MIW Names 2019 Mildred Carter Mentees
The Mentoring & Inspiring Women in Radio (MIW) Group is pleased to announce the names of the four radio professionals who have been selected as mentees in the 2019 MIW Group Mildred Carter Mentoring Program. Now in its 18th year, the MIW Group’s signature mentoring program matches up-and-coming women in the radio industry with female professionals who are recognized as leaders in all aspects of broadcasting. For the second year in a row, Beasley Media Group is the lead sponsor of this year’s program. Here they are (left to right), in alphabetical order:
Andrea Clay, National Sales Manager, Beasley Media Group, Charlotte.
Katy Dempsey, PD/morning show host, Bryan Broadcasting, College Station, TX.
Nicole Jones, Manager of Sales Training & Development, Cumulus Media, Chicago.
Jennifer Seelig, Director of News & Programming, Entercom San Francisco.
Caroline Beasley, CEO of Beasley Media Group, said, “It’s an honor and a privilege to support the MIW Radio Group’s ongoing mission of promoting women in the radio industry.” Lindsay Cerajewski, Chair of the 2019 MIW Group Mentoring Committee and National Sales Manager/New Business Development for Entercom Chicago, said, “Each year, this coveted program generates more and more interest and therefore applications. We are very encouraged by the quantity and quality of candidates desiring to grow their careers in radio, and this year’s class definitely reflects the excellence we’re seeing in our applications. Let the mentoring begin!”
Four candidates from the radio industry — representing sales, marketing, programming and digital — are selected annually for the MIW Group Mentoring Program, which is named in memory of Mildred Carter, who, along with her husband Andrew “Skip” Carter, founded the first African American-owned radio station in the U.S. in 1950, when they launched KPRS/Kansas City. Mrs. Carter ran the Carter Broadcast Group for many years, after the death of Skip Carter, before turning over control of the company to her grandson Michael Carter in 1987.
