CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2024 HONOREES!

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The Cablefax team is thrilled to announce this year’s honorees in our annual Cablefax 100 magazine.
Check out our digital issue to learn more about who these powerful execs really are; their thoughts on the Stanley Cup (not the NHL kind), fast food guilty pleasures, favorite way to de-stress, plus so much more. 

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Cablefax 100 Honorees

Below, The Cablefax 100 execs are listed by rank. If several execs are ranked together, the profiles feature the group and are identical for each person, followed by individual Q&As. Please read the digital issue to see the full Cablefax 100 magazine.

Operations Leaders

1.

Chris Winfrey

President & CEO
Charter Communications

2.

Dave Watson

President & CEO, Connectivity & Platforms
Comcast

3.

Mark Greatrex

President
Cox Communications

4.

Christian Oestlien

VP, Product Management, Connected TV & Infrastructure
YouTube

5.

Jonathan Freier

President, Consumer Group
T-Mobile

6.

John Pascarelli

EVP, Operations
Mediacom

Mark Stephan

CFO
Mediacom

Italia Commisso Weinand

EVP, Programming & HR
Mediacom

7.

Julie Laulis

Chair of the Board, President and CEO
Cable One

8.

Dennis Mathew

Chairman & CEO
Altice USA

9.

Pascal Desroches

CFO
AT&T

10.

Mike Fries

CEO
Liberty Global

11.

Dana Strong

Group Chief Executive Officer
Sky

12.

Tony Staffieri

CEO
Rogers Communicatoins

13.

Bill Morrow

CEO
DirecTV

Rob Thun

Chief Content Officer
DirecTV

14.

Sowmyanarayan Sampath

EVP/CEO
Verizon Consumer Group

15.

Steve Simmons

Chairman
Astound Broadband

Jim Holanda

CEO
Astound Broadband

16.

Rich DiGeronimo

President, Product & Technology
Charter Communications

17.

Frank van der Post

President
Breezeline

18.

Teresa Elder

CEO
WOW! Internet, TV & Phone

19.

Tom Reid

Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
Comcast Corp.

Lynn Charytan

EVP & Senior Deputy General Counsel, Comcast Corporation and EVP & General Counsel
Comcast Cable

Kimberley Harris

EVP, Comcast Corp. and General Counsel, NBCUniversal
Comcast NBCUniversal

20.

Jessica Fischer

CFO
Charter Communications

21.

Pat McAdaragh

Chairman & CEO
Midco

22.

Colleen Langner

EVP, COO
Cox Communications

23.

Jason Armstrong

CFO
Comcast Corp.

24.

Ron Duncan

CEO
GCI

Greg Chapados

President
GCI

25.

Michael Powell

President & CEO
NCTA - The Internet & Television Association

Phil McKinney

CEO
CableLabs

26.

Hamid Akhavan

CEO
Echostar

27.

Marc Sirota

CFO
Altice USA

28.

Perley McBride

EVP & CFO
Cox Communications

29.

Bill Connors

President, Xfinity
Comcast Cable

Charlie Herrin

President of Technology, Product Experience
Comcast Cable

Greg Butz

President, Consumer Product Services
Comcast Cable

30.

Mike Bowker

Retired Chief Growth Officer
Cable One

31.

Jim Butman

President & CEO
TDS Telecom

32.

Tony Krueck

SVP
Cox Mobile

33.

Dave Heimbach

CEO
Metronet

34.

Nick Jeffery

CEO
Frontier Communications

35.

Jim Gleason

CEO
Vexus Fiber

36.

Catherine Bohigian

EVP, Government Affairs
Charter Communications

37.

Jeff Ross

President
Armstrong

38.

Marcien Jenckes

President | Managing Director
Xumo | Comcast Advertising

39.

Adam Ray

EVP, Chief Commercial Officer
Charter Communications

40.

Henry Hryckiewicz

CTO
WOW! Internet, TV & Phone

41.

Lou Borrelli

CEO
National Content & Technology Cooperative

42.

Greg Rigdon

President, Content Acquisition
Comcast Cable

43.

Grant Spellmeyer

CEO
ACA Connects

44.

