Dolly Wolf

President, One Day Immersion, Inc.

Dolly Wolf is an experienced program creator/director with an outstanding program and project management track record. She is able to bridge diverse communities, resulting in high-impact collaboration and communication among all participants. She has proven success in all aspects of program development, including idea and strategy; project planning and execution; speaker recruitment; event management; promotion; and delivering on time and on budget.

After nearly 20 years in the cable telecommunications industry, Dolly founded Dolly Wolf Enterprises, LLC, with the mission of fostering relationships between executives and students. Dolly Wolf Enterprises strives to offer unprecedented access to top cable and digital TV executives for college students, and to create an authentic connection of media leaders, cable and beyond, with the best and brightest college students and recent graduates. The company produces forums where executives share their paths to their current positions, and provide insights and opportunities into the innovative and fast-moving industry. Dolly Wolf Enterprises fosters strategic relationships for students and executives, as they build mentorships, focused career plans, and ultimately, provide job placement.

Donna Rapaciolli

Dean, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University

Dr. Donna Rapaccioli is Dean of the Gabelli School of Business and holds the rank of University Professor.

Dr. Rapaccioli serves on the Board of Trustees of Emmanuel College in Boston and the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC) Board and is a Director on the State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund Board. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Fordham University's London Centre, and as the chair of Fordham University’s Social Innovation Collaboratory.

As an administrator, Dr. Rapaccioli has earned a reputation for creating academic programs that emphasize applied learning, a global perspective, interdisciplinary thinking, and strong ties with industry. Her philosophy centers on business with purpose, grounded in the Jesuit-influenced principle that commerce should advance society in a greater way.

Dr. Rapaccioli's research interests lie in the area of earnings management and international accounting; she has published articles in academic journals and practitioner outlets and is the co-author of several book chapters. In her role as professor, Dr. Rapaccioli was selected by students to receive the outstanding teacher award. She has consulted for and lectured on accounting and finance topics at numerous financial institutions in New York City.

She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business and her master's degree and Ph.D. in Accounting from New York University's Stern School of Business.

Dr. Rapaccioli was recognized as a 2018 Honoree by the Columbus Citizens Foundation and by the National Italian American Foundation in 2013 for Special Achievements in Education.

George Cheeks

President and CEO, CBS and Chief Content Officer, News and Sports, Paramount+

George Cheeks assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS in March 2020.

Cheeks oversees CBS-branded assets within ViacomCBS, including CBS Television Network, which encompasses CBS Entertainment, CBS News and CBS Sports, as well as CBS Studios, CBS Stations, CBS Media Ventures, its first-run syndication business, and CBS-branded digital assets.

In June 2021, Cheeks added the role of Chief Content Officer, News and Sports, Paramount+, extending the world-class content from CBS News and CBS Sports to the streaming super service, and responsibility for global content strategy for ViacomCBS’ free-to-air networks in the United Kingdom, Australia and Argentina.

Prior to joining CBS, Cheeks served more than seven years at NBCUniversal in senior executive positions that spanned creative, business and operational roles. Most recently, he was Vice Chairman, NBCUniversal Content Studios and was also in charge of late night programming for NBC Entertainment.

Previously, Cheeks was Co-Chairman of NBC Entertainment and was jointly responsible for overseeing primetime, late night and scripted daytime programming for the network, including business affairs, marketing, communications, scheduling, West Coast research and digital operations, as well as first-run syndication.

Prior to being named Co-Chairman, Cheeks served as Co-President, Universal Cable Productions and Wilshire Studios as well as President, Late Night Programming, NBC Entertainment, where he oversaw the network’s lucrative and successful late night slate. Prior to that role, Cheeks was President of Business Operations and Late Night Programming, NBC Entertainment.

Cheeks joined NBC in 2012 after serving as Executive Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel, Viacom Music and Entertainment Groups, Content Distribution and Marketing, as well as Head of Standards and Practices for Viacom Media Networks, in New York. In his first stint with Viacom starting in 1998, he began working as Senior Counsel for MTV Networks in the Business and Legal Affairs Department for the Nickelodeon Group. While there, he ascended to positions of increasing responsibility, and in 2005 he was elevated to Executive Vice President and General Counsel for MTV, MTV2, MTVu, MTV Films, VH1, CMT and LOGO.

Cheeks began his career as an Entertainment Associate at Loeb & Loeb from 1992-1994. In addition, he served as Senior Counsel, Business and Legal Affairs, for Castle Rock Entertainment from 1995-1997 and worked as an entertainment attorney at the boutique entertainment firm of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren & Richman, in Beverly Hills from 1997-1998.

A graduate of Yale University (Phi Beta Kappa), Cheeks received his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School (cum laude).

Evan Shapiro

Media Pundit, Professor and Chairman of One Day Immersion, Inc.

Evan Shapiro is an Emmy and Peabody Award winner, having produced or created more than 150 television series, specials, documentaries and podcasts, including Portlandia, Comedy Bang Bang, Maron, National Lampoon Radio Hour Podcast, The Roast Of Your Teenage Self, Dinner For Five, Please Like Me, Take My Wife, Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, Shrink, Trapped In The Closet, Harmonquest, Laurie Kilmartin’s 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad, Doug Stanhope’s No Place Like Home, Jospeh Gordon Leavitt’s HitRecord, Fortitude, Carlos, My Brother My Brother & Me, Brick City, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, and Funny Women of A Certain Age. 

