Our People

Dan Peirson serves as Senior Vice President, Programming & Development, at Shed Media, a division of Warner Bros. Unscripted Television with a successful slate of Emmy-winning series.  In his 20 years with the company, Peirson has shepherded a diverse range of series from development through production for broadcast and cable networks and streaming services.

Most recently, Peirson has produced the #1 new series for truTV with “Fast Foodies” and the #1 new series for Oxygen with “911 Crisis Center,” following the unsung heroes of an emergency call center. Current and upcoming series include NBC’s return of Emmy winner “Who Do You Think You Are?,” truTV’s “101 Places to Party Before You Die,” TNT’s “Rhodes to the Top,” E!’s #1 unscripted series “The Bradshaw Bunch” and Paris Hilton’s return to reality television with Peacock’s “Paris in Love.”

From large-scale competition elimination shows such as “Glam Masters” and “Styled to Rock,” to ambitious social experiment “100 Humans” for Netflix and acclaimed docu-follow series such as “All-American Muslim,” Peirson’s credits reflect the studio’s diverse slate of programming.

In recent years, Peirson has led the company’s efforts into the premium documentary space with “Warriors of Liberty City” forStarz, as well as into the true crime genre with breakout series “Criminal Confessions,” “Murder for Hire” and “License to Kill,” all for Oxygen.

During his tenure, Peirson has adapted many international formats for the U.S. market, including the reboot of Shed’s iconic parenting series “Supernanny” for Lifetime, “It’s Me or the Dog” for Animal Planet, “World’s Strictest Parents” for CMT and “Long Lost Family” for TLC.

Prior to working in the U.S., Peirson spent seven years at Shed Media’s U.K. sister company Ricochet.   He previously worked at the BBC, where he began his television career.

Lisa Shannon serves as Senior Vice President, Programming & Development, at Shed Media, a division of Warner Bros. Unscripted Television with a successful roster of Emmy-winning series. In her role, she has helped grow and expand the company’s slate of shows, creating and developing new content for broadcast and cable networks and streaming services. Shannon simultaneously oversees several current series, many of which she has developed during her two decades with the company.

Shannon runs Shed Media’s longest-running series, “The Real Housewives of New York City” for Bravo, which she revamped in its 14^th season to feature an all-new, multi-cultural cast of dynamic, self-made women. Season 15 has recently launched and features not one, but two LBGTQ+ women – a first for the Housewives universe and just one example of how the new cast is breaking ground and representing a diverse range of stories, backgrounds and experiences. Shannon also produces two additional hit franchises under the Housewives umbrella, including Peacock’s “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip” and Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” which is now in its fifth season.

Shannon has two new series that will be launching soon. Also set in Salt Lake City and exploring the Mormon culture in a unique and different way is Bravo’s new occuseries, “Sold on SLC.” The show features a wildly successful, female-owned brokerage and follows several of the hottest real estate agents who work there. Additionally, Shannon developed, sold and produced a new dating show for a major streamer, which has finished production and will be announced shortly. 

In addition to her vast slate of ensemble docuseries, Shannon has produced a variety of shows that are celebrity-focused. She oversees Paris Hilton’s return to reality television on Peacock’s “Paris in Love,” with the first season leading up to Paris’s wedding and season two following her journey as a new mother.  She also produced “The Bradshaw Bunch” for E!, which premiered as the network’s #1 unscripted series and featured NFL legend Terry Bradshaw and family. Shannon also developed and produced E!’s “Legally Mathis” which followed Judge Mathis and his dynamic family as they navigated topics including homophobia. The series was nominated for a GLAAD award.

Shannon has a passion for telling unique stories of the underrepresented. She developed and sold “Mexican Dynasties,” a series TV Guide called “Bravo’s best new show in years” and was recognized by critics for its diverse, multi-generational cast and never-before-told stories like that of the first openly gay man to have children via surrogate in Mexico. She also developed and sold “Huda Boss” to Facebook Watch, showcasing a female-run, billion-dollar business empire out of the Middle East, highlighting what it means to be a successful businesswoman in a male-dominated arena and patriarchal culture.

During her tenure, additional series she has overseen include “Below Deck Adventure” which she developed and sold to Bravo, “Basketball Wives” and “Hollywood Exes” for VH1, “Eric and Jessie” for E! and “Best Room Wins” a home renovation competition show, also for Bravo.

Joining the studio in 2004, Shannon has executive produced hundreds of hours of content across multiple cable networks and digital platforms, including Peacock, Bravo, E!, TLC, OWN, VH1 and Facebook Watch. Prior to her executive role, she worked as both a field and post showrunner on various series.  Her career in television began in 1998 as an advertising copywriter outside of Detroit, with creative campaigns earning multiple industry awards.

Lisa Lettunich is Senior Vice President of Production and Operations for Shed Media. She oversees physical production of Shed’s successful slate of programming, including Glam Masters for Lifetime, Who Do You Think You Are for TLC, Warriors of Liberty City for Starz, The Real Housewives of New York for Bravo and Genius Jr for NBC.

Prior to joining Shed, Lisa was the SVP of Production at Evolution Media. In her over a decade there, she helped oversee Evolution’s slate of shows including, Botched for E!, Real Housewives of Orange County, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Vanderpump Rules for Bravo.

Lisa is a veteran of over 2 decades in the television industry. A graduate of Santa Clara University, she began her career in promos and eventually segued into unscripted television. Through the years she has produced content for Fox, Fox Sports, ABC Sports, CBS, Bravo, Oxygen, MTV, VH1, E!, Animal Planet, TLC and Disney.

Daniel is responsible for all financial matters at Shed Media including, but not limited to, budgets, forecasts, audits, and financial reporting. Originally from Nottingham, U.K., he joined the Shed Media group in 2004 having previously held finance roles at the BBC and ITV. 

In 2008 Daniel relocated to Los Angeles to oversee the growing US business. Since then, he has overseen significant growth in revenue and infrastructure. A graduate of the University of Bradford with a degree in Mathematics and an active member of CIMA, he now resides in West Hollywood, California, and is a keen supporter of his home soccer team, Nottingham Forest. 

Katie Greene is the Vice President of Production and Operations at Shed Media, where she oversees production on development projects and several current series as well as the company’s day-to-day operations.  

A Boston native, Katie joined the company in 2007 as an intern on the ABC series Fat March and continued to work in production on Shed’s hit ABC series, Supernanny.  Since then, Katie’s role has continued to expand into her current position where she has had the pleasure of managing production on several shows, including Long Lost Family for TLC, Warriors of Liberty City for Starz, Basketball Wives and Baller Wives for VH1, and Eric & Jessie for E!