Steven Croney

CFO, Connectivity & Platforms
Comcast

45.

Geoff Shook

President
Buckeye Broadband & MaxxSouth Broadband

46.

Patricia Jo Boyers

President, CEO & Co-Founder
Boycom Cablevision

47.

Elad Nafshi

EVP & Chief Network Officer
Comcast Cable

48.

Dalila Wilson-Scott

EVP & Chief Diversity Officer | President
Comcast Corp. | Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation

Jenn Khoury

Chief Communications Officer
Comcast Corp.

49.

Tom Larsen

SVP, Government & PR
Mediacom

50.

Fraser Stirling

Global Chief Product Officer
Comcast and Sky

51.

Ken Johnson

Chief Technology & Innovation Officer
Cable One

52.

Jamal Haughton

EVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Charter Communications

53.

Amy Lynch

President, Northeast Division
Comcast Corp.

Rich Jennings

President, West Division
Comcast Corp.

Christine Whitaker

President, Central Division
Comcast Corp.

54.

Kristin Johnson

President/CEO
Hotwire Communications

55.

Vicki Lins

CEO
CTAM

56.

John Gdovin

EVP & CAO
Astound Broadband

57.

Leslie Brown

SVP & General Counsel
Breezeline

Heather McCallion

VP, New Business
Breezeline

58.

Sam Schwartz

Chief Business Development Officer
Comcast Cable

59.

Luciano Ramos

EVP & Chief Technology and Information Officer
Altice USA

60.

Gavin Keirans

COO
Blue Stream Fiber

61.

Noopur Davis

EVP, Global Chief Information Security Officer | Chief Product Privacy Officer
Comcast Corp. | Comcast Cable

62.

Shuvankar Roy

EVP, Chief Customer Experience Officer
Altice USA

63.

Bret Carroll

CEO
Conway Corp

64.

John Reardon

CEO
Schurz Communications

65.

Ed McKay

EVP & COO
Shentel

66.

Andy Parrott

President and COO
Vyve Broadband

67.

Jonathan Bullock

Chief Product & Strategy Officer
Hotwire Communications

68.

Larry Eby

EVP & COO
Vexus Fiber

69.

Katherine Gessner

President
MCTV

70.

Edward Zimmermann

President
Comcast Business

71.

Kia Painter

EVP, Chief People Officer
Cox Communications

72.

Peter Kiriacoulacos

EVP & Chief Procurement Officer
Comcast Cable

73.

David Williams

President, Consumer Services
Altice USA

74.

Harold Zeitz

CEO
Ziply Fiber

75.

Sarah Overbaugh

CFO
Metronet

76.

James Rooke

President
Comcast Advertising

77.

Fahri Diner

CEO
Plume

78.

Mike Woods

SVP & President, North America Communication, Media & Technology
CSG

79.

Pablo Cella

Division President, Communications, Media & Technology
Amdocs

80.

Emily Waldorf

SVP, Consumer Internet Services
Comcast Corp.

81.

Matt Collins

Chief Commercial Operations Officer
Calix

82.

Diane Christman

President & CEO
Syndeo Institute at The Cable Center

83.

Mark Trudeau

CEO & Founder
OpenVault

84.

Patrice Carroll

President & CEO
ImOn Communications

85.

Keith Bowen

President, News, Advertising & Programming
Altice USA

86.

Dale Hopkins

President & CEO
INDemand

87.

Ann Carlsen

Founder & CEO
Carlsen Resources

88.

Clayton Ruebensaal III

SVP and Chief Creative Officer
Comcast Corp.

89.

Drew Petersen

SVP, Corporate Affairs
TDS Telecom

90.

Edwin Butler

Chief Commercial Officer
Vyve Broadband

91.

Paul Cronin

CEO
I3 Broadband

92.

Stacey Slaughter

CEO
NCTI

93.

Amy Leifer

Chief Advertising Sales Officer
DirecTV Advertising

94.

Yvette Kanouff

Partner
JC2 Ventures

95.

Ben Elkins

CEO
AireBeam

96.

Mark Bridges

SVP and CTO
CableLabs

97.

