Janet is executive vice president, Production, for HBO & HBO Max, responsible for supervising production, post and production operations on all HBO and HBO Max Original programming, including such series as Task, Succession, The Last of Us, House of The Dragon, Euphoria, The Penguin, And Just Like That…, and the upcoming IT: Welcome to Derry, among many more.

Prior to this role, Borba was senior vice president, West Coast Production, overseeing films and miniseries for HBO, where she worked on Game of Thrones from the pilot stage onward. She also worked on the multiple award-winning miniseries Olive Kitteridge, The Pacific, John Adams and Angels in America, as well as films such as Paterno, Lackawanna Blues, Something the Lord Made, Iron Jawed Angels and Wit.

Prior to HBO, Borba held various producer titles on studio productions including October Films’ Still Breathing, United Artists’ Hackers, Hollywood Pictures’ Camp Nowhere, Miramax’s The Night We Never Met and 20th Century Fox’s Hot Shots! between 1991 and 1995.

Borba has served as an adjunct professor in the MFA Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California, where she received her MFA in 1989, and she holds a BA from the University of Virginia, where she was an Echols Scholar and Lawn resident.

Janet Borba’s first job in the industry was assisting Director Jim Abrahams on Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael. It’s where she learned the fundamentals she still relies on today—now overseeing budgets, schedules, and production for HBO and HBO Max. Ask her what she loves most about the work, and the answer is immediate: “The creators we get to work with.”

Of all the shows she’s produced over the years, one rises to the top: Game of Thrones. Borba was there from the pilot onward, helping build the series that would go on to become a phenomenon.

These days, the industry is in flux—constant change, constant consolidation. But Borba’s approach to judging (this is her first year with the Tellys) cuts through the noise. She’s looking for a unique point of view and high craft standards. Simple as that.

It’s the same lens she’s brought to HBO for decades, and it’s what keeps her excited to see what comes next.