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Vivian Schiller

Vice President of the Aspen Institute; Executive Director of Aspen Digital

Rochester Hills, Michigan, U.S.

Vivian Schiller is the Executive Director of the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Digital, which empowers policymakers, civic organizations, companies, and the public to be responsible stewards of technology and media in the service of an informed, just, and equitable world. A longtime executive at the intersection of journalism, media, and technology, Schiller has held executive roles at some of the most respected media organizations in the world. Those include: President and CEO of NPR; Global Chair of News at Twitter; General Manager of NYTimes.com; Chief Digital Officer of NBC News; Chief of the Discovery Times Channel, a joint venture of The New York Times and Discovery Communications; and Head of CNN documentary and long-form divisions. Vivian Schiller is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Director of the Scott Trust, which owns The Guardian.