Megan Detz

Chief People Officer
Cable One

98.

Crystal Kemp

Chief Marketing Officer
Conway Corp.

99.

David Thacker

GM
TVS Cable

100.

Chris Egan

CEO
Evolution Digital

Content Leaders

1.

Jimmy Pitaro

Chairman
ESPN

2.

Michael Cavanagh

President
Comcast Corp.

3.

Kathleen Finch

Chairman & CEO U.S. Networks
Warner Bros. Discovery

4.

Dana Walden

Co-Chairman, Disney Entertainment
The Walt Disney Co.

5.

Eric Shanks

CEO and Executive Producer
Fox Sports

6.

Bob Bakish

CEO
Paramount Global

7.

Paul Buccieri

President & Chairman
A+E Networks Group

8.

Suzanne Scott

CEO
Fox News Media

9.

Channing Dungey

Chairman & CEO
Warner Bros. Television Group

10.

Kristin Dolan

CEO
AMC Networks

11.

Chris McCarthy

President and CEO
Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios & Paramount Media Networks

12.

Peter Friedlander

Head, UCAN Scripted Series
Netflix

13.

Luis Silberwasser

Chairman & CEO
Warner Bros. Discovery Sports

14.

John Landgraf

Chairman
FX Content & FX Productions

15.

Debra OConnell

President, News Groups and Networks
Disney Entertainment

16.

Mike Hopkins

SVP
Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios & Freevee

17.

Frances Berwick

Chairman
NBCUniversal Entertainment

18.

Rob Wade

CEO
Fox Entertainment

19.

Eric Schrier

President, Disney Television Studios & Global Original Television Strategy
Disney Entertainment

20.

Pearlena Igbokwe

Chairman
Universal Studio Group

21.

David Stapf

President
CBS Studios

22.

Byron Allen

Founder, Chairman, CEO
Allen Media Group

23.

Kelly Campbell

President, Peacock & Direct-to-Consumer
NBCUniversal

24.

Cesar Conde

Chairman
NBCUniversal News Group

25.

Mark Thompson

Chairman & CEO
CNN Worldwide

26.

Luis Fernandez

Chairman
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises

27.

Wade Davis

CEO
TelevisaUnivison

28.

Scott Mills

President & CEO
BET Media Group

29.

Bruce Campbell

Chief Revenue & Strategy Officer
Warner Bros. Discovery

30.

Justin Connolly

President, Platform Distribution
The Walt Disney Company

31.

Matt Bond

Chairman, Content Distribution
NBCUniversal

32.

Ray Hopkins

President, U.S. Networks Distribution
Paramount

33.

David Espinosa

President, Distribution
Fox Corp.

34.

Craig Erwich

President
Disney Television Group

35.

Tom Ryan

President & CEO of Streaming | CEO & Co-Founder
Paramount | Pluto TV

36.

Burke Magnus

President, Content
ESPN

Rosalyn Durant

EVP, Programming & Acquisitions
ESPN

37.

Scott Miller

President, Networks & Streaming Distribution
Warner Bros. Discovery

38.

Adam Lewinson

Chief Content Officer
Tubi

Nicole Parlapiano

CMO
Tubi

39.

Matt Schnaars

President, Content Distribution
NBCUniversal

40.

Jon Steinlauf

Chief U.S. Advertising Sales Officer
Warner Bros. Discovery

41.

Rita Ferro

President, Global Advertising
The Walt Disney Co.

42.

John Halley

President
Paramount Advertising

43.

Jeff Collins

President, Advertising Sales, Marketing & Brand Partnerships
Fox Corp.

44.

Mark Marshall

Chairman, Global Advertising & Partnerships
NBCUniversal

45.

Kim Kelleher

Chief Commercial Officer
AMC Networks

46.

Howard Lee

President
Discovery Networks & TLC

47.

Albert Cheng

VP, Head of Prime Video U.S.
Amazon

Jennifer Salke

Head
Amazon MGM Studios

48.

Dan McDermott

President, Entertainment & AMC Studios
AMC Networks

49.

