Sesame Workshop Promotes Clash to Senior Creative Advisor

NEW YORK, May 15: Kevin Clash, the Emmy Award-winning
Muppeteer behind the Sesame Street character
Elmo, has been promoted to senior creative advisor for Sesame Workshop,
reporting to Gary E. Knell, the president and CEO.

In his new role, Clash will provide his expertise and broad
range of creative talent to many of Sesame Workshop’s projects, including U.S.
and international productions of Sesame Street and outreach projects on multiple media platforms. In addition, he
will work to nurture ideas for new properties and foster broader distribution
for all projects, while continuing his responsibilities as Muppet Captain for
the Sesame Street production team
and performing as Elmo.

Over the years, Clash has served as co-executive producer
for Elmopalooza, CinderElmo, and Elmo's World; co-producer for The Adventures of Elmo in
Grouchland; and has directed numerous
episodes of Sesame Street, as
well as other Sesame Workshop productions. He also directed and co-produced
Sesame Workshop’s DVD series Sesame Beginnings, and most recently served as the director and
co-executive producer for Kids Favorite Country Songs Home Video. Through the years, Clash has won three Emmy Awards
for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series for his work as Elmo and Hoots
the Owl, and six more in the Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series category
for his work as the co-executive producer of Sesame Street. In September 2006, Clash released his
autobiography, My Life As A Furry Red Monster, What Elmo Has Taught
Me About Life, Love, and Laughing Out Loud.