He is a Professor for TV and Media at NYU/Stern School Of Business and for the Business of Media and Entertainment in the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University, a sought-after guest speaker for conferences and universities, as well as a frequent guest writer for publishers such as Huffington Post, Deadline and The Wrap, where he has made some rather bold predictions about the future of the media and entertainment industry, many of which have come to fruition. He is also an in-demand lecturer for companies and government agencies about Generation Y and Generation Z. 

Uzo Ometu

President, BlackOakTV

Uzo is an aspiring media & technology mogul, hoping to bring more underrepresented voices into the content the world sees by leveraging his experience in journalism, entertainment, and technology. Currently, he's doing just that through his new venture, BlackOakTV, which is a subscription video platform superserving black audiences. 

Prior to starting his latest venture, he worked at YouTube, where he helped with YouTube's efforts to partner with the greater media industry by acquiring content from media companies large and small. Prior to that role, while still at Google, he served as a consultant for digital media agencies and as a liaison between some of Google's Product and Sales teams in the Media & Technology Solutions organization. 

Before YouTube and Google, Uzo got his technical and marketing credentials working at a digital media agency, Morpheus Media, where he led audience development efforts for media brands, including ESPN, ABC News, and The Economist. He concurrently operated his own blog network, which consisted primarily of sports news and features that he was able to churn out by leveraging his earlier roles as a producer and journalist at CBS, ESPN and Inc. Magazine. 

Alaka Williams

Senior Vice President, People & Culture, Discovery, Inc.

Alaka serves as Senior Vice President of People & Culture at Discovery, Inc. She is responsible for the HR leadership of the company’s U.S.-based lifestyle networks by providing organizational, leadership and individual performance counsel to various business units, facilitating change and transition with these units through the assessment, design, facilitation and implementation of appropriate organizational intervention and being in touch with employee needs and human resources communities and systems for her 500+ employee customers.

In addition to her professional work, she’s also involved in the Emma Bowen Foundation’s Youth and Young Professionals program and the Year Up program in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. She serves as a mentor in Discovery’s MentorNet program and in the WICT Southeast Chapter’s Student Mentoring Program as well as the T. Howard Foundation’s Mentor Program for promising college students interested in media.

Alaka has been recognized by NAMIC for her commitment to fostering diversity. She is a proud graduate of NAMIC’s 2016 Executive Leadership Development Program and one of the organization’s 2016 Luminaries. Alaka is a recipient of the WICT Southeast Red Letter Award for mentoring and has been named one of Cablefax’s 2016, 2018 and 2019 Most Influential Minorities.

Justin Fromm

Head of Research, LG Ads

Justin Fromm is an experienced media executive and a leading expert in the Connected TV space. Justin has extensive experience as a data leader, conducting strategic research on the value and effectiveness of TV and digital media as advertising platforms, the marketing of televisual programming, and the effects of new technology on consumer behavior and the media industry. Justin lives with his wife and 2 daughters in Manhattan.

Robert Miner

Secretary, One Day Immersion Inc.
President, Miner & Co. Studio

At Miner & Co. Studio, Robert leads a team of  strategic research, marketing and brand consultants with a proven track record in guiding brand positioning, brand experience, marketing communications, new product development, digital content development and TV programs and concepts.

With 20 plus years of experience at the helm of strategic research projects for leading brands across categories, Robert has now designed a practice where innovative and creative researchers and strategists can provide the highest level of service to clients.

Dylan Malburg

Insights Strategist, Miner & Co. Studio

Dylan is passionate about all things TV and media. He believes that digging deeper into consumer insights is the key to guiding media’s rapidly shifting landscape, and is excited to be a part of that change.

Originally from Michigan, Dylan joined Miner & Co. Studio after graduating from New York University with a B.S. in Business and a B.F.A. in Film & Television.

Alise Morales

Comedian

Alise Morales is a comedy writer and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. Alise is currently the writer of the Betches Sup newsletter, and co-host of the Betches Sup podcast. Her writing has been featured in Flexx Mag, Reductress, Above Average, PureWoW, Betches and more. In 2012 she was a featured standup in MTVU's College Quickies series and was a member of the video sketch trio Horrible Insane Girl, which premiered on IFC's Comedy Crib in May 2015. In 2016, Alise was one of the winners of the NBC/UCB Diversity Scholarship Showcase, and her series Triffany & Briffney was an official comedy selection for 2016's New York TV Fest. Alise also performed on UCB's Lloyd Night from 2015-2018

Alise’s original show, The Roast of Your Teenage Self, has toured across the country and was featured in the 2017 and 2019 New York Comedy Festivals. This year, it became its own podcast on the All Things Comedy Network and debuted at #2 on Spotify’s trending podcasts. She has appeared in Hulu's Difficult People, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Chris Gethard Show. You can catch her voicing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Showtime’s Our Cartoon President and as Lila on CBS’ Tooning Out the News.

Rebekah Dopp

Global Head DEI Brand & Reputation, Google
Founder & Chair, Exponent

Rebekah is Google’s global head of DEI brand & reputation and the executive producer of Equity Talks. She is an independent corporate board member, CEO coach, sought-after keynote speaker and has led global product, engineering, strategy, and distribution teams. She served as a senior leader on the launch teams for HBO GO, CBS All Access, and YouTube TV.

