Past Honorees

Cathy Engelbert 25
Commissioner
Women’s National Basketball
Association (WNBA)

Rita Ferro ‘25
President, Global Advertising
The Walt Disney Company

Craig Melvin ‘25
Co-Anchor, “Today, Co-Host
of 3rd Hour of “Today”
NBC

Miguel “Mike” Roggero ‘25
Chairman and CEO
Fuse Media


R. Thomas Umstead ‘25
Sr. Content Producer
Multichannel News/
Broadcasting & Cable

Julie Sweet 24
Chair & CEO
Accenture

Scott M. Mills 24
President & CEO
BET Media Group

Ann Carlsen 24
Founder & CEO
Carlsen Resources

Amy Maclean 24
Editorial Director
Cablefax


Rhonda Crichlow 23
SVP, Chief Diversity Officer
Charter Communications


Kim Godwin ‘23
President
ABC News

Detavio Samuels ‘23
Chief Executive Officer
Revolt Media & TV

Procter & Gamble ‘23
Marc Pritchard
Chief Brand Officer

Paul Buccieri ’22
President & Chairman
A+E Networks Group

George Cheeks ’22
President & CEO
CBS

Craig Robinson ’22
Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, NBCUniversal

Abby Phillip ’22
Anchor and Senior Political Correspondent, CNN

Charlie Collier ’21
Chief Executive Officer
FOX Entertainment

Lisa Torres ’21
President, Cultural Quotient
Publicis Media

Soledad O’Brien ’21
Documentarian, Journalist,
Speaker, Author, Philanthropist

Rosalyn Durant ’21
SVP of Operations
Walt Disney World Resort

Ayo Davis ’20
EVP, Talent and Casting
ABC Entertainment and Disney+

Jonathan Hargis ’20
EVP and Chief Marketing Officer
Charter Communications

DeDe Lea ’20
EVP, Global Public Policy and Government Relations
ViacomCBS

Jason Collins ’20
NBA Cares Community Ambassador, NBA

Starz, a Lionsgate Company ‘19
Jon Feltheimer
Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christina Spade ‘19
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
CBS Corporation


Rita Tuzon ‘19
EVP and General Counsel
Fox Networks Group

Susan Zirinsky ‘19
President and Senior Executive Producer
CBS News

Fresh Off the Boat ‘19
ABC



AMC Networks ‘18
Josh Sapan
President & CEO


Univision Communications ‘18
Randy Falco
President & CEO

Sunny Hostin ‘18
Co-Host, The View, ABC News Sr. Legal Correspondent, ABC

AT&T ‘17
John Stankey
CEO, AT&T Entertainment Group

FX Networks ‘17
John Landgraf
CEO, FX Networks and FX Productions


TV One ‘17

Cathy Hughes
Founder and Chairperson,
Radio One

Alfred C. Liggins, III
CEO, Radio One
Chairman and CEO, TV One

ABC Entertainment ‘16
Channing Dungey
President

HBO ‘16
Richard Plepler
Chairman & CEO

Michael Schwimmer ‘15
CEO
Fuse Media

Tyler Perry ‘15
Filmmaker, Actor,
Philanthropist

Comcast NBCUniversal ‘14
David L. Cohen
Executive Vice President

Turner Broadcasting System ‘14
John Martin
Chief Executive Officer

Salaam Coleman Smith ‘14
President, Strategic Initiatives
NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment

A+E Networks ‘13
Abbe Raven
President & CEO

Debra L. Lee ‘13
Chairman & CEO
BET Networks

Melinda Witmer ‘13
EVP, Chief Video & Content Officer
Time Warner Cable

ESPN ‘12
George Bodenheimer
Executive Chairman

César Conde ‘12
President, Univision Networks
Univision Communications, Inc.

Bridget Baker ‘12
President, TV Networks Distribution
NBCUniversal


DIRECTV ‘11
Michael D. White
Chairman, President & CEO

 

 

 

 

Discovery Communications ‘11
David Zaslav
President & CEO


Jacqueline Hernandez ‘11
Chief Operating Officer
Telemundo Communications Group

Time Warner Cable ‘10
Glenn A. Britt
Chairman, President and CEO


Marva Smalls ‘10
EVP of Global Inclusion Strategy, MTVN, EVP and Chief of Staff, Nickelodeon, Kids & Family Group

Comcast Corporation ‘09
David L. Cohen
Executive Vice President


Joshua Sapan ‘09
President & CEO
Rainbow Media

Andrea Wong ’09
President & CEO
Lifetime Networks

Viacom ‘08
Philippe Dauman
President and CEO

Kenneth W. Lowe ‘08
Founder of Scripps Networks, President and CEO
The E. W. Scripps Company

Char Beales ‘08
President and CEO
CTAM


Anne M. Sweeney ‘07
Co-Chairman, Disney Media Networks, President, Disney-ABC Television Group

Turner Broadcasting System ‘07
Andrew T. Heller
President, Domestic Distribution

Matt Blank ‘06
Chairman & CEO
Showtime Networks

George Bodenheimer ‘05
President
ESPN Inc. & ABC Sports

John Sie ‘04
Chairman & CEO
Starz Entertainment

Ted Turner ‘03
Founder
Turner Broadcasting System

Tom Freston ‘02
Chairman & CEO
MTV Networks

Eddy Hartenstein ‘01
Chairman & CEO
DIRECTV, Inc.

Carole Black ‘00
President
Lifetime Entertainment

Robert Johnson ‘99
CEO
BET & Holdings, Inc.

Carole Simpson ‘98
Senior Correspondent
ABC News

Mark McEwen ‘97
News Anchor
CBS This Morning

Bella S. Abzug ‘96
Feminist and Founder
WEDO

Bernard Shaw ‘95
News Anchor
CNN