NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. They began separately as NBC and Universal, both in the new world of motion picture, production, and distribution. In 2004, they merged to become a new media conglomerate.

Today, they own and operate over 20 different businesses across 30 countries. Their services include development, production, marketing of entertainment, news and information. Within their services, they own and operate various portfolios of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, television production operations, television stations group, theme parks, and streaming services. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast.

Notable brands within their Film portfolio are Universal Pictures, DreamWorks, and Focus Features. Their News portfolio includes NBC News, MSNBC, and CNBC. Parks and Resorts consists of Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Orlando Resort, Universal Studios Japan, Universal Studios Singapore, and Universal Beijing Resort. TV & Streaming is a larger portfolio that consists of NBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, peacock, Oxygen True Crime, Universal Kids, USA, SyFy, GolfNow, hayu, bravo, E, and Fandango. Lastly, the TV studios group is recognized by their Universal Television, UCP, Universal Television Alternative, and Universal International Studios brands.

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Greg Hughes is Executive Vice President, Communications, NBC Sports. He joined the company in October 2011.

Hughes oversees all strategic media and public outreach on behalf of NBC Sports, GOLF Channel, sports on Peacock, and all of the accompanying digital assets. The portfolio includes the NFL, Olympics, Big Ten Conference, Premier League, PGA Tour/President’s Cup, USGA, The Open Championship and Ryder Cup, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Breeders’ Cup horse racing, NASCAR, IndyCar, the USFL, original programming, and many other sports properties. Hughes also oversees all internal communications for the company.

Among the highlights since Hughes joined NBC Sports in October 2011, Sunday Night Football is the most-watched primetime show on television for an unprecedented 11 consecutive Sept.–May TV seasons (2011-21) and is on pace for a 12th consecutive #1 finish; the 2022 Beijing Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics becoming the most streamed Winter and Summer Games ever; the 2012 London Olympics becoming the most-watched event in U.S. television history with more than 217 million viewers; and four Super Bowls, each of which became among the most-watched programs in U.S. television history.

Hughes, a longtime communications executive, spanned the globe as the lead communications person for Turner Sports from 1990-2006, leading all sports-related public and media relations efforts on events including Winter Olympics, NBA regular season, All-Star and postseason play, NFL regular season and Super Bowl shoulder programming, Wimbledon, PGA Championship and PGA Grand Slam events, multiple summer and one winter Goodwill Games, and numerous other events. He also served as the senior communications executive for the Atlanta Braves (2003-06) and the Atlanta Thrashers (1998-2003).

From 2007-11, Hughes served as President of Sedan Communications, a public relations firm he founded that represented major sports media companies, events and businesses, including NBC Sports and Olympics, Universal Sports, All American Games, The Whistle, Sportsman Channel, US Road Sports, Banded Nation, and the Atlanta Braves, among others.

Hughes received a bachelor’s degree in journalism with an emphasis on Public Relations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is on the Board of Visitors for the university’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications. He received the school’s Distinguished Service Award in April 2012, and the Ralph Nafziger Award for Achievement in Journalism within 10 years of graduation (1997).

Greg Hughes

Trisha Maas

Tom Knapp is the Executive Vice President, Golf. He is responsible for programming, planning and rights management for NBC Sports, Golf, and the Olympics.

Previously, Knapp served as EVP of Partnerships and Programming for Golf, since 2018. He was responsible for cultivating relationships

with the brand’s current and prospective partners that aligned with the network’s strategic vision, including driving live content growth via linear and digital programming opportunities for live and owned events. He also worked in collaboration with the NBC Sports Group sales team to develop sponsorable corporate initiatives for the Golf business unit.

Knapp also served as Golf Channel’s Senior Vice President, Golf Sponsorship and Sales, and Senior Vice President of Programming for the network. Prior to joining GOLF in 2012, he served as president and general manager of XOS Digital Media, where he managed the Digital Media Services product line and oversaw the SEC Digital Network. Prior to XOS, Knapp served as Golf Channel’s Vice President of Strategic Partnerships for eight years after working at NBC in New York, where he developed and sold sponsorship platforms for the Sydney and Salt Lake City Olympic Games for the NBC Owned Stations.

Knapp graduated from Ohio University. He and his wife, Lauren, have three children.

Tom Knapp

Will McIntosh was named Executive Vice President, Digital and Sports Consumer Business, NBC Sports Group, in June 2019. In this role, he has direct oversight of the NBC Sports Group’s portfolio of digital businesses, including all business aspects of GolfNow, all golf-related lifestyle businesses, SportsEngine, GOLFChannel.com, and NBCSports.com among other web-based businesses, including Rotoworld. McIntosh reports to Pete Bevacqua, President, NBC Sports Group.

Previously, McIntosh spent a decade as the head of digital for GOLF, most recently as Executive Vice President, Business and Strategy. During his tenure, McIntosh was  the primary driver of more than 15 mergers and acquisitions that have proliferated company growth, including EZLinks Golf, the leading provider of golf course technology in North America. In 2016, McIntosh spearheaded NBC Sports’ entry into youth sports via the acquisition of Minneapolis-based Sport Ngin – rebranded as SportsEngine – the leading provider of sport-life management software and mobile applications for more than 45,000 sports organizations and 16 million coaches, parents and youth athletes. Since 2009, McIntosh has driven the strategy and growth for GolfNow, a technology company specializing in golf-related digital products and services with the most powerful tee-time marketplace in golf, which is now the golf industry’s No. 1 technology and services company. In that time, the business grew from 1,000 golf course partners to currently over 9,000 in 24 countries, connecting with more than 3 million golfers, which are serviced by more than 800 GolfNow team members.

Prior to joining GOLF Channel, McIntosh owned and operated his own business ventures with a focus on interactive marketing and software development within the hospitality industry, founding and serving as CEO of three distinct businesses from 2004-2009.

McIntosh earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, with an emphasis in financial management, from Winthrop University where he graduated magna cum laude.  He is a graduate of Comcast’s Executive Leadership Forum, an intensive, company-wide program for Comcast leaders, and was named one of SportsBusiness Journal’s prestigious “Forty Under 40,” honoring the best young talent in sports business.

Will McIntosh

Jimmy Horowitz is Vice Chairman of Business Affairs & Operations for [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). In this newly-created role, he oversees global deal making across the portfolio of the media industry’s premier film and television studios, television networks and streaming service, Peacock. Horowitz advises and collaborates with Business Affairs teams across the Company, providing expertise, counsel and insight into all major deals, and setting policy across the portfolio addressing the new distribution landscape.

Horowitz has been with the Company for nearly 30 years, rising through the ranks to the highest levels of studio leadership. He was named Vice Chairman and President of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) in January 2019, after serving in several senior roles, including President of [Universal Pictures](/org/universal-pictures), Co-President of Production and Executive Vice President of [Universal Pictures](/org/universal-pictures).  

While serving as Vice Chairman and President of UFEG, Horowitz negotiated an unprecedented five-year exclusive partnership with visionary filmmaker Jordan Peele and his Monkeypaw Productions, secured a five-year exclusive deal with The LEGO Group to develop, produce and distribute theatrical releases based on its intellectual property and original ideas, negotiated a new five-year overall film and TV deal for Working Title with [Universal Pictures](/org/universal-pictures) and [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) International Studios and brought LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s The SpringHill Company over to the film studio in a four-year deal. 

He began his tenure at the company in 1992 in the feature legal department and subsequently held the roles of Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs and Executive Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, managing all of Universal’s term deals, along with oversight of the business and legal affairs departments.  Earlier in his career, he served as counsel for the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. He also practiced labor law at Manatt, Phelps, Phillips, LLP and later at Greenberg Glusker until 1990. 

Horowitz is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

He earned his Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School and graduated cum laude from Tulane University with a Bachelor’s Degree in political science. 

Jimmy Horowitz

Drew Esocoff is the director of NBC’s Sunday Night Football. In Jan. 2021, he completed his 21st season as the director for an NFL primetime game, and his 15th season directing SNF.

SNF averaged 16.8 million TV viewers in 2020 (with a Total Audience Delivery average of 17.4 million viewers), once again pacing to finish as primetime’s #1 TV show in all key metrics for an unprecedented 10th consecutive year – adding to its record for the most successive years atop the charts (since 1950), based on official live plus same day data provided by Nielsen.

In the first 14 seasons on NBC (2006-19), Sunday Night Football won 28 Sports Emmys, and following the 2018 season became the first-ever 10-time honoree for Outstanding Live Sports Series. From the 2008-13 NFL seasons, Sunday Night Football won six consecutive Outstanding Live Sports Series honors – also a Sports Emmy record – and won again following the 2015- 2018 NFL seasons.

On February 4, 2018, Esocoff directed Super Bowl LII, his fourth Super Bowl with NBC, and sixth overall.

A 16-time Emmy Award winner, Esocoff’s five prior Super Bowls (XXXVII, XL, XLIII, XLVI and XLIX) include Super Bowl XLIX, which still ranks as the most-watched program in U.S. TV history with an average of 114.4 million viewers. In that game on February 1, 2015, the [New England Patriots](/org/new-england-patriots) posted a thrilling four-point victory over the [Seattle Seahawks](/org/seattle-seahawks). Three years earlier on NBC, Super Bowl XLVI became the most-viewed program in U.S. television history at the time.

On August 4, 2017, NBC Sunday Night Football was honored with a display in the Pro Football Hall of Fame for “its record run as the #1 show in all of primetime television.”

For the 2016 and 2017 NFL seasons, Esocoff also served as director for the network’s Thursday Night Football series. The 2016 debut of the NBC/NFL Network Thursday Night Football series ranked as primetime’s #2 show in the 2016-17 TV season. The 2017 NBC/NFLN TNF slate ranked third among all primetime programs for the full TV season.

On November 16, 2017, NBC Sports, led by Esocoff and executive producer Fred Gaudelli, presented the first NFL game with the primary live coverage coming from SkyCam. Three weeks earlier on October 22, NBC’s “dual” SkyCam coverage received widespread acclaim from viewers when it was pressed into action due to fog during Sunday Night Football. In that game, the Falcons-Patriots Super Bowl LI rematch, fog rolled into Gillette Stadium late in the first half. After halftime, SkyCam technology provided the best camera angles to offer consistent and clear views of the live action.

Esocoff has also directed NBC Sports’ Triple Crown horse racing coverage since 2011, including the historic Triple Crown runs by American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify in 2018.

Esocoff previously spent six years as director of ABC’s Monday Night Football. He joined ABC Sports as a director in August of 1990.  Esocoff also directed coverage of the NBA on ABC, including the NBA Finals.

With Esocoff as director, Monday Night Football and Super Bowl XXXVII were nominated for nine Emmy Awards, winning four, including Outstanding Live Sports Series in 2004 for MNF.

Prior to joining ABC Sports, Esocoff directed many of ESPN’s marquee events, including college basketball and football, hockey and boxing. He also served as the director for SportsCenter and Baseball Tonight.

Esocoff, a graduate of Colgate University with a bachelor of arts in political science, resides in West Redding, Conn., with his wife, Katrina, daughter, Sarah, and son, Reid.

Drew Esocoff

Molly Solomon was named Executive Producer & President, NBC Olympics Production, & Executive Producer, Golf Channel, in November 2019. She is responsible for all day-to-day editorial production of NBC Olympics’ coverage of the Games, as well as Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. In addition, she serves as Executive Producer of GOLF Channel, a position she has held since 2012. Solomon reports to Pete Bevacqua, President, NBC Sports Group.

Solomon became the first woman to serve as executive producer for a national sports network with her appointment at GOLF Channel. Previously, she served as Executive Vice President of Content and Executive Producer, GOLF Channel, and oversaw all aspects of production and programming, including tournament coverage, news, original productions, and operations. Solomon worked closely with media rights partners to elevate prestigious golf championships, including THE PLAYERS, The Open, KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, and the new FedExCup Playoffs, as well as launching new events, such as the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals and the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. She also oversaw the network’s production of golf’s return to the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016.

From 2006-12, Solomon served as the Coordinating Producer of NBC Olympics and was involved in every facet of production and planning, including program development, operational planning and the hiring and assigning of on-air talent and production staff. In addition, she produced figure skating at the 2010 Vancouver Games, as well as the Opening Ceremony and primetime show for the 2012 London Games.

During the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Solomon served as the coordinating producer of NBC’s Olympic cable coverage. Before that, she served as a feature producer and associate director with NBC Olympics. She began her NBC career in 1990 as one of two Olympic researchers for NBC’s Emmy Award-winning coverage of the Barcelona Games in 1992.

Between her Olympic assignments, Solomon had been involved with many NBC Sports productions. She served as the studio show producer during USA Network’s coverage of the US Open and NBC’s “Late Night Wimbledon” show (1998-2002 and 2005-07). Other assignments have included serving as the co-producer of the NBA on NBC studio show for two years. She also worked extensively on NBC Sports’ golf production for six years (1993-99).

An 11-time Emmy Award-winner, Solomon won a Gracie Award from the American Women in Radio & Television for her Beijing Olympics work. She was also a producer on NBC’s primetime coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony, which won a prestigious Peabody Award. Solomon was named “Woman of the Year” by WISE (Women in Sports Events) in 2008, and following the 2004 Athens Olympics, the Sports Business Journal named her one of its “Forty Under 40.” In 2001, Solomon was named one of six “Women to Watch” by Cablevision.

A Phi Beta Kappa member, Solomon graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in with a bachelor’s degree in international politics.