Previously, Rebekah served as Senior Vice President, Advanced Digital Services at CBS. Reporting to the President, she led ideation, creation and implementation of multi-platform digital strategies. She acted as a technology expert on complex deals, which added to her proven abilities to negotiate, influence and communicate with competitors and stakeholders. She also acted as the chief evangelist and distribution lead on digital products for TV affiliates.

During fourteen years with HBO, her career progressed as she advanced through roles of increasing responsibility. As Vice President, Global Technology Business Management, Rebekah led a cross-functional, international team including product, finance, legal, and engineering leads to launch new and existing products with global affiliate and technology partners. Rebekah served as interim Chief Technology Officer for HBO Nordic during the commercial re-launch of HBO’s first-ever, direct-to-consumer (D2C) streaming digital product. Early in her career, Rebekah was head of the program management office (PMO) overseeing the end-to-end media supply chain for HBO’s strategic technology partners.

As an independent corporate director, Rebekah is a board member of Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY). Tilray was the first cannabis company to go public on a major U.S. stock exchange, which was hailed as the most successful IPO of 2018. She serves on the compensation (chair), transaction (chair), audit, nominating and governance, and special (chair) committees. She also serves on the advisory boards of FinTech4Good, BWG Strategy, and Dentons Women in Technology. In the non-profit sector, she served on the board of trustees for The New York Foundling and as the chair of the board for the Child Abuse Prevention program for more than 10 years, among other board services.

Rebekah graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in finance from The College of William & Mary. She is a fellow of the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute as well as a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) leadership fellow. She participated in the Directors’ College at Stanford Law School, the TV Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School, and the NACD Master Class.

Rebekah lives with her husband, four children, and two enormous dogs.

Marissa Lambert

Fordham University Graduate Student, Podcaster

Marissa Lambert is a senior at Fordham University, where she studies global business. As a marketing associate at global change consultancy Daggerwing Group, she works on brand development and strategy with partners across the globe. Outside of school and work, she runs a blog and podcast called “A Seat at the Table,” where she tackles modern cultural topics and interviews change-makers with the goal of sparking conversation among her peers.

Gloria Steinem

Writer, Lecturer, Political Activist, and Feminist Organizer

Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, political activist, and feminist organizer. She travels in this and other countries as an organizer and lecturer and is a frequent media spokeswoman on issues of equality. She is particularly interested in the shared origins of sex and race caste systems, gender roles and child abuse as roots of violence, non-violent conflict resolution, the cultures of indigenous peoples, and organizing across boundaries for peace and justice. She now lives in New York City, and is the author of the travelogue My Life on the Road.

In 1972, she co-founded Ms. magazine, and remained one of its editors for fifteen years. She continues to serve as a consulting editor for Ms., and was instrumental in the magazine’s move to join and be published by the Feminist Majority Foundation. In 1968, she had helped to found New York Magazine, where she was a political columnist and wrote feature articles. As a freelance writer, she was published in Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, and women’s magazines as well as for publications in other countries. She has produced a documentary on child abuse for HBO, a feature film about the death penalty for Lifetime, and been the subject of profiles on Lifetime and Showtime.

Her books include the bestsellers My Life on the Road, Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, Moving Beyond Words, and Marilyn: Norma Jean (on the life of Marilyn Monroe), and in India, As If Women Matter.  Her most recent book, The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!, was released in October 2019. Her writing also appears in many anthologies and textbooks, and she was an editor of Houghton Mifflin’s The Reader’s Companion to U.S. Women’s History.

Ms. Steinem helped to found the Women’s Action Alliance, a pioneering national information center that specialized in nonsexist, multiracial children’s education, and the National Women’s Political Caucus, a group that continues to work to advance the numbers of pro-equality women in elected and appointed office at a national and state level. She also co-founded the Women’s Media Center in 2004. She was president and co-founder of Voters for Choice, a pro-choice political action committee for twenty-five years, then with the Planned Parenthood Action Fund when it merged with VFC for the 2004 elections. She was also co-founder and serves on the board of Choice USA (now URGE), a national organization that supports young pro-choice leadership and works to preserve comprehensive sex education in schools. She is the founding president of the Ms. Foundation for Women, a national multi-racial, multi-issue fund that supports grassroots projects to empower women and girls, and also a founder of its Take Our Daughters to Work Day, a first national day devoted to girls that has now become an institution here and in other countries. She was a member of the Beyond Racism Initiative, a three-year effort on the part of activists and experts from South Africa, Brazil and the United States to compare the racial patterns of those three countries and to learn cross-nationally. As links to other countries, she helped found Equality Now, Donor Direct Action and Direct Impact Africa.  

