Heckman’s role recently evolved to include strategy leadership for Paramount’s streaming services in international markets, and she played a crucial role in distribution expansion in France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland this past December. She also guided the Canadian launch of Paramount’s FAST service, Pluto TV, in December, a move that saw the streamer’s largest content offering at launch to date via a partnership with Corus Entertainment.

“My dad recently retired and started writing a memoir, detailing how he, a child of Chinese immigrants, became a civil rights lawyer, eventually serving as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. As his biggest fan, I’d love to spend time helping him tell his story so the next generation of our family knows his dedication to creating a more just world.”

If you took a six-month sabbatical, how would you spend it? My dad recently retired and started writing a memoir, detailing how he, a child of Chinese immigrants, became a civil rights lawyer, eventually serving as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. As his biggest fan, I’d love to spend time helping him tell his story so the next generation of our family knows his dedication to creating a more just world.

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