The Newhouse Advisory Board supports the dean, faculty and staff in their efforts to make Newhouse the country’s leading institution for education and research in communications.
Barry Baker ’73
Senior Advisor, Lee Equity
Angela R. Bundrant ’89
Head of Brand and Business Development, Purple Strategies
Dwight Caines ’87
President, Domestic Marketing, Universal Pictures
Neil I. Canell
Managing Director, Wells Fargo Advisors
Sandra Cordova Micek ’91
President and CEO, WTTW/WFMT
Brian A. Edelman ’03
Founder and Chief Investment Officer, RAIN
Andrea Fant-Hobbs ’82
Chief Brand Officer, Brand Strategy, Development and Innovation LLC
Steven Fuchs ’79
CEO, True North Inc.
Kristina Hahn ’98
Advisor and Investor, Marlow
Deborah A. Henretta ’85
Partner and Vice Chairman, G100 Co.
Joyce Hergenhan ’63
Retired Vice President, Communications, General Electric
Peter A. Horvitz ’76
President, PAH Investments LLC
Beth Ann Kaminkow ’89
Global CEO, VMLY&R Commerce
Keith Kaplan ’91
Global CEO, Kinetic Worldwide
Lawrence S. Kramer ’72
Board of Directors, Advance Local
Senior Adviser, Advance
Michael Lehman
Partner/Attorney, Lehman and Lehman LLP
Robert W. Lewis ’84
Senior Director of Multi-Format Production, Dow Jones/The Wall Street Journal
Christopher A. Licht ’93
Former CEO, CNN Global
Gary T. Lico ’76
Proprietor, GARYLICO.TV
Robert R. Light ’78
Head of Music Department, Partner and Managing Director, Creative Artists Agency
L. Camille Massey ’87
CEO, Synergos Institute
Robert J. Miron ’59
Retired Chairman and CEO, Advance/Newhouse Communications
Eric Mower ’66, G’68
Executive Chairman, Mower
Philip Nardone Jr. ’82
President and CEO, PAN Communications Inc.
Tonia O’Connor ’92
Independent Board Director
Bruce Perlmutter ’81
Content Strategy, Showrunner, Amazon
Melissa Richards-Person ’89
CMO and Vital Brand Builder, Third Arm Consulting
Angela Y. Robinson ’78
Director of Operations, National Association of Black Journalists
Doug Robinson ’85
Principal, Doug Robinson Productions
Gary C. Schanman ’92
Group President and EVP, Video Services, Dish/Echostar
Alyson Shontell ‘08
Editor in Chief, Fortune
Shari M. Stenzler ’92
Owner and Founder, London Misher Public Relations
Charles W. Stevens ’77
Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University Graduate
School of Journalism
John L. Sykes ’77
President, Entertainment Enterprises, iHeartMedia
Michael T. Tirico ’88
Sportscaster, NBC Sports
Joyce Tudryn Friberger ’81
President and CEO, IRTS Foundation
David Watson
President and CEO, Comcast Corp.
James G. Weiss ’87
Chairman and CEO, Real Chemistry
Bryan Wiener ’92
CEO, Profitero
Melinda Witmer
Former Executive Vice President, Chief Video Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Time Warner Cable Networks
Howard E. Woolley ’80
President, Howard Woolley Group LLC
Valerie Workman ’86
Chief Talen Engagement Officer, Handshake
Dana Zimmer ’92
President of Distribution, Nexstar Media Group
Joan L. Adler G’76
Assistant Vice President of Regional Programs, Syracuse University Los Angeles
James C. Andrews G’93
Vice President of Licensing, Andrews McMeel Publishing
Roger W. Conner ’70
President and CEO, Conner Communications LLC
Deborah B. Curtis ’90
CMO, On Location Experiences
Shanti D. Das ’93
CEO and Founder, Silence the Shame Inc.
Founder, mibo LLC
William F. Doescher G’61
President and CEO, The Doescher Group Ltd.
Eric D. Frankel ’79
CEO, AdGreetz
Pamela Giddon Freedman ’73
Retired Owner, Giddon & Company PR Marketing
Steven D. Leeds G’73
Owner, Neo Entertainment Consultants
Arthur S. Liu G’66
President and CEO, Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc.
Donald R. Lockett G’74
Principal, iD-Media Solutions
Sean McDonough ’84
Broadcaster, ESPN
John Douglas Miller ’72
Retired Chair, NBCUniversal Marketing Council
Jack C. Myers ’69
Chairman, MediaVillage
David G. O’Neil ’84
Partner, Rini Coran PC
Michael S. Perlis ’76
President and CEO, Forbes Media
Andrea Davis Pinkney ’85
Vice President and Editor-at-Large, Scholastic Trade
Howard W. Polskin ’73
President, Polskin Media
Anthony F. Renda ’60
CEO, Renda Broadcasting Corporation
Stephen A. Rogers ’62
Retired Publisher and Editor in Chief, The Post-Standard
Walter Sabo ’74
Chairman and CEO, Sabo Media
Marianne L. Samenko ’79
Retired Senior Director, Marketing, Chase Card Services, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Mark D. Sena ’76, G’78
President, Mars Communications
Seth Solomons ’91
CEO, Eastlake Advisory Group
Michael J. Terpin ’78
Owner and CEO, Transform Group
Luis C. Torres-Bohl ’82, G’85
President and Founder, Castalia Communications Corporation
George P. Verschoor ’83
Producer and Director, Television and Film, Hoosick Falls Productions Inc.
Stephen J. Wilkes ’80
Photographer, Stephen Wilkes Photography Inc.
Steven Newhouse
Chairman, Advance.net