Karen Leever
Executive Vice President & General Manager, Discovery Digital Media
Karen Leever is Executive Vice President and General Manager of Digital Media at Discovery Communications. In this capacity, Leever oversees the company’s expansive digital brands and businesses in the United States, spanning the Discovery Digital Networks web-native portfolio to the newly launched Discovery VR, the company’s breakthrough virtual reality product. She also leads strategy, design and development for all Discovery apps and is responsible for driving design and development of network websites.
Previously, Leever spent 10 years at DIRECTV, where she served most recently as Senior Vice President, Digital and Direct Sales, driving the satellite television company’s business. While at DIRECTV, she also drove new subscription acquisition growth, digital product strategy and all cross-platform digital efforts.
Prior to joining DIRECTV, Leever led the planning, launch and operations for a revamped kmart.com as Vice President of E-commerce and Marketing. Earlier, she spent more than a decade in electronic TV retailing both at HSN and QVC, overseeing website design, messaging, pricing and programing strategies. She’s a graduate of Lehigh University.
Leever is based out of Discovery’s New York City office.