Schechter is the chairperson and partner at Berlanti Productions, and the co-founder of Berlanti-Schechter Films.

In October 2020, with 17 scripted series then on the air, she became one of the most prolific producers in television history.

Her father, Danny Schechter, a grandson of Russian-Jewish immigrant socialists, was a human rights activist, author, filmmaker and television producer.

[2] She attended the preparatory school Milton Academy,[3] and in 1998 graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in film theory.

[4] Schechter began her career in New York, working for the documentarian Barbara Kopple and on independent film projects.