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Cindy Cowan sits on the board of Little Kids Rock, a non-profit organization that provides free instruments and lessons to underserved public schools.
Cindy Cowan sits on the board of World Woman Foundation, a global community of women leaders committed to scaling and accelerating the impact of one million women and girls by 2030.
Cindy Cowan sits on the board of Children Mending Hearts, a dynamic arts-based enrichment education program that helps empower disadvantaged youth, building empathy and global citizenry.
Cindy Cowan regularly contributes to Music for Relief, a non-profit organization comprised of musicians, music industry professionals, and fans, that are dedicated to providing aid to natural disaster survivors.
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Cindy Cowan regularly contributes to Grassroots Soccer, a health organization that uses soccer to elevate at-risk youths in developing countries.
Born in Miami, Florida, Cindy Cowan is an Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated producer who co-founded Initial Entertainment Group (IEG) with Graham King in 1995. Prior to this, Cowan gained experience as a producer and writer for a CBS News affiliate in Miami. During her tenure at IEG, the company achieved significant success, including an Emmy nomination for ‘Rent-A-Kid’ and Emmy, Golden Globe, and People’s Choice nominations for ‘If These Walls Could Talk’. The firm also received a United Nations Award for ‘Savior’ and produced the Oscar-winning film ‘Traffic’. Additional projects under her guidance at IEG included ‘Very Bad Things’ and Robert Altman’s ‘Dr. T & the Women’. In 1999, Cowan sold her two-thirds stake in IEG to Splendid Films.
Following the sale of IEG, Cindy Cowan established her own production company, Cindy Cowan Entertainment. Under this new banner, she produced ‘Scorched’ (2003), executive produced ‘Fifty Dead Men Walking’ (2008), and produced ‘Red Lights’ (2012), starring Robert De Niro and Sigourney Weaver, which premiered as the opening night film at the Sundance Festival. She also produced the low-budget horror film ‘Smiley’ (2012), which garnered over 34 million views for its trailer. Her more recent credits include the southern crime thriller ‘Arkansas’ (2020), starring Vince Vaughn and Liam Hemsworth, and the Emmy-winning documentary ‘Miracle on 42nd Street’ (2017), featuring Alicia Keys and Samuel L. Jackson. Cowan was also a recipient of the Telly Award for producing the short film ‘La Ruta’, which addresses the immigration journey into the United States.
Beyond her film and television work, Cowan is actively involved in philanthropic endeavors and serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations. These include Little Kids Rock, which provides free instruments and music lessons to underserved public schools; World Woman Foundation, which focuses on empowering women and girls; and Children Mending Hearts, an arts-based program for disadvantaged youth. She also contributes to Music for Relief, We Care Solar, and Grassroots Soccer. Her significant contributions led to her receiving the 2018 Woman of the Year Award from the Women’s Image Network and the 2019 Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Hollywood Women’s Film Institute. She is a graduate of Tulane University and completed graduate courses in psychology at Harvard.
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