News Multichannel News Freeze Frame | Oct. 19, 2020 By MCN Staff published 19 October 2020 Diversity Week 2020 Lori Hall (l.), co-founder and head of creative at Pop’N Creative, and Michael Powell, president and CEO, NCTA, during the Oct. 5 WICT Leadership Conference Fireside Chat “Beyond the Hashtag: Moving from Grassroots to Grand Landscapes.” (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 1 of 11 Next Prev Page 1 of 11 Next Angela Duckworth (l.), University of Pennsylvania professor and author of Grit: The Power and Passion of Perseverance, talks about what makes a high achiever with Michelle Ray, Walter Kaitz Foundation executive director. (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 2 of 11 Next Prev Page 2 of 11 Next Sheinelle Jones, host of the third hour of NBC’s Today, moderates the WICT Conference’s kickoff, “The Grand Opening” super session. (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 3 of 11 Next Prev Page 3 of 11 Next On the WICT/NAMIC joint “(Re)Creating Successful Employee Resource Groups” session (l. to r.): moderator Joiava Philpott, VP, regulatory affairs, Cox; and panelists Jennifer Caserta, chief transformation and people officer, AMC Networks; Lee Schroeder, EVP, government & community affairs and chief diversity officer, Altice USA; and Mini Timmaraju, executive director, diversity & inclusion, Comcast. (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 4 of 11 Next Prev Page 4 of 11 Next Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi speaks on the WICT Leadership Conference panel “Profiles of Champions: Becoming a Corporate Athlete.” (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 5 of 11 Next Prev Page 5 of 11 Next Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Deborah Gruenfeld speaks to WICT Leadership Conference viewers about “Acting with Power, Purpose and Resillience.” (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 6 of 11 Next Prev Page 6 of 11 Next Making ‘Good Trouble’ to Power Systemic Change” (top row, l. to r.): Clement Cheng, SVP, human resources, Xfinity Consumer Services, Comcast Cable; Robin Denise Johnson, consultant/executive coach; Martin Davidson, University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Bottom row (l. to r.): Laura Morgan Roberts, Darden School of Business; and David Porter, University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business. (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 7 of 11 Next Prev Page 7 of 11 Next Discussing the “Value of Mentoring” at the joint NAMIC/WICT L. Patrick Mellon Mentorship Session (l. to r.): James Anderson, SVP, enterprise inclusion, marketing and communications, WarnerMedia; Ed Lewis, co-founder, CEO and publisher, Essence Media; and Christy Haubegger, EVP, chief enterprise inclusion officer, WarnerMedia. (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 8 of 11 Next Prev Page 8 of 11 Next At a NAMIC Conference Town Hall on “Race & Relevancy in the Workplace”: host Shaun Robinson of TLC’s 90 Day Fiancé Tell All (l.) and panelists (clockwise from top l.): Bob Bakish, president/CEO, ViacomCBS; Detavio Samuels, co-head and chief operating officer, Revolt TV; Princell Hair, president/CEO, Black News Channel; and Mónica Gil, EVP, chief administrative and marketing officer, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises. (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 9 of 11 Next Prev Page 9 of 11 Next On the NAMIC Conference’s “Marketing the Pivot” panel (clockwise, l. to r.): panelists Emeka Ofodile, VP, sports marketing, ESPN; Jackie Gagne, VP, multicultural marketing, WarnerMedia; and Tammy Henault, SVP, consumer marketing, ViacomCBS Digital; moderador Adriana Waterson, SVP, insights and strategy, Horowitz Research; and panelist Jessica Lane Alexander, co-founder, Pop’N Creative. 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Lori Hall (l.), co-founder and head of creative at Pop’N Creative, and Michael Powell, president and CEO, NCTA, during the Oct. 5 WICT Leadership Conference Fireside Chat “Beyond the Hashtag: Moving from Grassroots to Grand Landscapes.” (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 1 of 11 Next Prev Page 1 of 11 Next
Angela Duckworth (l.), University of Pennsylvania professor and author of Grit: The Power and Passion of Perseverance, talks about what makes a high achiever with Michelle Ray, Walter Kaitz Foundation executive director. (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 2 of 11 Next Prev Page 2 of 11 Next
Sheinelle Jones, host of the third hour of NBC’s Today, moderates the WICT Conference’s kickoff, “The Grand Opening” super session. (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 3 of 11 Next Prev Page 3 of 11 Next
On the WICT/NAMIC joint “(Re)Creating Successful Employee Resource Groups” session (l. to r.): moderator Joiava Philpott, VP, regulatory affairs, Cox; and panelists Jennifer Caserta, chief transformation and people officer, AMC Networks; Lee Schroeder, EVP, government & community affairs and chief diversity officer, Altice USA; and Mini Timmaraju, executive director, diversity & inclusion, Comcast. (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 4 of 11 Next Prev Page 4 of 11 Next
Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi speaks on the WICT Leadership Conference panel “Profiles of Champions: Becoming a Corporate Athlete.” (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 5 of 11 Next Prev Page 5 of 11 Next
Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Deborah Gruenfeld speaks to WICT Leadership Conference viewers about “Acting with Power, Purpose and Resillience.” (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 6 of 11 Next Prev Page 6 of 11 Next
Making ‘Good Trouble’ to Power Systemic Change” (top row, l. to r.): Clement Cheng, SVP, human resources, Xfinity Consumer Services, Comcast Cable; Robin Denise Johnson, consultant/executive coach; Martin Davidson, University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Bottom row (l. to r.): Laura Morgan Roberts, Darden School of Business; and David Porter, University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business. (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 7 of 11 Next Prev Page 7 of 11 Next
Discussing the “Value of Mentoring” at the joint NAMIC/WICT L. Patrick Mellon Mentorship Session (l. to r.): James Anderson, SVP, enterprise inclusion, marketing and communications, WarnerMedia; Ed Lewis, co-founder, CEO and publisher, Essence Media; and Christy Haubegger, EVP, chief enterprise inclusion officer, WarnerMedia. (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 8 of 11 Next Prev Page 8 of 11 Next
At a NAMIC Conference Town Hall on “Race & Relevancy in the Workplace”: host Shaun Robinson of TLC’s 90 Day Fiancé Tell All (l.) and panelists (clockwise from top l.): Bob Bakish, president/CEO, ViacomCBS; Detavio Samuels, co-head and chief operating officer, Revolt TV; Princell Hair, president/CEO, Black News Channel; and Mónica Gil, EVP, chief administrative and marketing officer, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises. (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 9 of 11 Next Prev Page 9 of 11 Next
On the NAMIC Conference’s “Marketing the Pivot” panel (clockwise, l. to r.): panelists Emeka Ofodile, VP, sports marketing, ESPN; Jackie Gagne, VP, multicultural marketing, WarnerMedia; and Tammy Henault, SVP, consumer marketing, ViacomCBS Digital; moderador Adriana Waterson, SVP, insights and strategy, Horowitz Research; and panelist Jessica Lane Alexander, co-founder, Pop’N Creative. (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 10 of 11 Next Prev Page 10 of 11 Next
At the NAMIC Conference’s “New Normal” opening session (clockwise, l. to r.): Tonya Cornileus, VP, development, inclusion and wellness, ESPN; Salvador Mendoza, VP, diversity & inclusion, NBCUniversal; and Karen Gray, EVP, Human Resources, A+E Networks (Image credit: Future) Prev Page 11 of 11 Next Prev Page 11 of 11 Next