September 2025

Mackenzie Mitchell is the senior vice president of specials, reporting to Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS.

Mitchell began her career at CBS in 2014 as a temporary assistant before being elevated to director and most recently vice president in January 2024. She has covered some of the biggest events on television, including multiple iterations of the GRAMMY awards, the Kennedy Center Honors, the Tony Awards, plus the Golden Globe Awards, which returned to CBS in January 2024, and the first-time airing of the MTV VMAs on CBS in September 2025. She has received associate producer credits on productions including JOHN LEWIS: CELEBRATING A HERO and GARTH & TRISHA LIVE! Other CBS programs and specials she has worked on include THE NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING, NEW YEAR’S EVE LIVE: NASHVILLE’S BIG BASH, ADELE: ONE NIGHT ONLY, THE 100^TH: BILLY JOEL AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN and AN EVENING WITH DUA LIPA.