Molly Solomon

In this new role, Denney is responsible for Peacock’s global product strategy, including all aspects of product development and user experience. In addition, he is responsible for the product vision and strategy for other customer-facing [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) digital platforms, including broadcast and cable entertainment apps, NBC Sports, and hayu. 

Denney previously led Hulu’s product organization as Vice President of Product Management. In this role, he was responsible for directing the long-term product strategy for the SVOD and live-streaming services—including a complete redesign of the UX—and oversaw teams responsible for the experience and engagement, device partnerships and integrations, customer journey and commerce, and advanced engineering and infrastructure. 

Prior to Hulu, Denney spent more than 15 years leading product management and strategy for TiVo. Responsible for developing and executing a cohesive strategy across businesses, he led the launch of innovative products and experiences including the DVR, the ability to download content on mobile devices, and the aggregation and unification of online and pay-TV content within one interface. Denney’s contributions to the development and delivery of TiVo’s industry-leading products and experiences garnered him a Primetime Emmy award for “Outstanding Achievement in Enhanced Television” in 2006.

Jim Denney

Justin Byczek was named Senior Vice President, Programing and Rights Management, NBC Sports Group in September 2020. In this role, he is responsible for rights and relationship management; scheduling and planning; strategic partnerships and owned properties; and formatting and sales integration for NBC Sports, Golf and Olympic properties and platforms.

Previously, Justin served in Marketing since joining NBC Sports in 2008. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President, Consumer Engagement since 2016, and was responsible for overseeing the entire consumer engagement and marketing efforts for NBC Sports Group’s multi-platform assets. Prior to that, Byczek was VP, Strategic Partnerships and Marketing from 2016-2012; and Director of Marketing from 2012-2008. Byczek helped to architect and build the marketing strategy for NBC’s #1 show in primetime, Sunday Night Football.

Prior to joining NBC Sports Group, Byczek held positions at MasterCard as a Director of Sponsorship and at the National Football League in Corporate Sales & Marketing.

Byczek graduated with a bachelor’s degree in History and Marketing from Duke University.

Justin Byczek

As Chairman of Entertainment Content, Susan Rovner is in charge of programming across NBC, Bravo, E!, Oxygen, Syfy, Universal Kids, USA and Peacock and will oversee the teams in charge of development and current programming for scripted, unscripted, late night and specials as well as the first-run syndication unit, which produces seven programs including The Kelly Clarkson Show.

Susan Rovner

Before joining NBCUniversal, Beatrice Springborn was the Vice President of content development at Hulu. 

Beatrice Springborn

Marisa Kubicko Chadda is the current Vice President of Transformation at [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). Prior to this, they served as the Vice President of Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis from July 2008 to November 2011. Marisa also served as the Director of Corporate Finance & Accounting from April 2007 to June 2008. Marisa began their career at General Electric Company as an Audit Manager on the Corporate Audit Staff in January 2006 and remained in this role until December 2007.

Marisa Kubicko Chadda has a B.S. in Finance from [Boston College](/org/boston-college).

Marisa Kubicko Chadda reports to Noah Oppenheim, President, NBC News. They work with Sarah Tanner - VP, Marketing Strategy & Media, Clara Fon-Sing - VP & General Manager, NBC News Archives.

Marisa Kubicko Chadda

Jonathan Wald is the SVP of Programming & Development at [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). Jonathan has held this position since March of 2017 and is responsible for the network's entertainment programming and development. Prior to this, they were the Senior Executive Producer of The 11th Hour with Brian Williams. 

Wald started their career in 1987 as the Executive Producer of WBZ-TV Boston. In 1993, they became the Domestic Broadcast Producer for NBC News before being promoted to Executive Producer of Today in 1998. Jonathan held this position until 2002 when they became the SVP of Business News for [CNBC](/org/cnbc). Wald remained with [CNBC](/org/cnbc) until 2009 when they returned to [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). 

In addition to their work in television, Wald is also an Adjunct Professor at [Columbia University](/org/columbia-university) Graduate School of Journalism.

Jonathan Wald has a ba in Russian Jonathan'story from [Columbia University](/org/columbia-university) in the City of New York.

Jonathan Wald reports to Rashida Jones, President, MSNBC. Some of their coworkers include Errol Cockfield - SVP, Communications.

Jonathan Wald

Chris Crayner is the Chief Digital Officer at NBCUniversal Media. Chris has over 20 years of experience in the marketing industry, with a focus on digital strategy and customer relationship management (CRM).

Chris began their career in 1994 as the Vice President of Retail Marketing for National City Corporation. In 1998, they transitioned to [Bristol-Myers Squibb](/org/bristol-myers-squibb) as the Director of E-Business and CRM. Chris then spent seven years at the Walt Disney Company, where they served as the Vice President of Global CRM Marketing.

Most recently, Chris was the Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at [Merkle](/org/merkle) Inc., a leading data-driven, technology-enabled, global performance marketing agency. Chris was with [Merkle](/org/merkle) from August 2008 to May 2013.

Chris has a proven track record in developing and executing successful marketing strategies that drive growth and engagement. Chris is a strategic thinker with a passion for using data to achieve business goals. Chris is a respected thought leader in the industry, and they are dedicated to helping businesses thrive in the digital age.

Chris Crayner's educational career began with him earning a BA from Indiana University Bloomington. Chris then went on to earn a KMI in Business Administration and Management, General from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management.

Chris Crayner reports to Jeff Shell, Chief Executive Officer. Some of their coworkers include Linda Yaccarino - Chairman, Advertising and Client Partnerships, Matt Bond - Chairman, Content Distribution, and Cesar Conde - Chairman, NBCUniversal News Group.

Chris Crayner

Lindsay Schanzer is a senior producer at NBC Sports. Lindsay has been with the company since 2005, when they started as a stage manager. In their current role, they oversee the production of live sporting events and studio shows. Lindsay has played a key role in the production of several high-profile events, including the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup.

Lindsay Schanzer completed a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Television at the [University of Notre Dame](/org/university-of-notre-dame).

Their manager is Ken Goss, Executive Vice President, Remote & Studio Operations, NBC Sports Group. They are on a team with and Alexa Pritting - Senior Producer, NBC Sports.

Lindsay Schanzer

David Mazza was named Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, NBC Sports Group and NBC Olympics, in 2012. He manages all engineering and technical elements for NBC Sports Group, and oversees the engineering group, which designs, builds and operates re-usable infrastructure for NBC’s coverage of consecutive Olympic Games. Mazza and his team were instrumental in the building of NBC Sports Group’s International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn., which opened in 2013.

Mazza joined NBC in 1994 as Director of Engineering and led the technical design, building and operation of NBC’s International Broadcast Center for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. This involved developing extensive new technology and systems for the “Virtual IBC,” which allowed part of the broadcast center to be located in New York and part in Atlanta.

Under Mazza’s leadership, NBC Olympics Engineering pioneered additional technical achievements, including: innovative, new transportable broadcast equipment systems, which made their 10th appearance during the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics; comprehensive HD coverage; and the Highlights Factory, which produces content for a variety of distribution platforms.

Since beginning his career in 1978, Mazza has worked in the broadcast production community in many disciplines including engineering design, project management, technical director, and director. Prior to his role with NBC Olympics, he worked on many other system design/build projects, including: DirecTV in Castle Rock, Colo., The Monitor Channel in Boston, Mass., and numerous other projects involving production, post-production and remote facilities. Mazza also worked in sound reinforcement, stage lighting, electronics repair, computer programming and electronic sports timing.

Mazza’s technical work has spanned the worlds of sports, entertainment, and news, working on projects such as Wimbledon from 1982-94; several Super Bowls; Championship Boxing on HBO; NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs and Finals from 1985-93; and the MTV Video Music Awards. During this period, Mazza earned many awards, including 24 Emmys for the Olympics from 1984 through 2016, several Monitor, ACE, and BDA awards. Mazza is a recipient of the 2013 Television & Film Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2006 GE Edison Award for technical innovation, and in 2018 was inducted into Sports Video Group’s Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

David Mazza

Gidon Katz is the current president of Direct-to-Consumer for [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). Gidon has previously worked for Roku Inc., [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Media, and NOW TV. Katz has also been a managing director for Box TV and a consultant for Gemini Consulting.

Gidon Katz holds an MSc in International Relations from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a BA in Theirtory from the [University of Cambridge](/org/university-of-cambridge).

A direct report to Gidon Katz is and Jim Denney - EVP & Chief Product Officer, Direct-to-Consumer. They work with and Kelly Campbell - President, Peacock and Direct to Consumer, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). Gidon Katz reports to Matt Strauss, Chairman, Direct-to-Consumer and International.

Gidon Katz

Chris Berend

Matt Schnaars is President, Content Distribution for NBCUniversal. In this role, Matt is responsible for overseeing distribution and monetization of NBCUniversal’s broadcast stations, cable and regional sports networks, direct-to-consumer apps, and FAST channels to the company’s distribution partners. He has had a critical role in NBCU’s growth over the past decade, including most recently the successful launch of NBCU’s direct-to-consumer service, Peacock. Prior to this role, Schnaars was SVP, Content Distribution, a position he started when he joined NBCUniversal in 2013.

Prior to joining NBCUniversal, Matt served as Vice President, National Accounts in the Disney and ESPN Media Networks division at The Walt Disney Company, where he worked for nine years. There he was responsible for distribution of the Disney and ESPN stable of networks to cable, telecom and technology companies, and played a key role in the successful launch of several national television networks, including ESPN3, ESPNU and the SEC Network. 

Matt holds a MBA with a concentration in Finance from NYU’s Stern School of Business and a BA, Economics from the College of the Holy Cross. Matt is an active participant in several media industry organizations dedicated to mentorship and development. 

Matt Schnaars

KC Sullivan is President of CNBC, the recognized world leader in business news. He is responsible for the network’s TV and Digital news operations, original primetime programming and subscription products. A thirteen-year veteran of NBCUniversal, Sullivan has spent more than a decade in leadership roles across the company’s portfolio in both the U.S. and overseas.

Most recently, Sullivan served as President & Managing Director of Global Advertising & Partnerships for NBCUniversal based in London. In that role, he created the Global Partnerships team, which tripled revenue during his tenure, and established a strong partnership with Sky Media in the United Kingdom, Italy, and Germany and formed a new partnership with the RTL Ad Alliance.

Before that, Sullivan spent seven years as President and Managing Director of CNBC International, responsible for managing and growing CNBC’s assets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and the Asia Pacific region. While there, he opened bureaus in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and China, launched partnerships in Indonesia and Thailand, and created “East Tech West,” a multi-year, industry-leading tech event in the Guangdong region of China.

He first joined NBCUniversal in 2009, serving as CNBC’s Chief Financial Officer where he led the company’s global financial operations. Three years later, he became CFO for the NBCUniversal News Group, where he was responsible for the finance operation across all television, cable and digital news properties. 

Sullivan began his career at General Electric as part of the company’s Financial Management Program in GE Plastics before moving on to larger roles across the organization in departments including GE’s Corporate Audit Staff and GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics.

Sullivan holds a bachelor’s degree in History from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA.

KC Sullivan

Ronald Day

Josh Feldman is currently the CMO, Global at [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). Prior to this, they were with Turner Broadcasting System for over 17 years in various roles. Their most recent position there was Senior Vice President/Sales Manager for Adult Swim, [Cartoon Network](/org/the-cartoon-network-inc), Boomerang & truTV from June 2006 to December 2015. Prior to that, they were an Account Executive for TBS & TNT from May 1998 to June 2006.

Josh Feldman has a Bachelor's Degree in Advertising from [Michigan State University](/org/michigan-state-university).

Their manager is Linda Yaccarino, Chairman, Advertising and Client Partnerships.

Josh Feldman

Errol Cockfield is currently the SVP of Communications at [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). Errol has held this position since July 2016. Prior to that, they were with Edelman from August 2012 to July 2016 as Senior Vice President. Cockfield has also worked with the New York Senate Dems as Chief of Staff/Director of Communications & External Relations from September 2010 to August 2012. Other notable companies they have worked for include MSNBC, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, and the Empire State Development Corporation.

Errol Cockfield has a BA in English/Journalism from [Stony Brook University](/org/stony-brook-university) and a diploma in Biomedical Science from [Brooklyn Technical High School](/org/brooklyn-technical-high-school).

They are on a team with and Jonathan Wald - SVP, Programming & Development. Errol Cockfield reports to Rashida Jones, President, MSNBC.

Errol Cockfield

Alexa Pritting is a Senior Producer at NBC Sports. Alexa has worked in the industry for over 10 years, starting as a Production Assistant for USA Networks during the US Open Tennis tournament. Alexa then worked as a Figure Skating Researcher and Tape PA for NBC Sports, followed by a stint as an Olympic Sports Desk Production Assistant for NBC Olympics. After that, they became a Gymnastics Production Assistant for NBC Sports and then returned to NBC Olympics as a Researcher. In their current role as Senior Producer, they oversee the production of various sports events for [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal).

Alexa Pritting has a BS in Broadcast Journalism from [Syracuse University](/org/syracuse-university).

Alexa Pritting reports to Ken Goss, Executive Vice President, Remote & Studio Operations, NBC Sports Group. They work with and Lindsay Schanzer - Senior Producer, NBC Sports.

Alexa Pritting

Amanda Calpin is the CFO of Telemundo Networks at [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). Amanda has held this position since October 2015. Prior to that, they were the CFO of the Telemundo Station Group from January 2012 to October 2015. Before that, they were the Vice President of Finance at [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Telemundo Enterprises from December 2005 to December 2011. Amanda began their career at [GE Healthcare](/org/ge-healthcare-limited) as a Financial Analyst from December 2004 to December 2005. Amanda then moved to GE's Corporate Audit Staff from December 2002 to December 2004 before joining GE's Financial Management Program in December 2000.