DJ Holloway

Creative Executive

Since March 2021, Creative Executive Douglas “DJ” Holloway has helped BRON Studios build a robust slate of entertaining, culturally impactful content. DJ previously served as a Creative Executive at Khalabo Ink Society in Kenya Barris’ feature film division, where he developed and sold numerous films to major streamers and studios. Before Khalabo, DJ worked as a literary management assistant at Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment, a position providing him the chance to build relationships with a variety of top writers and directors. His influence extends beyond the corporate world as well. DJ is an Emma Bowen Foundation Fellow and a Colour Associates Fellow, and he has served as a volunteer Black Film studies teacher at Scarsdale High School. DJ graduated Magna Cum Laude from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, earning a B.S. in Television, Radio, Film as well as a minor in African American Studies. One is certain to find DJ skiing during the winter, enjoying Martha’s Vineyard during the summer, and reading and watching movies all year round. DJ’s ultimate goal would be running a feature film studio and overseeing a breath of new content including genre-bending stories that include Black, Latino, and LGBTQ+ voices. He has been inspired by films such as SEE YOU YESTERDAY and ATTACK THE BLOCK as ways to utilize sci-fi and action pieces that speak upon the Black experience while entertaining the masses. During COVID, DJ saw the opportunities that storytellers were using during this time for new creative endeavors, although the world stopped for so many. He utilized that time to meet with many new creatives and cultivated relationships that have blossomed since that dark period. DJ is currently overseeing a number of projects including BLACULA, CUTTING FOR STONE with Richie Metah attached to direct and SIEGE OF BETHLEHEM with Antoine Fuqua attached to direct. During his time at the Khalabo, he developed and sold a horror spec from Anthony Jaswinski called, THE FRENCH QUARTER WILL NOT BE SPARED (now known as THE 9TH WARD) to Lionsgate; and developed a number of movies with other major streamers and studios including ONE NIGHT IN COMPTON with Paramount Players. 

Marcus Holloway

Ad Sales Planner, Crown Media Family Networks

Marcus Holloway is 24 years old, and currently works as an ad sales planner for Crown Media Family Networks. He grew up in Scarsdale, New York, but now lives in Brooklyn, where he has resided since graduating college. In high school, Marcus had various internships relating to advertising and television media in Westchester and New York City. Marcus graduated in 2019 from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, with a B.S. in Advertising and a minor in Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises. During his Junior and Senior year, he was an Emma Bowen Foundation fellow, an organization for minority interests in media. Upon graduating from Syracuse, he began working for Crown Media as a television ad sales assistant and was later promoted to his current planner role. 

Doug Holloway

Entertainment Executive, Music Producer, Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment

Douglas Holloway is currently a sales consultant for Wyndham Vacation Ownership and a strategic advisor and business manager for the Estate of famed jazz artist Thelonious Monk. Previously he was President Multi-Channel Distribution for ION Media Networks. There he managed affiliate distribution and marketing for the ION Network, Qubo Kids Network, and the ION Life Network. He was previously President of NBC Network Distribution, Affiliate Partnerships and Marketing where he managed affiliate relations, contracts, marketing, and new business opportunities for NBC and its affiliates. Before that, he served as President of Cable Investments for NBC Cable. In that role, he managed the joint venture interests of NBC's investments in A&E Networks Inc, Shop NBC, National Geographic Networks International, Weather Plus, and Peacock Productions. He served on the board of each company and acted as an executive in residence on an ad hoc basis.  Douglas was previously President of Affiliate Relations and Marketing for Universal Cable and USA Networks Inc, managing affiliate revenue, marketing, and distribution for USA network, SyFy Channel, HSN, Americas Store, Trio, and News World International. He is one of the founding members of the SyFy Channel. He also has served as a distribution and marketing executive for Time Warner and CBS. He has been a marketing executive for General Foods and a finance executive for CBS Television. He has experience in news, sports, magazines, radio broadcast television, cable, and online digital businesses. 

Education:

• Master’s in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing and Finance, Columbia University Graduate School of Business, New York, NY (Dean’s List)
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mass Communications with an emphasis in Television Production, 
• Emerson College, Boston, MA (Cum Laude) UCLA-Anderson School/NASDAQ Board Director Certification 

Alise Morales

Comedian

Alise Morales is a comedy writer and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. Alise is currently the writer of the Betches Sup newsletter, and co-host of the Betches Sup podcast. Her writing has been featured in Flexx Mag, Reductress, Above Average, PureWoW, Betches and more. In 2012 she was a featured standup in MTVU's College Quickies series and was a member of the video sketch trio Horrible Insane Girl, which premiered on IFC's Comedy Crib in May 2015. In 2016, Alise was one of the winners of the NBC/UCB Diversity Scholarship Showcase, and her series Triffany & Briffney was an official comedy selection for 2016's New York TV Fest. Alise also performed on UCB's Lloyd Night from 2015-2018

Alise’s original show, The Roast of Your Teenage Self, has toured across the country and was featured in the 2017 and 2019 New York Comedy Festivals. This year, it became its own podcast on the All Things Comedy Network and debuted at #2 on Spotify’s trending podcasts. She has appeared in Hulu's Difficult People, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Chris Gethard Show. You can catch her voicing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Showtime’s Our Cartoon President and as Lila on CBS’ Tooning Out the News.

Devin Johnson

Devin Johnson is the Chief Operating Officer of The SpringHill Company, the athlete and artist empowerment company founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter. Devin has P&L responsibility for all business lines including the studio, brand partnerships, e-commerce, and experiences. His prior roles were leading the launch and growth of UNINTERRUPTED which remains a major brand within The SpringHill Company's portfolio of brands.

Devin also plays a vital role in original content development as an executive producer for The Shop, More Than an Athlete, Elite Youth, and many other UNINTERRUPTED original productions that reside on networks such as HBO, Fox, Netflix, and ESPN Networks.

Previously, Devin was the SVP of digital media for Tribune Media ($1B revenue) where he led all digital efforts helping transform a legacy media business into a leading digital player, and prior to that, Devin held several digital executive roles at NBCUniversal where he was instrumental in developing the global company’s digital innovation efforts. Devin began his career working in finance working for media and consumer product companies.

