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Byron Allen
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Allen Media Group
Allen is always at the forefront of innovation, whether that's acquiring new
stations, expanding his company's FAST channel offerings or shifting AMG's
ad-buying market to VideoAmp. By creating The Weather Channel En Español,
delivering the free-streaming HBCU GO digital platform to Historically Black
Colleges and Universities and campaigning for the economic inclusion of Blackowned
businesses through his Black-Owned Media Matters initiative, every
day Allen proves the transformative power of DEI can have in the industry and
beyond.
WHAT'S YOUR BOLDEST PREDICTION ABOUT YOUR INDUSTRY IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS?
Content will continue to be King.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTION ABOUT DIVERSITY WITHIN YOUR INDUSTRY? That it is something we
should do to check the box versus the actuality that it makes us stronger.
Kristen Andersen
VP, Publicity
Onyx Collective
Andersen's publicity campaigns
helped the debut of Kerry Washington's
comedy " UnPrisoned " become
Onyx's most-watched premiere on
Hulu last year and led the docuseries
" The 1619 Project " to win Onyx its
first Emmy. She was hand-chosen to
join the steering committee overseeing
the Disney Entertainment
Incubator Program, which strives to
create a diverse pipeline of next-gen
creative and business executives.
Andersen is also working on press
for the brand's new series " How to
Die Alone " and " Deli Boys. "
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BIGGEST
MISCONCEPTION ABOUT DIVERSITY
WITHIN YOUR INDUSTRY? That diversity
is " niche. " It's not. A multicultural
campaign IS a mainstream campaign.
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Victoria
Anderson
VP, Legal Affairs
Mediacom Communications
Anderson has been a vocal advocate
for workforce diversity and addressing
key issues affecting women, from
equal pay to sexual harassment.
Alongside her deep understanding
of changes in telecom and evolving
content distribution models, she is
gearing up to engage with the world
of professional soccer in the coming
year with Mediacom CEO Rocco
Commisso owning ACF Fiorentina
and the New York Cosmos. Anderson
serves as an officer of the Cosmos
and as Counsel to the Chairman of
the North American Soccer League.
WHAT MOVIE OR SHOW IS MUST-WATCH
FOR CELEBRATING DIVERSITY? Sports.
The beauty of professional sports is
in its diversity-even if not always on
the field, the court or the pitch-certainly
within the stands.
Elizabeth Andrion
SVP, Regulatory Affairs
Charter Communications
Andrion's mission to make more
spectrum available for shared
licensed and unlicensed use isn't
the only way she advocates for
spreading the love. She participates
in Charter's mentoring
programming and collaborates
with the Multicultural Business
Resource Group, which seeks
to help employees from various
backgrounds advance the culture
of inclusion-both within Charter's
walls and outside them-through
mentorship, development and civic
involvement.
WHO WOULD PLAY YOU IN A MOVIE
ABOUT YOUR LIFE? Lea Salonga-
she is also Filipina and an amazing
and accomplished singer. Although
I am not sure if she would be able
to match my karaoke abilities.
October 2024
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