{"id":8471,"date":"2013-12-01T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/2013\/12\/01\/tiffany-washington-mba-12-e\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:18:08","slug":"tiffany-washington-mba-12-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/2013\/12\/01\/tiffany-washington-mba-12-e\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiffany Washington, MBA &#8217;12 (E)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Business of Reaching Kids, Changing Lives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Tiffany-Washington.jpg\" alt=\"Tiffany Washington, MBA \" class=\"wp-image-8472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Tiffany-Washington.jpg 320w, https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Tiffany-Washington-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Tiffany-Washington-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>\u201cIn a way,\u201d says Tiffany Washington, \u201cI grew up on Sesame Street twice.\u201d Like millions of other kids, Washington credits the beloved television show for helping her learn her numbers and AB Cs. But, in her case, the company brought Big Bird to millions of children around the world is also responsible for her growth as a business professional: Washington has spent more than a decade \u2014 her entire career, in fact \u2014 in a variety of roles at Sesame Workshop, Sesame Street\u2019s nonprofit educational organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, as a director in the Project Finance Division, Washington helps facilitate the long-range planning and implementation of a wide range of domestic and international initiatives. Especially with projects in emerging markets, Washington says, there are a fair number of little emergencies to deal with. But, she says, \u201cfixing things is the part I like best.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In keeping with the Sesame Workshop\u2019s goal to \u201creach the kids wherever they are,\u201d as their CEO and President, H. Melvin Mig, often puts it, the projects both span the globe and provide resources to families in a variety of media. Recent offerings include videos and literature for children in American military families dealing with separation from their parents and death of a loved one, radio awareness messages about malaria in Tanzania, and educational TV as well as educational mobile apps for educators and caregivers in Bangladesh. For a new project sponsored by the Gates Foundation, the Workshop is creating a multimedia hygiene and sanitation initiative in conjunction with Sesame Workshop India, Sesame Workshop Bangladesh, and partners in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to reaching kids where they are, the Workshop seeks to reach them via the technology they use. \u201cWe tend to offer at least TV and community outreach in most of our emerging markets, and sometimes radio,\u201d says Washington. If it\u2019s a known quantity that a high percentage of people in a particular country have mobile phones, \u201cwe figure out how to start sending text messages to educators and parents, or create and distribute teacher training videos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working at Sesame Workshop, Washington says, \u201cis like being part of a fun and loving family. It\u2019s a clich\u00c9, but it\u2019s true.\u201d That spirit of playful camaraderie is obvious as soon as visitors enter the offices in midtown Manhattan. Framed pictures of classic Sesame Street Muppet friends line the lobby walls; office TV monitors broadcast live footage from the show\u2019s Astoria set; plush characters garnish every workstation. And at her desk, Washington fits right in. Though she walks in every morning in high heels, she prefers to do her work wearing something more comfortable \u2014 her fuzzy pink Sesame Street Muppet slippers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Business of Reaching Kids, Changing Lives \u201cIn a way,\u201d says Tiffany Washington, \u201cI grew up on Sesame Street twice.\u201d Like millions of other kids, Washington credits the beloved television&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":8472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[196],"ppma_author":[],"class_list":["post-8471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-profiles","tag-archived"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tiffany Washington, MBA &#039;12 (E) - Cornell Business Centers &amp; 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