A Chicago native, Devin holds a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. In addition, Devin is the former board chair of USA Taekwondo, the national governing body recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee, and serves on the boards of University of Michigan Sport Management and the Boys and Girls Club of Metro LA.

Michael Smith

Michael Smith, NPR's Chief Marketing Officer, brings more than 30 years of experience in entertainment brand marketing, content, digital, and revenue-generating brand extensions.

"It's essential to NPR's future that its content and audience reflect America's full diversity. As a Jamaican immigrant and avid NPR station and podcast listener, I've been personally engaged by the new and diverse voices in NPR's content," said Smith. "But NPR's overall audience is still not very diverse. I believe the content has broad appeal to the next generation of audiences, we just need to get our story out to more people. I'm so excited to join a team of talented marketing and communications pros committed to this effort."

As SVP, GM Digital Channels for Scripps Networks, Smith developed strategies to reach younger and more diverse audiences on new digital streaming platforms. Earlier, Smith was SVP, GM Cooking Channel and Food Category Brand Extensions. He oversaw marketing, brand strategy, and programming for the Cooking Channel, a network he helped create and launch. Before Cooking Channel, he was SVP Marketing, Creative and Brand Strategy for Food Network. Smith also worked in various marketing roles with Disney Channel both domestically and in Asia. He began his media career in Affiliate Relations with CBS, working to strengthen relationships between local stations and the national network. He served on the boards of Food Bank for New York and the International Radio and Television Society.

Smith earned his MBA in Marketing and Finance from the University of California at Berkeley's Haas School of Business and received his bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, and Society from Stanford University.

Chris Miller

Head of Production, Headspace

Christopher Miller is the Head of Production for Headspace, a meditation and mindfulness company whose mission is to “improve the health and happiness of the world”. Alongside their in-app content, Headspace Studios has produced numerous successful podcast series and traditional formats for Netflix, Wholefoods, Google, Disney, Sesame St and Waze among others.

Prior to Headspace, Mr. Miller served as Vice President / Production for Jukin Media, where he oversaw the creative execution of content for owned and operated platforms as well as broadcast partners. Early in his career, he served as Co-Executive Producer and Vice President of Digital for 51 Minds / Endemol Shine where he developed/produced over 350 hours of content for the network, brand, and 3rd party digital platforms. He has also served as Co-Executive Producer for National Lampoon and was instrumental in the launch and success of NL’s independent television network focusing on short-form reality and comedy content. 

Mr. Miller’s career began working alongside Academy Award-winning Intrepid Productions, founded by Richard Schmiechen (The Times of Harvey Milk) and past IDA President, David Haugland.

Cindy Manalo

Executive Director, Client Partnerships
Foundry 360 at Meredith

Cindy is responsible for developing content marketing programs for various brands across multiple platforms and storytelling formats which help drive sales, engagement, retention, leads and positive consumer behavior. She oversees content strategies that support and extend marketing initiatives on behalf of clients. She has strong team management skills and a proven record in building successful content programs and lasting client relationships.

Katrina Frolov

Head of Content, Found

Katrina Frolov is the Head of Content at Found, a weight care company that makes weight loss and maintenance achievable by providing an individualized, medically-guided program that leads to lasting results. Prior to Found, Katrina worked at Jukin Media where she ran the social media business for a portfolio of large digital publishing brands. Previously, Katrina served in a variety of content roles at companies like Fandom and Comcast’s Watchable where she oversaw creative teams and built content pipelines. She graduated from California State University, Northridge with a degree in Cinema and Television Arts and holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson’s School of Management.

Craig Parks

Treasurer, One Day Immersion Inc.
Expert Brand Specialist

Craig Parks is the founder of Parks + Rec Group, an agency that helps non-content companies create winning strategies and entertainment industry-level content. Prior to that, he was the GM of Brands, responsible for the management and growth of Jukin's five consumer brands, and before that, the Vice President, Programming for Watchable, Comcast’s cross-platform video service that curated a selection of the best content from popular online video networks and shows.

Craig also helped launch the TV network Pivot (Participant Media), where he served as SVP of Live & Event programming. Before that, Craig worked at IFC as Senior Vice President of Digital Media & Alternative Content, where he led the charge in building the network’s online presence and growing fan base around its roster of original comedy series.

Prior to joining IFC in 2007, Craig held production and creative roles across various networks including AMC Networks, ABC Family, MTV and VH1. Craig is a graduate of University of Florida, where he did not play for the world-renowned Florida Gators.

Gloria Pazmino

Spectrum Networks

Gloria started working with NY1 in 2011. She first spent two years as a news assistant, an experience she says prepared her for a career as a political reporter. For Gloria, the most inspiring part of her job is the ability to do something every day that is vital to an active democracy: informing the community about the place they live and giving people tools to make educated decisions. Prior to rejoining the NY1 team, Gloria spent five years as a City Hall reporter for Politico.

Ziris Savage

Spectrum Networks

Ziris Savage is a Planning Editor with Spectrum News 1 in the Raleigh NC newsroom. She graduated from the #1 HBCU in the land, NC A&T SU (Go Aggies!), in 2015. The following year, she interned and was then accepted into the News Associate program at CNN DC where she covered the 2020 election and Trump campaign. In late 2017, she moved back to Greensboro and worked as a morning show producer for three years at the local CBS affiliate. In her role as Planning Editor, she helps manage 25+ reporters and photographers who tell amazing stories from across half the state of North Carolina.

