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Sharon Lieblein
Sharon Chazin Lieblein, vice president of talent and casting for Nickelodeon, has cast and overseen casting for several hit shows for the network, including iCarly, Drake and Josh, Zoey 101, Unfabulous, Just Jordan and Ned’s Declassified, among others. Previously a staff member at Witt-Thomas Productions, Lieblein cast several shows, including The John Larroquette Show, Brotherly Love and Pearl. As a freelance casting director, she cast several pilots for Fox and television movies for NBC and CBS, as well as independent features. Lieblein, who joined Nickelodeon in 1999, works closely with the development department to cast its pilots, oversees all talent requests, episodic casting, TV movies and specials. She sits on the board of the Casting Society of America and is a member of the Advisory Committee for Looking Ahead, a division of the Actors Fund of America.

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Mark Teschner
A native New Yorker, Mark Teschner has been a casting director for twenty-four years. He has been described by Rolling Stone magazine as “an actor’s casting director,” and TV Guide noted his “unparalleled track record for finding new talent.” For the past eighteen years Teschner has been casting director for ABC Television’s General Hospital, and he won the 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Casting Director for a Drama Series. He has also received three additional Emmy nominations for his work on the show. Teschner is also a three-time recipient of the Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Drama Casting, and has received eleven additional nominations. Teschner is a former vice president of the Casting Society of America and is now serving his second term on the Television Academy’s Board of Governors. He currently resides in Los Angeles.

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