Amanda Calpin studied finance at the [University of Vermont](/org/university-of-vermont) and now works in business.

Amanda Calpin reports to Beau Ferrari, Chairman of NBCU Telemundo Enterprises. They are on a team with Ashaki Rucker - Senior Vice President, HR Telemundo, Ana Siegel - General Counsel, and Peter Blacker - Executive Vice President, Revenue Strategy & Innovation [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Telemundo Enterprises.

Amanda Calpin

Bill Bridgen was named President, Group Leader for NBC Sports Regional Networks, in October 2016. In this role, Bridgen oversees NBC Sports Bay Area, NBC Sports California, NBC Sports Chicago and NBC Sports Northwest, working closely with the general managers of each network to promote market growth and development. He also works closely with [Comcast](/org/comcast)’s Silicon Valley Innovation Center to identify synergies and new technologies to drive the optimization of the NBC Sports Regional Networks’ portfolio. Bridgen reports into David Preschlack, President, NBC Sports Regional Networks, and Executive Vice President, Content Strategy, NBC Sports Group.

Previously, Bridgen served as President & General Manager of CSN New England, since 2007. There he was responsible for all areas of strategy and operations for the network, including production, programming, finance, budgets, affiliate relations, advertising sales, marketing and public relations.  He led CSN New England to develop more than 1,600 hours of new original programming that dramatically increased the value of the network.

Prior to joining CSN New England, Bridgen was Executive Vice President of Distribution & Network Development, [Comcast](/org/comcast) Programming Group. There he oversaw distribution of [Comcast](/org/comcast)’s owned and/or managed networks including E!, [Comcast](/org/comcast) SportsNets, The Golf Channel, VERSUS (now NBCSN) and Sprout. Before [Comcast](/org/comcast), Bridgen founded & served as President of HorseRacing TV for four years. He was also Executive Vice President of Business Operations at Headline Media Group, which operates the Canadian Sports Network ‘The Score,’ and was VP of Affiliate Relations for Fox Sports Net & Fox Cable Networks in Los Angeles. Prior to joining Fox, Bridgen was a partner at Keesal, Young & Logan, an L.A.-based securities law firm.

Bridgen graduated from Temple University with a law degree and Gettysburg College with a bachelor’s degree in business management.

Bill Bridgen

Rebecca Chatman, Vice President and Coordinating Producer of Olympic Production worked her 11th Olympic assignment in PyeongChang, South Korea. She served as producer on the primetime show on NBC, working with host Mike Tirico. Chatman held the same role during the Rio and Sochi Games. During the Beijing and Vancouver Games, Chatman produced the late night show hosted by Mary Carillo, and in London she co-produced the afternoon show on NBC.

Chatman has worked on a myriad of NBC Sports Group’s properties and events, including Sunday Night Football, the U.S. Open Championship, the Ryder Cup, Notre Dame Football, the World Swimming Championships, the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Wimbledon (producing the late night show) and the French Open.  In 2006, she was Andrea Kremer’s sideline producer on the inaugural season of NBC Sunday Night Football and was a sound package producer for the Football Night in America studio show from 2007-2012. Chatman has been a part of the Kentucky Derby production team since 2007.

A graduate of [Princeton University](/org/princeton), Chatman came to NBC Olympics in 1998 after working at WRC-TV, NBC’s owned-and-operated station in Washington, D.C. Chatman was named one of SportsBusiness Journal’s Game Changers in 2015 and Broadcasting and Cable/Mutichannel’s 2013 Women to Watch.

Rebecca Chatman

A veteran of 13 Olympic Games, Joe Gesue is Senior Vice President, NBC Olympics & Paralympics Editorial, Partnerships and Programming & Executive Editor.  He oversees all Olympic and Paralympic programming, the Editorial Research department, and has worked on the past 12 Olympic primetime shows (2000 through 2022).

In addition to programming and editorial, Gesue works on Olympic and Paralympic project management, strategy, relationships and sales partnerships.

Gesue previously served as Editorial Director for NBC Olympics, overseeing NBC Sports writers and researchers, and spent seven years as co-Producer of the most-watched studio show in sports, Football Night in America, as well as three Super Bowl pregame shows on NBC. He most recently was SVP of Olympics & Paralympics Production (2012-2022).

He is the winner of 18 Emmys for his work on 13 Olympic broadcasts, the 2018 World Cup, and the network’s Wimbledon coverage. Gesue’s accolades also include a Peabody Award for his work on the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. In addition to his managerial duties, Gesue was the head writer for NBC’s primetime coverage of the 2006 Torino and 2008 Beijing Olympics, and has co-produced and written several long-form NBC Olympic documentaries.

Gesue joined NBC in 1994 as an Olympic Researcher for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Before that, he was a sportswriter for The Journal News in Westchester County covering New York City area sports teams. Gesue graduated from Princeton in 1993, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in politics.

Joe Gesue

An 11- time Emmy Award-winning sports television producer and executive, Jeff Behnke joined NBC Sports Group in January of 2013, as Vice President of NASCAR Production. Operating out of Charlotte, N.C., Behnke serves as the day-to-day leader in all areas of NBC, NBCSN and NBC Sports Digital’s NASCAR production efforts.

In addition to overseeing production planning and editorial content for NASCAR on NBC’s more than 50 live Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Regional & Touring Series races each year, Behnke also leads production efforts for NBC Sports Group’s NASCAR studio programming, which includes NBCSN’s daily motorsports show NASCAR America, as well as NBCSN’s coverage of NASCAR’s Awards Ceremonies, the annual NASCAR Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and other original programming specials.

Prior to joining NBC Sports Group, Behnke served as Executive Producer of Turner Sports for seven years, where he coordinated and provided strategic direction for all productions and personnel covering NASCAR, NBA, MLB and several of golf’s Major Championships. Behnke’s appointment to Executive Producer was the culmination of a 27-year run at Turner that included more than two decades of NASCAR production experience.

Behnke began his production career at ABC Sports, where he worked on a variety of events including the Indianapolis 500, Wide World of Sports and multiple Olympic Games.

Behnke reports to Sam Flood, Executive Producer & President, Production NBC and NBCSN.

A native of Memphis, Tenn., Behnke earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and broadcasting from the University of Tennessee. He and his wife Bekah currently reside in Charlotte, and have three sons, Alex, Luke and Zack.

Jeff Behnke

Damon Phillips is SVP, Strategic Initiatives and Head of Diversity & Inclusion, NBC Sports Group. In his role, Phillips leads key strategic and content initiatives across NBC Sports Group and its collection of platforms and assets, and serves as NBC Sports’ day-to-day content leader on the NBC Sports Channel on Peacock to increase audience growth and engagement. In addition, he oversees NBC Sports Group’s diversity and inclusion efforts dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives across the full NBC Sports portfolio.

Previously, Phillips served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of NBC Sports Washington, the NBC Sports Regional Network serving the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore region, since January 2018.  Under his leadership, the network became an innovator in sports betting, esports and digital media, and expanded its media rights. NBC Sports Washington developed the NFL and NBA’s first live predictive-gaming telecasts; became the first domestic network to present NBA, NHL and WNBA video-game simulations; and presented live NBA 2K League matches. NBC Sports Washington also became the local television partner for the WNBA’s Washington Mystics and NWSL’s Washington Spirit; and launched original digital shows and expanded daily digital editorial coverage, garnering record digital milestones across all key metrics and establishing NBCSportsWashington.com as a top destination for D.C. sports fans.

Prior to joining NBC Sports Washington, Phillips spent 10 years in executive roles at ESPN, where he was a significant contributor to ESPN’s expansion of live video streaming on mobile and TV connected devices. Phillips served as VP of ESPN3 and Watch ESPN, VP of Digital Direct to Consumer Services and VP of Technical Product Management.

Phillips also held roles at USA Football, DIRECTV, [The Walt Disney Company](/org/disney), and the NBA. He also founded sports technology company – Sports TV Insider.

Phillips earned a football scholarship to Stanford University and graduated with honors. He has been named to CableFAX’s Most Influential Minorities in Cable, and was named one of SportsBusiness Journal’s prestigious “Forty Under 40,” honoring the best young talent in sports business.

Damon Phillips

Jon Miller is an NBC Sports Group executive who has one of the longest tenures in NBC Sports history, since joining the network in 1988. He assists the NBC Sports Group leadership team on acquisitions, development, and programming matters; is involved in various NBC Sports properties and owned properties; and serves as a key contributor to NBC Sports affiliate and distribution teams. Miller reports to Pete Bevacqua, Chairman, NBC Sports Group.

Previously, Miller served as President, Programming, NBC Sports & NBCSN since 2011. He oversaw nearly 9,500 hours of annual programming for both networks, and was also prominently involved in their sales efforts. Miller served as Executive Vice President, NBC Sports since November 2006.

Miller, who is credited for creating the NHL Winter Classic – an event that [The New York Times](/org/new-york-times) said “has stolen New Year’s Day” – has been with NBC for more than four decades. Miller has been instrumental in NBC Sports Group’s acquisition of some of the world’s top sports properties, most recently leading the team that reacquired the USGA; helping solidify multi-year agreements for Formula One, the world’s most popular open-wheel racing series; NASCAR, America’s top motorsports franchise; and the Premier League, the preeminent soccer league in the world.

Miller also successfully created events and shows, including the PNC Father Son, now PNC Championship; the American Century Golf Championship; the All American Bowl; and the National Dog Show, which has become a Thanksgiving Day tradition.

Miller served as Vice President, Program Planning and Development, NBC Sports, starting in 1988. He was previously an account executive in the NBC Sports & Olympics Sales department. He has been with NBC since October 1978, beginning his career as an account executive at WRC-TV, the NBC television station in Washington, D.C.

Miller is actively involved as an advisory board member for the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund, as well as the NY/NJ Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. He also serves on the NY Chapter of the March of Dimes Sports Committee.

Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Bethesda, Md., Miller graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He and his wife, Jan, have two sons, Jeff and Robby, and live in N.J.

Jon Miller

Deborah Turness is the current president of NBC News International at [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). Deborah previously worked as editor for ITV News from July 2005 to July 2013. Under their leadership, the company won numerous awards, including BAFTA News and RTS awards. Deborah is also credited with driving innovation and desk-top news review to broaden output with commercial understanding. At the time they left ITV News, they were both the youngest editor and the first woman to hold the role.

Deborah Turness received a mini-MBA from Ashridge Executive Education and a Bachelor's degree in French and English from the [University of Surrey](/org/university-of-surrey).

Deborah Turness reports to Cesar Conde, Chairman, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) News Group. They are on a team with Sam Flood - Executive Producer & President, Production NBC & NBCSN, Noah Oppenheim - President, NBC News, and Rashida Jones - President, MSNBC.

Deborah Turness

Ashaki Rucker is the Senior Vice President of HR Telemundo at [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). Ashaki has extensive experience in the field of human resources, having previously served as the Vice President of HR at Arvato Bertelsmann North America, The Walt Disney Studios, and Time Warner Inc. Rucker began their career as a consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers before moving into corporate HR positions. Ashaki has a proven track record of success in developing and implementing HR strategy, and is committed to supporting the company's managers and employees in achieving their goals.

Ashaki Rucker has a Master of Arts in Organizational Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in English from University at Albany, SUNY.

Ashaki Rucker works with Marcos Santana - President, Telemundo International, Amanda Calpin - CFO, Telemundo Networks, and Ana Siegel - General Counsel. Ashaki Rucker reports to Beau Ferrari, Chairman of NBCU Telemundo Enterprises.

Ashaki Rucker

Kelly Campbell serves as President, Peacock and Direct to Consumer, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). In this role, Campbell leads teams responsible for product, technology, marketing, content, operations, and decision sciences and works closely with leadership across [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) television, film, news, and sports on Peacock live and original programming. She reports to Matt Strauss, Chairman, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Direct-to-Consumer and International.   

Campbell previously served as the President of Hulu at [The Walt Disney Company](/org/disney). She oversaw Hulu’s streaming business and integrated Hulu into Disney’s broader direct-to-consumer streaming businesses. Prior, Campbell was Hulu's Chief Marketing Officer, leading the brand’s overall marketing across the SVOD and Live TV businesses and driving the strategic vision and voice behind the Hulu brand. Campbell also worked closely with the company’s technology, distribution, content and product leaders to ensure that Hulu’s consumer proposition and brand was reflected in every aspect of the Hulu experience.   

Earlier in her career, Campbell served as Managing Director of Global Growth Marketing for Google Cloud and was responsible for driving awareness, acquisition, and same-store growth for Google Cloud products. Campbell also held multiple senior marketing roles at Google during her decade-long career there. Before that, Cambpell worked in investment banking for [JPMorgan Chase](/org/jpmorgan-chase).  Campbell holds an MBA from Harvard Business school and a Bachelor of Science degree from [Vanderbilt University](/org/vanderbilt-university). She resides in Manhattan Beach, CA with her husband and two sons.   

Kelly Campbell

Craig Robinson is the Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer for [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). He reports directly to [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) CEO Steve Burke.

Robinson is responsible for defining, enabling and fostering a corporate culture that values diversity of talent, ideas, values and backgrounds across all parts of the company. He works closely with business leaders across the portfolio to promote these efforts, and acts as the main liaison between [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) and key national and local figures. He also helps guide the company’s eight internal Employee Resource Groups and serves as co-lead of [Comcast](/org/comcast) and [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)’s Joint Diversity Council.  

