VICKI DUMMER
Senior Vice President, Alternative Series, Specials and Late-Night,
ABC Entertainment
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Vicki Dummer oversees Alternative Series, Specials and Late-Night for ABC Entertainment as senior vice president, and heads the department along with John Saade. She reports to Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment.
In this role, Ms. Dummer focuses on current and specials for ABC's alternative series, along with development and late-night, as well as the management of the Alternative Series staff and spearheading the creative efforts for upcoming projects.
In her former position, Ms. Dummer was responsible for overseeing numerous programs, including "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," "Supernanny" and "American Inventor." Prior to joining the Alternative Series and Specials department, she honed her skills in the arts and entertainment industry.
Ms. Dummer began her career at ABC in October 1996 in the Comedy Series Programming department. She worked on several of ABC's most popular series, including "8 Simple Rules," "According to Jim," "Dharma & Greg," "The Drew Carey Show," "Less Than Perfect," "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
Prior to joining ABC, she was a senior program specialist at the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, DC. She has also held posts as executive director of a statewide service organization for dancers and performance artists, and was manager of a modern dance company.
Ms. Dummer received a Bachelor of Arts in arts administration from Ohio State University.