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Ruth Ann Harnisch

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Ruth Ann Harnisch is an American investor, activist and philanthropist native Buffalo, New York. As a teenager, she worked as DJ for WYSL-FM in Buffalo under the name Karin Kelly. She briefly worked for Buffalo-based WGR-TV and WKBW-TV. After moving to Nashville, Tennessee, Ruth Ann Leach worked for WLAC-AM, as a television reporter and anchor for WTVF, and as a columnist for the Nashville Banner. She is married William Harnisch, and founded The Harnisch Foundation in 1998. After retiring from her journalism career, she chaired the board of the non-profit More Than Money, whose coaching program inspired Harnisch to learn about professional coaching. She joined the International Coach Federation and the International Association of Coaches. In 2006, she co-founded The Foundation of Coaching.

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2026Cookie QueensExecutive Producer
2026State of FirstsExecutive Producer
2026Miss Representation: Rise UpExecutive Producer
2026Ask E. JeanExecutive Producer
2026NatchezExecutive Producer
2026SeizedExecutive Producer
2025Women LaughingExecutive Producer
2025Viva Verdi!Executive Producer
2025SatisfiedExecutive Producer
2025The LibrariansExecutive Producer
2025Unless Something Goes Terribly WrongExecutive Producer
2025Marlee Matlin: Not Alone AnymoreExecutive Producer
2025We Are PatExecutive Producer
2025She Runs the WorldExecutive Producer
2025Runa SimiExecutive Producer
2025Arrest the MidwifeExecutive Producer
2025Life AfterExecutive Producer
2025Heightened ScrutinyExecutive Producer
2025Move Ya Body: The Birth of HouseExecutive Producer
2024Maya and the WaveExecutive Producer
2024Patrice: The MovieExecutive Producer
2024Look into My EyesExecutive Producer
2024Mrs RobinsonExecutive Producer
2024Love to the MaxExecutive Producer
2023JoonamExecutive Producer
2023Another BodyExecutive Producer
2023Breaking the NewsExecutive Producer
2023Art for EverybodyExecutive Producer
2023Confessions of a Good SamaritanCo-Executive Producer
2022BattlegroundExecutive Producer
2022Art & Krimes by KrimesCo-Executive Producer
2022Body PartsExecutive Producer
2021Act SocialAssociate Producer
2019The House of TomorrowExecutive Producer
2018Night Comes OnExecutive Producer
2018The Feeling of Being WatchedExecutive Producer
2017UnrestExecutive Producer
2017LuckyExecutive Producer
2017ColumbusExecutive Producer
2017Humor MeAssociate Producer
2015The Hunting GroundExecutive Producer
—Paul Robeson DocumentaryExecutive Producer

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