About

Monica Bloom is the Chief Marketing Officer of Kino Lorber, a leader in independent art house distribution for over 45 years, releasing 30 films per year theatrically and garnering 16 Academy Award® nominations since 2000. Kino Lorber has expanded its portfolio with niche streamers: MHz Choice, which focuses on the best of international TV and Kino Film Collection, which showcases the best of arthouse, international and documentary film. Additionally, the company brings hundreds of titles annually to the home entertainment and educational markets through digital and physical media releases.
Bloom relishes challenges, embraces change and is driven by results. Monica has created effective marketing campaigns, innovative products and impactful partnerships in numerous leadership positions in her career. With over 20 years working in entertainment and content, Monica has worked with some of the most iconic brands. Monica built Bono’s (RED) brand into one of the most valuable CSR brands in the world, developing programs that effectively targeted the hard-to-reach youth demographic through brand experiences both in real life and virtually. During her time at (RED), over $185 million was generated for AIDS programs in Africa. Monica was the chief architect of the rebranding of SundanceTV that impacted the entire organization both in articulation and behavior and ushered in a new era of programming. In the 3+ years she was at SundanceTV, her marketing leadership resulted in an increased average viewership of more than 50% across all programming with an impressive viewership increase in original programming by 500%. While at Getty Images, Bloom launched their first global integrated multi-platform campaign (paid, earned, owned); increased direct search volume by 30%+ in the first six months; increased total subscription revenue by 18% YoY and website traffic by 32%. She was also responsible for multiple high-profile events and partnerships showcased at Cannes Lions, The Future of Storytelling and UNGA week. In her role as SVP, General Manager of startup streaming service, Tribeca Shortlist, a joint venture of Lionsgate Entertainment and Tribeca Enterprises, she was responsible for the repositioning of the brand and implementing aggressive growth strategies, more than doubling the subscriber base in less than a year.
Forever curious and eager to learn, in 2022, Monica attended Cal Tech’s AI & Machine Learning Boot Camp to better understand the mechanics of this burgeoning technology and its applications. She currently participates in a variety of workshops and classes focusing on the evolution of AI.
Monica has been a featured speaker at numerous conferences around the world, is on the Executive Board of Alliance for Women in Media, is the former President of the Women in Cable Telecommunications New York, a 2012 Fellow of the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute, a 2017 Women in Power Fellow and was a founding member of the San Francisco chapter of Chief. She serves on the advisory boards of Magnet Media Films, Miami Book Fair and Parlay House. Monica is an executive board member of the non-profit, Shood, based in Richmond, VA. She began her career in advertising working for top agencies including Ogilvy, The Martin Agency and the Omnicom Group. Bloom is a proud alumna of Clemson University. She currently lives in Miami with her husband Tim and their two rescue pups, Cannoli and Jackson, where they enjoy the art, food and culture of their city.

Catherine Badalamente is the President & Chief Executive Officer for Graham Media Group. Badalamente has been at the forefront of the changing television landscape and transition to new media throughout her career. Prior to being named CEO in 2022, she held the role of VP, Chief Innovation Officer overseeing sales, content, and technology for GMG and served as VP, Digital Media since 2012, helping to create successful multi-platform convergent campaigns for clients and stations and was successful at driving growth in both audience and revenue for the group. Badalamente began her Graham Media Group career in 2000 at WDIV, the NBC affiliate in Detroit. There she held a variety of roles including Director of New Business Development from 2006 to 2010. She began her broadcast career at WKYC, the NBC affiliate in Cleveland as an Account Executive in 1997. Badalamente is incoming chair of the ABC Affiliate Board and serves on the boards of the National Association of Broadcasters, the NAB Leadership Foundation, and The Michigan Thanksgiving Parade Foundation. She is past chair of the Local Media Association and was the recipient of the National Association of Broadcasters Digital Leadership Award in 2017. Badalamente is a graduate of John Carroll University with a BA in Communications.

Katina Arnold is Senior Vice President, Disney Advertising Communications, The Walt Disney Company and was most recently the Vice President, Corporate Communications for ESPN, overseeing PR for many business and content areas including NFL, NBA, MLB, digital, research, ESPN Audio, ESPN+ and DTC businesses.

