2006 Annual Awards Breakfast

April 11, 2006

7:00 a.m.–8:45 a.m.

Omni Hotel at CNN Center

International Ballroom

North Tower

100 CNN Center

Atlanta, GA 30303

(404) 659-0000

Next Generation Leaders

Mark Allen

Area Vice President, Chicago Region

Comcast Cable

Kelli Lawson

EVP, Corporate Marketing

BET

Pragash Pillai

Vice President Advanced Engineering - Digital Video

Charter Communications, Inc

Thank you to all who attended the 2006 Annual Awards Breakfast. You made this event a tremendous success!

More than 600 industry heavyweights turned out en force and feted up-and-coming business leaders who reflect and embrace NAMIC's mission to educate, advocate and empower for multi-ethnic diversity in the communications industry.

A special thank you to our Honorary Chair, Philip I. Kent, Turner Broadcasting Chairman and CEO; to our featured speaker, The Honorable Deborah Taylor Tate, FCC Commissioner; and to our keynote speaker, Farrah Gray, author of Reallionaire.

The following Luminaries were also recognized:

• Antoinette Alfonso Zel, Senior Executive Vice President, Telemundo Networks Strategy
• Lisa Chang, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, The Weather Channel
• Phiderika D. Foust, Vice President, Business Development, Scripps Networks
• Walter Oden, Vice President, Distribution & Business Development, A&E Television Networks
• Richard Jennings, Vice President & General Manager, Comcast Colorado-North Denver Metro
• Luis Silberwasser, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Discovery Networks U.S. Hispanic Group
• Tony Speller, Regional Vice President, Connecticut/Western MA Region, Comcast
• Sherice Torres, Vice President, Hard Goods, Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products
• Tanya Van Court-Cayo, Vice President & General Manager, ESPN Broadband and Interactive Television

Click here to view photos from this great event!

2006 Event Sponsors and Supporters

Sponsors

Supporters

• A&E Television Networks
• American Life Television Network
• Black Family Channel
• Bloomberg Television
• Bresnan Communications
• Charter Communications
• Comcast Networks
• Cox Communications
• Hallmark Channel
• Lifetime Networks
• Millennium Digital Media
• MTV Networks
• NBC Universal
• Oxygen
• Scripps Networks
• Tandberg Television
• TV One
• Univision