CABLE POSITIVE ELECTS NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS LEADERSHIP FOR 2006
Time Warner Cable?s Bonnie Hathaway Chosen as Board Chair;
MTV Networks? Peter Low Elected to Board of Directors
NEW YORK, NY -
October 12, 2005
Cable Positive’s 2006 Board of Directors and Executive Committee took office
last week, following a smooth leadership succession, which saw Bonnie Hathaway,
Vice President, Corporate Public Affairs, Time Warner Cable succeed David Wicks,
Partner, Alwyn Group as Board Chair and Peter Low, Executive Vice President,
Cable Distribution and Marketing, MTV Networks, join the organization’s
25-member board. Wicks, the chairman of Cable Positive’s Board for
the last three years, will serve on the Executive Committee as Immediate Past
Chair, passed the baton of leadership to Hathaway.
In addition to Low who begins a two-year term on Cable Positive’s
Board of Directors, returning Board members include: Ruth Browne, Arthur
Ashe Institute; Jim Coltharp, Comcast Corporation; Italia Commisso-Weinand,
Mediacom Communications; Erica Goldman, NBC Universal; Larry Dunn, Multichannel
News; Billy Farina, Cox Communications; Steve Houck, National Cable
Communications; Paul Jacobson, Adelphia Communications; Byron Marchant,
BET; Patty McCaskill, Cequel III; Melissa Montuori, Norm Marshall & Associates;
Tonia O’Connor, TV Guide; Scott Perlmutter, GSN: The Network for
Games; Rob Stoddard, NCTA; Craig Watson, Charter Communications and
Jeffrey A. Bernstein, Founder.
In an election held by Cable Positive Board of Directors, other newly
elected members of Cable Positive’s Executive Committee include:
First Vice President Chris Moseley, Hallmark Channels; Second Vice President,
Ray Gutierrez, Showtime Networks Inc.; Treasurer, Stuart Benson, Sundance
Channel; Secretary, Meredith Wagner, Lifetime Entertainment Services;
Member-at-Large, Dennis Mangers, CCTA and Daniel L. Brenner, General Counsel.
ABOUT CABLE POSITIVE
Cable Positive is a national non-profit organization that was founded in February 1992 by three concerned cable executives with the mission of organizing cable’s resources in the fight against AIDS. Cable Positive will mobilize the talents, resources, access and influence of the cable and telecommunications industry to raise HIV/AIDS awareness; support HIV/AIDS education, prevention and care; and strive to end stigma by creating a more compassionate climate for people whose lives have been affected by HIV or AIDS. Cable Positive has grown to include supporters from every major cable network, multiple system operator, cable system, hardware manufacturer, trade association, media publication, and affiliated industry vendors and suppliers. Since 1992, Cable Positive has raised more than $14.9 million in the fight against AIDS. For more information about Cable Positive, call 212-459-1502 or log on to www.cablepositive.org.
