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Katherine Oliver was appointed Commissioner of The New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting on August 1, 2002. Under her stewardship, the agency has become the one-stop shop for entertainment production in New York City, an industry that employs over 100,000 New Yorkers and supports 4,000 local businesses.
Commissioner Oliver directed her team in a successful effort that led to the passage of the historic “Made in NY” tax incentive program signed into law by Mayor Bloomberg in January 2005. This program has created $4.1 billion in business and over 20,000 new jobs.
She has also worked to diversify the City’s entertainment industry through career panels, educational initiatives and community outreach, including the “Made in NY” Production Assistant Training Program. Developed in partnership with the non-profit organization Brooklyn Workforce Innovations, this program trains diverse New Yorkers in entry-level production jobs. Commissioner Oliver set up the “Made in NY” Scholarship Fund with New York City College of Technology, sending five students a year to the Brooklyn-based CUNY campus to study media production.
In addition, Commissioner Oliver created the “Made in NY” marketing initiative to promote projects filmed in New York City. This includes a retail campaign featuring branded merchandise and a commemorative book published by Rizzoli entitled Scenes from the City: Filmmaking in NY, which generated revenue and visibility for the City of New York.
Prior to her appointment, Commissioner Oliver served as General Manager of Bloomberg Radio and Television, where she managed 650 people. She built digital broadcast operations in 25 cities worldwide and oversaw Bloomberg's ten channels in seven different languages. She has also worked as a radio and television reporter for Bloomberg, CNBC, Financial News Network, WABC Radio, 1010 WINS and WBGO; and taught a journalism course at New York University.
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