Past Honorees

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
National Basketball Association

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 Inc. ‘18
Randy Falco
President & CEO

Sunny Hostin ‘18
Co-Host, The View, ABC News Sr. Legal Correspondent and Analyst
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 of Public Affairs 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, Inc. ‘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