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diversity and supplier diversity. She
encourages prospective employees to
communicate their value. " Most re-entry
candidates begin by highlighting the
number of years or months that they have
been on hiatus. Instead, be proud-never
defensive or apologetic-about your decisions,
then move quickly to your skills and
accomplishments, " she says.
Aisha
ThomasPetit
Chief
Diversity,
Equity & Inclusion
Officer
AMC Networks
AMC Nets' first-ever chief DEI officer,
media industry newcomer Thomas-Petit,
already put her stamp on the company's
culture during her first year on the job.
She oversaw the launch of two employee
resource groups, rolled out an internal
Mentorship Collective program and instituted
new DEI educational resources for
staff, including virtual instructor-facilitated
workshops. She also is spearheading
important partnerships in the content and
programming space, including partnering
with the Geena Davis Institute. " There's
real power and impact... in an organization
seeing strong allyship men extend
to women at work, " she says. " It opens
people's minds and opens doors that may
otherwise have stayed closed. "
Italia
Commisso
Weinand
EVP, Programming
& HR
Mediacom
" I'm encouraged to see that the industry
has evolved to feature more strong
female leads and minority characters, "
says Weinand, who's a fan of Dick Wolf
franchises " Law and Order " and " FBI " for
just those reasons. At Mediacom, Weinand
plays dual roles, guiding both programming
and HR at the company that just
reported Q3 revenues of $557.1 million,
up 3.4% over the prior year period. The
pandemic has posed significant challenges
to both of the sectors she oversees, but
this industry veteran continues to do what
she does best-innovate. She's appreciative
of early mentor David D'Ottavio, who
during her days at Comcast trusted her to
take on added responsibilities in a complex
scenario: " The circumstances raised
my profile in the cable industry. It was
that recognition of my abilities early in my
career that gave me the confidence that I
could do the job and grander things. "
Pamela
Wellman
VP, HR, National Field
Operations Group
Mediacom
Wellman oversees
all HR functions for Mediacom's field
operations-a job that got substantially
more complicated when the pandemic set
in. Thankfully she has the deep profesDTC
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Sarah
Aubrey
Head of Original
Content
HBO Max
What a year it has
been for comedy series at HBO, all thanks
to Aubrey's ability to know a hit when
she sees one. Two of the biggest hits of
the season- " The Flight Attendant " from
Kaley Cuoco and " Hacks " starring Jean
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sional experience and indomitable spirit to
focus on pivoting to find ways to emphasize
employee safety, keep morale high
and recruit talent, ensuring the company's
operations haven't suffered setbacks.
Michelle Obama's " Becoming " is Wellman's
recommendation for reading up on
female empowerment. " She captured my
attention with her strength of character,
her confidence in a back-up plan should
Barack's political career derail and her
absolute determination in holding motherhood
as her highest priority, " she says.
Dalila
WilsonScott
EVP
& Chief
Diversity Officer
Comcast Corp.
President
Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation
" We believe our role is to provide employees
with the skills they need to steer the
business in new directions and accelerate
shared company results. " So says
Wilson-Scott, who rose to her position
last year. She now oversees all DEI and
philanthropic strategy for the corporation,
including the $100 million it committed to
advance social justice and equality. Under
that commitment, she's focusing on employees,
media, awareness and education,
small business opportunity, social justice
and digital equity-that last through initiatives
like Comcast's Lift Zone program.
She also helps drive partnerships that
elevate startups founded by entrepreneurs
of color through Comcast accelerator
programs such as Comcast RISE. n
Smart-together received 24 Emmy
nominations. Aubrey shepherded new
" Sex and the City " chapter " And Just Like
That..., " the new Julia Child comedy
series and Mindy Kaling's " The Sex Lives
of College Girls. " And she's also part of
the charge to expand the DC universe with
several projects centered around a diverse
group of superheroes. When it comes to
hiring, Aubrey believes it's " crucial that we
broaden the definition of who we think is
'qualified,' in every respect. "
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