The Newhouse Advisory Board supports the dean, faculty and staff in their efforts to make Newhouse the country’s leading institution for education and research in communications.
Sandra Cordova Micek ’91
President and CEO, WTTW/WFMT
Barry Baker ’73
Senior Advisor, Lee Equity
Neil I. Canell
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan
Deborah B. Curtis ’90
Vice President, Global Sponsorships/Experimental Marketing, American Express Company
Brian A. Edelman ’03
CEO, RAIN
Andrea Fant-Hobbs ’82
Chief Brand Officer, Brand Strategy, Development and Innovation LLC
Shelly Lotman Fisher ’80
CEO, Pay It Forward Group LLC
Eric D. Frankel ’79
CEO, AdGreetz
Joyce Tudryn Friberger ’81
President and CEO, IRTS Foundation
Steven Fuchs ’79
CEO, True North Inc.
Nicholas B. Godfrey ’02
Chief Operating Officer, RAIN
Kristina Hahn ’98
Director of Global Sellside Strategy and Operations, Google
Deborah A. Henretta ’85
Partner and Vice Chairman, G100 Company
Joyce Hergenhan ’63
Vice President, Communications (Retired), General Electric
Peter A. Horvitz ’76
President, PAH Investments LLC
Beth Ann Kaminkow ’89
Global CEO, VMLY&R Commerce
Keith Kaplan ’91
Global CEO, Kinetic Worldwide
Lawrence S. Kramer ’72
Former President and Publisher, USA TODAY
Michael Lehman
Partner/Attorney, Lehman and Lehman LLP
Robert W. Lewis ’84
Senior Director of Multi-Format Production
The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones
Christopher A. Licht ’93
Executive Vice President, Special Programming, CBS
Executive Producer/Showrunner, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
Gary T. Lico ’76
Proprietor, GARYLICO.TV
Robert R. Light ’78
Partner and Managing Director/Head of Music, Creative Artists Agency
L. Camille Massey ’87
Founding Executive Director, Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice, The City University of New York School of Law
John Douglas Miller ’72
Chair, NBCUniversal Marketing Council
Robert J. Miron ’59
Chairman and CEO (Retired), Advance/Newhouse Communications
Eric Mower ’66, G’68
Chairman and CEO, Mower
Jack C. Myers ’69
Media Ecologist, MediaVillage
Philip Nardone Jr. ’82
President and CEO, PAN Communications Inc.
Tonia O’Connor ’92
Former CEO, Chopra Global
Michael S. Perlis ’76
President and CEO, Forbes Media
Bruce Perlmutter ’81
Senior Vice President, Production, Condé Nast Inc.
Philip M. Quartararo ’77
President and Chairman, The Hello Group
Melissa Richards-Person ’89
Former Senior Vice President, Chief Brand Officer, Papa John’s International
Douglas Robinson ’85
Principal, Doug Robinson Productions
Gary C. Schanman ’92
Former Senior Vice President, Video Products, Charter Communications
Seth Solomons ’91
CEO, Eastlake Advisory Group
Shari Misher Stenzler ’92
Owner and Founder, London Misher Public Relations
Charles W. Stevens ’77
Principal, Global Writers Group
John L. Sykes ’77
President, Entertainment Enterprises, iHeartMedia
Mike Tirico ’88
Sportscaster, NBC Sports
Luis Torres-Bohl ’82, G’85
President and Founder, Castalia Communications Corporation
David N. Watson
President and CEO, Comcast Corporation
Jim Weiss ’87
Chairman and CEO, Real Chemistry
Bryan Wiener ’92
CEO, Profitero
Melinda Witmer
Former Executive Vice President, Chief Video Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Time Warner Cable Networks
Howard Woolley ’80
President, Howard Woolley Group LLC
Dana Zimmer ’92
Executive Vice President and Chief Distribution and Strategy Officer, Nexstar Media Group
Joan Adler G’76
Assistant Vice President of Regional Programs, Syracuse University Los Angeles
James C. Andrews ’93
Vice President of Licensing, Andrews McMeel Publishing
Roger W. Conner ’70
President and CEO, Conner Communications LLC
Shanti D. Das ’93
Owner, PressReset Entertainment
William F. Doescher ’61
President and CEO, The Doescher Group Ltd.
Pamela Giddon Freedman ’73
Owner (Retired), Giddon & Company PR Marketing
Andrew T. Heller
Vice Chairman (Retired), Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
Steven D. Leeds ’73
Vice President, Talent Relations and Industry Affairs, SiriusXM
Arthur S. Liu G’66
President and CEO, Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc.
Donald R. Lockett ’74
Principal, iD-Media Solutions
Sean McDonough ’84
Broadcaster, ESPN
David G. O’Neil ’84
Partner, Rini Coran PC
Andrea Davis Pinkney ’85
Vice President, Editor-at-Large, Scholastic Trade
Howard W. Polskin ’73
President, TheRIGHTING
Anthony F. Renda ’60
President, Renda Broadcasting Corporation
Stephen A. Rogers ’62
Publisher and Editor in Chief, The Post-Standard
Walter Sabo ’73
CEO and Owner, Sabo Media Inc.
Marianne L. Samenko ’79
Senior Director, Marketing, Chase Card Services (Retired), JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Mark D. Sena ’76, G’78
President, Mars Communications Inc.
Gary Schanman ’92
EVP, President of Sling TV
Michael J. Terpin ’78
Owner and CEO, Transform Group
George P. Verschoor ’83
Producer and Director, Television and Film, Hoosick Falls Productions Inc.
Stephen J. Wilkes ’80
Photographer, Stephen Wilkes Photography Inc.
Steven Newhouse
Chairman, Advance.net
Angela Y. Robinson ’78
Director of Operations, National Association of Black Journalists