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Mentoring Breakfast Series

Organized by the Media Management Association and The Media Program, the mentoring breakfast series brings together a senior media executive with a small group of first- and second-year students for an informal discussion of current trends in the media industry as well as career paths and opportunities.

2014-2015 Mentoring Breakfasts:

  • October 27 — Stephen Richard '00, SVP, Business Development and Operations, Global Merchandising Group, National Basketball Association
  • November 12 — Chantal Restivo-Alessi '93, Chief Digital Officer, HarperCollins Publishers
  • November 17 — Larry Kutscher '88, CEO, Travelclick
  • December 9 — David Levin, President & CEO, McGraw-Hill Education
  • February 17— Will Bardeen '04, SVP Strategy & Development, The New York Times Company
  • March 25— Lauren Frasca '10, Vice President of Original Programming,The Weather Channel

Past Hosts

Richard Gay
EVP Strategy & Business Operations
VH1

 

Sheila Spence
SVP Corporate Development
WPP Group USA

 

Dhiraj Kumar '07
Global Head of Mobile Vertical Marketing
Facebook

 

William Bardeen ’04
SVP Strategy & Corporate Development
NY Times

 

Katherine Hays
COO
GenArts

 

Ann Sarnoff
COO
BBC Worldwide America

 

Justin Smith
CEO
Bloomberg Media Group

 

Alan Stein '05
Global Head of Ad Technology
Google

 

Christopher Barry '99
Managing Director, Digital & International Strategy
A&E

 

Bruce Campbell
Chief Development & Digital Officer
Discovery Communications

 

 

Events

 

February 25, 2105

Social Media Week: "Setting or Chasing the Agenda: Who Controls the News?", hosted by Associated Press and featuring Professor Miklos Sarvary

 

March 4, 2015

New York City Media Seminar Series: Justin Rao (Microsoft)

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March 25, 2105

Mentoring breakfast with Lauren Frasca '10, Vice President of Original Programming, The Weather Channel (by invitation only)

 

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