Dawn Ciccone

Senior Director, Consumer Products
PBS Ventures

Dawn Ciccone is Senior Director, Consumer Products within PBS Ventures, the revenue-generating division of PBS.  She oversees the businesses of cause partnership and licensing, where she creates differentiating platforms and integration strategies that support the mission of public television and drive new revenue streams.   Dawn serves as an Officer on the boards of SPLICE [Society of Product Licensors Committed to Excellence] and American Women in Radio and Television.  She also chairs the Communications and Services Committee at the Residences at the Ritz Carlton, and is a regular speaker at key trade events.  She earned a BS in Communications from the State University of New York College at Fredonia and an MBA in Business Management from the University of California in Irvine.

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