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Elizabeth Stephens Gets Promotion To
Vice President At Foothill Entertainment
Elizabeth Stephens, Vice President - Sales and Development at Foothill Entertainment
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Elizabeth Stephens has been promoted to the position of Vice President – Sales and Development at Foothill Entertainment, the Santa Barbara and London based distribution and executive production company, and attends MIPTV under her new responsibilities.
Foothill's President Jo Kavanagh-Payne says: "Elizabeth has been quietly amassing an impressive resume of deals and contacts throughout the world. This promotion is well deserved and merely reflects the real growth she has attained since her last promotion."
With three productions actively in development at Foothill, Stephens will continue her involvement with these co-production efforts in addition to her distribution initiatives. She reports to company President, Jo Kavanagh-Payne.
Stephens, joined Foothill in fall 2008, and is a graduate of University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Women's Studies. Since her graduation, she has been actively involved in the Santa Barbara community with dance, music, language and fitness programs for kids, in particular those involving the Brazilian martial art of Capoeira. Stephens will be tasked with increasing Foothill's linear and non-linear distribution footprint in addition to focusing on new strategies for the rest of the world. She will be attending MIPTV in her new role and plans to finalize a number of deals in Cannes.
About Foothill Entertainment
Founded in September 2000 by Jo Kavanagh-Payne, former Link Television Entertainment, Inc. Senior Vice President of U.S. Operations and former DIC Entertainment executive vice president of business and legal affairs, Gregory Payne, Foothill specializes in the co-development and distribution of children's and family entertainment programming. Their company is based in Santa Barbara, California and London.
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