As Senior Vice President, Editorial Development, Maryanne Culpepper
oversees story development for all NGT programming. To this end, Culpepper
develops content and coordinates cross-divisional planning throughout National
Geographic, utilizing Society-wide media, talent, and marketing. Working closely with NGTs editorial groups,
Culpepper spearheads efforts toward long-range editorial planning and
facilitating collaboration between various production units while initiating a
consolidated review process for external proposals submitted to both NGT and
National Geographic Channel.
Culpepper, an Emmy award-winning writer/producer with 20 years
experience in television production and broadcast management, joined NGT in
1996 as Director, Story Development. Prior to joining NGT, Culpepper was the
founder and president of Graffiti Works, a film and video production company
based in Orlando, Florida and Washington, D.C. Culpepper earned her Bachelor of
Science in Journalism and Communications and a Masters Degree in Communication
from the University of Florida.