
She also oversees OWN’s robust digital division including the TVE Everywhere product, WatchOWN, the network’s award-winning website Oprah.com, and its growing podcast business. She also oversees OWN on d+, Discovery’s direct-to-consumer streaming service.
Perry serves on the OWN Board of Directors, The Paley Center for Media’s Los Angeles Board of Governors, The Television Academy Foundation’s Board of Directors, the board of directors of The Friends of the Saban Community Clinic, the board of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society (HRTS), and in 2021 was elected to the board of directors of Blucora.
She has a passion for art and serves on the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Board of Trustees, Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center Advisory Board, and is a founding board member of The Mistake Room, LA’s independent, nonprofit global platform for contemporary art and ideas.
Perry was named to Ebony Magazine’s Power 100 list, was honored at the Multichannel News Wonder Woman Awards in 2020 as one of the Cablefax 2020 Most Powerful Women “Wavemakers” in 2020, and received the Women in Cable Telecommunications’ LEA Award in 2019.
