Meet The New AWF Board!
The Alliance for Women in Media and its Foundation (AWM/F) just announced their 2017 National Boards of Directors — Sarah Foss, Chief Product Officer, Advertising Management Systems for Imagine Communications in New York will serve as Chairperson for both organizations. The Chairperson-Elect of AWM/F is Christine Travaglini, President, Christal Radio/KRG Partnerships. The Treasurer of AWM/F is Keisha Sutton-James, VP, Inner City Broadcasting Corp; and Past Chairperson of AWM/F is Kristen Welch, former SVP of Global Content Operations at Discovery Communications.
The following individuals will serve as Directors at Large of AWM: Karla Ballard Williams, Founder, YING; Christina Barlowe, Principal Adviser/Media and Entertainment, Next Media Partners; Heather Cohen, EVP, The Weiss Agency; Kelly DeLace Perdomo, VP, Content, Sports, Entertainment, and Partnership Marketing, SiriusXM; Susie Hedrick, VP, Radio Sales, Wide Orbit, Inc.; Jinny Laderer, President, vCreative; Meg LaVigne, President of Television, Litton Entertainment; Laura Martinez, Sr. Director, Affiliate Sales, Cumulus/Westwood One; Josie Thomas, EVP, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, CBS Corporation; Gayle Trotter, President, American Women’s Alliance; and Alison Rudnick, VP, Communications, HLN.
Karla Ballard Williams and Heather Cohen will also serve as Directors at Large of AWM/F, along with Valerie Blackburn, Project Manager, CBS Radio New York.; Anne Cowan, SVP, Communications & Marketing, CTAM; Annie Howell, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, The Punch Point Group; Christine McLaughlin, Of Counsel, Sciarrino & Shubert, PLLC; Deborah Parenti, Publisher, Radio Ink and Rob Stoddard, SVP Program Network Policy, NCTA — The Internet & Television Association. Karla Ballard Williams, Heather Cohen and Annie Howell will continue as chairs of the Gracie Awards Gala, June 6 at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills and the Gracie Awards Luncheon, June 27 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York.
Members of the 2016 AWF Board gathered at the 41st Gracie Awards in Beverly Hills. Pictured, (l-r): Deborah Parenti; Karla Ballard Williams; Josie Thomas; Kristen Welch; Christine Travaglini, Chairperson-Elect of AWM/F, President, Christal Radio/KRG Partnerships; Heather Cohen; Sarah Foss; Becky Brooks, Executive Director of AWM/F; Keisha Sutton-James, Treasurer of AWM/F, VP, Inner City Broadcasting Corp.; Kimberly Maki, Former AWM Board Member, Corp VP, Corporate Communications and Public Relations, Bright House Networks and Annie Howell.
