Sesame Street Executive Address Sunrise Rotary

At the Westport Sunrise Rotary breakfast meeting on Friday, January 14, the featured guest speaker will be Andrew Ames, Vice President, Global Production at Sesame Workshop in New York.   The meeting starts at 7:30 a.m. and is held at Bobby Q’s Restaurant, 42 Main Street, Westport.  Guests are welcomed. There is a $12 fee for the meeting which includes a breakfast buffet.

Ames oversees international co-productions and domestic outreach productions, including US primetime television specials. He is responsible for creative content and budgeting, financing and scheduling for all projects in these areas. Ames has over 25 years experience in creating, overseeing, producing and directing media content for multiple platforms, live and on tape, in studio and on locations around the world.

Prior to joining Sesame Workshop, he enjoyed a varied career as a media executive, producer, director and writer for a wide array of programs and networks, including The History Channel, Reading Rainbow, Good Morning America, Candid Camera, America's Most Wanted, Martha Stewart (CBS primetime holiday special), Mickey Mouse Club and several adventure series that took him from Borneo jungles in search of wild orangutans to paragliding in the Venezuelan Andes. 

Ames has won one national Emmy Award (Reading Rainbow) and has received five national Emmy nominations. He holds a B.A. in English Literature from Columbia College in New York City and an M.A. in Radio/TV/Film from the University of Michigan.

For more information about Westport Sunrise Rotary, visit the club's website at westportsunriserotary.com; call the club’s “hotline” at 203-454-6446; contact Sheila Keenan, membership, at 203-856-9172, sheilafkeenan@aol.com; or attend a meeting any Friday at 7:30 a.m. at Bobby Q’s Restaurant, 42 Main Street, Westport.

The members of the Westport Sunrise Rotary Club are a diverse group of business and professional leaders who contribute their time, talents and financial support to aid local charities, youth programs and international humanitarian programs.  The club is dedicated to encouraging high ethical standards in all club activities and to helping Rotary International build goodwill and peace in the world.  The club participates with 1.2 million fellow Rotarians in 33,000 clubs around the world to uphold Rotary’s motto of "Service Above Self."