Dina Kaplan

Dina Kaplan is the co-founder and COO of blip.tv. Dina oversees business operations for the company, including media partnerships, distribution deals, PR, marketing, site and channel sponsorships and investor relations.

Blip.tv is the double Webby-award winning video sharing site focused on shows. It enables independent producers to create their own TV shows for the Internet, from scripted sitcoms and dramas to journalists covering the war in Baghdad. In writing about online video sites, Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal recently wrote, “My favorite is blip.tv.”

Before blip.tv, Dina was a television reporter with several local NBC affiliates. As a news reporter, Dina won an Emmy and numerous Society of Professional Journalists Awards and Associated Press Awards.

Before reporting, Dina produced stories for MTV News about politics, technology and a range of musical acts. She also helped coordinate MTV’s political Choose or Lose coverage.

After graduating from college, Dina worked at the White House as Director of Research for the White House Counsel’s Office and then as Special Assistant to the Director of Presidential Personnel. During college, Dina worked at Rock The Vote, setting up a volunteer network of representatives registering college students to vote.

Dina graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in Economics, Government, Philosophy and History. She sits on the National Board of Wesleyan University and is a Founding Board Member of the Women’s Media Center and a member of the Producer’s Guild of America. Dina is a judge for the Webbies and the Interactive Media Awards and sits on the advisory board of the Socrates Society at the Aspen Institute. Dina also started the New York Founders Club, a gathering of Internet founders designed to promote entrepreneurship in New York City.