Robinson was named to his position in August 2011, having previously served from 2008 as President and General Manager of KNBC-TV, the NBC Owned Station in Los Angeles where he oversaw all aspects of the television station including news, sales and community relations. Robinson was promoted to that position in 2008 after serving as the station’s EVP of Operations and Digital Strategy for one year.

Prior to that, Robinson was the President and General Manager of WCMH-TV, the NBC affiliate in Columbus, OH, for five years. Previous roles include serving as the Vice President of Sales for WRC, NBC’s owned television station in Washington, D.C., and local/national sales manager of KCBS-TV in Los Angeles.

Robinson’s interest in diversity and inclusion was sparked at an early age by his parents. His Chinese-American mother retired after a long career working for the County of Los Angeles, much of it spent serving underrepresented communities. His father was one of the first African-American consultants for the Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC), where he investigated allegations of discrimination in housing and employment. Race, equality and civil rights were common topics at the Robinson dinner table and memories of those conversations continue to drive his commitment to diversity and inclusion today. He was raised in the Echo Park District of Los Angeles and graduated from UCLA with a degree in Political Science.

Craig Robinson

Mark Lazarus was named Chairman, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Television and Streaming in May 2020. In this role, Lazarus is responsible for the company’s television networks - NBC Entertainment, Telemundo, USA, SYFY, Bravo, [Oxygen](/org/oxygen-banking), E!, Universal Kids, and international networks. He also oversees the company’s streaming service Peacock, the NBC Sports Group, owned television stations, and NBC affiliate relations.  He reports to Jeff Shell, CEO, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal).

Previously, Lazarus was Chairman, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Broadcast, Entertainment and Lifestyle Group, Sports and News, where he was responsible for most of the company’s east coast-based content businesses, including the Entertainment and Lifestyle Group, NBC News, MSNBC and [CNBC](/org/cnbc). In addition, he oversaw the NBC Sports Group (since May 2011), [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Owned Television Stations and NBC Affiliate Relations (since September 2016).

Under Lazarus’ leadership, the company has forged new deals with the Olympics, NFL, NASCAR, the Premier League and the NHL, among many other partnerships. NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” has been primetime’s number one show for an unprecedented nine consecutive years. Additionally, USA Network has been the most-watched cable entertainment network for 12 consecutive years.

Prior to joining [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal), Lazarus was President of Media and Marketing at CSE, and previously served as President of Turner Entertainment Group from 2003-08. 

At Turner Entertainment Group, he oversaw all aspects of Turner Entertainment Networks, which included Turner Sports, TBS, Turner Network Television (TNT), Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and truTV; as well as The Turner Animation, Young Adults & Kids Media unit, including [Cartoon Network](/org/the-cartoon-network-inc), [Cartoon Network](/org/the-cartoon-network-inc) Studios, Adult Swim and Boomerang. Previously, he served as President of Turner Sports from 1999 to 2003. 

A graduate of Vanderbilt University, Lazarus is on the Board of Governors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and serves on the Board of Directors for the East Lake Foundation and Hilton Grand Vacations.

Mark Lazarus

Matt Bond serves as Chairman of Content Distribution for [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal), where he is responsible for overseeing distribution agreements for all [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) content by multi-channel video providers and new media distributors, including distribution of  [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)’s linear cable and broadcast networks, NBC Owned station signals, and TV Everywhere, video on demand film and television products.

Most recently, Mr. Bond led [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)’s cross-portfolio launch of TV Everywhere, including live simulcasts from cable news, cable entertainment and sports, as well as on demand content from each of the networks. Mr. Bond and his team secured extensive affiliation agreements to offer [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)’s entire portfolio of top-rated broadcast and cable content with some of the nation’s largest distributors, including Cox, [Comcast](/org/comcast), Time Warner Cable, DIRECTV, [DISH Network](/org/dish-network), [Cablevision](/org/cablevision), Mediacom, Suddenlink and [Verizon](/org/verizon-communications).

Also on the Olympics front, Mr. Bond spearheaded the distribution of the XXII Olympic Winter Games from Sochi, Russia that resulted in more than 242 million media exposures across [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)’s broadcast, cable and digital properties. Mr. Bond and his team oversaw the negotiations with more than 225 distributors and are credited with making the Games available to the nation’s 100+ million cable, satellite and telco customers, who were able to access more than 1,000 hours of live streaming content. 

Before joining [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal), Mr. Bond was Executive Vice President of Content Acquisition for [Comcast](/org/comcast) Cable, where he was responsible for overseeing the strategic direction of the Company’s content portfolio, including the negotiation of programming agreements for all [Comcast](/org/comcast) cable systems. Mr. Bond also led content acquisition for new media rights and strategic multiplatform initiatives, including On Demand Online, and oversaw the launch of XfinityTV.com.

Prior, Mr. Bond served as executive vice president of Distribution for the Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network (YES), and before that, Executive Vice President of Programming at AT&T Broadband and President of Satellite Services, Inc., an AT&T Broadband subsidiary, managing the delivery of video programming services. Previously, he served as executive vice president of Programming for Telecommunications, Inc. (TCI), prior to its merger with AT&T.

Mr. Bond holds a B.S.B.A. in Marketing and Finance from the University of Denver and a J.D. from the University of Colorado.

Matt Bond

Margie Sernik

Cathy Jones

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Kaley Pak

Sean Armstrong

Eduardo Araujo

Louise Beltrami

Rick Cordella was named EVP and Chief Revenue Officer for Peacock, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)’s direct-to-consumer streaming service, in March 2019. In this role, he is responsible for product, monetization strategies, editorial, channels, standards & practices, and program acquisition of topical, short-form and sports content.

Previously, Cordella served as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Digital Media, NBC Sports Group. He oversaw all aspects of NBC Sports Group Digital, consisting of Playmaker Media, a provider of end-to-end support for companies in need of live streaming solutions; direct-to-consumer services, including NBC Sports Gold; NBCSports.com; NBCOlympics,com; Rotoworld.com; the NBC Sports Talk franchises, including Mike Florio’s ProFootballTalk; and the NBC Sports, NBC Sports Talk and NBC Sports Scores apps.

Under Cordella’s leadership, NBC Sports Digital was the first company to stream an Olympic event (2006), an NFL game (2008), and a Super Bowl (2012), among many other firsts. It hosted thousands of on-demand video clips, and streamed more than 10,000 events in 2018 across NBC, NBCSN, Golf Channel, Telemundo, NBCUniverso and six NBC Sports Regional Networks. Powered by Playmaker Media, NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app live streamed 4,500 total hours for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, resulting in records set with 3.3 billion total streaming minutes, 2.71 billion live streaming minutes and 100 million unique users.

Cordella has held the General Manager Role for NBC Sports Digital since 2009. He was promoted to Vice President & General Manager in April 2010, SVP and GM in May 2012, and EVP and GM in September 2016. He previously served as General Manager, Fantasy Sports, where he managed NBC Sports’ fantasy sports properties, including Rotoworld.com, SnapDraft.com, Allstarstats.com and Sandbox.com. In 2008, the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) honored Rotoworld.com as Fantasy Content Site of the Year.

Cordella joined NBC Sports in August 2006 with NBC Universal’s acquisition of AllStar Stats, Inc., the parent company of Rotoworld.com. As Rotoworld’s general manager, Cordella handled all day-to-day duties including management, product development, computer programming, and ad sales.

Cordella graduated from Providence College with a B.S. degree in Business Management with a minor in Computer Science. He was a member of the 1997 Providence Friar men’s basketball team that went to the NCAA Elite Eight. He also holds an MBA from Boston College. A four-time Sports Emmy Award-winner, Cordella was named one of SportsBusiness Journal’s “Forty Under Forty” as one of the best and the brightest of the rising generation in sports business in 2012 and 2014.

Rick Cordella

Jen Friedman is Executive Vice President, Communications, overseeing communications globally across [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal).

Friedman has more than two decades of experience managing communications and public affairs across the political, corporate and financial sectors. 

Prior to joining [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) in January 2022, she served as Managing Director and Deputy Head of Public Affairs at [Blackstone](/org/blackstone), the world’s largest alternative investment manager, where she helped oversee communications globally across the firm’s businesses. Before [Blackstone](/org/blackstone), she served as Senior Director for Corporate Reputation at [General Electric](/org/general-electric), part of the communications leadership team working across GE businesses and regions.

Previously, Friedman held a number of senior roles in the Obama Administration, most recently as White House Deputy Press Secretary. In that capacity she served as a spokesperson for President Obama and the White House, and conducted on-the-record press briefings for the White House press corps. Prior to that role, she was Senior Strategic Communications Advisor for the National Economic Council, where she managed the Administration’s economic communications portfolio. She also held multiple senior communications roles at several Cabinet agencies.

Before serving in government, Friedman ran communications for [Albright Stonebridge Group](/org/albright-stonebridge-group) and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. She also managed campaign and media strategy for state and local legislative battles at the [Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids](/org/campaign-for-tobacco-free-kids) and the Violence Policy Center.

Friedman earned her B.A. in Political Science, summa cum laude, from The George Washington University.

Jen Friedman

Ken Goss was named Executive Vice President of Remote & Studio Operations, NBC Sports Group, in October 2020. He is responsible for the development of and implementation on remote and studio technical operations and production planning across NBC Sports Group, which includes overseeing all aspects of field and studio production management, field engineering, technical field managers, and mobile unit facilities.

A nearly 40-year veteran at [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal), Goss oversees the studio and remote operations for more than 1,500 broadcasts yearly, including Sunday Night Football, primetime’s #1 TV show, Super Bowl XLIX, the most-watched program in U.S. television history, Football Night in America, the most-watched weekly studio show in sports, and other high-profile NBC Sports Group properties, including the NHL, NASCAR, PGA/LPGA/Champions Tours, Notre Dame Football, Triple Crown horse racing, INDYCAR, and the Premier League.

Previously, Goss has served as Senior Vice President of Remote & Studio Operations for NBC Sports, NBCSN, NBC Sports Regional Networks, and Golf Channel; SVP of Remote Operations & Production Planning from 2011 to 2019; Vice President of Sports Operations from 2006 to 2010; and Director of Sports Operations from 1996 to 2005. During this time, he was instrumental in the technical and production planning efforts on several NBC Sports properties, including 10 Super Bowls, the PGA Golf Tour, and the French Open.

Goss has been part of 12 Olympic Games in various capacities, beginning with the Seoul Games in 1988 as a production manager. At the Barcelona Games in 1992, he served as a manager of venue operations, and since 2004, Goss has served as an operations producer.

Goss joined NBC Sports as a unit manager in August 1985. He began his career in 1983 as a studio/field scheduling coordinator for NBC Broadcast Operations.

Goss is the recipient of 15 Sports Emmy awards for both sports and Olympic broadcasts.

A graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in Business Administration, Goss and his wife, Cheryl, have two daughters.
In his role, Goss is responsible for more than 1,500 broadcasts yearly, including Sunday Night Football, primetime’s #1 TV show for an unprecedented ninth consecutive year, Super Bowl XLIX, the most-watched program in U.S. television history, Football Night in America, the most-watched weekly studio show in sports for 14 years running, and other high-profile NBC Sports Group and Golf Channel properties, including the NHL, NASCAR, PGA/LPGA/Champions Tours, Notre Dame Football, Triple Crown horse racing, INDYCAR, and the Premier League.

Previously, Goss served as Senior Vice President of Remote Operations & Production Planning from 2011 to 2019; Vice President of Sports Operations from 2006 to 2010; and prior to that, was the Director of Sports Operations from 1996 to 2005. During this time, he was instrumental in the technical and production planning efforts on several NBC Sports properties, including 10 Super Bowls, the PGA Golf Tour, and the French Open.

Goss has been part of 12 Olympic Games in various capacities, beginning with the Seoul Games in 1988 as a production manager, and most recently the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games. At the Barcelona Games in 1992, he served as a manager of venue operations, and since 2004, Goss has served as an operations producer.

Goss joined NBC Sports as a unit manager in August 1985. He began his career in 1983 as a studio/field scheduling coordinator for NBC Broadcast Operations.

Goss is the recipient of 12 Sports Emmy awards for both sports and Olympic broadcasts.

A graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in Business Administration, Goss and his wife, Cheryl, have two daughters.

Ken Goss

Dan Lovinger serves as Executive Vice President, Advertising Sales, NBC Sports Group. In this role, he oversees the sales efforts across NBC Sports Group’s robust portfolio, including broadcast, cable, and digital assets. NBC Sports Group possesses an unparalleled collection of the most prestigious properties in sports, including the [International Olympic Committee](/org/international-olympic-committee) and United States Olympic Committee, the NFL, NHL, PGA TOUR, The R&A, [PGA of America](/org/pga-of-america), Premier League, [Notre Dame](/org/notre-dame), [Churchill Downs](/org/churchill-downs-inc) and many more. He reports to Linda Yaccarino, Chairman, Advertising Sales and Client Partnerships, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal).

Previously, Lovinger served as Executive Vice President, Entertainment Advertising Sales Group for [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) where he oversaw the combined advertising sales for NBC Broadcast Entertainment, USA, Syfy and WWE. Prior to that, he oversaw the sales efforts for Telemundo Media as Executive Vice President, Advertising Sales & Integrated Marketing.

