DIVERSITY WEEK 2014
BET Networks CEO Debra Lee (l.), whose company was honored with the 2014 Diversity Advocate award, and Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman at the Walter Kaitz Foundation Fundraising Dinner in New York.
Performers from Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance entertained Walter Kaitz Foundation Fundraising Dinner attendees in New York.
At the opening general session of the 28th annual NAMIC Conference at New York’s Marriott Marquis (l. to r.): Leland Melvin, astronaut and former NFL player; Eglon Simons, CEO, NAMIC; Michael D. Armstrong, SVP, BET International & Paramount Channel; Herb Scannell, president, BBC Worldwide North America; and Michael Powell, CEO, NAMIC.
(From l.): David Porter, executive director, Walter Kaitz Foundation, and Juju Chang, anchor of ABC’s Nightline and guest speaker at the 2014 L. Patrick Mellon Mentorship Program Luncheon, a NAMIC/WICT partnership co-sponsored by Kaitz.
Panelists at the NAMIC Conference’s “Leveraging the Hispanic Market” panel (l. to r): Alicia Menendez, host, Fusion’s Alicia Menendez Tonight; Monica Gill, SVP and GM, multicultural growth and strategy, Nielsen; David Chitel, chairman and founder, New Generation Latino Consortium; Lucinda Martinez, SVP, multicultural marketing, HBO; and Lynnette Ramirez, SVP, programming, NUVOtv/Fuse.
At the WICT Touchstones Luncheon in New York (l. to r.) Sarah Barnett, president and GM, SundanceTV; Maggie Gyllenhaal, star of SundanceTV’s The Honorable Woman; and Maria E. Brennan, president and CEO, WICT.
(From l.): WICT’s 2014 Woman to Watch Award winner, Jennifer Mirogrod of Turner; 2014 Woman of the Year winner Christine Driessen of ESPN; and Woman to Watch winner Deborah Picciolo of Time Warner Cable at the WICT Touchstones Luncheon.
(From l.): David Cohen, EVP and chief diversity officer, Comcast; Maria E. Brennan, CEO, WICT; Andrea Mitchell, host of MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports; and Mary E. Meduski, EVP and CFO, Suddenlink, at the WICT Leadership Conference in New York.
Panelists on the NAMIC Conference’s chief diversity officer panel (l. to r.): David L. Cohen, Comcast; Jane Hyun of Huyn & Associates, moderator; Craig Robinson, NBCUniversal; Marva Smalls, Viacom/ Nickelodeon; Rhonda Taylor, Cox; Eglon Simons, CEO, NAMIC; Josie J. Thomas, CBS Corp.; and Michael Armstrong, Viacom International Media Networks.
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