Susan MacLaury is the co-founder and executive director of the non-profit media company

Shine Global Shine Global Inc, is a non-profit media company that was founded in 2005 by Susan MacLaury, and Albie Hecht. Susan MacLaury is the Executive Director of Shine Global, a licensed social worker, and former health professor at Kean University. Albi ...

, a licensed social worker, and a retired educator. She is also an

Emmy The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

-winning and

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

-nominated producer.

Career

MacLaury was a full-time Associate Professor of Health Education at

Kean University Kean University () is a public university in Union Township, Union County, New Jersey, Union and Hillside, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Kean University was founded in 1855 in Newark, New Jersey, as th ...

from 1994 through 2014. In 2005, MacLaury and her husband

Albie Hecht Albie Hecht is a film and television producer and media executive. In 1997, Hecht was the president of film and TV entertainment for Nickelodeon before becoming president of the television channel Spike TV in 2003. In 2005, he founded and was C ...

founded

, a non-profit media company with the mission to give voice to children by telling stories of their resilience to raise awareness, promote action, and inspire change. MacLaury won an Emmy and was nominated for an Oscar for her work as executive producer of the 2007 documentary ''

War/Dance ''War/Dance'' is a 2007 American documentary film written and directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine and produced by Shine Global's Susan MacLaury, a professor at Kean University, and Albie Hecht. It was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award ...

''. ''War/Dance'' won best documentary and best cinematography at the 31st News & Documentary Emmy Awards in 2010. She is also the Executive Producer of several other films including

The Harvest (2010 film) ''The Harvest'' ( es, La Cosecha) is a 2010 documentary film about agricultural child labor in America. The film depicts children as young as 12 years of age who work as many as 12 hours a day, six months a year, subject to hazardous conditions: ...

with Executive Producer

Eva Longoria Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón ( Longoria; March 15, 1975) is an American actress, producer, and director. After a number of guest roles on several television series, she was recognized for her portrayal of Isabella Braña on the CBS daytime ...

, the Academy Award winning short documentary

Inocente ''Inocente'' is a 2012 short documentary film directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix. The film received the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). The film is an inspiring coming-of-age story of a 15-year-old girl in California. ...

, and the 3D documentary 1 Way Up.ImDb

References

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