Sherry Gunther
- Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship
Sherry Gunther Shugerman is a two-time Emmy-Award winning producer & media executive with 7 Emmy-Award Nominations, a Cable-Ace Award, and multiple film festival awards.
As a producer, Sherry holds an unparalleled track-record of creating & producing some of television's top hits for the past 3 decades including: The Simpsons, Family Guy, Rugrats, PowerPuff Girls & more. Sherry most recently produced an adult animated series for Netflix with Zack Snyder and team, titled Twilight of the Gods. Sherry began her career at Disney Feature Animation on The Little Mermaid and more.
Sherry has helmed studios and production divisions for Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros., Hanna Barbera, Klasky Csupo & Nickelodeon, and was part of the team who launched The Cartoon Network with 8 hit series.
Sherry is also a serial entrepreneur who has built several successful companies in the gaming/digital/tech space & a successful toy company with multi-platform brands (including global retail and licensing). Her latest venture, KazooBadoo, a K-5 educational platform for content driven experiential learning, is launching into classrooms across California!
Sherry holds a BS from UCLA and MBA from USC, where she has been an Adjunct Professor teaching ‘Entrepreneurship in the Media and Entertainment Industry’ to graduate students for the past 12 years.