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Karen "Nish" Nishimura
Co-Producer

Known as "Nish" to her friends and colleagues, Karen Nishimura's 14-year career in entertainment has included creative marketing positions in both television syndication and Internet development. She has worked with Westinghouse Broadcasting, Columbia TriStar Interactive and Eyemark Entertainment (a unit of CBS Entertainment). Nish has managed and contributed her talents to creative promotional campaigns for various syndicated TV shows such as; "Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal," "Pensacola Wings of Gold," "Marilu," "Bob Vila's Home Again" and more. She has also produced Web sites for many TV series including, "Wheel of Fortune," "Jeopardy," "Party of Five," "Caroline in the City" and "Jackie Collins Hollywood."

As a Los Angeles native, Nish's interests have been in entertainment and music has always been a passion. She's an avid fan of Jazz and it was over 18 years ago that the Baked Potato was one of the first Jazz clubs to introduce her to the excitement of live Jazz performances. Asked why she wanted to work on this project, Nish replied, "The Baked Potato is an important part of L.A. Jazz history. I'm excited to be a part of the production team on a documentary that will reveal and delight audiences with the remarkable contribution the Baked Potato has made to Jazz and to Los Angeles."