Eileen O’Neill ‘90

Eileen O’Neill is the president and general manager of The Learning Channel. O’Neill ended up at Discovery Communications, the parent company of TLC, because of an internship requirement for BGSU’s popular culture graduate degree. Under her leadership, TLC has added popular reality series, “Cake Boss,” “19 Kids and Counting” and “Say Yes to the Dress.” She is also credited with launching the Planet Green network from the ground up in less than 12 months. One of her series was “Greensburg,” which she produced with Leonard Dicaprio about the comeback of a town devastated by a tornado.