DreamWorks Animation announced the election of Richard Sherman to its Board of Directors.
Sherman has served as CEO of The David Geffen Company, an investment management company, since 1992. Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Sherman was a partner with Breslauer, Jacobson, Rutman and Sherman, a leading business management firm serving the entertainment industry. He previously served as a staff accountant with Peat, Marwick and Mitchell.
Sherman is a certified public accountant and serves on the Boards of Directors for Aviva Family and Children's Services, The Geffen Playhouse and The David Geffen Foundation.
With the appointment of Sherman, DreamWorks Animation's Board of Directors currently has 12 members including: Roger Enrico, Chairman of DreamWorks Animation; Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation; Lew Coleman, President and Chief Financial Officer of DreamWorks Animation; Mellody Hobson, President of Ariel Capital Management; Nathan Myhrvold, CEO of Intellectual Ventures; Meg Whitman, former President and CEO of eBay; Karl von der Heyden, retired Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo, Inc.; Judson Green, President and CEO of NAVTEQ; Michael Montgomery, President of Montgomery & Co; Tom Freston, former President and CEO of Viacom; and entertainment attorney Skip Brittenham.
