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For Immediate Release

1/21/2015

WICT Announces 2014 Chapter Award Honorees and

2015 Chapter Leaders Washington, DC - Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) today announced its 2014 Chapter award

recipients. In addition, the 2015 Chapter Presidents and Chapter Advisors were announced.

The WICT Chapter awards measure important aspects of the Model Chapter Business Plan (MCBP), and

chapters earn points for performance that meets or exceeds guidelines laid out in the MCBP. The Chapter of

the Year award is presented to the top performing chapter(s) as measured by MCBP scores in areas such as

programming, marketing and communications, governance and membership. For 2014, the WICT New York

Chapter earned the most possible points and received the Chapter of the Year award.

WICT also recognized the Chapter President of the Year, WICT Southeast's Kathy Gray; and the Chapter

Advisor of the Year, for the second year in a row, Jill Meinzer, VP, Technical Services, ARRIS, who

supported the WICT Greater Chicago Chapter.

"WICT's 20 chapters deliver outstanding programming and resources that enable our members to grow as

leaders personally and professionally, and they also provide opportunities to foster relationships and develop

lasting connections," said Nicole Edmund, WICT's Associate Vice President of Membership and Chapter

Relations. "Our honorees, both individuals and chapters, exemplify the best of WICT, and I'm honored to work

with all of them throughout the year."

WICT recognizes the following 2014 Chapter honorees:

WICT Chapter Leader of the Year was presented to Christine Fiske, VP, Solutions Delivery,

Unison Systems, Inc., who served as the Membership Chair for WICT Rocky Mountain.

WICT Chapter Volunteer of the Year, awarded to an individual who has shown exemplary

volunteer support of WICT, was presented to Shanna Gildersleeve,Media Manager, NBC Hub

Operations, Encompass Digital Media, whose efforts supported the WICT Southeast Chapter.

WICT Most Improved Chapter, for chapter growth and development from the previous year, was presented to WICT Washington DC/Baltimore.

WICT Best Chapter Programming of the Year was presented to WICT New York for first place,

Southeast for second place and Great Lakes for third place.

WICT Chapter Mentoring Excellence for chapter achievements in substance and implementation of

an impactful WICT mentoring program, was presented to WICT Carolinas for first place, Rocky

Mountain for second place and New York for third place.

WICT Community Service Award, awarded to one chapter that has demonstrated an outstanding

commitment to giving back to its local community, was presented to WICT New York.

Inspire and Others Will Follow Award, which honors chapters who helped their members achieve

their full potential by achieving 90 or more points on the 2014 WICT Model Chapter Business Plan,

was presented to WICT Carolinas, Great Lakes, Greater Ohio, Greater Philadelphia, Midwest, New

England, New York, Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southeast, Southern California, Southwest,

Virginia, Washington DC/Baltimore.

WICT also announced its 2015 Chapter Presidents and Chapter Advisors.

PRESIDENTS:

Carolinas - Janet Manzullo, Group VP, Talent Acquisition & Movement, Time Warner Cable

Florida - Steven Sussman, Senior Manager, Affiliate Relations, HSN

Great Lakes - Kristin Quinn, Senior Manager, Employee Engagement & Employee Relations,

Comcast

Greater Chicago - Katy Weber, Director, HR, Comcast

Greater Ohio - Cherish Gilliam, Senior Director, Telesales, Time Warner Cable

Greater Philadelphia - Heather Sokollu, Manager, Strategic Intellectual Property, Comcast

Greater Texas - Jennifer Frager, Regional Retention Manager, Time Warner Cable

Heartland - Jada Roberts, Comm Center Manager, Cox Communications

Midwest - Chandni Thakrar-Ochoa, Vice President, Technology Integration, Suddenlink

Communications

New England - Holly Burgess, Senior Manager, Traffic, NESN

New York - Stacie Gray, Chief Creative Officer, iN DEMAND

Northern California - Lillian Casares, Senior Director, Affiliate Sales & Marketing, Pac-12 Networks

Pacific Northwest - Theressa Dulaney, VP, External Affairs, Comcast

Rocky Mountain - Maria Popo, President & Chief Business Officer, Ubee Interactive, Inc.

Southeast - Laurie Dean Baird, Managing Director, Laderium Media Group

Southern California - Traci Gerth, Business Operations Strategist, Sand Cherry Associates

Southwest - Kimber Hanrahan, Manager, Professional Sales Development, Cox Communications

United Kingdom - Helen Scott, People Director, Growth, Virgin Media, United Kingdom

Virginia - Angela Washington, Marketing Manager, Shentel

Washington DC/Baltimore - Trish Scanlon, VP, Brand Creative, Scripps Networks Interactive-Travel

Channel

ADVISORS:

Carolinas - Charlene Keys, Area VP, Operations, Time Warner Cable

Florida - Joanna Popper, VP, Marketing, Telemundo

Great Lakes - Michelle Gilbert, VP, Public Relations, Comcast

Greater Chicago - Jill Meinzer, VP, Technical Services, ARRIS

Greater Ohio - Marsha Conaway, Regional VP Human Resources - Midwest Region, Time Warner

Cable

Greater Philadelphia - Jennifer Yohe Wagner, VP, Strategic Business Procurement, Comcast

Greater Texas - Aimee Doane, VP of Network Operations, Suddenlink

Heartland - Jennifer Bergman, Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives, Cox Communications, Inc.

Midwest - Denise Farley, Senior Director - Revenue Asset Recovery, Mediacom

New England - Pipier Bewlay, VP, Human Resources, Cox Communications

New York - Annemarie Bray, VP, Human Resources, Viacom Inc.

Northern California - Elaine Barden, VP, Sales & Marketing, Comcast California

and Shane Portfolio, VP, Engineering, Comcast Cable

Pacific Northwest - Marian Jackson, Director of Government Relations, Charter Communications

Rocky Mountain - Lisa Panepinto, Executive Director, Comcast Business Services, Comcast

Southeast - Sheri McGaughy, VP, Legal, The Weather Channel

Southwest - Nancy Murphy, Director, Talent Management & Development, Cox Communications

United Kingdom - Gabby Redfern, SVP, Media Operations, Discovery EMEA

Virginia - Gary McCollum, SVP & General Manager, Cox Communications

Washington DC/Baltimore - Linette Hwu, VP, Business & Legal Affairs, Scripps Networks

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About WICT

For over thirty-five years, Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) has partnered with cable and

telecommunications leaders to provide professional development programs, research and services that help

advance women in cable media. With nearly 10,000 members, WICT is the oldest and largest professional

association serving women in the cable and telecommunications industry. Comcast NBCUniversal, Time

Warner Cable, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and Suddenlink Communications are WICT's Strategic

Touchstone Partners. Please visit www.wict.org or follow @WICT on Twitter for more information.

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