Ashlee
Romain
Premium content at the intersection of lifestyle & culture, investigation, and emerging technology. Turning complex ideas into cinematic, market-ready storytelling.
& Brands
& Titles Produced
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Emerging Tech
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Four lanes,
one standard.
Editorial rigor from the newsroom, applied to everything else. Every project is built to hold up journalistically and perform in market.
Cultural &
Investigative
Documentary
Long-form investigative and cultural storytelling for network, primetime, and streaming. Story development, on-camera interviewing, archival sourcing, scripting, and post narrative, start to finish, with a track record of awards attached.
Premium
Lifestyle,
Food & Craft
The through line of the whole career. Joanna Gaines on design, Dominique Crenn on vegetarian cooking, Emily Wines on wine, Devon Rodriguez on oil painting, Mindy Weiss on wedding planning, plus series, social, and branded content for Food Network and Cooking Channel like Pioneer Woman and Burgers, Brew & 'Que, Travel Channel, Condé Nast, Warner Bros., Food & Wine, Martha Stewart Living, Better Homes & Gardens and more. Directing talent, running multi-project slates, and building six-figure partnerships that tie creative strategy to measurable revenue.
Expertise,
Business &
Human Behavior
Research-backed programming built for a general audience: dealmaking with Rich Paul, Draymond Green, and Bob Myers; mindset science with Carol Dweck and David Yeager; focus and attention with Cal Newport; reading a room with Vanessa Van Edwards; intimacy and confidence with Shan Boodram. Rigorous source material, translated without condescension.
AI &
Emerging
Technology
Executive producing AI and technology programming with the researchers and operators defining the field: Erik Brynjolfsson, Dambisa Moyo, Conor Grennan, Nichol Bradford, and Mastercard's Michelle Meyer, and more, plus Marques Brownlee on the creator side. Making genuinely hard ideas legible without flattening them.
Built the pipeline,
not just the shows.
The part that does not show up in a credit list.
Program Development Workflow
Created an entirely new content program development workflow for building programs and getting them greenlit faster, replacing an ad hoc path with a repeatable system the whole team could run.
AI Production Systems
Designed the AI-assisted workflows producers now use across content creation, putting the tools into real practice on live slates instead of leaving them theoretical.
Brand Partnership & Monetization
Ran six-figure paid media campaigns and brand activations end to end, from first planning through execution and performance review. As part of the monetization business development team, built new revenue-generating approaches and kept branded content aligned to both the brand's objectives and what the audience actually responded to.
Series Creation, Start to Finish
Developed and launched a 50-episode daily lifestyle series for The Advocate Magazine spotlighting marginalized voices, from concept through daily production. Later acquired by ABC and Hulu.
Making headlines.
The hardware.
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newsmagazine
American Catastrophe: How Did We Get Here?
ABC News 20/20
Outstanding Short Form Documentary
1969: The FBI and the Panther
ABC News & Hulu
Long Form Documentary
1969: The FBI and the Panther
Newswomen's Club of New York
Television Network Documentary
1969: The FBI and the Panther
National Association of Black Journalists
Newsroom rigor,
commercial instinct.
I'm a PGA executive producer and showrunner whose career runs from investigative journalism to lifestyle and food television to AI education and brand strategy, without losing the thread between them.
I've led content across ABC News, MasterClass, Amazon, Hulu, Food Network, and national cable, shaping narratives that sit where business impact meets cultural relevance. My documentary work has earned Emmy nominations and national journalism awards. My lifestyle and commercial work drives measurable performance across platforms.
What carries across all of it: the discipline to get a story right, and the judgment to know why an audience should care. I'm based in the New York metro area.
- Titles Held
- Executive Producer · Creative Executive · Showrunner · Supervising Producer · Sr. Producer · Director · Interviewer · Story Writer
- Core Capabilities
- Story development · Interviewing · Archival sourcing · Scripting & post narrative · Lifestyle & food production · Slate supervision · Talent & casting · Brand partnership strategy
- Elsewhere
- Art Portfolio →
Full credit list.
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E-LearningMasterClass · Creative Executive · 2021 / 2026
Executive Producer · 2025–2026
- Multiply Your Impact with AI · Erik Brynjolfsson, Cat Goetze, Parth Patil
- Winning in the Age of AI · Erik Brynjolfsson, Dambisa Moyo, Michelle Meyer (Mastercard)
- AI Strategy at Work · Amy Webb, Conor Grennan, Nichol Bradford
Lead / Supervising Producer · 2024–2025
- The Dealmaker's Mindset · Rich Paul, Draymond Green, Bob Myers
- The Art of Sex Appeal · Shan Boodram
Supervising Producer · 2024–2026
- Rebuild Your Focus & Reclaim Your Time · Cal Newport
- People Intelligence: Read, Lead, and Influence Any Room · Vanessa Van Edwards
- The Power of Mindset · Carol Dweck, David Yeager
- Designing a Home That Tells Your Story · Joanna Gaines
- A Sommelier's Snob-Free Guide to Wine · Emily Wines
Lead / Sr. Producer · 2021–2022
- Draw and Paint Realistic Portraits · Devon Rodriguez
- Make Compelling Videos That Go Viral · Marques Brownlee
- Modern Vegetarian Cooking · Dominique Crenn
Sr. Producer · 2021–2022
- Plan Your Dream Wedding · Mindy Weiss
Documentary & NewsABC News · Hulu · History · The Advocate
The Advocate Magazine · Creator / EP / Showrunner · 2022–2023
- Advocate Now · created and launched a 50-episode series spotlighting marginalized voices. Later acquired by ABC and Hulu.
