Courtney White is the vice president of program development and production for Scripps Networks’ HGTV, DIY  & GAC brands. She is responsible for facilitating original programming ideas and managing several series and pilots currently in production. White is also charged with identifying new on-air talent and developing multi-platform programs to accompany new programming.

White has created and launched several of HGTV’s highest rated series including :Beachfront Bargain Hunt, Hawaii Life, Caribbean Life and Selling Spelling Manor. She also developed the upcoming Vacation House for Free, Sold on the Spot and Ellen’s Design Challenge, the highly-anticipated Ellen DeGeneres’ competition series premiering in 2015.

Before joining Scripps in 2005, White was director of development and senior producer at Working Dog Productions where she developed HBO’s Emmy-nominated Dealing Dogs, National Geographic Channel’s Living with Exotics and Designer Dogs, PBS’s The Adirondacks, episodes of Court TV’s Masterminds and History's Texas: Big America.

With more than a decade of experience as a producer and writer, White’s credits include HBO’s Emmy-winning Through a Child’s Eyes: September 11, 2001 and DGA award-winning ‘Twas the Night.  She has written and produced a dozen hours of A&E Biography, National Geographic’s Plagues, PBS’s John Gardner: Uncommon American and the IFC feature comedy May the Best Man Win.

White holds a BFA in Film and Television from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

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