Michael Novick
PRESIDENT, NOVICK ENTERTAINMENT
As President of Novick Entertainment, a company Novick founded in 2013 after the success of the television series Glee which he co-created in association with Ryan Murphy and Fox, Novick has produced a number of projects including his most recent success, Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands a recently released Podcast starring Allison Williams and Tony Goldwyn based on the first murder trial in US History. The Podcast soared to the top of the Apple podcasts charts within days of its release. He has also produced music videos for independent artists such as Thao w/the Get Down Stay Down; McLovins self-titled album with Grammy Emmy and Tony award winning producer Bill Sherman; the award-winning We the Kings a narrative feature film with British writer/director Lauren Mackenzie. The film won the Raindance Film Festival in London. Lauren was listed for a British Independent Film award for breakthrough director. Novick has cultivated a full slate of projects including: Living Room a novel by Rachel Sherman with Oscar Nominated screenwriter Robert Festinger (In the Bedroom) attached to adapt and direct.
Michael Novick is an award-winning producer and entertainment executive with over two decades of experience producing and managing some of the biggest names in the music, television, theater and film.
Lauren Leader
CO-FOUNDER, SOUNDSPRING
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She is founder and CEO of All In Together, a nonprofit organization founded in 2014 dedicated to women’s leadership with a focus on tech safety, economic security and health for women. Over the last 20 years Lauren has advised a wide array of public and private companies and institutions, as an independent consultant and through executive roles at Oliver Wyman, Deloitte, and earlier in her career at Booz & Company. She works to advance strategic business goals through innovative, values-based leadership and organizational transformation. She has served clients in nearly every industry including entertainment, financial services, healthcare and non-profit.
Lauren’s writing and work has appeared in a wide array of publications including NOTUS, Politico, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, The Hill and many more. She has been a weekly contributor to Morning Joe for more than 8 years and appeared on most major news networks. She is frequent speaker, lecturer, and panel member at a conferences including the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Milken Global Conference, the World Economic Forum at Davos, and more.
Formerly the president of the global think tank Center for Talent Innovation throughout her career and in everything she does, she has worked to advance women and underrepresented groups.
She was a Presidential Leadership Scholar and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a graduate of Barnard College.
Novick has also partnered with Broadway Super-Producer Kevin McCollum (Rent, Avenue Q, Motown, Something Rotten, In the Heights, Six, West Side Story) on a variety of film, TV and stage projects including Leila Sales book, This Song Will Save Your Life that McCollum and Novick will produce for stage and screen. Lastly, Novick has most recently branched out into artist management representing a mix of music genres including Pop-Country Carolyn Miller, pop rock Jake Huffman, and alt pop Baker Grace as well as writer/director Allison Flom. Most recently Novick is working with Hank Azaria and the EZ Street Band, a Bruce Springsteen Tribute project making its live debut on August 1st in NYC.
Novick started his career in New York appearing in numerous commercials, off-Broadway and regional theatre productions and independent films. In 2008 a script he pitched to Ryan Murphy as film became the global phenomenon of a TV show Glee which he produced. He received an Emmy nomination for Best Comedy Series and the show won a Peabody Award, two Golden Globe Awards for Best TV Comedy, the SAG award for Best Ensemble Cast, and was named twice to AFI’s top 10 television shows of the year.
Novick currently resides in Laurel Hollow, NY. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan.
