Ellen Stone

EVP, Marketing, Bravo & Oxygen Media

Stone oversees the development and execution of consumer advertising, on and off-air creative, digital/social marketing and licensing to ensure consistency of both networks’ brands across all platforms. A key member of the senior management team at Bravo and Oxygen Media, she excels at creating fresh, meaningful content that showcases the brands and engages fans across platforms, including emerging innovations like Facebook Canvas and Snapchat Memories. “Surround yourself with people you like and can count on in a crisis as well as day to day,” is the advice she’d give her 13-year-old self.  “The relationships you forge go far in helping achieve your goals.”

What advice would you give your 13-year-old self?

Surround yourself with people you like and can count on in a crisis as well as day to day.  The relationships you forge go far in helping achieve your goals.

Which current programming best reflects the kind of women’s roles you like to see and why?

There are more and more women being showcased in powerful and authentic roles with shows such as “Homeland” and the new NBC show “This is Us.”  Bravo’s “Odd Mom Out” shows how one woman, Jill Kargman, can successfully carve her own unique path AND be crazy funny! And, we also recently launched the new docu-series “Strut” on Oxygen, which follows several transgender women who are trying to break down barriers and challenge the standard of beauty within the modeling industry.