2007 Annual Awards Breakfast

May 9, 2007

Mandalay Bay: Convention Center; Las Vegas, NV

Next Generation Leaders

The Next Generation Leaders Awards celebrate today’s up-and-coming leaders who reflect and embrace NAMIC’s mission to educate, advocate and empower for multi-ethnic diversity in the communications industry. The 2007 Next Generation Leaders Awards Breakfast was presented in partnership with MultichannelNews and Broadcasting & Cable.

Honorary Chair

Antoinette Alfonso Zel: Senior Executive Vice President, Network Strategy; Telemundo

Keynote Speaker

Phoebe Eng: National Lecturer, Social Change Strategist and Author.; As a strategist, Eng has worked with a broad range of institutions, assisting them with the creation of programs that enhance access, equity and opportunity for all.

2007 Next Generation Leaders Award Recipients

MSO

Steven Apodaca: Vice President, Operations Support; Charter Communications
Barbara Gee: Vice President, Strategic Alliances; Comcast Cable
Darrel Hegar: Vice President/General Manager; Time Warner Cable-Northeast Ohio Division

Programmer

Richard Gay: Executive Vice President, Strategy & Business Operations; VH1 and CMT: Country Music Television
Harold Lewis: Vice President/General Manager, Radio & Newspaper; The Weather Channel
Karen Wishart: Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer; TV One

Technology

Lisa Choi-Owens: Vice President, Business Development; FUSE
Sherisse Hawkins: Senior Director, STB Development; Time Warner Cable

In addition to the Next Generation Leaders Awards, Syncom’s Managing General Partners, Terry Jones and Herbert Wilkins Sr. were honored with the Stanley B. Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award. Recognition is given to tenured industry professionals who have most lived the vision and purpose of NAMIC. Syncom has demonstrated involvement and support for issues affecting people of color by providing start-up capital for the launch of communications companies targeted to diverse communities, including BET, Radio One, TV One and Si TV.