For the past several years, Betsy Beers has served as an Executive Producer of the hit show Grey’s Anatomy and its spin-off Private Practice.

During its five seasons Grey’s Anatomy has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a Golden Globe for Best Television Series, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, and a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series. In addition, the show has been nominated for two consecutive Emmys for Outstanding Drama. For her work on the show, Betsy has been nominated twice by the Producers Guild of America for their Television Producer of the Year Award and has won it once.

Most recently, Betsy partnered with Shonda Rhimes and her company Shondaland to develop and produce additional feature film and television projects. Shondaland’s most recent project is Inside The Box, a pilot that is currently in pre-production at ABC.

Before her exclusive foray into the realm of television, Betsy Beers was President of the Mark Gordon Company. While there she oversaw the development and production of its feature film and television projects, including helping to develop Grey’s Anatomy. While at the Mark Gordon Company Betsy also had an active hand in producing the feature films The Hoax, starring Richard Gere, and Casanova, starring Heath Ledger; both films were directed by Lasse Hallström.

Previously, Betsy was President of director Mike Newell’s Dogstar Films, where she produced the films 200 Cigarettes, starring a stellar young cast including Ben Affleck, Dave Chapelle, and Kate Hudson, and Best Laid Plans, starring Reese Witherspoon. She has also developed such films as the cult movie High Fidelity, directed by Stephen Frears and starring John Cusack, as well as Pushing Tin, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, and Angelina Jolie. She also served as Executive Producer on the movies Safe Passage, starring Susan Sarandon, and Witchhunt, starring Dennis Hopper, with producer Gale Ann Hurd.