Our Team: Sara Beechner
Title: Executive Producer
What I do at EnviroMedia:
Concept million-dollar ideas. Produce on a dime.
My life before EnviroMedia, in 50 words or less:
Armed with degrees from UT in radio-TV-film and broadcast journalism,
I worked in Hollywood for William Morris, Disney and Marketing Corp. of
America. Before landing at EnviroMedia, I did grad school in Boston and
taught college-level students the basics of mass communication, script
writing and video production.
I work at EnviroMedia because:
There’s no better way to change the world.
The celebrity I admire most is:
Meryl Streep for her amazing talent and her ability to stay true to her
profession without contracting tabloid fever.
My most recent “brush with fame” was:
Not recent, but I recall approaching Michael Richards (pre-“Seinfeld”)
after a screening of “UHF” in which he played Stanley Spadowski
and telling him how he was a “rising star” in the world of
comedy.
The issue I’m most passionate about is:
Expression – necessary for evolution.
My most memorable moment at EnviroMedia is:
Losing a bet to Valerie Davis and showing up “bald” to a company
dinner.
The accomplishment I’m most proud of at EnviroMedia is:
Helping build it from scratch with a handful of the most dedicated, fun,
smart people on the planet.
If I could be anywhere else at the moment, I would be:
In St. John, Virgin Islands, swimming in the pristine waters and enjoying
the world’s most amazing public beaches.
If I could be someone (or something) else for a day, I would be:
Steven Spielberg.
If I could enact one new law it would be:
Equal Rights Amendment.
My favorite Web sites are:
eonline.com
adcritic.com
phonespell.org
anagramgenius.com
apple.com
travelocity.com
harveysidfisher.com
sesamestreet.org
In my spare time I enjoy:
Reflecting on periods of my life in which I had spare time (pre-parenthood).
My most impressive “cocktail party line” about myself would
be:
“I won an award as ‘best belcher in the park’ when I
was in the fourth grade. Thankfully, I got that out of my system back
then.”