Snapshots from the WICT Network Leadership Conference, NAMIC Conference and Walter Kaitz Foundation Fundraising Dinner in New York
Members of the content and connectivity industries gathered in New York during the week of September 18 for the annual Diversity Week events. The WICT Network’s Leadership Conference, the 37th Annual NAMIC Conference and The Walter Kaitz Foundation’s Annual Fundraising Dinner emphasized the industry’s valuing of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts to stay competitive in an evolving entertainment marketplace. Click on the gallery below for snapshots from all three events.
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At the 2023 WICT Network Leadership Conference in New York (l. to r.): Maria E. Brennan, WICT president and CEO; Dalila Wilson-Scott, Comcast; Maria Taylor, NBC Sports; Leigh Woisard, formerly of Cox; and Val Boreland, NBCUniversal. (Image credit: Lawrence Busacca/Getty Images for The WICT Network Leadership Conference)
Author Joanne Lipman (r.) signs books for attendees of the WICT Network Leadership Conference at Manhattan’s Marriott Marquis. (Image credit: Lawrence Busacca/Getty Images for The WICT Network Leadership Conference)
Comcast EVP and chief diversity officer Dalila Wilson-Scott was honored as The WICT Network’s Woman of the Year–Operator. (Image credit: Lawrence Busacca/Getty Images for The WICT Network Leadership Conference)
Kelley Drukker, SVP, legal & business affairs, A+E Networks, was honored as Woman To Watch–Programmer.(Image credit: Lawrence Busacca/Getty Images for The WICT Network Leadership Conference)
At the NAMIC Conference: (l. to r.): Lester Holt, anchor and managing editor, ‘NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt;’ Morgan Radford, NBC News; Shuanise Washington, president and CEO, NAMIC; and NAMIC board chair Emory Walton, VP, content distribution, A+E Networks. (Image credit: Luis Marin Creative)
Warner Bros. Discovery’s DEI team at the NAMIC Conference (l. to r.): Christian Hug, Grace Moss and Asif Sadiq, honorary NAMIC conference chair; Shuanise Washington, president and CEO, NAMIC; and WBD’s Yvette Urbina and Lisa Collins. (Image credit: Luis Marin Creative)
Walter Kaitz Foundation dinner co-chairs Dalila Wilson-Scott (l.) of Comcast and Detavio Samuels of Revolt with Toni Judkins (c.), senior VP of programming development, Hallmark Media, who accepted the ChangeMaker award for the network’s Mahogany content initiative. (Image credit: Walter Kaitz Foundation)
Kaitz dinner co-chairs Detavio Samuels (far l.) and Dalila Wilson Scott (far r.) present the ChangeMaker Award to representatives of The Hidden Genius Project. (Image credit: Walter Kaitz Foundation)
At the NAMIC Conference (from l.): Trymaine Lee, MSNBC correspondent and host of the ‘Into America’ podcast; Shuanise Washington, president and CEO, NAMIC; FAMU mascot “Mrs. Venom;” Will Packer, president and CEO, Will Packer Productions; FAMU mascot “Mr. Venom;” and Loren Hudson, SVP & chief diversity officer, Comcast Cable. (Image credit: Luis Marin Creative)
Justin Connolly, president, Disney Platform Distribution, with Laura Gentile, EVP, marketing & social media, ESPN.(Image credit: Lawrence Busacca/Getty Images for The WICT Network Leadership Conference)
2023 NAMIC Annual Awards recipients were honored at the conference (l. to r.): Heather Anderson, ESPN; Kevin Martinez, ESPN; Marcus Best, Allied Global Marketing; Catherine Mitchell, Cox; Puru Patnekar, Charter; Chara-Lynn Aguiar, ESPN; Valerie Spiller, A+E; Shuanise Washington, president and CEO, NAMIC; Jose Diaz-Balart, the 2023 NAMIC Mickey Leland Humanitarian Achievement Award recipient; Emory Walton, NAMIC board chair; DeAdria Wright-Davis, Mark Leon Guerrero, LaRawn Robinson and Trent Taylor, Charter; Mark Walker, ESPN; and Monique Manners, NAMIC-Florida chapter president.(Image credit: Luis Marin Creative)
At the WICT Network Leadership Conference & Touchstones Luncheon (l. to r.): Robyn Mingle, Loren Hudson, Jane Rice, Savalle Sims and Rachel C. Welch. (Image credit: Lawrence Busacca/Getty Images for The WICT Network Leadership Conference)
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