Laura Fleury is Vice President of Non-Fiction and Alternative Programming at A&E Network. In this position, she plays a senior role in the development and production of nonfiction series and specials for A&E, BIO Channel and Crime & Investigation Network. She has developed, launched and currently serves as Executive Producer for many of A&E's most critically-acclaimed and top-rated series including THE FIRST 48, BEYOND SCARED STRAIGHT (highest-rated series launch in network history), CAJUN JUSTICE, THE FIRST 48: MISSING PERSONS, MANHUNTERS: FUGITIVE TASK FORCE™, and PARKING WARS.  She is currently developing and overseeing several new projects for launch in 2012 and beyond. She also has developed and executive-produced series for The BIO Channel, including I SURVIVED…™ which launched as the #1 series in the history of the BIO Channel.  She has also developed and produced numerous other series and specials for AETN including RUNAWAY SQUAD, CRIME 360™, THE SQUAD: PRISON POLICE and THE INTERROGATORS.  In her previous roles as Senior Director, and prior to that, Director, Documentary Programming at A&E Network, she developed, launched and executive-produced several documentary series and specials to ratings and critical acclaim including 2-time Emmy-nominated Cold Case Files™, SWAT, Minute-by-Minute, American Justice, Parole Board, Investigative Reports, Makeover Mamas, The Real Story, The Point and The Hunt. Prior to that, Ms. Fleury served as a Supervising Producer for a number of A&E's documentary specials and series, including A&E's very first 'real-life series', LA Detectives, as well as Biography®, The New Explorers, Sea Tales, Treasure!, The Unexplained, Inside Story, The Planets and One-on-One with David Frost among others. Prior to joining A&E, Ms. Fleury worked in independent film production on scripted and unscripted films, including the award-winning documentaries BROTHER’S KEEPER and PARADISE LOST.