Sherrie Westin

Sherrie Westin is President and Interim CEO of Sesame Workshop, where she leads efforts to serve vulnerable children around the world through mass media and targeted initiatives. Westin spearheaded a partnership with the International Rescue Committee to bring early education to children in the Syrian response region, which was awarded the MacArthur Foundation’s first ever $100 million grant and created the largest early childhood intervention in the history of humanitarian response. This work has expanded to reach children in Bangladesh, East Africa, Latin America, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. Previously, Westin served as Assistant to the President for Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs under President George H.W. Bush and Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the U.S. Department for Housing and Urban Development. She has also held senior positions at the ABC Television Network and U.S. News & World Report.