Television Academy CEO and leadership

Maury McIntyre is a senior executive and specialist in global brand/digital media marketing and franchise development. He has consistently delivered unprecedented results in consumer engagement, brand affinity and revenue growth for premiere media organizations, including Disney and Fox. He currently leads the Television Academy and its Foundation as President and COO.

As Vice President of Digital, Maury elevated the Television Academy’s digital presence with an award-winning new website and a major content partnership with Yahoo. His focus on social media has tripled the Academy’s reach in that area, and his expansion of the Television Academy’s digital content around the Primetime Emmys has helped secure and augment partnerships with companies like Audi and Samsung.

Under his direction as the Vice President for Disney Interactive, the company won multiple Webby Awards in 2011 and 2012 for excellence in website design, content and usability, and realized significant growth in online traffic and engagement across numerous sites. Additionally, his leadership in franchise development drove exponential online growth for Disney’s key franchises, including Mickey Mouse, Princess, Fairies and Cars.

Prior to Disney Interactive, Maury held senior-level leadership roles in brand marketing and franchise development at Tokyopop and Twentieth Century Fox. His efforts successfully launched a new animated series on Cartoon Network and secured partnerships with Hasbro, Radio Shack, and Best Buy for Tokyopop. At Fox, Maury led the global re-launch of The Simpsons as a major consumer products brand, generating 600% brand growth with partners such as Kellogg’s, Playmates, Mattel, PepsiCo, Burger King, and others.

Specialties: Brand strategy and franchise development, online marketing and website development, international experience, new business development/strategic alliances, packaged goods/consumer products marketing, product/promotions development, team management

Susan Spencer is a CMO, SVP Media and Brand Marketing at Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and is based in Los Angeles, California. She has worked as Director of Promotions at Universal Studios Hollywood; EVP Marketing, Head of Marketing at DREAMWORKS ANIMATION SKG INC.; and Vice President, Local Sales and Marketing at Universal Studios Hollywood. Susan studied at University of Southern California.