PHOTOS: Diversity Week 2017
By | September 28, 2017
This week, cable is celebrating its Diversity Week in NYC with events for every section of the industry. From WICT’s Leadership Conference to NAMIC’s 2017 EMMA Awards, multiple cultures and identities were at the forefront. Click on each photo for details on the week’s festivities.
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- (L-R) Front Row: Maria Brennan, CAE, President & CEO, WICT; Katie Couric, Award Winning Journalist & Bestselling Author; Joanne Lipman, Editor in Chief, USA Today & USA Today Network, Chief Content Officer, Gannett Back Row: Marva Johnson, Vice President, State Government Affairs – South Region, Charter Communications; Sandra K. Howe, SVP & General Manager, Consumer Products Group, ARRIS Group, Inc.; Kathleen O’Reilly, Senior Managing Director, Accenture; Denise Gough, VP, Business & Legal Affairs, Scripps Networks Interactive; Michele Parks, VP, Talent Management, Cox Communications; Martha Soehren, Chief Talent Development Officer & SVP, Comcast; Karen Buchholz, SVP, Administration, Comcast; Mary McLaughlin, Regional SVP, Beltway Region, Comcast; and David L. Cohen, Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer, Comcast Corporation at the WICT Leadership Conference. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
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- (L-R) Lisa Schwartz, Co-President, IFC Films and Sundance Selects; Sarah Barnett, President & General Manager, BBC America; Arlene Manos, President Emeritus, AMC Networks Advertising; and Trudie Styler, Actress, Producer, Director (IFC Films’ Freak Show) at the WICT Leadership Conference. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
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- Katie Couric speaks onstage during the WICT Leadership Conference at Marriott Marquis Times Square on September 25, 2017 in New York City. (Photo Credit: Larry Busacca, Getty Images)
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- Journalist Gretchen Carlson speaks onstage during the WICT Leadership Conference at Marriott Marquis Times Square on September 26, 2017 in New York City. (Photo Credit: Larry Busacca, Getty Images)
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- Woman of the Year D’Arcy Rudnay with Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and senior EVP David Cohen at the WICT Leadership Conference. (Photo by Larry Busacca, Getty Images)
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- (L-R) Sara Eisen, Co-Anchor, Squawk on the Street & Co-Anchor, Worldwide Exchange, CNBC; Fernanda Merodio, Sr. Director, Distribution, Hemisphere Media Group; Julie Neimat, SVP, Global Talent and HR Management, Discovery Communications; Emma Lyon, VP-People, Commercial & HR Services, Liberty Global; and Amy Blair, SVP, Chief People Officer, Liberty Global at the WICT Leadership Conference. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
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- Multicultural marketing campaigns were celebrated at NAMIC’s 2017 EMMA Awards. (Photo courtesy of NAMIC, Inc./Paul O’Reilly)
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- BET Networks was awarded two EMMA awards for their guerilla marketing campaign behind the BET Awards and their “The Quad HBCU Campaign.” (Photo courtesy of NAMIC, Inc./Paul O’Reilly)
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- James Brown of Revolt Media, Michael Powell, President & CEO at NCTA, and P. Diddy attend the 34th Annual Walter Kaitz Foundation Fundraising Dinner at Marriot Marquis Times Square on September 27, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for The Walter Kaitz Foundation)
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- (L-R) Pat Esser, Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, and Ken Lowe pose with the Diversity Advocate Award onstage at the 34th Annual Walter Kaitz Foundation Fundraising Dinner at Marriot Marquis Times Square on September 27, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for The Walter Kaitz Foundation)
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- Richard Plepler, HBO CEO, accepts the Diversity Champion award onstage at the 34th Annual Walter Kaitz Foundation Fundraising Dinner at Marriot Marquis Times Square on September 27, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for The Walter Kaitz Foundation)
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- Michael Powell, President & CEO at NCTA, speaks onstage at the 34th Annual Walter Kaitz Foundation Fundraising Dinner at Marriot Marquis Times Square on September 27, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for The Walter Kaitz Foundation)
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- Reshma Saujani, Founder of Girls Who Code accepts the Diversity Advocate Award onstage at the 34th Annual Walter Kaitz Foundation Fundraising Dinner at Marriot Marquis Times Square on September 27, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for The Walter Kaitz Foundation)
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- Sean P. Diddy Combs speaks onstage at the 34th Annual Walter Kaitz Foundation Fundraising Dinner at Marriot Marquis Times Square on September 27, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for The Walter Kaitz Foundation)
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- David Porter, executive director, Walter Kaitz Foundation attends the 34th Annual Walter Kaitz Foundation Fundraising Dinner at Marriot Marquis Times Square on September 27, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for The Walter Kaitz Foundation)
