Executive Leadership Development Program

Testimonials

“The ELDP was a true career and life changing experience for me. Most of us navigate our careers in television with blinders on, unaware of the similar circumstances and challenges that face our colleagues across the industry who share “diverse” backgrounds. Sharing focused, passionate discussion and classroom time with a small group of terrific colleagues left me empowered and reinvigorated about making a positive difference in our industry. I completed ELDP with a new sense of possibility about my own career and personal growth as a leader, colleague, husband and father.”
— John Achar, VP Creative Services, ESPN

“The ELDP program offered by NAMIC helps participants identify skills and competencies other seminars frequently fail to address. This intense program directly confronts the challenges many diverse managers face in aspiring to leadership positions within the cable TV industry. An added bonus is learning the immense value of participating in a multicultural network.”
— Dr. Price M. Cobb, Author & Lecturer, ELDP Faculty

“The NAMIC ELDP presents a unique opportunity for self-discovery, learning and personal and professional growth. The relationships established via the program are rich and meaningful and extend beyond the bounds of one's own professional aspirations.”
— Kenneth G. Gordon, Jr., Legal Counsel, ESPN, Inc.

“Given my seniority in the industry, I thought I would already know much of what the ELDP had to offer. I was quite surprised to learn so much about myself and how to lead in an increasingly multicultural America. The ELDP is a source of power through knowledge. In addition to offering a world-class curriculum in functional disciplines, ELDP is a source of self-awareness for executives leading a multicultural workforce, serving multicultural customers.”
— Manish Jha, SVP & GM, Strategy & New Media ESPN, Inc.

“By participating in ELDP, I was provided with the tools to analyze my strengths and capabilities in depth and compare them to both our corporate environment and marketplace challenges giving me the means to improve my abilities and to show how my accomplishments could enable me to better serve The Weather Channel. As a result, I was effective in making the case for taking on a line of business leadership role with profit and loss responsibility, which is a role I am thriving in benefiting myself and The Weather Channel Inc.”
— Harold S. Lewis, Vice President and General Manager, The Weather Channel Radio and Newspaper Syndication

“The NAMIC ELDP is the singularly most relevant program for executives in the cable/telecommunications industry! No learning experience has evoked more, enlightened more nor elevated my thinking so utterly and thoroughly in all areas: corporately, managerially, strategically and personally. And as if this wasn’t enough, I gained a deep source of relationships in and across this industry that I will carry with me and are worth more than I could have hoped for in a lifetime.”
— Lucinda Martinez Desir, Director of Affiliate Marketing, Home Box Office

“In my role as head of strategic planning for Turner Networks affiliate sales group, strategy and negotiation are key elements of our success. The NAMIC ELDP program presented separate, in-depth classes on both of these subjects. The world-class professors and lively participation from fellow classmates combined to impart insights and sophisticated, market tested approaches that I have already used to good advantage in my workplace.”
— Donna Northington, VP Strategic Planning, Turner Broadcasting

“The NAMIC ELDP is not just about attending more classes. It is an uplifting experience that can be applied to your career, as well as all aspects of your life. You are given tools to focus in and identify those issues that are most important to you as an individual, thereby allowing you to align your lifestyle to the point where you cannot help but succeed. It is not about more training, but understanding. Managing priorities, people and projects while establishing relationships through effective communication are fundamental building blocks for tomorrow’s leaders. Through the camaraderie and relationships both with professors and fellow students, grows a deep-rooted network of people with integrity, compassion and a tremendous business sense that will far surpass the classroom and make for lifelong partners and friends. If you want leaders, send your people to the NAMIC ELDP!”
— Victor Z. Perez, Vice President of Information Technology, Starz Encore Group, LLC.

“I can honestly say that the NAMIC Executive Leadership Development Program provided me with an eye opening experience from multiple perspectives such as organizational challenges, multicultural environment and leadership skills that are so valuable for me professionally and personally. The program also provides participants with excellent opportunities to network with a diverse and influential group of alumni.”
— Pragash Pillai, VP Advanced Engineering - Digital Video, Charter Communications, Inc

“The NAMIC Executive Leadership Development Program is our industry’s finest leadership program. No experience has been more relevant to my career as the time I spent with my colleagues not only learning but understanding corporate strategy, process management, operations, leadership and personal development. The conversations with my colleagues and professors around leadership in a multi-cultural workforce were enlightening lessons that will carry me throughout my career. If you want leaders ELDP’s world class curriculum is an investment with enormous ROI!”
— Bill Rivas, Director, Sales & Marketing, Comcast Cable

“The learning comes not only from the first-rate instructors, but also from a group of incisive classmates, who have the courage to share their personal stories and eagerness to pass on their collective expertise.”
— Ken Saji, Senior Copy Director, MTV Networks, MTV Networks Creative Services

“The NAMIC ELDP was a wonderful experience that provided me the opportunity to enhance business acumen and increase industry knowledge. It was exciting to learn from and build relationships with a phenomenal group of talented professionals from throughout the cable industry. It was more than just a leadership development course; it was a chance to join a growing community of industry leaders, and to develop a network for support and friendship with other professionals of color.”
— Lorie Valle, Director, Diversity, ESPN, Inc.