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
Active Members
Barry Baker ’73
Senior Advisor, Lee Equity
Neil Canell
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Securities
Deborah Curtis ’90
Vice President, Global Sponsorships/Experimental Marketing, American Express Company
Brian Edelman ’03
CEO, RAIN
Andrea Fant-Hobbs ’82
Managing Director and Vice President of Brand Strategy, Advertising and Communications, Brand Strategy, Development and Innovation LLC
Shelly Lotman Fisher ’80
CEO, Pay It Forward
Eric Frankel ’79
CEO, AdGreetz
Steven Fuchs ’79
CEO, True North Inc.
Nicholas Godfrey ’02
COO, RAIN
Kristina Hahn, ’98
Director, Americas Partner Solutions and Innovation, Google Inc.
Deborah 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, Geometry, a WPP Agency
Keith Kaplan ’91
CEO, K5 Partners
Larry Kramer ’72
Former President and Publisher, USA TODAY
Michael Lehman
Partner/Attorney, Lehman and Lehman LLP
Christopher Licht ’93
Executive Producer/Showrunner, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
Gary Lico ’76
Sole Proprietor, GARYLICO.TV
Rob 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 Miron ’59
Chairman and CEO (Retired), Advance/Newhouse Communications
Eric Mower ’66, G’68
Chairman and CEO, Mower
Jack Myers ’69
Media Ecologist, MediaVillage
Philip Nardone Jr. ’82
President and CEO, PAN Communications Inc.
Michael Perlis ’76
Vice Chairman and Adviser to the Board, Forbes Media
Bruce Perlmutter ’81
Senior Vice President, Production, Condé Nast Entertainment
Tonia O’Connor ’92
CEO, Chopra Global
Philip Quartararo ’77
President, Tripod Entertainment
Melissa Richards-Person ’89
Senior Vice President, Chief Brand Officer, Papa John’s International
Douglas Robinson ’85
Principal, Doug Robinson Productions
Gary Schanman ’92
Senior Vice President, Video Products, Charter Communications
Seth Solomons ’91
Chief Marketing Officer, Equinox
Shari Misher Stenzler ’92
Owner and Founder, London Misher Public Relations
Charles Stevens ’77
Freelance Journalist
John Sykes ’77
President, Entertainment Enterprises, iHeartMedia
Mike Tirico ’88
Sportscaster, NBC Sports
Luis Torres-Bohl ’82, G’85
President and Founder, Castalia Communications Corporation
Joyce Tudryn-Friberger ’81
President and CEO, IRTS Foundation
David N. Watson
President and CEO, Comcast Cable
Senior Executive Vice President, Comcast Corporation
Jim Weiss ’87
Chairman and CEO, W2O Group
Bryan Wiener ’92
Board of Directors, Cars.com
Melinda Witmer
Founder, Look Left Media
Howard Woolley ’80
President, Howard Woolley Group LLC
Dana Zimmer ’92
President of Distribution, Tribune Company
Emeritus Members
Joan Adler G’76
Assistant Vice President of Regional Programs, Syracuse University Los Angeles
James Andrews ’93
Vice President of Licensing, Andrews McMeel Publishing
Roger Conner ’70
President and CEO, Conner Communications LLC
Shanti Das ’93
Owner, PressReset Entertainment
William Doescher ’61
President and CEO, The Doescher Group Ltd.
Pamela Giddon Freedman ’73
Owner/Marketing Chief, ZipLine Hilton Head and Broad Creek Marina & Adventures
Andrew Heller
Vice Chairman (Retired), Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
Stephen M. Jacoby ’76
Consultant
Westfield Corporation
Steve Leeds ’73
Vice President, Talent Relations and Industry Affairs, SiriusXM
Arthur Liu G’66President and CEO, Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc.
Donald Lockett ’74
Principal, iD-Media Solutions
Sean McDonough ’84
Broadcaster, ESPN
David O’Neil ’84
Partner, Rini Coran PC
Andrea Davis Pinkney ’85
Vice President, Editor-at-Large, Scholastic Trade
Howard Polskin ’73
President, Polskin Media
Anthony Renda ’60
President, Renda Broadcasting Corporation
Stephen Rogers ’62
Publisher and Editor in Chief, The Post-Standard
Walter Sabo ’73
CEO and Owner, Sabo Media Inc.
Marianne Samenko ’79
Senior Director, Marketing, Chase Card Services, JP Morgan Chase
Mark Sena ’76 G’78
President, Mars Communications Inc.
Michael Terpin ’78
Founder and CEO, SocialRadius
George Verschoor ’83
Producer and Director, Television and Film, Hoosick Falls Productions Inc.
Stephen Wilkes ’80
Photographer, Stephen Wilkes Photography Inc.
Honorary Members
Steven Newhouse
Chairman, Advance.net
Angela Robinson ’78
Director of Operations, National Association of Black Journalists