Steve MacDonald

Global Content Licensing & International
A+E Networks

Peter Olsen

President, Ad Sales
A+E Networks

David Zagin

President, Distribution
A+E Networks

50.

Nina Diaz

President, Content & Chief Creative Officer
Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios & Paramount Media Networks

51.

Courteney Monroe

President
National Geographic

52.

Kevin Beggs

Chair & Chief Creative Officer
Lionsgate Television Group

53.

Mark Silverman

President & COO
Fox Sports

54.

Ayo Davis

President
Disney Branded Television

55.

Alison Hoffman

President, Domestic Networks
STARZ

56.

Rob Kennedy

Retiring Co-CEO
C-SPAN

Susan Swain

Retiring Co-CEO
CSPAN

57.

David Preschlack

CEO
Diamond Sports Group

58.

Savalle Sims

Chief Legal Officer
Warner Bros. Discovery

59.

Karey Burke

President
20th Television

60.

Jason Sarlanis

President
Turner Networks, ID & HLN, Linear and Streaming

61.

Rob Sharenow

President, Programming
A+E Networks

Barry Jossen

President & Head
A+E Studios

Sharon Scott

President
A+E Networks Factual Division

62.

Joe Earley

President, Direct-to-Consumer
Disney Entertainment

63.

Lisa Hamilton Daly

EVP, Programming
Hallmark Media

64.

Courtney Thomasma

EVP, Streaming
AMC Networks

65.

David Cerullo

CEO
INSP Television Network

66.

Dana Zimmer

President, Distribution
Nexstar Media Group

67.

Jay Wallace

President & Executive Editor
Fox News Media

68.

Kim Godwin

President
ABC News

69.

Wendy McMahon

President & CEO
CBS News and Stations, CBS Media Ventures

70.

Michael Ouweleen

President
Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, TCM, Discovery Family and Boomerang

71.

Tina Perry

President
OWN TV Network & OTT Streaming

72.

Courtenay Valenti

Head, Film, Streaming & Theatrical
Amazon MGM Studios

Vernon Sanders

Head, Television
Amazon MGM Studios

73.

Jon Litner

CEO
YES Network

74.

Andrea Greenberg

President & CEO
MSG Networks

75.

Tara Duncan

President
Onyx Collective

76.

Shannon Ryan

President, Marketing
Disney Entertainment Television

77.

Kathryn Busby

President, Original Programming
STARZ

78.

Mark L. Walker

EVP, ESPN BET, Business Development & Sports Innovation
ESPN

79.

Leonard Asper

President & CEO
Anthem Sports and Entertainment

80.

Michelle Rice

President
TV One & CLEO TV

81.

Lauren Anderson

Head of AVOD Originals, Unscripted & Targeted Programming
Amazon MGM Studios

82.

Tom O'Brien

President | EVP
Allen Media Group | Weather Group Television

83.

Dale Ardizzone

COO
INSP Television Network

84.

Christopher Ruddy

CEO
Newsmax

85.

Phil Wiser

EVP, CTO & Head of Multiplatform Operations
Paramount Global

86.

Janice Arouh

President of Network Distribution
Allen Media Group

87.

Sharri Berg

President | COO
Fox Weather | Fox TV Stations

88.

Miguel Roggero

Chairman & CEO
Fuse Media

89.

Kim Granito

CMO
AMC Networks

90.

Chara-Lynn Aguiar

EVP, Finance, Research, Strategy & Office of the Chairman
ESPN

91.

Brett Dismuke

Head of Content
Allblk and WEtv

92.

Ken Solomon

President
Tennis Channel

93.

Kimberly E. Paige

EVP & CMO
BET

94.

Stephanie Mitchko

EVP, Global Media Operations & Technology
AMC Networks

95.

Alex Wellen

President & CEO
MotorTrend Group

96.

Lauren Petterson

President
Fox Nation

97.

Detavio Samuels

CEO
Revolt

98.

Ronald Day

President, Entertainment & Chief Content Officer
NBCUniversal Telemundo

99.

Adria Alpert Romm

Retired Chief People & Culture Officer
Warner Bros. Discovery

100.

Rahul Purini

President
Crunchyroll

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