How did your background & upbringing influence you in becoming such a fearless trailblazer?

Loreen Arbus (Author & Emmy Nominated Executive Producer)


Loreen Arbus, President of the Loreen Arbus Foundation, Goldenson-Arbus Foundation, and the first woman to head programming for a U.S. network, talked with SarderTV correspondent, Tracey Fitzpatrick, about her early life. She discusses how her parents contributed to her fierce independence and her interest in philanthropy. She tells the story of how she and a girlfriend traveled by bus by themselves at age 13 and what she learned from the experience.

Loreen Arbus

Author, Activist, Philantropist & Emmy Nominated Executive Producer Loreen Arbus an author, activist, philanthropist and Emmy nominated executive producer. She is the first woman in the United States to head programming for a national network, which she has done for both Showtime and Cable Health Network/Lifetime Television. Arbus has an extensive history in the entertainment industry, having been a writer and producer, a consultant to various networks, and an executive in network television, cable, syndication, and print media.

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Loreen Arbus

Author, Activist, Philantropist & Emmy Nominated Executive Producer

Loreen Arbus an author, activist, philanthropist and Emmy nominated executive producer. She is the first woman in the United States to head programming for a national network, which she has done for both Showtime and Cable Health Network/Lifetime Television. Arbus has an extensive history in the entertainment industry, having been a writer and producer, a consultant to various networks, and an executive in network television, cable, syndication, and print media.

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Tracey Fitzpatrick

Tracey Fitzpatrick

Sarder TV Anchor & Former Market News Video Anchor

Tracey is a Telly Award winning producer and reporter and has spent over a decade at Cablevision. She also has had stints at Time Warner’s NY1 News, and recently a financial news anchor with Market News Video.

Tracey is the recipient of several industry awards including, a Cable Ace Nominee, and is a three time Telly Award winning producer/reporter.

In addition, she writes for Examiner.com, an online news and entertainment site with a focus on fashion and fundraising, and also creates content for Wochit, an award-winning video creation platform.

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