Sheri Salata

Salata was born in Georgia and raised in Waukegan, Illinois.^[2] She graduated from the University of Iowa in the early 1980s.^[3] Salata's first job in production was as assistant to the Executive producer at Grey Advertising in Chicago.^[3] Salata entered Harpo Studios in 1995 as promotions producer.^[2]

In 2009 she was named president of Harpo Studios.^{[citation needed]} Salata served as executive producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show from 2006 until the show ended in 2011.^[2] She was co-president of OWN with Erik Logan from July 2011 until May 2016.^[2]

Salata was introduced to a wider audience in the TV series Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes, airing on OWN January–August 2011.

Salata and Nancy Hala are co-hosts of the podcast The Sheri + Nancy Show^[usurped].^[1] In June 2019, Salata published her memoir, The Beautiful No and Other Tales of Trial, Transcendence, and Transformation.^[4]

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