Ruth Ann Harnisch

Ruth Ann Harnisch

Known for
Production

Biography

Ruth Ann Harnisch is an American investor, activist and philanthropist native Buffalo, New York. As a teenager, she worked as DJ for WYSL-FM in Buffalo under the name Karin Kelly. She briefly worked for Buffalo-based WGR-TV and WKBW-TV. After moving to Nashville, Tennessee, Ruth Ann Leach worked for WLAC-AM, as a television reporter and anchor for WTVF, and as a columnist for the Nashville Banner. She is married William Harnisch, and founded The Harnisch Foundation in 1998. After retiring from her journalism career, she chaired the board of the non-profit More Than Money, whose coaching program inspired Harnisch to learn about professional coaching. She joined the International Coach Federation and the International Association of Coaches. In 2006, she co-founded The Foundation of Coaching.

Known For

Filmography

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Paul Robeson Documentary

Paul Robeson Documentary

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
State of Firsts poster

State of Firsts

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Ask E. Jean poster

Ask E. Jean

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Cookie Queens poster

Cookie Queens

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Seized poster

Seized

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Miss Representation: Rise Up poster

Miss Representation: Rise Up

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Natchez poster

Natchez

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Rapinoe poster

Rapinoe

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
One Last Order poster

One Last Order

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Satisfied poster

Satisfied

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House poster

Move Ya Body: The Birth of House

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore poster

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Viva Verdi! poster

Viva Verdi!

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Life After poster

Life After

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Heightened Scrutiny poster

Heightened Scrutiny

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Arrest the Midwife poster

Arrest the Midwife

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
The Librarians poster

The Librarians

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
We Are Pat poster

We Are Pat

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
She Runs the World poster

She Runs the World

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Runa Simi poster

Runa Simi

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong poster

Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Women Laughing poster

Women Laughing

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Look into My Eyes poster

Look into My Eyes

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Love to the Max poster

Love to the Max

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Mrs Robinson poster

Mrs Robinson

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Maya and the Wave poster

Maya and the Wave

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Patrice: The Movie poster

Patrice: The Movie

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Another Body poster

Another Body

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Art for Everybody poster

Art for Everybody

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Confessions of a Good Samaritan poster

Confessions of a Good Samaritan

Movie · Co-Executive Producer

2023
Breaking the News poster

Breaking the News

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Joonam poster

Joonam

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Battleground poster

Battleground

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Art & Krimes by Krimes poster

Art & Krimes by Krimes

Movie · Co-Executive Producer

2022
Body Parts poster

Body Parts

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Act Social poster

Act Social

Movie · Associate Producer

2019
The House of Tomorrow poster

The House of Tomorrow

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Night Comes On poster

Night Comes On

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
The Feeling of Being Watched poster

The Feeling of Being Watched

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Humor Me poster

Humor Me

Movie · Associate Producer

2017
Unrest poster

Unrest

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Columbus poster

Columbus

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Lucky poster

Lucky

Movie · Executive Producer

2015
The Hunting Ground poster

The Hunting Ground

Movie · Executive Producer