Lovinger’s experience includes more than 25 years in advertising sales and business development, spanning domestic and international cable, digital, and print. From 2006-2010, Lovinger was Senior Vice President, MTV 360 Brand Sales & Integrated Marketing, and was responsible for ad revenue across MTV, MTV Tr3s, MTV2, MTVu, and MTV.com. From 2002-2006, Lovinger served as the Vice President of Vh1 and Vh1 Classic, Sales. He joined Vh1 and Vh1 Classic from Primedia where he was Senior Vice President, responsible for sales of more than 100 vertical trade magazines, companion websites and conferences. From 2000-2001, Lovinger held the post of Chief Operating Officer at Phase2Media.

Lovinger was previously part of the [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) family when he joined the company in 1997 as Senior Vice President, Global Advertising Sales for [CNBC](/org/cnbc) and NBC International. He oversaw advertising sales for [CNBC](/org/cnbc) Europe and Asia, NBC Europe and Asia, and Nat- Geo Asia.

Earlier in his career, Lovinger held various sales positions at Turner Broadcasting in New York and in 1994 he became vice president for Turner International in London, England.

Lovinger received a certificate in European Studies from The London School of Economics and graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. He resides in Purchase, N.Y., with his wife and four sons.

Dan Lovinger

Michael Sheehan is Coordinating Director for NBC Olympics and is responsible for the direction of NBC’s primetime Olympics coverage. The 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang marked Sheehan’s sixth Olympic assignment. Sheehan also serves as Coordinating Director for Football Night in America, the most-watched weekly studio show in sports for 14 years running.

In 2018, NBC Sports Group presented Super Bowl LII and the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, marking the first time in 26 years the Super Bowl and the Olympics aired in the same year on the same network.

In addition, he has overseen the direction of multiple Formula One races for NBC, including the famed Monaco Grand Prix. He previously served as a director from 1985 to 2012 for HBO Sports, and MLB Network from 2008 to 2012.

With more than 37 years of television experience, Sheehan is the winner of 18 Sports Emmy Awards for his work on Wimbledon, Inside the NFL and the Olympics, and has received an Eclipse Award for his work on horse racing.

A graduate of the [University of Notre Dame](/org/university-of-notre-dame), Sheehan resides in Ramsey, N.J.

Michael Sheehan

Gary Zenkel has been President, NBC Olympics, since 2005. In this role, he oversees NBC’s Olympic business and works closely with the International Olympic Committee, U.S. Olympic Committee and NBC’s distribution partners and affiliates to advance coverage, distribution and marketing while navigating the constantly changing media landscape.

Since the acquisition of [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) by [Comcast](/org/comcast) in 2011, Zenkel has led two successful NBCU acquisitions of U.S. media rights to the Olympic Games. The first, in June 2011, awarded NBCU the rights to the Sochi 2014, Rio 2016, Pyeongchang 2018, and Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The second agreement was negotiated in June 2014 and granted NBCU the U.S. media rights to all Olympic Games through 2032, making it the longest U.S. media-rights agreement in Olympic history.

Zenkel has also been instrumental in major soccer acquisitions for NBCU, including Telemundo’s exclusive Spanish-language U.S. media rights to FIFA World Cup® Soccer from 2015 through 2026, and NBC Sports Group’s three-season Premier League acquisition in 2013.

Zenkel served as Executive Vice President of NBC Olympics from 2001 to 2005. From 1997 to 2001, Zenkel served as Senior Vice President, Business Development and Marketing, NBC Olympics. Previously, from 1994 to 1997, Zenkel was Vice President of NBC Sports and Executive Assistant to NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol. During that period he played a major role in NBC’s acquisition, contract negotiations, and renewals of the Olympics, French Open, Major League Baseball, Notre Dame Football, PGA Tour, U.S. Golf Association championships and Ryder Cup. Zenkel joined NBC Sports in 1990 as Director of Sports Contract Negotiations. Prior to joining NBC Sports, Zenkel was a corporate associate with Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, a New York City-based law firm.

Zenkel graduated from the University of Michigan in 1983 and from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1987. He was a two-year letterman on the Wolverines golf team.

Gary Zenkel

Amy Rosenfeld is Senior Vice President, Olympics & Paralympics Production, joining NBC Sports in June 2022. She oversees the company’s Olympics and Paralympics production in the host city as well as the growing at-home operation in Stamford, Conn.

During a 25-year career at ESPN, Rosenfeld accumulated extensive big-event production experience having overseen numerous large-scale international sporting events for the network, including its critically acclaimed coverage of the men’s and women’s soccer World Cups, the X Games, Indy 500, and many more. Rosenfeld produced soccer and curling at four Olympic Games for NBC Sports.

Most recently, Rosenfeld served as Vice President, Production, ACC Network, since its launch in 2019, leading production at the network, including development of all show concepts and design. She joined ESPN in 2007 as a producer following a decade of freelance production roles, including NCAA men’s and women’s basketball, WNBA, and the NCAA Men’s Frozen Four.

A native of Concord, Mass., Rosenfeld began her sports television production career as an intern at the New England Sports Network (NESN). She is a graduate of [Colorado College](/org/colorado-college).

Amy Rosenfeld

Sara Klose

Mark Woodbury is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Parks & Resorts. He oversees all Universal parks and resorts worldwide, including Universal Orlando Resort, Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Studios Japan and the recently opened Universal Beijing Resort. He also serves on the NBCU Executive Committee.

Most recently, Mr. Woodbury served as Vice Chairman, Universal Parks & Resorts and President of Universal Creative – the group charged with planning, designing and creating all Universal attractions and destinations worldwide. In his role as Vice Chairman, Mr. Woodbury was also responsible for all strategic planning and design strategy for Universal Parks & Resorts.

Mr. Woodbury joined Universal Parks & Resorts more than 30 years ago, during the development of Universal Studios Florida – the company’s first expansion outside of Hollywood. He quickly became a key member of the leadership team and, as Chief Creative Officer, oversaw the expansion of Universal Studios Florida into Universal Orlando Resort, a destination that included Universal Studios Florida, a second theme park called Universal’s Islands of Adventure, on-site hotels and an entertainment complex. He also oversaw the development of Universal Studios Japan, which quickly became the company’s most attended theme park destination.

In 2006, Mr. Woodbury was named President of Universal Creative and continued to lead the development of world-class attractions and destinations – while creating innovative partnerships with some of the world’s most compelling entertainment brands. His work has included entire lands, such as The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the globally popular themed and immersive land that is now at all Universal theme parks, and Super Nintendo World, which recently opened at Universal Studios Japan and will also be at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort.

Most recently, Mr. Woodbury oversaw the creative design and development of Universal Being Resort, including all attractions, its CityWalk entertainment complex and the first-ever Universal-themed hotel. Universal Beijing successfully opened in 2021 as Universal’s largest theme park destination at opening.

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Sam Flood is Executive Producer & President, Production, NBC & NBCSN. He oversees all aspects of sports production for both networks. A 29-time Emmy Award winner and three-time Eclipse Award winner.

As executive producer, Flood oversees production for NBC Sports’ coverage of the NHL, Premier League, NASCAR, INDYCAR, horse racing, Tour de France, and French Open, among many others. He also oversees production of Football Night in America, the most-watched weekly studio show in sports for 14 years running, and contributes to NBC Olympics’ production of the Summer and Winter Games.

A former college hockey captain, Flood is regarded as one of hockey’s most influential figures and is credited for creating the “Inside the Glass” analyst position and the successful Wednesday Night Rivalry and Wednesday Night Hockey franchises. In 2016, Sporting News named Flood No. 39 in its list of the top 50 most influential people in sports. That same year, [USA Today](/org/usa-today) named Flood No. 15 on its list of the most important people in hockey.

Flood was named the seventh executive producer in NBC Sports history in June 2010 after being the Coordinating Producer, NBC Sports since July 2005. He was promoted to Executive Producer, NBC & NBCSN in February 2011. One of the many Olympic researchers who moved on to successful roles in the world of sports and entertainment, Flood joined NBC Sports in 1986 as an Olympic researcher for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea, for which he won an Emmy for writing. He has worked 13 Olympic Games, most recently the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games.

Flood produced the Olympic Closing Ceremony from Salt Lake in 2002, and the Torino Closing Ceremony in February 2006, both just days after producing the network’s coverage of the Daytona 500. Flood produced six years of NASCAR coverage for the NBC/Turner joint venture, winning the Emmy for Best Live Series in 2006. He also won an Emmy in 1999 for live event turnaround for the 1999 World Track and Field Championship in Seville, Spain.

Before becoming a researcher for the 1988 Summer Olympics for NBC Sports, Flood was a writer/researcher for Turner Sports during the network’s coverage of the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow, Russia, and an associate producer for CNN Sports Tonight concurrently.

Flood graduated from Williams College in 1983, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in history. A native of Dedham, Mass., he and his wife, Jane, reside in Ridgewood, N.J., and have two children, Eliza and Sam, Jr.

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Jennifer ‘Jenny’ Storms is Chief Marketing Officer, Entertainment and Sports, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). She was promoted to this position in September 2020, which added Marketing oversight of the vast portfolio across [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Entertainment including NBC, USA Network, Bravo, [Oxygen](/org/oxygen-banking), SYFY, E! among others, to her existing duties with NBC Sports Group. In Storms’ new role, she is charged with consumer engagement around premium live, social and digital content across the Sports and Entertainment portfolio.  Her responsibilities include marketing strategy and operations, audience growth, CRM, content development and promotion across all distribution platforms.  She has been a leader in the marketing, media and sports business for over 25 years.

Storms joined NBC Sports in 2015 as Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for all marketing strategy, consumer insights, media and engagement plans for premiere properties from Sunday Night Football to the Olympic Games.  In February 2019, she was elevated to Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Content Strategy. In addition to her duties as CMO, she added oversight of research initiatives, identification of strategic business priorities and consultation across rights negotiations. NBC Sports Group consists of NBC Sports, NBC Olympics, NBCSN, Golf Channel, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBC Sports Regional Networks, NBC Sports Digital, and two transactional sports businesses, GolfNow and SportsEngine.

Storms joined [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) from [PepsiCo](/org/pepsico), Inc., where she served as Senior Vice President of Global Sports Marketing. In that role, she was responsible for developing and implementing an integrated global sports strategy across [PepsiCo](/org/pepsico)’s portfolio, including 22 flagship global billion-dollar brands. She also managed the relationships for [PepsiCo](/org/pepsico)’s sports initiatives, including the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL, as well as many team and player partnerships.

Previously, Storms led sports strategy and property management for [PepsiCo](/org/pepsico)-owned Gatorade, including league, team, influencer and athlete partnerships. She managed the brand’s relationships with the NFL, NHL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, colleges, teams and other sports organizations, as well as athletes, including Michael Jordan, Derek Jeter, Peyton Manning, Serena Williams and many others.

Prior to joining [PepsiCo](/org/pepsico) in 2009, Storms served in various marketing and programming leadership positions at Turner Broadcasting System / Turner Sports in Atlanta. She held a succession of positions during her 14-year tenure with the company, culminating in her role as a senior vice president of Turner Sports Marketing & Programming. She began her career at the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), where she served as the International Games preparation liaison and lived in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, for the Pan American Games from 1994-1995.

Storms was inducted to SportsBusiness Journal’s “Forty Under 40” Hall of Fame. Other notable industry honors include: Brandweek’s “Marketers of the New Generation;” Adweek’s Most Powerful Women in Sports; Cynopsis Sports Media’s “Marketing Executive of the Year” in 2018 and Navigator Award in 2019; iSportConnect’s “Influential Women in the Business of Sport.”

Jennifer Storms

Eric Black is SVP, Sports & Entertainment Technology, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). In this role, he oversees end-to-end technical development and delivery for [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Entertainment and the multi-application deployment for all NBC Entertainment brands; and NBC Sports and Olympics, as the company prepares for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Super Bowl LVI, and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Prior to his current role, Black served as SVP, US Operations and Video, Peacock, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)’s direct-to-consumer streaming service from 2019-2021. He was responsible for end-to-end operations for Peacock, overseeing video, operations, application development and delivery, during a pivotal time leading up to the launch of Peacock in April 2020.

Previously, Black served as SVP and Chief Technology Officer of NBC Sports Group Digital from 2019-2015. He managed all IP-delivered platforms for NBC Sports Digital, including its numerous websites, applications and connected devices. He also oversaw NBC Sports’ Playmaker Media, a separate business which provides end-to-end video support service for companies in need of best-in-class live streaming and VOD solutions.

Under Black’s leadership, NBC Sports Digital and Playmaker Media have streamed some of the most prestigious properties in sports, including six Olympic Games, three Super Bowls, Sunday Night Football – primetime television’s No. 1 show — the National Hockey League, Premier League, National Basketball Association, NASCAR, the Triple Crown, Notre Dame Football, MLB and the Open Championship, among many others. The systems built by Black have focused on both high concurrent traffic and scale, and now operate on more than 20,000 events per year, resulting in billions of consumed minutes.

In addition to the tens of thousands of events that air each year across NBC, NBCSN, Golf Channel, Telemundo, NBCUniverso and NBC Sports Regional networks, Playmaker Media provided streaming video solutions for the Presidential debates and 2016 election coverage for NBC News. The service currently provides end-to-end services for the Olympic Channel, the International Olympic Committee’s global digital platform. In 2017, Black pioneered a partnership between Playmaker and iStreamPlanet, owned by Turner. Together, the two companies delivered digital services for many of sports’ biggest events: Telemundo Deportes’ coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia; CBS and Turner Sports’ March Madness coverage; Super Bowl LII; and the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, Korea.

