Sheri Salata

Who is Sheri Salata?

Sheri Salata is co-president of Oprah Winfrey Network and president of Winfrey’s Harpo Productions. She was born in Georgia and raised in Chicago's northern suburbs. She graduated from the University of Iowa in the early 1980s. Salata's first job was assistant to Perry Stebor, an executive at Grey Advertising in Chicago. Salata entered Harpo Studios in 1995 as promotions producer. In 2009 she was named president of Harpo Studios. Salata served as executive producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show from 2006 until the show ended in 2011. She was appointed co-president of OWN with Erik Logan in July 2011.

Salata was introduced to a wider audience in the TV series Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes, airing on OWN January–August 2011.