New Co-Presidents of Entertainment & Development at Bunim/Murray

LOS ANGELES: Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP) has elevated Jeff Jenkins and Julie Pizzi to co-presidents of entertainment and development, among a series of management changes within the company.

Jenkins and Pizzi have been serving as executive VPs of development and programming and now step into the shared VP posts. Executive producer and showrunner Farnaz Farjam has now become VP of current programming.

Producers Erica Ross and Dave Sambuchi join the company as VPs of development. They will report to Jenkins and Pizzi, who will continue to report to BMP Chairman and CEO Gil Goldschein.

“A year ago, we announced a renewed focus on developing new shows for a wide range of networks and audiences. With the help of Jeff and Julie, we’ve had our best year yet, and now with the two of them as co-presidents of entertainment and development, we are positioning BMP for continued growth moving forward,” said Goldschein. “We are also building our next level of management, and we’re thrilled to promote Farnaz, one of the best producers in the business as well as add Erica and Dave to bolster our current programming and development departments.”