Entrepreneurship
Her start-ups include Request Teletext, the first full-channel cable teletext service; PrimeTime 24, one of the first home satellite broadcast networks; NFL Sunday Ticket and NFL.com, the first sports league on satellite television and the Internet; and Fathom.com, the first interactive knowledge network associated with leading universities, libraries, museums, and research institutions. She previously headed up new media for the National Football League (NFL), overseeing the introduction of new programming ventures in emerging technologies such as interactive television and the Internet, and is the founder of NFL.com, superbowl.com and Team NFL on America Online.
She served as president of Comma Communications, a telecommunications and interactive consulting firm. She also co-founded Satellite Broadcast Networks and PrimeTime 24, where she became the first executive vice president of sales and marketing of both companies. Earlier, she was the director of new business development for TelePrompTer/Group W Cable, where she won an ACE award in marketing.
Kirschner has served as a scholar-in-residence at Rollins College and James Madison University. She is a current or former board member of Apollo Group, Public Agenda, Jewish Women's Archive, MOUSE, Open University of Israel, New York Media Association, Theatreworks USA, the Topps Company, the Princeton University English Department Advisory Council, and Leadership Council of the Princeton University Graduate School.
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