2015 T. Howard Diversity Awards Dinner
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Dish Network chairman and co-founder Charlie Ergen (l.) presents the T. Howard Award for Executive Leadership to Michael Schwimmer, CEO, Fuse Media.

(From l.): Ozzie Areu, president of Tyler Perry Studios, accepts T. Howard’s Diversity Champion Award from 2013 T. Howard Foundation intern Jordan Stewart.

Dan Rather (r.), managing editor and anchor of AXS TV’s Dan Rather Reports, accepts the Diversity Partners Award for AXS TV on the network’s behalf from Rob Doodian of AMC Networks, T. Howard Foundation board chairman, and Jo Pamphile, T. Howard CEO.

At the T. Howard Foundation Diversity Awards Dinner in New York (l. to r.): Bradley Siegel, president, and Michelle Rice, EVP, affiliate sales and marketing, TV One; Roland Martin, host of NewsOne Now and dinner emcee; Jo Pamphile, CEO, and Rob Doodian, board chairman, T. Howard Foundation; and Michael Schwimmer, CEO, Fuse Media.
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