NBC Sports Digital’s streaming coverage of Super Bowl LII peaked at 3.1 million concurrent viewers, making it the largest domestic streaming sports event in history. The 2018 PyeongChang Olympics also set Winter Games records, streaming 1.85 billion live minutes and 2.17 billion total minutes. Telemundo’s World Cup coverage shattered all Spanish language records in the United States, garnering the most live streamed match in Spanish-language history (Mexico v Sweden, 6.9 million live minutes).

A 20+-year veteran of the digital video/live streaming industry, Black and his team were instrumental in NBC Sports Digital’s success during the Rio Olympic Games, which set streaming records with 3.3 billion total minutes, 2.71 billion live minutes and 100 million unique users. It remains the largest digital event in history.

Black joined [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) as a webmaster for NBC New York’s website, wnbc.com, in June 2000. In 2010, as Director of Digital Operations for NBC Sports, he managed the first-ever live stream of Super Bowl XLVI. He was named Vice President, Technology, NBC Sports and NBC Olympics in 2012.

Black has been recognized with seven Sports Emmy awards, the Olympic Golden Rings for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad on NBC, and the Edward R. Murrow Award for 9/11 coverage in 2004. In addition, he was honored with the 2013-2014 technology and engineering Emmy Award for Pioneering Delivery of Pay TV Linear Video to Consumer Owned and Managed Devices Over an IP Connection.

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Kate Harley

Rashida Jones was named President of MSNBC in February of 2021. Previously, Jones was a senior vice president for news at MSNBC and NBC News, overseeing breaking news and special events for the cable channel and NBC’s broadcast news division. She joined NBCUniversal in 2013.

Rashida Jones

Kimberley D. Harris is Executive Vice President of [Comcast](/org/comcast) Corporation and General Counsel of [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal).

In this role, Harris oversees all international government and regulatory affairs for [Comcast](/org/comcast), supporting the company’s businesses worldwide. Additionally as General Counsel of [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal), Harris provides legal advice to senior management team and oversees the legal function across all [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) divisions. She reports to [Comcast](/org/comcast) Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts and [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) CEO Steve Burke.

Harris joined [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) in 2013 from [Davis Polk & Wardwell](/org/davis-polk-wardwell), where she was a partner in the litigation department.

From 2010 to 2012, Harris served in the White House Counsel’s Office, and became the principal Deputy Counsel and Deputy Assistant to the President in 2011. At the White House, she advised senior Executive Branch officials on congressional investigations and executive privilege issues. In addition, Harris developed and implemented the White House response to congressional investigations, and managed litigation matters relating to the President.

From 2009 to 2010, she was Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division.

Harris first joined [Davis Polk & Wardwell](/org/davis-polk-wardwell) as an associate in 1997 and was named a litigation partner in 2007. From 1996 to 1997, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Charles S. Haight, Jr., U.S. District Court, S.D. New York.

She serves on the boards of directors for Advocates for Children of New York, an organization that provides legal and advocacy services to at-risk students in the New York City school system, and the [Brennan Center for Justice](/org/brennan-center-for-justice) at New York University School of Law. Harris is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law.  

Harris graduated magna cum laude from [Harvard University](/org/harvard), and holds a law degree from Yale Law School. She lives in Westchester County, New York with her husband and three sons.

Kimberley D. Harris

Anand Kini was named Chief Financial Officer for [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) in May 2015. In addition to his role as CFO, Kini will continue to help shape [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)’s long term strategic direction, and lead consumer and business insights efforts. He is a member of the Executive Committee and reports to Steve Burke, CEO, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal).
 
Most recently, Kini served as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Insights where he oversaw the company’s long range strategic planning. Additionally, he managed the existing research infrastructure and worked to create new capabilities to best support the businesses’ needs, which included evaluating entertainment consumption, advertising monetization and the emergences of new viewership platforms to better inform [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) decision making.  
 
Prior to joining [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) in July 2011, Kini was Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis for [Comcast](/org/comcast) Cable Communications, LLC.  In that role he managed [Comcast](/org/comcast) Cable’s forecasting, annual budget, and three-year planning process, and served as a key analytical resource to help the cable businesses identify emerging market trends, evaluate competitive positioning and determine attractive growth strategies to drive strong financial returns.
 
He joined [Comcast](/org/comcast) in 2007 from [Activision Blizzard](/org/activision-blizzard), a video game publisher in Southern Calif., where he was Vice President of Financial Planning.  Prior to that, he was Director of Financial Planning for Disney’s Parks and Resorts division, where he split his time between California and Florida.
 
Kini is a graduate of [Wesleyan University](/org/wesleyan-university) in Connecticut with a bachelor of arts in Economics, and received his MBA from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school).

Anand Kini

Dylan Byers

Daniel Higgins

Vicki Williams was named Chief Human Resources Officer for NBCUniversal in 2018.  She oversees global human resources, including compensation, benefits, development and learning, talent acquisition, executive search, HR systems & operations, and the HR (employee) service center.  

Williams joined NBCUniversal in May 2011 as Senior Vice President, Compensation, Benefits and HR Information Systems. Her role expanded to include HR support for corporate functions and oversight of the HR service center. 

Prior to NBCUniversal, Williams was a consultant on compensation and benefits as a Partner with Pay Governance LLC and previously as a Principal with Towers Perrin (now Willis Towers Watson). In these roles, she worked directly with boards of directors and senior management on all elements of compensation and benefits. Williams worked across a number of industries, but maintained a strong concentration in the entertainment & media industry. 

She was named to the Board of Directors of Annaly Capital Management, a leading diversified capital manager that invests in and finances residential and commercial assets, in 2018.  As an independent director, Williams serves on the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. 

Williams received a B.S. in education with a concentration in mathematics and an M.B.A. with a concentration in finance and quantitative statistics, each with honors from the University of Georgia. After serving six years on the Terry College of Business Alumni Board for the University of Georgia, she now serves on the Emeritus Board. 

She lives in Manhattan with her husband and cat; is an active volunteer with Best Friends Animal Society.

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Clara Fon-Sing

Kyri Sarantakos

Sarah Tanner is the VP, Marketing Strategy & Media at [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). Sarah has over fifteen years of experience in marketing and media, with a focus on developing integrated cross-platform media plans that drive business goals. Prior to their current role, Sarah was the Senior Director, Marketing at ESPN, where they consolidated email marketing and digital marketing ad operations teams to streamline digital marketing efforts. Sarah also has experience as a legal assistant, where they assisted attorneys in all phases of complex civil litigation. Sarah is a strategic and innovative thinker who is able to develop and implement creative solutions to achieve business objectives.

Sarah Tanner has a BA in Economics from [Colgate University](/org/colgate-university).

They work with Marisa Kubicko Chadda - VP, Transformation, Clara Fon-Sing - VP & General Manager, NBC News Archives. Their manager is Noah Oppenheim, President, NBC News.

Sarah Tanner

Noah Oppenheim

Jenny Groom

As the Executive Vice President of Unscripted Content, Rod Aissa will oversee unscripted lifestyle and documentary programming.

Rod Aissa

As the President of Scripted Content, Lisa Katz is responsible for the development, current programming and casting across entertainment television and streaming. 

Lisa Katz

Kathy Kelly-Brown serves as Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives for [Comcast](/org/comcast) Cable and [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). In this role, Kelly-Brown is responsible for identifying creative, technological and strategic opportunities across the entire portfolio of both companies. She leads “Symphony,” the company-wide initiative that leverages both [Comcast](/org/comcast) Cable’s and [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)’s unparalleled assets to maximize consumer awareness and engagement, as well as the company’s Global Talent Booking division. Kelly-Brown reports to Neil Smit, Chief Executive Officer, [Comcast](/org/comcast) Cable and Steve Burke, Chief Executive Officer, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). She works from both New York City and Philadelphia.  
 
Most recently, Kelly-Brown served as Senior Vice President of Global Talent Booking, a division she launched that develops strategic, customized publicity opportunities for talent – tapping into [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)’s broad portfolio, including entertainment, sports and news platforms. 
 
Kelly-Brown also held several communications positions across [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal), including Senior Vice President, Communications, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) News Group, where she oversaw the development and execution of the communications strategy and served as principal spokesperson for the group which included NBC News, MSNBC, [CNBC](/org/cnbc) and the Weather Channel. Previously, as Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Media Relations, she led the company’s communication efforts for areas including broadcast and entertainment cable ad sales, government affairs and internal communications. Additionally, Kelly-Brown helped lead communications for the [Comcast](/org/comcast) and [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) transaction, announced in 2009. She also served as Vice President, NBC Entertainment Publicity where she oversaw the creation and execution of publicity campaigns for all of NBC’s primetime series, long form, special and daytime programming.

Kathy Kelly-Brown

Pearlena Igbokwe is Chairman, Universal Studio Group.  In this role, she is responsible for all aspects of creative affairs and production for [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)’s three powerhouse studios: Universal Television, Universal Content Productions (UCP), and [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) International Studios.  She reports directly to Jeff Shell, CEO [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal).

Currently, Pearlena oversees the production of over 2500 hours of of programming currently airing or streaming around the globe and manages a slate of ambitious storytellers including Tina Fey, Seth MacFarlane, Amy Poehler, Dick Wolf, Lorne Michaels, Michael Schur, Nahnatchka Khan, Sam Esmail, Julie Plec, Larry Wilmore, Debra Martin Chase, Gareth Neame, Alan Yang, David Heyman, Sean Hayes, and Tanya Saracho, among numerous others.

From June 2016 to September 2020, Igbokwe was President, Universal Television where she oversaw creative development, casting and production for one of the country's largest and most successful studios.  She led the division to new heights with record volume, commercial success and critical acclaim. Some of her programming highlights include “Russian Doll,” “The Good Place,” “New Amsterdam,” “The Bold Type,” “Good Girls,” and Dick Wolf’s successful new franchise,” “FBI” and “FBI: Most Wanted,” among numerous other notable projects.  In a highly competitive landscape, Igbokwe was able to secure pickups for her projects on every major streaming service, a variety of premium cable outlets and every broadcast network.

Before her studio role, Igbokwe served as Executive Vice President, Drama Programming, for NBC Entertainment, where she developed the top-rated new broadcast dramas for three out of her four years in the role (“The Blacklist,” “Blindspot” and “This Is Us”).

Igbokwe worked at Showtime for 20 years where she was involved in developing the pilot and overseeing the first five seasons of “Dexter,” Showtime's most popular series ever. She also developed the pilot for “Masters of Sex,” starring Michael Sheen, and supervised the Emmy Award-winning and critically acclaimed original series “Nurse Jackie.”  In addition, she shepherded Tracey Ullman's “State of the Union,” Damon Wayans' “The Underground,” Kirstie Alley's “Fat Actress” and the television adaptation of the hit feature film “Barbershop.” She was also instrumental in the five-season run of the hit Showtime series “Soul Food,” a two-time NAACP Image Award winner for Best Drama Series.

Igbokwe has mined success from a number of original movies she developed for Showtime, including the Humanitas Award-nominated “Jasper, Texas,” starring Academy Award winners Jon Voight and Louis Gossett Jr.; the Emmy-nominated “Bojangles,” starring the late Gregory Hines; and the Peabody Award-winning “Strange Justice.”

She began her Showtime career as Manager of Direct Response, Television Marketing and earlier worked as an Associate at NBC in New York City.  

Igbokwe has been featured in numerous industry trade magazines for her leadership, including The Hollywood Reporter (Women in Entertainment Power 100, Top 35 Under 35), Variety (Power of Women), Ebony (Top 50 Showbiz Players) and Essence, among others.

She currently serves on the boards of the Hollywood Radio and TV Society (HRTS) and National Association of TV Programming Executives (NATPE), as well as the Television Academy Executive Committee.

Igbowke, who was born in Nigeria, is married and has two children. She resides in Los Angeles.

Pearlena Igbokwe

Adam Miller is Executive Vice President, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). He is responsible for corporate functions including communications, human resources, corporate events, global booking, corporate social responsibility, community relations, and operations and technology.  

Adam Miller is Chief Administration Officer, [Comcast](/org/comcast) Corporation and Executive Vice President, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). He is responsible for communications, human resources, labor relations, corporate events, global booking, corporate social responsibility and community relations. Miller joined [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) as executive vice president of Corporate Affairs in January 2011. 

Prior to joining [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal), Miller was President of The Abernathy MacGregor Group, a leading strategic communications firm, headquartered in New York. During Miller’s 17 year tenure at AMG, he counseled hundreds of domestic and international clients on a wide array of communications matters, including reputation and crisis management, general corporate communications, and investor and public relations. During his tenure, Miller developed a particular expertise in the media and entertainment field. His clients included: [Comcast](/org/comcast), [Yahoo!](/org/yahoo), Viacom, Sprint, [Thomson Reuters](/org/thomson-reuters), AOL, IAC, Lagardere, EMI, DoubleClick, Loews Cineplex and The Village Voice. 

He holds a B.A. degree in Philosophy from [Hamilton College](/org/hamilton-college). Miller is on the boards of directors of the Children’s Hearing Institute and New Alternatives for Children (NAC). He resides in New York City with his wife and two children. 

 

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Matt Potolski

Dan Masonson

Jake Gellerman

Jamie Palatini

Beau Ferrari

Pete Bevacqua is Chairman, NBC Sports Group. He was promoted in September 2020, becoming the third Chairman in the history of NBC Sports. In this role, he oversees NBC Sports Group’s unprecedented collection of assets and platforms, which includes NBC Sports, NBC Olympics, NBCSN, Golf Channel, [Olympic Channel](/org/olympic-channel): Home of Team USA, NBC Sports Regional Networks, NBC Sports Digital, and two transactional sports businesses, GolfNow and SportsEngine. He reports to Mark Lazarus, Chairman, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Television and Streaming.

