Sheri Salata

Sheri Salata (born October 20, 1959) is an author, speaker and producer. [1] She was co-president of Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and president of Winfrey’s Harpo Productions.

Salata was born in Georgia and raised in Waukegan, Illinois.[2] She graduated from the University of Iowa in the early 1980s.[3] Salata's first job in production was as assistant to the Executive producer at Grey Advertising in Chicago.[3] Salata entered Harpo Studios in 1995 as promotions producer.[2] In 2009 she was named president of Harpo Studios. Salata served as executive producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show from 2006 until the show ended in 2011.[2] She was co-president of OWN with Erik Logan from July 2011 until May 2016.[2]

Salata was introduced to a wider audience in the TV series Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes, airing on OWN January–August 2011.

In May 2016, Salata stepped down as co-president to become co-founder (with Nancy Hala) of STORY, a female-led media company dedicated to developing content and telling stories across all platforms and live events, expanding a vision of freedom, growth, joy, and dream-building.[4] [5]

Salata and Nancy Hala are co-hosts of the podcast The Sheri + Nancy Show. [1] In June 2019, Salata published her memoir, The Beautiful No and Other Tales of Trial, Transcendence, and Transformation.[6]