CNN's Suzanne Malveaux to Moderate Town Hall Meeting on Diversity Scheduled for October 4 as Part of Diversity Week

NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Suzanne Malveaux, CNN anchor, has been confirmed to moderate a Town Hall Meeting on Diversity being held jointly by the National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) and Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) to address the findings of the latest editions of the NAMIC AIM (Advancement Investment Measurement) and WICT PAR Initiative (Pay Equity, Advancement Opportunities and Resources for Work/Life Support) employment surveys.  Scheduled for Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at the Hilton New York in Manhattan, the event is being held in conjunction with the 25th Annual NAMIC Conference and the WICT Leadership Conference.

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The panel discussion planned for the Town Hall Meeting will center on the results of a joint survey conducted on behalf of NAMIC and WICT by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) through grant funding provided by the Walter Kaitz Foundation.  Data collection was facilitated during the spring of 2011.  SHRM is independently managing the development of customized data reports for each association.  This benchmarked data is critical to the advancement of ethnic and gender diversity in the cable industry.  The desired outcome of the Town Hall Meeting is to discuss survey results and best practices that support the goal of sustainable growth of multi-ethnic and gender diversity throughout all levels of management.  

Based in Atlanta anchoring the 11 am to 1 pm edition of CNN Newsroom, Malveaux joined CNN in 2002.  Working in the network's White House unit for nearly a decade, she has played a key role as a member of CNN's Best Political Team on Television.  While covering the 2008 presidential election from the campaign trail, Malveaux did several interviews with Barack Obama and Michelle Obama.  As a White House Correspondent, she has interviewed, former presidents, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.  In 2005, she returned to her family's hometown of New Orleans, where she reported on the devastation and recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina.  

Subsequently, Malveaux was part of the coverage teams that earned CNN a George Foster Peabody award for its Katrina coverage and an Alfred I. DuPont Award for its coverage of the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia.  Additionally, she was named to the list of America's Most Powerful Players Under 40 by Black Enterprise magazine, named among Ebony magazine's "Outstanding Women in Marketing & Communications" and honored as Essence Magazine's 2009 Journalist of the Year.

Executives confirmed to participate in the Town Hall Meeting on Diversity include, Adria Alpert Romm, senior executive vice president, human resources, Discovery Communications; David Cohen, executive vice president, Comcast Corporation; John Dooney, manager, strategic research, SHRM; Mae Douglas, executive vice president & chief people officer, Cox Communications; Jacqueline Hernandez, chief operating officer, Telemundo; Rob Marcus, president and chief operating officer, Time Warner Cable; Chris Powell, executive vice president, human resources, Scripps Networks Interactive; and Kelly Regal, executive vice president, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.  

For more information about the NAMIC AIM (Advancement Investment Measurement) visit http://namic.com.  Additional information about the WICT PAR Initiative can be found at http://wict.org.

For more information about the 25th Annual NAMIC Conference, contact Sandra Girado, director of meetings and events, NAMIC, at 212-594-5985.  Conference registration can be accessed online by visiting http://www.namic.com.  Group registration discounts are available for companies that wish to send multiple attendees.

ABOUT NAMIC

NAMIC (National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications) is the premier organization focusing on multi-ethnic diversity in the communications industry. Founded in 1980 as a non-profit trade association, today NAMIC comprises over 2,300 professionals belonging to a network of 16 chapters nationwide. Through initiatives that focus on education, advocacy and empowerment, NAMIC champions equity and inclusion in the workforce, with special attention given to ensuring that the leadership cadres of our nation's communications industry giants reflect the multi-ethnic richness of the populations they serve. For more information, please visit www.namic.com and stay connected to NAMIC on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and DiversityLive: The Business > Social NAMIC Network.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Daphne Leroy
Vice President of Marketing & Communications
NAMIC
212-594-5985 (office)
[email protected]

Charmaine Chapman
BTB Communications
310-882-5498 (office)
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