As Senior Vice President, Alternative Series Development and Production, Entertainment Networks, for NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, Heather Olander oversees USA and Syfy’s slate of unscripted series, including Syfy’s Critics Choice Award-winning reality competition series Face Off and USA’s hit series Chrisley Knows Best.

Olander’s duties were expanded to include oversight of alternative programming for both networks in April 2016.

Based in NBCUniversal’s Los Angeles office, Olander reports to Bill McGoldrick, Executive Vice President, Scripted Content, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment.

Previously, Olander had been Senior Vice President, Alternative Series Development and Production, Syfy, since 2014.
Before joining Syfy, Olander was Senior Vice President, Alternative Programming, USA Network, where she successfully launched USA into the unscripted space, developing and launching the breakout program Chrisley Knows Best.
Prior to USA, Olander was Vice President, Programming and Development for CBS Television Distribution, where she developed new syndicated shows and oversaw current first-run strips. Before that, Olander was at MTV, where she served as Vice President of Original Series Development and Current Programming.

Olander graduated with a B.A. from Cornell University.

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