
Mari-Lynn Evans, Executive Producer
Mari-Lynn Evans is the Executive Producer of many television and video programs
including "Living Well: A Guide to Healthy Aging", a 26 week series
for PBS and the FOX Health Network.Underwriting for the series was provided
by unprecedented funding from The Department of Health and Human Services.
Research funding was provided by The National Institutes of Health (SBIR)
and endorsing organizations include the United Nations, The National Institute
of Aging, and the American Geriatrics Society. She also has produced and
directed the "Living Well" five part video series, book, and
web site funded by Times Mirror and distributed through QVC, PBS, and retail
outlets. This series recently won a National Mature Media Award.
Mari-Lynn is the Executive Producer of "Changes", a magazine format
program hosted by Nick Clooney, which is another SBIR funded program airing
on the FOX Health Network; the children’s television program and video " Geezbo’s
Alley", the first multimedia SBIR NCI Fast-Track; the documentary “Standing
in the Safety Zone” hosted by Surgeon General David Satcher airing
on PBS and FOX Health Network; and "John Glenn: The International Year
of Older Adults" for PBS. She is also the Executive Producer of "Integrative
Medicine: Body, Mind, and Spirit", a 13 week series for American’s
Health Network and the FOX Health Network hosted by Naomi Judd. She is also
the Executive Producer of a live audience hour special of the same name for
the network.
Mari-Lynn has produced, scripted, and directed several commercials, videos,
and infomercials. She has also scripted, developed and produced many multimedia
products for Fortune 500 companies and premier aging organizations, including
the American Geriatrics Society. She serves as a media and brand development
consultant to international corporate, media, governmental, and support organizations
and is the lead consultant on the senior market to Procter & Gamble.
Mari-Lynn has extensive experience conducting research and developing multimedia
programs receiving major funding awards from the National Institutes of Health
and the National Institute of Aging. She is also the recipient of the first
Fast-Track multimedia funding from the National Cancer Institute and is a
grant recipient from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, the Health Care Financing Administration, and many other national
organizations and foundations. She is also the recipient of several national
awards including the 1999 US Small Business Administration Tibbetts Award
and a Bronze Award in the National Mature Media Awards. Mari-Lynn has degrees
in psychology, gerontology and women studies. She is from Bulltown, West
Virginia.