ACG Houston: Women's Forum Fall Luncheon 2025

Kelly Merryman Hoogstraten currently serves as the CEO of Wonder Project, a transformative independent studio that creates premium films and series for the faith and values audience.

For the last 20 years, Kelly has been at the forefront of innovation in digital media and technology, holding senior leadership roles at Netflix, YouTube and Aura.Most recently, Kelly was President & COO at Aura where she spearheaded the company’s product and go-to-market strategy and oversaw the product, sales, marketing and operations teams. From 2015-2021 Kelly served as Vice President of Content Partnerships at YouTube, where she led the global partnership strategy and management of content creators and media companies across the Americas. Prior to YouTube, Kelly was Vice President, Content Acquisition at Netflix from 2007-2014, driving the company’s international expansion across markets in Western Europe, Canada and Latin America. Kelly also held positions at Sony Pictures, Bain & Company and Audax Group.