Media and Technology Forum
Acting as a dynamic bridge between industry and the Columbia Business School community, the Media and Technology Forum is an invitation-only group formed in 1995 to facilitate the exchange of ideas and best practices among senior-level executives and investors in the industry and thought leaders from relevant academic disciplines. In addition to occasional breakfasts and lunches, an annual Forum meeting is held each spring to foster high-level discussions of economic and business trends that are of particular strategic significance to the sector. Current Forum members are listed below.
A+E Networks
Digger Granville-Smith, EVP & CFO
Advance Publications Inc.
Janine McGrath Shelffo '95, Chief Strategy & Development Officer
Amazon
Brian T. Olsavsky, SVP and CFO
Ancestry
Howard Hochhauser '04, CFO and COO
The Associated Press
Gary Pruitt, President & CEO
Atlantic Media Company
David Bradley, Chairman
AT&T
Steve McGaw, SVP, Corporate Strategy & Development
Bloomberg L.P.
Matt Winkler, Founding Editor
and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
Cambridge Information Group
Andrew Snyder, CEO and Vice Chairman, Clarivate
Cengage Learning
Michael Hansen '89, CEO
Charter Communications
David Ellen, Senior Executive Vice President
Cognizant
Timothy Crowhurst, SVP of Corporate Development
Comcast
Bob Eatroff '93, EVP Global Corporate Development & Strategy
Maggie Suniewick '06, President, Digital Enterprises, NBCUniversal
Creative Artists Agency
James Burtson '94, President
DHI Group
Art Zeile, President and CEO
DISH
Tom Cullen, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development
Emerson Collective
Peter Lattman, Managing Director, Media
Engine Gaming & Media
Tom Rogers, Executive Chairman
Etsy
Kruti Patel Goyal, Chief Product Officer
Eventbrite
Lanny Baker, CFO
Fox
Charlie Collier '98, CEO of Entertainment
Fried Films
Robert Fried '83, President, Fried Films
and CEO, Ideation Acquistion Corp
General Atlantic
Anton Levy '03, Managing Director
Gogo
*Oakleigh Thorne '86, President and CEO
Google
Stephanie Redish Hofmann, Managing Director
Graham Holdings Company
Jake Maas, SVP, Planning & Development
Hearst Corporation
James Asher, SVP & Chief Legal and
Development Officer
Informa
Charles McCurdy '83, CEO, Global Exhibitions
KKR
Richard Sarnoff, Managing Director & Head of the Media & Communications Industry Group
Liberty Global
*Mike Fries '88, CEO
Bob Leighton '89, SVP Programming
Major League Soccer
Charles Altchek '14, SVP, Commissioner's Office
Moody's Corporation
Mark Kaye, CFO
David Platt, Chief Strategy Officer
MSG Networks
Gregg G. Seibert, Vice Chairman
MSG Sports
Andrew Lustgarten '07, President and Chief Executive Officer
The New York Times
William Bardeen '04, Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
News Corporation
Brian Murray '95, President & CEO, Harper Collins Publishers Worldwide
Andrew Cramer, Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance
NewsGuard
Gordon Crovitz, Co-founder
Paramount
*Robert Bakish '89, President & CEO, Paramount Global
PLBY Group
Lance Barton '06, CFO
RELX
Youngsuk Chi '84, Director of Corporate Affairs and Asia Strategy
Reorg
Kent Collier, Founder and CEO
Screenvision Media
John Partilla '07, CEO
SiriusXM
Sean S. Sullivan '98, CFO
Snap Inc.
Jared Grusd '06, Chief Strategy Officer
Sonos
Eddie Lazarus, Chief Legal Officer
Sotheby's
Charles Stewart, CEO
Spark Capital
Jeremy Philips, Founder and General Partner
Spotify
Sheila Spence, Vice President, Corporate Development
Tencent
*Daniel Xu, Chief Information Officer
Ben Feder, President, International Partnerships (North America), Tencent Games
Townsquare Media
Steven Price, Executive Chairman of the Board
Tradeweb
David Shaw, Managing Director
Verizon
Chris Bartlett, SVP of Corporate Development and Head of Verizon Ventures
Warburg Pincus
Mark Colodny, Managing Director, Co-head of U.S. Private Equity and Head of Technology
Warner Bros. Discovery
Bruce Campbell, Chief Revenue & Strategy Officer​​
Web.com
Sharon Rowlands, President & CEO
Wolters Kluwer
Andres Sadler, CEO, Global Business Services
Maria Montenegro '17, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Innovation
WPP
Lance Maerov ‘94, Executive Vice President
*Member of the Board of Overseers