Discovery,Inc. was an American multinational mass media factual television conglomerate based in New York City. Established in 1982,the company operated a group of factual and lifestyle television brands,such as the namesake Discovery Channel,Animal Planet,Science Channel,and TLC. In 2018,the company acquired Scripps Networks Interactive,adding networks such as Food Network,HGTV,and Travel Channel to its portfolio. Since the purchase,Discovery described itself as serving members of "passionate" audiences,and also placed a focus on streaming services built around its properties.
Lisa Caputo is the executive vice president and chief marketing and communications officer for The Travelers Companies,Inc. She joined Travelers on June 1,2011. At Travelers,she is a member of the Management and Operating Committees and the Travelers Foundation Board. She leads the company's marketing,research,branding,corporate communications,customer experience and creative services functions and works closely with investor relations and government relations. Previously she was executive vice president of global marketing and corporate affairs for Citigroup. She was the founder,chairman and CEO of Citi's Women &Co. business from January 2000 until 2010. She was a member of Citi's senior leadership committee and is the co-head of Citi's Women's Initiative.
Timothy Donahue is one of the wireless industry's pioneers,having started his career working at McCaw Cellular. He is the current CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Cerberus Telecom Acquisition Corp. (CTAC),which is a special purpose acquisition company. Cerberus Capital Management tapped Mr. Donahue to lead CTAC because of his deep industry expertise,which includes serving as Executive Chairman of Sprint Nextel,President and Chief Executive Officer of Nextel Communications Inc.,as well as holding senior executive roles at AT&T Wireless. Under his leadership,CTAC selected IoT global leader KORE as a merger target. The fully diluted pro-forma implied enterprise value of the combined company is approximately $1.014 billion,and the transaction is expected to close in Q3 2021.
Philip Lader,is a former US Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s and former chairman of WPP plc,the global advertising/communications services firm.
William Earl Kennard is an American attorney and former government official. Kennard served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 1997 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton,and was the first African American to lead the agency. In 2009,Kennard was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as Ambassador to the European Union,serving until 2013.
Josette Sheeran is an American non-profit executive and diplomat who served in the United States Department of State. Sheeran serves as the seventh president and CEO of Asia Society since June 10,2013. Sheeran was also the United Nations's Special Envoy for Haiti.
Maggie Wilderotter is an American businessperson who is the chairwoman of DocuSign,where she was also interim CEO from April to October 2022,and the former chief executive officer of Frontier Communications from November 2004 to April 2015,then executive chairman of the company until April 2016.
Mary Bonneau "Bonnie" McElveen-Hunter is an American businesswoman,philanthropist,and diplomat who was the first female chair of the board of governors of the American Red Cross. She is the founder and CEO of Pace Communications,a content and integrated marketing agency,and was the U.S. Ambassador to Finland from 2001 to 2003. She served as the finance chairwoman of Elizabeth Dole's campaign for the Republican nomination for U.S. president. She also started the first billion dollar women's leadership campaign in America for the United Way.
Betsy Atkins is an American business executive and entrepreneur. She was the former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the software provider Clear Standards,Inc. In 2010,Clear Standards was acquired by SAP. She is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Baja Corp,a venture capital investment firm,that she founded in 1993. Atkins is on the board of directors of Wynn Resorts and Volvo Car Corporation. She previously served as chairman of the SAP AG advisory board and was a member of the ZocDoc advisory board. She was a member of the NASDAQ LLC Exchange board of directors and is a member of Florida International University's Health Care Network board of directors. Atkins is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Atkins frequently appears on CNBC,Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance as a corporate governance commentator.
Jane L. Mendillo is an American endowment fund manager. She was the president and chief executive officer of the Harvard Management Company,charged with managing Harvard University's endowment. She led the investment team from 2008 to 2014,when the endowment was valued at $36.4 billion,having recovered fully from the impact of the global financial crisis. Prior to leading the company,from 1987 to 2002,she was in charge of managing the endowment's domestic equities,venture capital,natural resources investments and charitable trusts.
Dennis Fowler Hightower,is a former United States Army officer,retired business executive,college educator,and public servant who was the United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce from August 11,2009 to August 27,2010.
David Zaslav is an American media executive who is the current CEO and president of Warner Bros. Discovery. Zaslav became CEO and president of Discovery,Inc. in 2006,and focused on the company’s core networks,programming,and expanding its reach into Digital media. Since the merger,Zaslav's new focus for the WBD has been to become more of a "content company" versus "just a cable company". In 2018,Zaslav oversaw Discovery’s acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive,which owned networks such as Food Network,HGTV,and DIY Network,for $14.6 billion. The combined company was renamed Discovery,Inc. Prior to Discovery,Zaslav worked at NBCUniversal where he helped develop and launch the cable channels CNBC and MSNBC.
Annette Verschuren,is a Canadian business woman. She is currently the Chair &Chief Executive Officer of NRStor Inc.,The company develops and manages energy storage projects.
Jan Fields is an American business executive,who has served as president of McDonald's USA and who has served on the board of directors for numerous corporations. Fields held every role in the management chain of McDonald's,beginning as a crew member,before becoming the president of McDonald's USA. She was recognized by Forbes Magazine in 2012 as one of the most powerful women in business and she was listed on The Wall Street Journal's 50 Women to Watch list.
Kay Koplovitz is an American businesswoman,best known as the founder of the cable television channel USA Network,for which she served as chairwoman and CEO from its founding in 1977 until 1998 when it was sold for $4.5 billion. She was the first woman in the US to head a television network. She is also the author of the books Bold Women,Big Ideas:Learning to Play the High-Risk Entrepreneurial Game,and Been There,Run That. She is credited with creating the joint advertising-licensing model,which became widespread among cable television networks.
Felicia,Lady Kentridge was a South African lawyer and anti-apartheid activist who co-founded the South African Legal Resources Centre (LRC) in 1979. The LRC represented black South Africans against the apartheid state and overturned numerous discriminatory laws;Kentridge was involved in some of the Centre's landmark legal cases. Kentridge and her husband,the prominent lawyer Sydney Kentridge,remained involved with the LRC after the end of apartheid,though they moved permanently to England in the 1980s. In her later years,Kentridge took up painting,and her son William Kentridge became a famous artist.
Parminder Vir is a British business executive,filmmaker and television producer.
Paramount Global is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate controlled by National Amusements and headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Times Square,Midtown Manhattan. The company was formed on December 4,2019,as ViacomCBS through the merger of the second incarnations of CBS Corporation and Viacom. The company took its current name on February 16,2022.
Warner Bros. Discovery,Inc. (WBD) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It was formed from WarnerMedia's spin-off by AT&T and merger with Discovery,Inc. on April 8,2022.