Together with his team, Bevacqua completed a number of key rights agreements. [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) re-acquired the complete U.S. media rights for all United States Golf Association championships, including the U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open, through 2026; agreed to a nine-year extension of the company’s PGA TOUR rights; secured a new Sunday night NFL Wild Card playoff game, which will be presented live across NBC, Telemundo, and Peacock in January 2021; and established [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)’s multi-year partnership with [PointsBet](/org/pointsbet), making [PointsBet](/org/pointsbet) the official sports betting partner of NBC Sports.

Bevacqua joined [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) in September 2018 as President, NBC Sports Group, overseeing programming, marketing, digital, the NBC Sports Regional Networks, and all Golf businesses. In February 2019, Bevacqua assumed oversight of the entire sports division.

Previously, Bevacqua served as CEO of the [PGA of America](/org/pga-of-america) from 2012-2018. In this role, Bevacqua guided the business and overall strategy of one of the world’s largest sports organizations, serving the Association’s nearly 29,000 PGA Professionals.

Prior to the [PGA of America](/org/pga-of-america), Bevacqua served as Global Head of Golf at Creative Artists Agency (CAA Sports). He was also Chief Business Officer for the USGA and served as the first Managing Director of the U.S. Open Championship.

Additional roles Bevacqua has had include: World Golf Foundation Board of Directors’ Chairperson; a PGA World Alliance leadership team member; Chairperson of the International Golf Federation, a group that was instrumental in golf’s return to the Olympics; special advisor to the Captains Club for The Memorial Tournament; and a board member for RISE, an alliance of sports organizations that promote racial equality. A former SportsBusiness Journal “Forty Under 40” honoree, Bevacqua also received the 2016 March of Dimes Sports Leadership Award.

Bevacqua graduated from the University of Notre Dame magna cum laude (1993), with a B.A. in English. He earned a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center, where he graduated cum laude (1997). He began his career as a legal associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York City. Bevacqua and his wife, Tiffany, have three children.

Pete Bevacqua

Ana Siegel is the current General Counsel at [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). Ana has held this position since May 2003. Prior to that, they were the Director of Business + Legal Affairs at NBC Universal Global Networks Latin America from June 1999 to May 2003. Before that, they were a Senior Attorney at Global One Communications (Sprint International) from June 1996 to May 1999.

Ana Siegel has a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from [Amherst College](/org/amherst-college).

Their manager is Beau Ferrari, Chairman of NBCU Telemundo Enterprises. Some of their coworkers include Ronald Day - Executive Vice President Entertainment, Telemundo Networks, Ashaki Rucker - Senior Vice President, HR Telemundo, and Peter Blacker - Executive Vice President, Revenue Strategy & Innovation [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Telemundo Enterprises.

Ana Siegel

Valari Dobson Staab is Chairman of NBCUniversal Local, a division of NBCUniversal that is home to three local media groups: NBC Owned Television Stations, NBC Sports Regional Networks and the Telemundo Station Group, as well as multicast networks COZI TV, NBCLX and TeleXitos.  Together, the media groups and networks deliver the very best in local sports, news, weather, consumer and investigative reporting, and lifestyle entertainment to English and Spanish speakers across any platform and screen.

A broadcast veteran with more than 35 years of experience, Staab joined NBCUniversal in 2011 as President of the NBC Owned Television Stations group.  In 2013 she was named President of the NBC and Telemundo owned stations division after the Telemundo owned stations were integrated with the NBC stations.  Since then, she has led the transformation of the NBC and Telemundo owned stations by strategically using NBCUniversal’s investment in its stations to strengthen their news gathering capabilities. This included the expansion or addition of investigative and consumer units in all markets, the launch of hundreds of hours of new local newscasts and digital products, and the hiring of staff to support the boost in news and digital programming.  Under Staab’s tenure, the division unveiled its very own network of state-of-the-art weather radars, the fourth largest weather radar network in the country, to help improve the stations’ weather forecasts and provide real-time weather information directly to audiences.  Staab also spearheaded the roll-out of news facilities that are home to industry-firsts like IP and cloud-based technologies used in production.  To better reflect the communities that NBC and Telemundo stations serve, Staab led the charge in creating the largest local bilingual newsrooms across top 10 TV markets while the division acquired and launched new NBC and Telemundo owned stations all across the country, to serve more local news audiences. 

In early 2021, the company’s Regional Sports Networks were integrated with the stations helping to create the only network-owned local media division that can deliver audiences the very best in local sports, news and weather in English and Spanish and across any screen and multiple platforms.

Today, Staab is helping all 43 NBC/Telemundo stations, six regional sports networks and the three multicast networks usher in a new era of innovation in storytelling to reach the next generation of local news audiences. In June 2020, the division launched NBCLX, a new TV/streaming network designed for millennials and Gen Z-ers that is reimagining the way that local news is presented to Adults 18-45.  The stations also present streaming-only newscasts for their communities and their content is available on various OTT platforms, including Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming platform. 

Valari Dobson Staab

Peter Levinsohn

Peter Blacker is an Executive Vice President at NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises. Prior to this, they were with AOL from July 2001 to July 2005 where they were VP of International & Multicultural Sales.

Peter Blacker graduated from [Trinity School](/org/trinity-school) in NYC before attending [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university). Peter earned their Bachelor of Science in International Business from Cornell.

Peter Blacker reports to Beau Ferrari, Chairman of NBCU Telemundo Enterprises. Some of their coworkers include Marcos Santana - President, Telemundo International, Ray Warren - President, Telemundo Deportes, and Ana Siegel - General Counsel.

Peter Blacker

Marcos Santana

Matt Strauss was named Chairman, Direct-to-Consumer and International in August of 2020. In this role, Strauss is responsible for all aspects of Peacock, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)’s streaming service; Fandango, a global digital network serving more than 67 million monthly visitors with best-in-class movie information, ticketing, trailers, home entertainment, and fan merchandise; and International Networks, a division that delivers quality content and compelling brands to over 176 territories across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. He reports to Mark Lazarus, Chairman, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Television and Streaming. 

Prior to joining [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) in 2019 to lead Peacock and [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Digital Enterprises, Strauss was Executive Vice President, Xfinity Services for [Comcast](/org/comcast) Cable, where he led the strategy and development of best-in-class products and services that served more than 30 million customers across [Comcast](/org/comcast)’s residential lines of business -  including Xfinity TV, one of the nation’s largest pay-TV distributors of video and entertainment services; Xfinity Internet, the nation’s largest gig provider; Xfinity Home and Xfinity Voice.

Under Strauss’ leadership, [Comcast](/org/comcast) transformed its video and Internet services with industry-leading experiences on the TV and across devices, including the Emmy Award-winning Xfinity X1 guide and voice remote, Xfinity Stream, Xfinity Flex, Xfinity xFi, ultra-fast gigabit speeds, the nation’s largest and fastest Wi-Fi network, home security and digital home automation features and controls.

He previously served as Executive Vice President, Video and Entertainment Services for [Comcast](/org/comcast) Cable. In that role, Strauss led the video business through a period of unprecedented results and in 2016 alone, helped the company reach positive video subscriber growth for the first time in a decade. With a focus on innovation, personalization, and seamless access to the best entertainment experiences across platforms, he helped redefine the entertainment viewing experience for Xfinity TV customers with Xfinity X1, Xfinity Stream, cloud DVR, live in-home streaming across devices, the industry’s first talking guide, and the Emmy-Award-winning voice remote.

Strauss joined the senior management team at [Comcast](/org/comcast) in 2004 as the Senior Vice President, New Media, where he led content acquisition and strategic development of all on demand and cross platform programming properties and services.

Prior to [Comcast](/org/comcast), he served as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Rainbow Media’s on demand service Mag Rack, where he pioneered the video on demand model with one of the first national on demand networks. Prior to this, he served as Vice President of Business Development for Rainbow Media, where he led the organization’s acquisition strategy for new and traditional media. He also held several management positions with Disney-ABC, including serving in the Strategic Planning department for the ABC Television Network.

Matt holds a B.S. from New York University’s Stern School of Business and resides in Cherry Hill, NJ with his wife and four children.

Matt Strauss

Ray Warren

Jeff Shell was named Chief Executive Officer of [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) in January 2020. He oversees the company’s valuable portfolio of news, sports, and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks.

Previously, Shell was Chairman of [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Film and Entertainment.  In this role, he oversaw the content creation, programming and distribution engines behind [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)’s film and network television businesses including NBC Entertainment, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG), Telemundo and [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) International. He was also responsible for driving the extensions of the company’s intellectual property and consumer product strategy with Universal Brand Development, as well as the expansion of the go-to destination for moviegoers with [Fandango](/org/fandango). 

Shell previously served as Chairman of UFEG, a position he held since 2013. Over the course of his tenure, Universal celebrated four years of record profit, and the two most profitable years in the studio’s 107-year history with titles from some of its biggest franchises such as Fast & Furious, Jurassic World and Illumination’s Despicable Me. With Shell’s oversight, Universal Brand Development’s portfolio grew extensively to include Consumer Products, Games and Digital Platforms, and Live Entertainment. [Fandango](/org/fandango)’s portfolio expanded to include a global suite of ticketing properties, including MovieTickets.com, Flixster, Ingresso.com and [Fandango](/org/fandango) Latin America. Additionally, the company acquired DreamWorks Animation in 2016, and under Shell’s leadership, the global family entertainment company and its feature film and television brands became an integral part of UFEG.  

Prior to joining UFEG, Shell served as Chairman of [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) International. In this role, he managed all aspects of [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)’s international businesses including International TV Distribution, Global Television Networks and International Television Production.  He also oversaw, in partnership with their domestic leaders, [CNBC](/org/cnbc) International, International Theatrical Marketing and Distribution, International Home Entertainment and International Theme Parks Operations. 

Prior to joining [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal), Shell served as President of [Comcast](/org/comcast) Programming Group where he was responsible for managing [Comcast](/org/comcast)’s national and regional television networks including E! Entertainment Network, the Golf Channel, International Channel Networks, and [Comcast](/org/comcast) Sports Group, just to name a few. Under his leadership, [Comcast](/org/comcast)’s networks grew significantly in distribution, viewership and profitability during his six-year tenure.

Before [Comcast](/org/comcast), Shell was CEO of Gemstar TV Guide International leading the business through a number of legal and operational challenges. Previous to Gemstar, he held several positions at News Corporation including President, FOX Cable Networks Group. He also held leadership roles at The Walt Disney Company and Salomon Brothers prior to joining News Corporation.

Shell serves on the board of several non-profit organizations including the National Constitution Center and organizations focused on public school reform. 

Shell received his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Harvard University and his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Applied Mathematics from Universal of California, Berkeley. He resides in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter. 

Jeff Shell

Donna Langley is Chairman, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group.  In this role, she oversees the Studio’s global production, marketing and distribution for [Universal Pictures](/org/universal-pictures), [Universal Pictures](/org/universal-pictures) International, [Universal Pictures](/org/universal-pictures) Home Entertainment, Focus Features and DreamWorks Animation.  

Under Langley’s leadership, Universal has expanded and reinvigorated some of its biggest franchises including Fast & Furious, Jurassic World, the Bourne series, Pitch Perfect, Illumination’s Despicable Me as well asFifty Shades, Ride AlongandThe Purge.  As Chairman she engineered a strategic slate of tentpoles, breakthrough comedies, and pop-culture hit horror films that led the studio to break numerous box office and industry records.  Through Langley’s stewardship, Universal has also become home to visionary filmmakers who champion diverse, original storytelling that entertains and resonates with mass global appeal.  

In 2018, Universal continued to be a leader in the marketplace with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Night School, Halloweenand Illumination’s Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch. Universal’s highest-grossing title of the year was Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. The film earned more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office, and was the third-biggest film of 2018 globally. The latestinstallmentsof Mamma Mia and Fifty Shades series brought their respective series’ box office totals to more than $1 billion globally.  The studio saw its most profitable year ever in 2017, crossing $5 billion at the worldwide box office with the successful slate of films includingSplit, Get Out, The Fate of the Furious, Girls Trip and Illumination’s Despicable Me 3. 

Additional critical and commercial hit movies she has presided over during her 18-year tenure include DreamWorks Animation’sHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Blackkklansman, Mr. Rogers: Won’t You Be MyNeighbor, Blockers, Phantom Thread, Atomic Blonde,Bridesmaids, Neighbors, Lucy, Unbroken,Trainwreck,StraightOuttaCompton, LesMisérables,The Theory of Everything, The Danish Girl, Wanted andRay,among many others.

Langley first joined Universal in 2001 as Senior Vice President of Production and subsequently served as President of Production, Co-Chairman and Chairman, [Universal Pictures](/org/universal-pictures) in 2013.  She first began her career at New Line Cinema, where she worked on hit Austin Powers franchise, as well as The Cell and Drop Dead Gorgeous.  

Over the years, Langley has been honoredwith Producers Guild of America’s Milestone Award, the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation Pioneer of the Year Award and the Women in Film’s Crystal Award for Excellence in Film. Sheis an Ambassador for Vital Voices Global Ambassadors Program and serves on the Vital Voices Board of Directors.  Langley is on the advisory board of Chrysalis and was a key founder of The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Film Mentorship program.  A voting member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, she serves on the Board of Trustees for the American Film Institute.

A native of the United Kingdom, Langley lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two sons.  

Donna Langley

Cesar Conde was named Chairman of the [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) News Group in May 2020. In this role, Conde has oversight of NBC News, MSNBC, and [CNBC](/org/cnbc), including editorial and business operations for the award-winning television and digital properties. He reports to Jeff Shell, CEO, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal). 

