Stephanie Leifer

Stephanie Leifer is head of current series, Current Programming, ABC Studios, a position she’s held since 2010. In this role, she oversees all current series in production at ABC Studios. She reports to Craig Hunegs, president, Disney Television Studios. ABC Studios is a part of Disney Television Studios, a collection of studios comprised of 20th Century Fox Television, ABC Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios.

Leifer has worked at ABC Studios and ABC since 1994 in a series of different roles. While at ABC Studios, she has been an executive in both the Current and Drama Development departments. Prior to joining the studio in 2006, Leifer worked for 12 years at ABC, rising through the ranks from an assistant in the Movie of the Week department to an executive in Current Programming, Drama Development and Comedy Development. From 2002-06, she was senior vice president of Comedy Development, a job in which she was responsible for the development and production of all comedy pilots for The ABC Television Network.

Prior to joining ABC, Leifer was a literary assistant at Writers and Artists Agency. She began her career as a production associate at WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts.

Born and raised in New Jersey, Leifer received a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Georgetown University and a Master of Science degree in broadcasting from Boston University. She resides in Los Angeles.