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4
Roles reported
4
Reported compensation
$1.1M
Others who share this name
2
Who this is
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Reported as President & CEO of Sesame Workshop, based in New York, NY.
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Received $1.1M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Biography Web-sourced
CEO of Sesame Workshop since 2024, the first woman to lead the organization. Previously Vice President for Education and Advocacy at Sesame Workshop since 1998, with prior roles in the White House, HUD, ABC Television, and U.S.
News & World Report. Recognized as a Leading Global Thinker by Foreign Policy Magazine and included in Forbes' 50 Over 50 list.
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Career & tenure
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Tenure here
Sesame Workshop since 1998; CEO since 2024
Education
Communications) · University of Virginia (19801980
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Sesame WorkshopPresident & CEO · $180.7M revenue · New York, NYSESAME WORKSHOP'S MISSION IS TO HELP KIDS GROW SMARTER, STRONGER AND KINDER. (SEE SCHEDULE O)pay $865K → $1.1MFiled FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.1Mreported comp
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Sesame Workshop International INCCEO · $1.2M revenue · New York, NYSESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL'S MISSION IS TO CARRY OUT THE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF SESAME WORKSHOP, INTERNATIONALLY, HELPING KIDS…Filed FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center for Educational Media and Research INCCEO/President of Sesame Workshop · $2.8M revenue · New York, NYNAMED FOR THE CO-FOUNDER AND VISIONARY BEHIND SESAME STREET, THE JOAN GANZ COONEY CENTER IS AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND INNOVATION LAB WITHIN SESAME…Filed FY2024, FY2023 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
United States Fund for UNICEFDirector · $573.9M revenue · New York, NYThe organization's mission is to support programs through fundraising, advocacy and education that provide lifesaving medicines, better nutrition,…Filed FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Disambiguation
Other people named Sherrie Rollins Westin
Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.
Executive & Artistic Director · The Carnegie Hall Corporation
$2.6M
Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org
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