Nancy Goldman
Nancy loves working with entertainment industry professionals to help them develop the skills they need to get the jobs they desire. She does this by combining her practical experience in producing and development along with the theory and knowledge gained in her doctoral studies and professional coach training. Currently she is the career coach and job developer at The “Made in New York” Production Assistant Training Program, and trains New Yorkers to thrive in the film and television industry.
Nancy’s career began on Wall Street as a sales assistant for six years. In pursuit of her life-long dream to work in entertainment, Nancy scored a television job for Emmy Award-winning talk show host Montel Williams. Working her way up in Montel’s production company, Nancy went from being a Production Coordinator to the Head of East Coast Development. During her tenure she launched Letnom Management, a boutique talent management firm specializing in comedy, developed with the use of her experience producing live comedy shows in the tri-state area, most notably Broadway’s Town Hall theater’s Outrageous Comedy night featuring comedian Sandra Bernhard. Growing up, Nancy’s dream job was to work at a comedy club and she was able to do that at The Broadway Comedy Club in Manhattan.
In 2002, Nancy was the first elected Chair of the Gotham-based Producers Guild of America East, tripling its membership during her tenure. Nancy was on the organization’s National Board of Directors based in Los Angeles. She currently co-chairs the East Coast Chapter’s Employment Committee and writes a quarterly column about job search strategies for the membership’s newsletter.
Nancy’s Doctorate of Education is from Teachers College Columbia University where she received a Master’s in Communications and a Master’s in Organizational Psychology. In addition, she has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from New York University. Her dissertation examined how comedians use humor to raise awareness and consciousness about social and political issues.
Nancy resides in Queens with her honey, 2 birds and a cat. And, no, the birds are not on the cat’s food chain.