ABC News / Lincoln Square Productions · Producer · 2016–2020
- Led story development, on-air interviews, archival sourcing, scripting, and post-production narrative
- Supervised producers across multi-project slates
Producer / Interviewer
- American Catastrophe: How Did We Get Here? · ABC Primetime & 20/20
- 1969: The FBI and the Panther · ABC Primetime & Hulu
- Best in Ice · Travel Channel (Field Director, Interviewer)
- 1969 Digital Web Extras + Social · ABC
- Untitled Pablo Escobar Documentary · ABC News (Editorial Producer)
- People Icons with Lara Spencer · ABC News, 4-part series (Editorial Producer)
- Me In A Minute · Disney Channel (Editorial Producer)
- ISIS: Rise of Terror · History Channel (Producer)
- American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story · Amazon Original (Archive Producer)
Lifestyle & WellnessFood Network · Cooking Ch. · Travel · Apple TV · Amazon · BET · PBS
Amazon · Senior Strategist, Sales & Brand Partnerships (Amazon Live) · 2024
- Directed six-figure brand partnerships and paid media activations, aligning creative strategy with measurable revenue performance.
Director / Producer / Interviewer
- Burgers, Brew & 'Que with Michael Symon · Cooking Channel, S4 & S5
- Seafood America · Travel Channel
- Non-Recipe How-To Instructional Videos · Food Network O&O, 30 videos
- The Color Purple: Purple Onion Dip · Warner Bros. social promo, w/ Millie Peartree
- The Color Purple: Jerk Pork Cocoa Bread · Warner Bros. social promo, w/ Millie Peartree
- Food & Wine · Sr. Brand Producer / Director
- Better Homes & Gardens · Sr. Brand Producer / Director
- Martha Stewart Living · Sr. Brand Producer / Director
- Real Simple · Sr. Brand Producer / Director
- Campbell's x Bon Appétit · Condé Nast, w/ Sohla El-Waylly, Rick Martinez, Christina Chaey (Casting Director)
Director / Videographer
- Harlem Rise Up with Marcus Samuelsson · Social
- Recipes with Marcus Samuelsson · Food Network Kitchen App
- My Morning Routine with Millie Peartree · Women's Health
- New Year's Hoppin' John with Millie Peartree · Bon Appétit
- Creamy Bean Pie with Millie Peartree · Epicurious
Producer / Sr. Producer / Supervising Producer
- The Curious Chef with Stephanie Izard · Tastemade / Apple TV, S2 (Sr. Producer)
- The Dr. Oz Show · Nationally syndicated, S13
- Pioneer Woman with Ree Drummond · Food Network, S20 & S21
- Dr. & The Diva · DABL by CBS, S1 (Sr. Producer)
- The Daily Hit · Thrillist, pilot (Producer / Editor)
- Wig Out · BET, S1 & S2 (Supervising Producer)
- Eat Play Drink: Sturgis · Travel Channel
- Bite Club with Tyler Florence · Food Network (Casting Producer)
- Love at First Bite · FYI Channel (Sr. Producer)
- Ellie's Real Good Food with Ellie Krieger · PBS
- The Juice · Veria
Early CareerBravo · Lifetime · ABC · Hallmark
Segment, Associate & Casting Producing
- Extra Virgin Americana · Segment Producer
- Farmhouse Rules · Food Network (Segment Producer)
- Iron Chef Eats · Food Network (Segment Producer)
- Pizza Masters · Sr. Associate Producer
- Southern Fried Road Trip · Associate Producer
- Manzo'd with Children · Bravo (Field Associate Producer)
- Splitsville · Lifetime (Casting)
- Anderson Live · Nationally syndicated (Producer's Assistant)
- Bethenny · Nationally syndicated (Associate Producer & Booker)
- Katie · ABC (Audience Producing Coordinator)
- Martha · Hallmark (Audience Producing Coordinator)
- MediaVest Worldwide · Coca-Cola account (Paid Media Planning & Ops)
- Regional News Network · Broadcast Traffic & Ad Scheduling Coordinator
Let's build
something
worth watching.
Executive producing, showrunning, and directing across documentary, premium lifestyle and unscripted, and brand.