Lindsay Sturman

Sturman began her writing career on the staff of television series, including Joan of Arcadia, Odyssey 5, and Family Law. She served as both writer and producer on Battle Creek, Cult, Rizzoli & Isles, NCIS: Los Angeles, Harper's Island, and Close to Home.

After serving as consulting producer on Teen Wolf, she became co-executive producer and co-showrunner (2016–2017). Sturman stated that "the fans get how powerful the show is. They get that the show is truly complex, and that it is doing many things at once," and "I think the fans validate that shows do not have to be one simple thing, one 'kind' of show, but can be layered and complex."^[9]

In 2022, Sturman became showrunner of When Calls the Heart, the Hallmark Channel's longest-running television series.^[10] Regarding writer Janette Oke, whose books inspired the series, Sturman stated: "I have been lucky enough to meet Janette Oke, and I think her goodness permeates everything we do, and inspires us to tell kind stories."^[11]

Sturman is a co-host of Bike Talk, a podcast focused on cycling and urban-planning issues, broadcast on KPFK.^[12][13][14]

Sturman led the founding of three charter schools in Los Angeles: Larchmont Charter School, Valley Charter School, and City Language Immersion Charter School.^[15][16][17] In 2009, she received the Hart Vision California Charter School Volunteer of the Year Award.^[18][19]

In 2020, Sturman co-founded the Livable Communities Initiative, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes high-quality attainable housing for families by transforming Los Angeles's commercial corridors into walkable, bikeable 15-minute cities near job centers and public transportation.^{[20][21][22][23]}

• Lindsay Sturman at IMDb
• biketalk.org, Bike Talk podcast
• livablecommunitiesinitiative.org, official website of the Livable Communities Initiative
• valleycharterschool.org/founders, Valley Charter School founders page