Hard to believe this entertainment industry veteran began her TV career as what she calls "the blonde who died on every Aaron Spelling show ever created".
After a long stint as an actor and producer of commercials mostly in the political arena, monterey media inc.'s CFO & Co-Managing Founder, Jere now serves in multiple capacities and oversees monterey's Financial, Creative and Marketing departments.
Additionally, Ms. Mansfield is the partner in a private management company (M & O Management) which specializes in personal project business management for celebrity clients.
Following college at the University of California at San Diego, she became a working Screen Actors Guild member for many years which paved the way to garner essential industry knowledge. Shortly thereafter Jere's keen business sense led her to become an accomplished producer, both in the feature film , political and commercial venues.
Building on her excellent partnership and marketing skills the mmi independent feature film division now boasts a varied and noteworthy library available on all digital platforms and media.
Community minded, Jere has served multiple terms on the National Board for "Kids First!" /Coalition for Quality Children's Media; two terms as President and two as Vice President for the Entertainment AIDS Alliance, is a Member of the Silver Telly Council and is an ardent supporter of The Creative Coalition's outreach for philanthropic entertainment related outreach.
On the awards front, Jere has also been recognized by Video Business Magazine as "Women to Watch", awarded EAA's "Visionary Honor's Award", by Who's Who in Corporate America and as "Women Elite" in 2007's VBM.
