Madeline Bell Added to Comcast Board

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Comcast said that Madeline Bell was appointed to its board of directors, effective Feb. 22.

Bell, president and CEO of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, was designated an indepedent director and added to the Comcast board's audit committee.

The appointment increases the size of Comcast's board to 12 members.

Bell is Comcast's second female director, and the company says its board is now 42% diverse.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.