Janet Vissering

As Senior Vice President of Programming and Operations, Janet Vissering oversees day-to-day operations for all the National Geographic Channels International outlets worldwide.

She also has overall responsibility for program acquisitions and development for all Channel outlets. She is charged with securing high-quality series and one-off films on natural history, adventure, science, natural phenomenon and world cultures. In addition, she oversees NGCI's participation in fully commissioned programming from National Geographic Television and Fox, and oversees program operations for NGCI.

Vissering served as Vice President of International Acquisitions at NGCI from August 1998 to March 2000.

Vissering joined NGCI from Discovery Networks International, where she was Head of Program Acquisitions and Development from 1995 to 1998. In this post, she was responsible for managing the acquisition and development of over 2,500 program hours annually. She was also in charge of overseeing co-production agreements at Discovery, working closely with independent producers and companies in both the domestic and international markets. Vissering joined Discovery Communications, Inc. as a Regional Marketing Manager for The Learning Channel, Affiliate Sales and Relations in March 1993. Prior to this, she was a public affairs specialist for the Department of the Navy, based in Sasebo, Japan.

A graduate of the University of Maryland in College Park, with a major in International Relations/Business, Vissering is fluent in Korean.