The Foundation’s Board of Directors is comprised of leading industry executives representing the media industry as well as advertising and public relations.
Executive Committee
JUDI LOPEZ
Chairperson
EVP, Distribution & Content Strategy
Hallmark Media
SCOTT WEISS
Founder & Chairman Emeritus
President & CEO
Speakeasy
YVETTE MILEY
First Vice Chair
SVP, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
NBCU News Group
MICHAEL BIARD
Vice Chair
President, Operations and
Distribution
FOX
ANDY TOPPING
Vice Chair
SVP, Human Resources
Comcast Cable
SEAN GUPTA
Treasurer
SVP, Streaming Strategy at Paramount+ & Pluto TV
Paramount
JONATHAN SICHEL
Secretary
EVP, General Counsel
Hallmark Media
TOM MONTEMAGNO
Chair, Fundraising Committee
EVP, Programming Acquisition
Charter Communications
JOSEPHINE PAMPHILE
President & CEO
T. Howard Foundation
Directors
MICHELE BARNEY
Co-President, Networks and Streaming Distribution
Warner Bros. Discovery
LYNN BEALL
EVP and COO, Media Operations
TEGNA, Inc.
LINDA BURAKOFF
SVP, Content & Programming
DIRECTV
ALEXANDRA CARLIN
Vice President, Communications
Hearst
ANN CARLSEN
Founder & CEO
Carlsen Resources, Inc.
ANGELA CHENG-CIMINI
SVP, Talent & CHRO
Harvard Business Publishing
LORI CONKLING
Global Head of Partnerships
YouTube TV
ROSALYN DURANT
EVP, Programming & Acquisitions
ESPN
ROBERT E. FREEMAN
Partner, Co-Chair Tech, Media
& Telecom Group
Member, Sports Group
Proskauer
KENNY GERSH
EVP, Business Development
Major League Baseball
RAY HOPKINS
President, U.S. Networks Distribution
Paramount
WILLIAM KOENIG
President, Global Content &
Media Distribution
National Basketball Association
MICHAL LOCKER
National Managing Principal for Technology, Media & Telecom Industry, Deloitte Consulting
Deloitte
LYNN MATTHEWS
VP, Talent & Acquisition
ESPN, Inc.
ERIN L. MCPHERSON
Chief Content Officer
Verizon
SCOTT MILLER
Co-President, Networks and Streaming Distribution
Warner Bros. Discovery
MICHAEL PALMER
Chief Information Security Officer
Hearst
CHRIS PEÑA
SVP, Local Medial News
TelevisaUnivision, Inc.
YUSUF TAYOB
Group Chief Executive – Accenture Operations
Accenture
AISHA THOMAS-PETIT
Chief People & Diversity Officer
AMC Networks
DAVID ZAGIN
President of Distribution
A+E Networks