Previously, Conde was Chairman of [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) International Group and [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Telemundo Enterprises. As Chairman of [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) International Group, Conde was responsible for the operations and international expansion of [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) businesses outside of North America. 

As Chairman of NBCU Telemundo Enterprises, Conde oversaw the leading media properties that serve Hispanics worldwide.  He was instrumental in building NBCU Telemundo Enterprises into a world-class media company that produces and distributes high-quality Spanish-language content across a range of broadcast, cable, and digital properties, including: the Telemundo flagship TV network, 30 local stations, Universo Cable Network, Telemundo Digital Enterprises, Telemundo Global Studios, Telemundo Deportes, Noticias Telemundo, Telemundo Films and several other video content and distribution properties.  

Conde repositioned Telemundo as the programming authority and destination for a fast-growing audience.  Under Conde’s leadership, Telemundo became the number one Spanish-language network for the first time in the company’s history by regularly dominating primetime among key consumer demographics.  He oversaw Telemundo’s transformation into an increasingly innovative media company, with an emphasis on original programming, reality television, sports, music and news, including launching three daily national newscasts, an investigative unit, and local newscasts in key markets. 

Conde also implemented an aggressive multiplatform digital strategy to reach tech-savvy consumers through streaming services, social media, virtual reality and programming partnerships.  As a result, Telemundo has become one of the top networks in social engagement in the industry. 

Conde joined [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) in October 2013 as Executive Vice President of [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) to oversee NBCU International and NBCU Digital Enterprises.  Prior to [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal), Conde was the President of Univision Networks and served in a variety of senior executive capacities at the company.  He is credited with transforming the Spanish-language media company into a leading global, multi-platform media brand.  

Social and community initiatives are core to Conde’s business approach.  At [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Telemundo Enterprises, he spearheaded the launch of “El Poder En Ti,” the company’s robust community empowerment initiative and launched the Telemundo Academy, an educational center to train the next generation of industry leaders. While at Univision, he created a national education initiative with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 

Prior to Univision, Conde served as a White House Fellow for Secretary of State Colin L. Powell from 2002–2003.  Previously, he worked at StarMedia Network, the first internet company focused on Spanish and Portuguese-speaking audiences globally, and in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Salomon Smith Barney. 

Conde serves on the board of directors of Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP).  Conde is a Trustee of the Aspen Institute and the Paley Center for Media.  He is a Full Member at the Council on Foreign Relations and a Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum. He holds a B.A. with honors from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.  

Cesar Conde

Behind any show, on any screen, there’s an entire economic infrastructure at work. And no person has had a bigger hand in shaping it than Linda Yaccarino. Every day she continues to transform the $70 billion television industry. 

Since joining [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) in 2011, Yaccarino rebuilt its advertising and partnership business for the 21st century by bringing together individual network teams to create a united monetization strategy; effectively becoming the strategic and operational bridge across all of [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)'s networks, properties, and business units. In short, she put the "P" in the company's P&L.

As Chairman of Advertising and Partnerships, Yaccarino is responsible for managing over $10B in revenue annually and stewarding the company’s industry-leading portfolio of linear networks, digital platforms, distribution partnerships, and client relationships. Yaccarino, with the help of her 1,500-person team, connects established and emerging brands to hundreds of millions of viewers—driving economic impact for not just her company, but entire industries.

At [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal), Yaccarino was the first chief in history to bring the market one, unified portfolio—a strategy that has since become ubiquitous in the marketplace. Also under her leadership, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) pioneered the industry’s first all-screen measurement solution and became the first network to develop outcome-based guarantees. 

More recently, Yaccarino’s work has become global. She’s led the development of the first-ever combined advertising and sponsorship program for the LA 2028 Olympics and united the advanced video advertising capabilities of both [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) and Sky to create a groundbreaking global offering for marketers.

In addition to Yaccarino’s transformative leadership and vision, she’s been the recipient of many honors and awards. Yaccarino was one of Business Insider’s “Top 10 People Transforming Advertising”; Adweek’s “Ten Most Powerful Women in TV”; Hollywood Reporter’s“ Women in Entertainment: Power 100”; and Variety’s “Power Women of New York.” She also received the UJA Foundation’s Mac Dane Award for Humanitarian Excellence.

Yaccarino is also the Chairman of the World Economic Forum’s Taskforce on Future of Work, and the Vice Chairman of The Advertising Council. She sits on Ascena Retail Group’s Board of Directors and is a member of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition.

Linda Yaccarino

Bonnie Hammer was named Chairman, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Content Studios in 2019. In this role, Hammer helms the company’s award-winning television studios – Universal Television and Universal Content Productions. She reports to Steve Burke, CEO, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal).

Previously, Hammer was Chairman, Direct-to-Consumer and Digital Enterprises, where she built the brand and initial content slate for Peacock, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal)’s upcoming streaming service. Before that, Hammer was Chairman, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) Cable Entertainment where she had executive oversight of leading cable brands USA Network, SYFY, Bravo, [Oxygen](/org/oxygen-banking), E! Entertainment and Universal Kids. She also oversaw two Hollywood studios, Universal Cable Productions and Wilshire Studios, as well as the digital business Bluprint.

Under Hammer's leadership, USA was the most-watched entertainment cable channel for a record-setting 13 consecutive years with a history of top-rated and critically-acclaimed programs including “Mr. Robot” (2016 Emmy and Golden Globe winner), “The Sinner” (Emmy and Golden Globe nominee), “Suits,” “Colony,” “Royal Pains,” “White Collar,” “Psych,” “Burn Notice,” “Political Animals,” and “Monk.” In 2014, USA added unscripted programming and original comedy to its slate, with reality series “Chrisley Knows Best” and the half-hour comedy “Playing House” quickly becoming breakout hits. USA is also the home of WWE’s “Raw”and “SmackDown.” “WWE Raw” is the most-watched regularly scheduled, year-round program on cable, airing a live three-hour block every Monday night, 52 weeks a year.

During Hammer's tenure, SYFY became a global brand, extending its reach to 116 countries worldwide. The network has a history of delivering award-winning original series such as “Battlestar Galactica,” the event miniseries “Steven Spielberg Presents Taken,” “The Expanse” and “Face Off,” plus critic and fan favorites like “Happy!,” “The Magicians,” the “Stargate” franchise, and the worldwide and social media hit film series “Sharknado.” In addition to its premium original programming, the network features live events and breaking news coverage via SYFY WIRE, which has become the go-to news site for genre fans.

Hammer oversaw growth, both domestically and internationally, for E! Entertainment since adding the global pop culture brand to her portfolio in 2010. E! remains home to some of TV’s most buzzy unscripted franchises, including “Keeping Up with the Kardashians," “Botched,” “Total Divas” and “Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry.” “E! News” has also continued its tremendous multi-platform growth, including the popular Snapchat series “The Rundown” and a dynamic Facebook Live news slate. E! also successfully expanded into scripted programming with the drama series “The Royals” and “The Arrangement.” The network continues to expand its live events programming strategy, building on the long-running success of “Live from the Red Carpet” with the acquisition of the “People's Choice Awards,” which debuted in  November 2018 on E!

Hammer added Bravo and [Oxygen](/org/oxygen-banking) to her portfolio of networks in 2013.  Bravo, with its premium lifestyle and entertainment content, became a top 7 cable entertainment network and in 2017, for the first time, ranked #1 with female viewers in key demos.  The network’s buzzy hits include Emmy-winner “Top Chef,” “The Real Housewives” and “Million Dollar Listing” franchises, the headline making late-night talk show “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,” and critically-acclaimed scripted series “Dirty John” and “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce.” [Oxygen](/org/oxygen-banking) Media rebranded as a multi-platform crime destination network for women in summer 2017,  and was the year’s fastest growing cable entertainment network in both primetime and total day viewers.

Also in 2013, Hammer oversaw the full acquisition of Sprout, a leading destination for preschoolers and their families, adding it to the NBCU Cable Entertainment portfolio. Under Hammer, Sprout transitioned into an originals-driven network, successfully launching top-rated new series including “Floogals” and Randi Zuckerberg’s “Dot.” In September 2017, Sprout relaunched as Universal Kids, a new network that continues to be the premier source for preschool programming as it expands its content to include DreamWorks Animation Television series, unscripted entertainment including “Top Chef Junior,” “American Ninja Warrior Junior,” live action scripted originals and proven international hits, extending its audience to 2-12 year-olds.

In addition to her cable networks, Hammer oversaw two production studios: Universal Cable Productions, focusing on scripted content, and Wilshire Studios, specializing in reality programming. Both entities work with top Hollywood producers and writers to develop and produce owned content for the networks of NBCU Cable Entertainment, as well as for outside linear channels and digital streaming services including: “Homecoming” for Amazon starring Julia Roberts, “The Umbrella Academy” for Netflix starring Ellen Page and Mary J. Blige, and “The Act” for Hulu starring Patricia Arquette.

In 2016, with a move that Variety Magazine described as “Bonnie Hammer blowing up the cable TV management playbook,” she centralized all original scripted content for the portfolio under one team and formed a new area, Strategy and Commercial Growth, tasked with developing forward-thinking planning. In May of 2017, Hammer and the new division identified and acquired the complementary digital business Craftsy, rebranded in 2018 as Bluprint.

Earlier in her career, Hammer was an original programming executive at Lifetime Television Network, where she executive produced several award-winning documentaries for the network’s acclaimed Signature Series. She was honored with the Lillian Gish Award, several Cine Golden Eagles and the National Association for Youth’s Mentor Award.  Before coming to New York, Hammer executive produced “Good Day!” for WCVB in Boston, and produced the series “This Old House,” “Infinity Factory” and “Zoom!” for PBS.

Hammer has been named the “Most Powerful Woman in Entertainment” by The Hollywood Reporter and is featured annually on its “Power 100” list. She is also regularly included among Fortune’s “50 Most Powerful Women,” Forbes’ list of “The World's 100 Most Powerful Women” and Vanity Fair's annual “New Establishment” list.  

Throughout her career, Hammer has demonstrated and been recognized for her strong commitment to social issues. In October 2017, Hammer relaunched her award-winning pro-social campaign Erase The Hate, leveraging the resources of her entire portfolio to identify and amplify new voices advocating for acceptance, respect and inclusivity. The campaign has been reinvented for today’s world, to address the critical issue of hate now spreading at unprecedented speeds online and in our communities. Originally created in 1994 at USA Network, Erase the Hatewon an Emmy Award for its groundbreaking documentaries and specials, community programs and educational materials. The campaign later evolved into USA’s Characters Unite, which received many prestigious accolades and honors for its on-air programming, PSAs, digital content and on-the-ground initiatives.

In June of 2015, Hammer was honored by UJA Federation of New York with the group’s Steven J. Ross Humanitarian Award. In 2013, she received the Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications.  In 2012, she received the prestigious Crystal+Lucy Award from Women in Film.  She was also honored in 2012 by B’nai B’rith for “her commitment to initiatives confronting racism and bigotry,” and she was cited by acclaimed storytelling organization and Characters Unite partner The Moth for “philanthropic leadership in programs to end prejudice, discrimination and bullying.”  She received the 2010 Vanguard Award for Distinguished Leadership from the National Cable Television Association.  In 2008, Hammer received the Anti-Defamation League’s Entertainment Industry Award; she has since chaired ADL’s National Entertainment Advisory Council.  In 2007, she was honored with NATPE's Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award, and was inducted into Broadcasting & Cable's Hall of Fame.  Hammer has received a MUSE award for Outstanding Vision & Achievement from New York Women in Film and Television. 

Hammer serves on the Board of Directors of eBay and IAC/InteractiveCorp. She also sits on the Board of Governors for the MPTF Foundation and serves on the strategic planning committee for Boston University’s College of Communication.

As a photographer, Hammer has had her work displayed in several galleries and published in Time magazine, The Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, The Los Angeles Times, and various Houghton-Mifflin and Little Brown Books.

Bonnie Hammer

Mónica Gil is Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative and Marketing Officer NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises for NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises. In this role, she serves as the key executive driving the company’s reputation, brand and corporate identity. She is responsible for Marketing and Corporate Affairs, which includes Communications, Publicity, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Government Affairs. Gil also oversees Human Resources, with a focus on deepening a creative culture of innovation and collaboration. She reports to NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises Chairman, Cesar Conde and plays a critical strategic and operational role on his executive team.

A veteran brand positioning and business strategist, Gil combines her political, and media industry expertise to help drive corporate strategy across a range of broadcast, cable and digital properties.

Previously, Gil was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Multicultural Growth and Strategy at Nielsen where she was responsible for driving growth, providing market insights and delivering comprehensive strategies to reach diverse consumer segments. Before joining Nielsen, she served as a senior member of Antonio Villaraigosa’s political campaign team and was part of his historic mayoral victory in 2005.

Gil has received numerous recognitions including being selected as one of People en Español’s “25 Most Powerful Women” in 2018 and “City Year’s 2018 Business Leader of the Year.” In addition, Gil was honored by the [Anti-Defamation League](/org/anti-defamation-league) for her courageous leadership in 2016 and named one of “Hispanic Business Magazine’s 50 Influentials” in 2011. She was also inducted into the prestigious Hispanic Scholarship Hall of Fame.

Gil is a member of the Latino Advisory Panel to the Kennedy Center, and a former Board Director of ProAmerica Bank and the National Girl Scouts USA. She has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California Berkeley and an M.A. from the USC School of Public Administration. 

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