Ellen Stone
Senior Vice President, Marketing, Bravo Media
Under Stone's leadership, Bravo has enjoyed great success, with multi-million dollar campaigns for series such as "The Real Housewives of New York City," "Top Chef Masters" and "The Fashion Show." She has also spearheaded the network's innovative digital marketing partnerships with sites including Yahoo!, YouTube, and Facebook. Stone is the mastermind behind some of Bravo Media's most successful ventures, including the best-selling "Top Chef: The Cookbook," which is currently in its fourth printing, "Top Chef: The Tour," the nationwide promotional tour that features a customized traveling "Top Chef" 18-wheeler semi-truck, currently in its third cycle, as well as numerous other “Top Chef” brand extensions including wine, knives, board games and flowers. Additionally, under Stone’s watch, her team has earned an IMA Outstanding Achievement Award for "The Fashion Show" marketing campaign, as well as three CTAM Mark Awards.
Stone joined Bravo in 2006 as Vice President, Consumer Marketing. Previously, she served as Director, Consumer Marketing at Lifetime Entertainment Services, where she was responsible for managing all off-air consumer marketing efforts for Lifetime Television.
Additionally, Stone worked at Bozell Worldwide, where she served as Partner and Management Supervisor of the National Fluid Milk Program, overseeing strategic and creative operations of the Dairy Management Milk Board. Earlier, Stone worked at J. Walter Thompson, first as Senior Account Executive for the Bell Atlantic Corporation and then, as Partner, Account Supervisor on Unilever Pepsi-Lipton Tea Partnership, Lipton, Lever 2000, and Wisk.
Stone joined Bozell Worldwide from Wells Rich Greene BDDP, where she served as Senior Account Executive for International Business Machines. She began her career at Margeotes Fertitta & Partners where she served as Sr. Media Planner, before being made an Account Executive.
Stone holds a bachelor's degree in marketing and a minor in French from Lehigh University School of Business and is a graduate of CTAM University, Harvard School of Business. She currently resides in New York City.