Saliqa Khan

Spectrum Networks

Saliqa is an AP award-winning digital journalist with over 15 years of experience in the news industry. She has worked in digital and across other media for Patch.com, WUSA-TV, Heart TV, and more. Saliqa is committed to using multimedia to fully capture the compelling stories that matter to local communities. She currently serves as a Managing Digital Director for the Midwest region of the Spectrum News App, where she oversees digital editorial content strategy for Ohio, Kentucky, and Wisconsin.   

Oliver Iselin

Spectrum Networks

Ollie is a digital research and strategy manager who works out of the NY1 office in New York City. Ollie graduated from Yale University in 2018 with a degree in political science and moved to New York in July of that year to begin his work with the Spectrum Networks Audience Insights team. This was not his first stint with the company, having interned in Los Angeles in the summer of 2017 with the Marketing team at Spectrum SportsNet, the regional sports network that broadcasts Lakers and Dodgers games. In his current role as a digital research and strategy manager, Ollie and his team balance looking at quantitative data from a range of analytics tools, with qualitative analysis in the form of broader industry research, focus groups, online community research, and competitive intelligence initiatives.   

Katie Lombardi

Spectrum Networks

As Vice President of Digital and Product Management for Spectrum Networks, Katie Lombardi oversees digital strategy, execution and product development across Spectrum Networks digital properties, including the Spectrum News App, websites, and social media profiles. In her role running product development for the app, Katie has driven several state-of-the-art features and continues to refine our mobile platform. Prior to Charter, Katie spent over five years at MSG Networks in various digital and marketing roles. Katie graduated from Boston College with a B.S. in Marketing.

Alise Morales

Comedian

Alise Morales is a comedy writer and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. Alise is currently the writer of the Betches Sup newsletter, and co-host of the Betches Sup podcast. Her writing has been featured in Flexx Mag, Reductress, Above Average, PureWoW, Betches and more. In 2012 she was a featured standup in MTVU's College Quickies series and was a member of the video sketch trio Horrible Insane Girl, which premiered on IFC's Comedy Crib in May 2015. In 2016, Alise was one of the winners of the NBC/UCB Diversity Scholarship Showcase, and her series Triffany & Briffney was an official comedy selection for 2016's New York TV Fest. Alise also performed on UCB's Lloyd Night from 2015-2018

Alise’s original show, The Roast of Your Teenage Self, has toured across the country and was featured in the 2017 and 2019 New York Comedy Festivals. This year, it became its own podcast on the All Things Comedy Network and debuted at #2 on Spotify’s trending podcasts. She has appeared in Hulu's Difficult People, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Chris Gethard Show. You can catch her voicing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Showtime’s Our Cartoon President and as Lila on CBS’ Tooning Out the News.

Erika Munro Kennerly, Esq.

Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel
Business & Legal Affairs: Endeavor Content

Erika Munro Kennerly is a Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs at Endeavor Content, a division of Endeavor Worldwide, LLC.   Mrs. Kennerly leads a bi-coastal team of business affairs executives and legal staff charged with strategizing, negotiating, and drafting agreements related to all phases of the development, production, licensing, and exploitation of Endeavor Content’s non-scripted television programming, live events, podcasts, and music offerings.   As a member of Endeavor Content’s senior leadership team, Mrs. Kennerly works directly with senior management, creative, production, sales, and finance teams to provide business advice and strategic insight related to the development, production, and distribution of a variety of non-scripted television productions (e.g. documentaries, reality programming, award shows, talk shows, game shows, etc.) and in support of the Endeavor Content Music, Podcast, and Live Events divisions.  Mrs. Kennerly is a trusted leader who serves on Endeavor Content’s Inclusion Audit Committee.   She is a proven television executive, business strategist, dealmaker, relationship-builder, negotiator, leader, diversity & inclusion specialist, philanthropist, and community advocate. 

Prior to joining Endeavor, Mrs. Kennerly worked at Google (initially as Head of Strategic Partner Development on the New Business Development team within Google’s Global Partnerships division) as Global Head of Partnerships & Outreach on Google’s Employee Engagement team reporting directly to Google’s Chief Diversity Officer. 

Mrs. Kennerly acquired extensive legal and business experience in the entertainment field at a variety of law firms and entertainment companies including Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP and  Pryor Cashman, Sherman, and Flynn (as a litigator) and 360HipHop.com, BET.com, Arista Records, VH1/MTV Networks, and truTV/Turner Broadcasting System (transactionally).  As an executive at these companies,  her primary duties were to advise, counsel, and consult with her creative colleagues on a variety of development and business affairs matters; as well as cultivate and maintain extensive relationships in the entertainment industry.

Mrs. Kennerly is the author of the publication "Under Age, Under Contract, and Under-Protected: An Overview of the Administration & Regulation of Contracts With Minors in the Entertainment Industry in New York and California". Columbia-VLA Journal of Law and the Arts, Vol. 20, No-3, Spring 1996.

Mrs. Kennerly was a Presidential Scholar at Hampton University, graduating with Highest Honors and earning her Bachelor of Arts in Mass Media /Communications. She received her Juris Doctorate from Columbia Law School and was named a Susan Price Carr Scholar.

