Betsy Scolnik is president of National Geographic Digital Media. She oversees all NGV digital media and business initiatives, including operating Nationalgeographic.com and its digital extensions, and managing the National Geographic digital film archive and short-form video programming, production and distribution. She also heads content development efforts for the Nationalgeographic.com Web site and Digital Media's initiatives in the wireless, video game, broadband and education markets.



Since joining National Geographic in September 2005 as vice president of content operations for National Geographic Digital Media, Scolnik has been a key player in the expansion of Nationalgeographic.com, with the redesign of the homepage and the launch of worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com, the widely acclaimed world music Web site that both musicians and consumers have embraced. She launched National Geographic Podcasts, which regularly appear in the IPod top 50 podcasts. She has managed the growth of the short-form programming, production and distribution unit, which was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2006.



Scolnik has a wide range of interactive content and operations experience tied to the emergence and growth of digital media, including extensive international experience. Prior to joining National Geographic, Scolnik worked at AOL for four years. From 2003 she served as vice president and general manager entertainment for AOL Europe based at AOL's U.S. and European operations in Dulles, Va., and London. She was a key player in the development and execution of AOL's highly successful "Live 8" series of concerts.



Previously, Scolnik worked for StarMedia network, then the largest Spanish- and Portuguese-language Internet media company, where she ran business development and programming for the StarMedia services across South America and Europe.



Scolnik has a B.S. in international relations from the University of California at Berkeley. She lives in Washington, D.C.