BETSY RILEY

Betsy Riley serves as Senior Vice President & Coordinating Producer, NBC Sports & Olympics, where she leads production strategy and execution for the Olympic primetime show. In this role, she oversees NBC Olympics’ premier broadcast, including Primetime in Milan during the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic Winter Games, which ranked No. 1 in primetime throughout all 17 nights of competition. She also leads NBC Sports’ coverage of the WNBA.

A highly respected leader in sports television, Riley brings more than two decades of experience producing some of the industry’s most prominent live events. A cornerstone of NBC Sports & Olympics coverage since 2002, she has contributed to ten Olympic Games, producing marquee events such as Olympic track & field and primetime swimming, and breaking new ground as the first woman to produce Olympic track & field coverage at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

In addition to the Olympics, Riley has served in a multitude of roles at NBC Sports, including as a Sunday Night Football sideline producer, an augmented reality producer for Super Bowl LVI, and an assistant director for NBC’s Thursday Night Football. Additionally, she played a key role in multiple Triple Crown campaigns, including American Pharoah and Justify’s Triple Crown wins in 2015 and 2018, respectively.

Prior to her current role, Riley was a foundational member of Prime Video’s sports department. She served as Senior Coordinating Producer, overseeing NFL game production and playing a pivotal role in the launch of the streamer’s Thursday Night Football franchise. She also helped develop and launch the streamer’s coverage of the first-ever NFL Black Friday Football game in 2023, the National Women’s Soccer League, and NASCAR on Prime. During her time at Prime Video, she helped develop key technological innovations such as AI-powered Defensive Alerts.

A ten-time Sports Emmy Award winner and a 2024 Sports Business Journal “Game Changer,” Riley is recognized for combining production excellence, innovation, and leadership across the industry’s biggest stages. A University of Notre Dame graduate and former collegiate track & field athlete, she and her husband have two children.