The NAMIC Executive Leadership Development Program's Legacy Continues With The Launch Of Class XIV

NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 30, 2014, NAMIC (National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications) launched Class XIV of its Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP).  ELDP Class XIV is the third cadre being presented in partnership with the University of Virginia Darden School of Business in Charlottesville, Virginia.  The program's central goal is to prepare mid to senior level executives of color to assume roles within the top leadership and decision-making ranks of the communications industry. ELDP Class XIV comprises four sessions held on the Darden Grounds, with upcoming sessions scheduled for December of 2014, and February and April of 2015.

"NAMIC is honored to continue collaborating with Darden, our academic partner, and with all of the companies that support ELDP," said James C. Jones, NAMIC's vice president, Education Programs and Diversity Solutions. "Our shared goal of achieving diversity at the top echelons of the cable telecommunications industry can be realized by cultivating leaders through programs such as ELDP that have as a central context the unique lens of executives of color, as they strengthen the business competencies that all senior managers must master in order to deliver breakthrough results."

The Executive Leadership Development Program has graduated close to 500 executives of color since the program's inception in 2001. NAMIC's ELDP was created in response to some of the industry's most persistent challenges: increasing the diversity of the industry's executive suites; retention of executives of color; and maximizing the ROI of a diverse workforce in a business environment that demands strategic leadership agility and creative innovation. Emphasizing professional growth, the program addresses the unique challenges faced by executives of color, while strengthening the business competencies that all executives must have in order to be successful. The ELDP curriculum explores a range of topics, including corporate strategy, financial and business acumen, customer orientation and innovation, and change leadership that fosters and sustains high-performing, high-engagement corporate culture. 

The industry professionals who make up ELDP Class XIV are as follows: Martin Armstrong, vice president of Payroll Shared Services, Time Warner Cable; Jamila Baldwin-Thomas, director, HR, Comcast; Hugo Balta, coordinating producer, ESPN; Whitney Beatty, senior vice president, Development, Mathis Productions at Telepictures; Orlando Betancourt, senior marketing manager, Mid Market and Verticals, Time Warner Cable; Kristy Blaise, senior director, Channel Marketing, Comcast; Luis Caballero, executive director, Hispanic COE, Cox Communications; Sanjay Chatterjee, vice president, Marketing, Time Warner Cable; Mark Cheng, director of Product Development, Nickelodeon; Stacy Cole, director, Government and Public Affairs, Comcast; Beverley DeCaires, senior director, Networks Engineering, Comcast; Betty DeCicco, vice president, Media Sales New York City Interconnect, Time Warner Cable; Ravish Desai, director, Engineering Operations, Comcast; Robin Dunson, assistant general counsel, Cox Communications; Rosetta Ellis, principal counsel, ESPN; Veree Freeman, director of operations, Comcast; Mulchand (Mike) Gala, senior director, Operations, Comcast; Adrian Gorena, director, Technical Operations, Comcast; Angela Hamlin, vice president, Comedy Central Strategy Insights and Research, Viacom Media Networks; Bernadine Han, vice president of News, Time Warner Cable News; Derrick Hill, vice president, Cox Business/Hospitality Network, Cox Communications; Antony Joseph, director, Engineering, Comcast;Angela Lee, director, Business Operations, Comcast; Taifen Wendy Liu, director, Project Management, Comcast; Catherine Mitchell, executive director, Video Product Management, Cox Communications; Darren Oliver, vice president, Human Resources, Comcast; Amresh (Indrajit) Ponnambalam, group vice president, Finance, Time Warner Cable; Rhonda Powell, vice president, Business and Legal Affairs, Scripps Networks Interactive; Ebonne Ruffins, director, Diversity Communications, Comcast; Ameet Shah, vice president, Finance and Strategy, A+E Networks; Monica Sharma, director, Nickelodeon; Elizabeth Soriano, senior director, International Programming, A+E Networks; LaShawn Stanton, senior director, Human Resources, Comcast; Ishit Vachhrajani, vice president, Product Production and Applications Support, A+E Networks; Jose Valdez, vice president, Voice & System Engineering and Operations, Bright House Networks; Jessie Wallace, director, Content Distribution, Viacom Media Networks; and Sharon White, vice president, Human Resources, Scripps Networks Interactive.

For more information regarding the NAMIC Executive Leadership Development Program or other NAMIC education initiatives, visit http://www.namic.com.

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 2,200 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, and Twitter.

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