Anita Stewart

Anita Stewart is Senior Vice President of Global Strategic Partnerships and Development for the nonprofit educational organization Sesame Workshop. Stewart oversees the department’s comprehensive efforts to secure funding from corporations, foundations, and government sources for national and international education programs serving young children. Stewart’s group is responsible for developing private/public strategic partnerships for the Workshop’s signature children’s series, Sesame Street in the U.S., and international co-productions such as Plaza Sesamo in Mexico and South America, Vila Sesamo in Brazil, Takalani Sesame in South Africa, Galli Galli Sim Sim in India and Zhima Jie in China. She also oversees partnership opportunities for cause related outreach and interactive projects including Healthy Habits for Life, Sesame’s STEM initiative and a new global health initiative. Stewart focuses on creating programs that strategically align a partner’s overall goals and objectives with Sesame Workshop’s mission, both domestically and globally.

She also concentrates on developing innovative new multimedia, multinational partnerships that harness the power of all media, including mobile and digital platforms, to deliver critical educational messaging to children and families around the world, particularly the underserved. Some of the many partnerships have included: United Healthcare, PNC Bank, Merck Foundation, Earth’s Best, MetLife Foundation, USAID, Qualcomm, Susan & Michael Dell Foundation, Open Society Institute, and the U.S. Dept. of Defense, to name a few.

Previously, Stewart worked at PBS as National Marketing and Sales Director of the Sponsorship Group. Prior to that, she served at MobileComm Inc. as Vice President, Corporate and Marketing Communications. She has also held positions at Texaco, as Global Director, Advertising and Sales Promotion, and at N.W. Ayer & Partners as Senior Vice President.

Stewart is a member of Women in Communications, ANA, Cause Marketing Forum, Conference Board, Council of the Americas.