Abbe Raven

After graduating from the State University of New York at Buffalo, Raven was a stage manager for off-Broadway and regional theater. She took an opportunity to work for a company called DAYTIME that was just starting out. It later became the Arts & Entertainment Network. She was promoted to Senior Vice President and put in charge of all production, post-production and studio facilities.^[7] Raven then transferred to the HISTORY brand as the Executive Vice President and General Manager^[8] and was in charge of all programming. She was then promoted to President of A&E Network and The Biography Channel. In March 2005, Raven became the President & CEO of A+E Networks.^[9] In June 2013, she became Chairman of A+E Networks.^[10] Raven retired and became Chairman Emeritus of A+E Networks in February 2015.^[11] Upon the departure of CEO Nancy Dubuc in March 2018, Raven returned to A+E as Acting Chairman.^[12]

In October 2009, she was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame.^[13]

In 2010, she was named in The Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Power 100 list and named one of the top 5 most powerful women in entertainment.^[14]

She was Chairman of the board and now alumni Board Member of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.^[15]

Raven was elected as Vice Chair of the inaugural Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Advisory Council

Raven is on the board of directors of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.^[16]

She previously served on the board of directors of Pencil, a non-profit group that brings corporate know how to New York City public schools.^[17]

She is a director of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and is on their executive committee.^[18]

In 2018, Raven was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the State University of New York at Buffalo.^[19] Hunter College, and Florida Southern College.

Raven was a co-producer of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical The Prom, which opened on November 15, 2018.^[20] As a co-producer, she received a Tony Award for best musical revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company in 2021. She is also co-producer of the current Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman, which opened Oct 9,2022.

• Raven, Abbe, Producer, "The Prom", Company{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

• Raven, Abbe, Producer (October 9, 2022), Death of a Salesman{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• "Wonder Women: Smithsonian appoints advisory council for budding women's history museum in Washington, DC", Smithsonian American Women's History, August 8, 2021