# Days of Our Lives producers and writers

This is a list of executive producers and head writers for the soap opera Days of Our Lives.

## Executive Producers

| Duration | Name |
| November 8, 1965 – August 2, 1966 | Ted Corday |
| August 3, 1966 – April 19, 1977 | Betty Corday |
| April 20, 1977 – January 18, 1980 | Betty Corday and H. Wesley Kenney |
| January 21, 1980 – May 9, 1986 | Betty Corday and Al Rabin |
| May 12, 1986 – December 31, 1987 | Betty Corday, Ken Corday and Al Rabin |
| January 4, 1988 – March 6, 1989 | Ken Corday and Al Rabin |
| March 7 – December 1989 | Ken Corday and Shelley Curtis |
| December 1989 – April 20, 1992 | Ken Corday and Al Rabin |
| April 21, 1992 – March 28, 2002 | Ken Corday and Tom Langan |
| March 29, 2002 – August 29, 2007 | Ken Corday and Stephen Wyman |
| August 30, 2007 – September 16, 2008 | Ken Corday and Edward J. Scott |
| September 17, 2008 – September 2, 2011 | Ken Corday and Gary Tomlin |
| September 6, 2011 – January 27, 2012 | Ken Corday, Noel Maxam and Greg Meng |
| January 30, 2012 – July 31, 2015 | Ken Corday, Lisa de Cazotte and Greg Meng |
| August 3, 2015 – September 7, 2020 | Ken Corday, Albert Alarr and Greg Meng |
| September 8, 2020 – January 26, 2024 | Ken Corday and Albert Alarr |
| January 29, 2024 – present | Ken Corday and Janet Spellman-Drucker |

## Head writers

| Duration | Name |
| November 8 – December 31, 1965 | Peggy Phillips and Kenneth Rosen |
| January 3 – July 4, 1966 | Peggy Phillips |
| July 5, 1966 – May 6, 1975 | William J. Bell |
| May 7, 1975 – April 19, 1977 | Pat Falken Smith |
| April 20, 1977 – February 26, 1979 | Ann Marcus |
| February 27, 1979 – March 14, 1980 | Elizabeth Harrower |
| March 17 – April 18, 1980 | Ruth Brooks Flippen |
| April 21 – October 9, 1980 | Nina Laemmle |
| October 10 – 17, 1980 | Michelle Poteet Lisanti |
| October 20, 1980 – October 20, 1981 | Gary Tomlin and Michelle Poteet Lisanti |
| October 21, 1981 – April 16, 1982 | Pat Falken Smith |
| April 19, 1982 – September 21, 1984 | Margaret DePriest and Sheri Anderson |
| September 24 – October 25, 1984 | Margaret DePriest, Sheri Anderson, and Thom Racina |
| October 26 – November 30, 1984 | Sheri Anderson and Thom Racina |
| December 3, 1984 – November 10, 1986 | Sheri Anderson, Thom Racina, Leah Laiman |
| November 11 – 18, 1986 | Thom Racina and Leah Laiman |
| November 19, 1986 – March 16, 1989 | Leah Laiman |
| March 17, 1989 – January 19, 1990 | Anne Howard Bailey |
| January 22, 1990 – June 18, 1991 | Richard J. Allen and Anne Schoettle |
| June 19, 1991 – January 30, 1992 | Gene Palumbo |
| January 31 – June 12, 1992 | Richard J. Allen and Beth Milstein |
| June 12 – July 9, 1992 | Sheri Anderson |
| July 10 – August 6, 1992 | Sheri Anderson and Gene Palumbo |
| August 7 – December 18, 1992 | Sheri Anderson |
| December 21, 1992 – April 28, 1993 | Sheri Anderson and James E. Reilly |
| April 29, 1993 – November 20, 1997 | James E. Reilly |
| November 21, 1997 – January 5, 1998 | James E. Reilly and Sally Sussman Morina |
| January 8, 1998 – October 14, 1999 | Sally Sussman Morina |
| October 15 – November 10, 1999 | Lorraine Broderick |
| November 11, 1999 – March 28, 2002 | Tom Langan |
| March 29, 2002 – March 6, 2003 | Peter Brash and Paula Cwikly |
| March 7 – August 8, 2003 | Dena Higley |
| August 11 – 15, 2003 | Dena Higley and James E. Reilly |
| August 18, 2003 – August 9, 2006 | James E. Reilly |
| August 10 – October 4, 2006 | Beth Milstein |
| October 5, 2006 – January 24, 2008 | Hogan Sheffer and Meg Kelly |
| January 25 – April 22, 2008 | None listed |
| April 23 – June 30, 2008 | Dena Higley and Victor Gialanella |
| July 1 – October 10, 2008 | Dena Higley and Rick Draughon |
| October 13, 2008 – June 13, 2011 | Dena Higley and Christopher Whitesell |
| June 14 – August 25, 2011 | Dena Higley |
| August 26, 2011 – August 16, 2012 | Marlene Clark Poulter and Darrell Ray Thomas Jr. |
| August 17, 2012 – August 18, 2015 | Gary Tomlin and Christopher Whitesell |
| August 19, 2015 – February 19, 2016 | Josh Griffith and Dena Higley |
| February 22 – September 2, 2016 | Josh Griffith, Dena Higley and Beth Milstein |
| September 6, 2016 – July 18, 2017 | Dena Higley and Ryan Quan |
| July 19, 2017 – December 1, 2023 | Ron Carlivati |
| December 4, 2023 – May 30, 2024 | None listed |
| May 31, 2024 – April 23, 2025 | Ron Carlivati |
| April 24, 2025 – TBA | Paula Cwikly and Jeanne Marie Ford |