Mrs. Kennerly was selected Turner Broadcasting System's 2012 "Working Mother of the Year", as awarded by Working Mother Magazine.  She is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the “Emmys”), Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and Planned Parenthood of Greater New York’s (PPGNY) Regional Leadership Council and the PPGNY Board Equity Committee.  Mrs. Kennerly serves as a board member of The Dance Theatre of Harlem, Legal Outreach, Inc., and Kicked It In Heels.  The state of New York named September 16, 2017 as “Erika Munro Kennerly Day” in recognition of her philanthropic contributions.      

Marjorie Garcia

Partner, King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, LLP

Marjorie has been an entertainment industry lawyer for over 16 years.  Born and raised in Los Angeles, she currently works for and is a partner at the law firm, King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, LLP.  Her practice focuses on a wide range of entertainment, music and intellectual property matters, representing clients such as Juanes, Jesse & Joy, Los Tigers del Norte and Gloria Trevi. She previously worked for Universal Music Latin Entertainment for 7 years before making the jump to artist representation. 

Raymond Wu

Vice President, Business Affairs & Legal Counsel, Lucasfilms

Ray Wu is responsible for providing business affairs services for all Lucasfilm live-action content featured on Disney+, including negotiations for the development, production, and distribution of streaming series and feature-length films. He also provides counsel on Lucasfilm’s ongoing productions in a variety of areas including rights management and legal affairs.

Prior to working at Lucasfilm, Ray was an executive with Warner Bros., ABC TV Group, and Disney Theatricals, including serving as the EVP and co-head of Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures where he held P&L responsibility and oversaw operations and business and legal affairs. Ray was a partner and the head of TV and live entertainment at the law firm of Business Affairs, Inc. and an attorney with Katten Muchin & Zavis and Haight, Brown and Bonesteel. Ray also ran his own production company and consulted on projects in Asia and North America.

Ray graduated with honors in history from Clark University and earned his law degree from Boston University.

Scott Wilcox

Scott Wilcox Law

Scott Wilcox is the founder of Scott Wilcox Law PLLC, which represents a full range of entertainment/media industry clients in matters across theatre, film, television, music, and digital media.  The firm’s clients include producers, streaming services, entertainment/media companies, screenwriters, authors, theatrical bookwriters, composers, and lyricists, musicians, non-profits, and industry financiers.  Scott previously served as the head of legal and business affairs for a leading theatrical production and management company and, prior to law school, was a general manager and company manager for theatrical productions on Broadway and on tour.

Scott graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School.  He received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Management and Producing from Columbia University’s School of the Arts and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan.  Early in his legal career, Scott was a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman in the Southern District of New York. 

Scott serves as a contributing editor for the Entertainment Industry contracts treatise and is a member of the advisory board for The SIE Society, an alliance for social impact entertainment.  In 2016, the Federal Bar Council bestowed its prestigious Thurgood Marshall Award for Exceptional Pro Bono Service on Scott for his leadership in the pro bono community while an attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell, including representations of artists through Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and of various non‐profit organizations. 

Zachary Nass

Head of US and Canada at Coda Payments

Zach Nass is currently Director of US and Canada at Coda Payments, which helps digital content providers accept payments and make world-class games, apps, and entertainment accessible for all. Coda has recently been named the 28th fastest growing company in the Asia Pacific region by the Financial Times, and just expanded its flagship storefront Codashop to the US in September. He began his career at management consulting firm Bain & Company before moving into the gaming industry with roles in International Strategy and Publishing at Riot Games. Most recently prior to Coda, he was Strategic Gaming Lead on Google's Global Partnerships team.

Zach graduated from Dartmouth College with BAs in Economics and Psychology, and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School. He currently resides in Orange County, CA with his wife and newly born son.

Maid of Might

Maid of Might is an actress by trade, who has tremendous range and talent as a cosplayer. To this day, she frequents the same comic book store she visited as a child - and her name comes from her favorite DC Comics character, Supergirl. As an actress and cosplayer, she loves to share the magic and experience of transformation with her fans. The culture and nuances of gaming are innate to her given she is a self-proclaimed all-around geek. She is no stranger to self-expression and in her streams she exudes a positive and warm personality, speaking up about the changes needed in the community and standing up for others. She is currently appearing as Daphne in the new YouTube series, Mystery Incorporated (2020). She has also appeared in The Final Level: Escaping Rancala (2019) and Power Rangers: First Ninja (2019). 

Manny Vieites

Founder of XTRA Gaming 

During his time at UNLV, Manny worked multiple jobs within the NBA, NFL, and NCAA related to digital content and sports media. After completing his B.A., Manny became a law student at the University of Miami school of law and started an esports lifestyle organization, XTRA Gaming.

XTRA Gaming is now considered one of the fastest-growing esports organizations in North America along with the #1 ranked Fortnite team. Through Manny's esports and marketing experience, he is now a full-time employee at Subnation as their Director of Esports and Player Integration.

Doug Scott

Co-Founder, Subnation

Douglas Scott is a global leader in entertainment and brand marketing. He is the Co-Founder and Chief Managing Director of Subnation, the leading media platform for the culture of gaming and lifestyle of esports as well as a General Partner in Surround Ventures.  He is also Founding Partner of Culture Group, an entertainment marketing agency based in Singapore, which manages integrated esports programs for Globe Telecom, Riot Games, Nike, ESPN, and Tencent among others.

