About Nancy

Nancy is a professionally trained life coach specializing in the entertainment industry and loves working with people on all sides of the business.

Nancy began her career on Wall Street where she was a sales assistant for six years. In pursuit of her life-long dream to work in entertainment, Nancy scored a television job for Emmy Award-winning talk show host Montel Williams. Working her way up in Montel’s production company, Nancy went from being a Production Coordinator to the Head of East Coast Development of the company.

In her eight years working with Montel, she produced several live pay-per-view specials featuring world renowned psychic Sylvia Browne and associate produced “Little Pieces,” an independent film that marked Montel’s directorial debut. When Montel was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, Nancy was instrumental in starting his foundation, The Montel Williams MS Foundation, and ultimately served as Executive Director of the organization. Additionally, during her time with Montel, she launched Letnom Management, a boutique talent management firm specializing in comedy which she developed with the use of her experience as producer of live comedy shows in the tri-state area, most notably Broadway’s Town Hall theater’s Outrageous Comedy night featuring comedian Sandra Bernhard.

In 2002, Nancy was the first elected Chair of the Gotham-based Producers Guild of America East, tripling its membership during her tenure. Nancy was on the organization’s National Board of Directors based in Los Angeles and remains on the East Coast Chapter’s Board of Advisors.

Nancy holds a Masters degree in Communications and a Masters in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, in addition to a Bachelors degree in Psychology from New York University. Currently, Nancy is working towards her Doctorate in Adult Learning and Leadership at Columbia University’s Teachers College.

Nancy still finds time to manage shows at The Broadway Comedy Club on Sunday nights in New York City. She resides in Brooklyn and writes for a number of publications and blogs on Oxygen’s website Oomph.net, helping other people develop their talents.