Prior to founding Culture Group, he served as EVP Marketing & Brand Solutions for Endeavor, where he was responsible for developing and producing innovative and successful marketing platforms for Fortune 100 brands. Some of his most notable work includes an unprecedented 20-year partnership between Rolex and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences; the establishment of BLAST, the first esports All-Star team for Bud Light; a collaboration between Cadillac and The Warhol Museum to create Letters to Andy, a traveling content and art exhibition; T-Mobile’ Esports Strategy; and Zoolander Returns to the Runway, a live experiential campaign to announce Zoolander2 during famed designer Valentino’s Fashion Show in Paris.

Along with Doug’s work in Global Brand Partnerships, he also supported all of the marketing needs across the Company’s Events, Properties, Licensing and Talent divisions including projects such as ELEAGUE, Miss Universe, The Miami Open, Professional Bull Riders, Color Run, Frieze Art Fair, and Serena Williams, to name a few. 

Before Endeavor, Doug was the Founder and President of WPP’s OgilvyEntertainment where he created groundbreaking branded content programs and landmark collaborations for world-class companies. Under his leadership, OgilvyEntertainment grew to be an industry pioneer, working with Brands to “tell stories that matter.” Programs and partnerships Doug established and led include The Power of Shunya for DuPont with Times Television Network; Extra Cold Music Festival for Castle Lite; Dare Bigger for DuPont Kevlar with ESPN X Games, and 100 Years for Hellmann's with Mario Batali. 

For two consecutive years, Scott was recognized by AdWeek as one of the top 50 most influential executives in the media and entertainment industry and served as Jury President of the Branded Content & Entertainment category for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. He has earned over 60 awards for creativity and effectiveness from competitions like Cannes Lions, London International Awards, Effie Worldwide, CLIO Awards, The Webby’s and The One Show. 

Doug is known for his work as a content pioneer and cultural provocateur. He Executive Produced Andy Warhol: Fifteen Minutes Eternal, a documentary about the celebrated pop artist's life, and was nominated for an Emmy for Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on CNN. 

With a strong vision for the future of media and the importance of brand narratives, Scott has informed major industry conferences, leadership presentations, and white papers, such as Making Magic, Using Logic: The Ogilvy Branded Entertainment Assessment Model™. As a member of the Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Creative Council, Doug advocated for brands to "own content not rent media" and worked with the global network of creative directors to implement market-driven content strategies on behalf of clients.

He is the Co-Founder of the Museum of Advertising and an active member and advisor to some of the most innovative technology and entertainment start-ups including Decentric Media, The Gaming Society, Miss Grass, Farmaleaf, XRL and Global Environment Media. Doug is an active industry speaker and has guest lectured at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, NYU Stern School of Business and UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Scott is the father of two wonderful kids – his daughter Sydney and his son Ollie.

Alise Morales

Comedian

Alise Morales is a comedy writer and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. Alise is currently the writer of the Betches Sup newsletter, and co-host of the Betches Sup podcast. Her writing has been featured in Flexx Mag, Reductress, Above Average, PureWoW, Betches and more. In 2012 she was a featured standup in MTVU's College Quickies series and was a member of the video sketch trio Horrible Insane Girl, which premiered on IFC's Comedy Crib in May 2015. In 2016, Alise was one of the winners of the NBC/UCB Diversity Scholarship Showcase, and her series Triffany & Briffney was an official comedy selection for 2016's New York TV Fest. Alise also performed on UCB's Lloyd Night from 2015-2018

Alise’s original show, The Roast of Your Teenage Self, has toured across the country and was featured in the 2017 and 2019 New York Comedy Festivals. This year, it became its own podcast on the All Things Comedy Network and debuted at #2 on Spotify’s trending podcasts. She has appeared in Hulu's Difficult People, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Chris Gethard Show. You can catch her voicing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Showtime’s Our Cartoon President and as Lila on CBS’ Tooning Out the News.

Cheryl Wills

Spectrum Networks

Cheryl Wills is an original. Literally. She's been one of the few staff members at NY1 here since the beginning. She joined the station in 1992 and considers reporting on the city where she was born and raised to be a privilege. In 2018, Cheryl became the first African American reporter in NY1's history to win an Emmy. Add those to the awards she's received from the New York Press Club and the Associated Press, and Cheryl's mantel is getting pretty crowded! When not at work, Cheryl spends her time lecturing and writing books about her great-great-great-grandfather Sandy Wills – a slave who fought in President Lincoln's army during the Civil War.

Dolly Wolf

President, One Day Immersion, Inc.

Dolly Wolf is an experienced program creator/director with an outstanding program and project management track record. She is able to bridge diverse communities, resulting in high-impact collaboration and communication among all participants. She has proven success in all aspects of program development, including idea and strategy; project planning and execution; speaker recruitment; event management; promotion; and delivering on time and on budget.

After nearly 20 years in the cable telecommunications industry, Dolly founded Dolly Wolf Enterprises, LLC, with the mission of fostering relationships between executives and students. Dolly Wolf Enterprises strives to offer unprecedented access to top cable and digital TV executives for college students, and to create an authentic connection of media leaders, cable and beyond, with the best and brightest college students and recent graduates. The company produces forums where executives share their paths to their current positions, and provide insights and opportunities into the innovative and fast-moving industry. Dolly Wolf Enterprises fosters strategic relationships for students and executives, as they build mentorships, focused career plans, and ultimately, provide job placement.