Arnold joined ESPN in January of 2002. She first served as director of affiliate and corporate communications, for which she was responsible for all of ESPN’s announcements on affiliate sales, marketing initiatives, communication with the cable industry media and all other corporate communication projects. She was promoted to vice president, affiliate and international communications in 2005.

Prior to her employment with ESPN, Arnold served as director of media relations for High Speed Access Corp. (HSA), a broadband company based in Littleton, Colo. Prior to that, she was the media relations manager for AT&T Broadband out of Englewood, Colo., formerly Tele-Communications, Inc. Her career began as a sales and marketing specialist for TCI Media Services in Madison, Wis.

Arnold has been named a Top Women in PR by PR News, one of CableFax magazine’s top 30 “Women on the Move,” and was a CableFax influential executive in cable. She was selected as a Betsy Magness Fellow in Women and Cable and Telecommunications’ Class XI in 2004-05. She is on the Board of Directors for the Alliance for Women in Media and is a member of its executive council. She served as Co-Chair of the FORUM, the Association of Cable Communicators’ annual conference. Arnold is very active in WICT and in CTAM, sitting on its Communications Steering Committee. She is Grand Marshall of the seventh District of the Daughters of Penelope, an organization promoting Hellenism, Education, Philanthropy and Individual Excellence. She also serves on the Wisconsin Sports Business Conference Alumni Advisory Board.

Arnold, a Milwaukee, Wis., native, graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Science degree in family and consumer journalism.

Marie Tedesco was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Beasley Media Group, LLC on January 1, 2017, previously serving as Vice President of Finance since 1996. She began her employment with Beasley Media Group in 1991 as Corporate Controller.

Ms. Tedesco is a native of Sweden, where she attended Olympia College and graduated from UCLA with a B.S. degree in finance.

She previously worked at Radio and Records, Inc., Westwood One, and she assisted in the launching of Pirate Radio/ KQLZ-FM in Los Angeles.

Consistently named among the Most Influential “Women in Radio” by Radio Ink magazine, Ms. Tedesco currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Media Finance Management (MFM) Association, and she serves on the board of The Alliance for Women in Media (AWM).

Chesley Maddox-Dorsey is the Chief Executive Officer of A Wonder Media Company (AWMC), the parent company of American Urban Radio Networks (AURN) and Superadio. Under her leadership, AURN has solidified its position as the #1 Nielsen-rated national audio network connecting African American audiences to national advertisers, reaching over 43 million weekly listeners across streaming, broadcast audio, and digital platforms. Superadio complements this footprint as a national syndicator with 25 multi-format radio programs and podcasts, with programming broadcast in every major U.S. market.

In 2025, Chesley expanded AWMC’s multi-platform strategy with the launch of Amplified Voices, a cross-platform network dedicated to showcasing and celebrating Black culture through curated video and audio programming. Featuring FAST/VOD and audio content, Amplified Voices delivers authentic storytelling spanning entertainment, social justice, cultural insights, and breaking news that directly impacts Black communities. The platform reflects Chesley’s commitment to narrative ownership, elevating diverse perspectives while creating opportunities for Black creators and storytellers across emerging media ecosystems.

Prior to AWMC, Chesley served as CEO of Access.1 Communications Corp.-NY, where she oversaw a portfolio that included 15 radio stations, the bilingual magazine Vita, an NBC-affiliated television station, Superadio Networks, and a minority ownership stake in AURN. Earlier in her career, she was a Senior Vice President in the Investment Banking division of Brenner Securities, leading the firm’s media and entertainment practice and specializing in mergers and acquisitions as well as capital raising initiatives for media clients.

A recognized industry leader, Chesley is frequently honored for her influence and impact, including receiving the 2022 Gracie’s Leadership Award. Beyond her executive role, she remains deeply committed to community engagement and philanthropy, spearheading AWMC’s support of initiatives such as HARLEM WEEK, the Hetrick-Martin Institute, and the National CARES Mentoring Movement. A graduate of Oberlin College and longtime member of its Board of Trustees, she maintains a strong dedication to education and mentorship. Chesley resides in New York with her husband, musician and educator Leon Lee Dorsey, and is the proud mother of Kai Dorsey, an aspiring television writer based in Los Angeles.

Cori Abraham serves as Senior Vice President of Unscripted Content for VERSANT Entertainment, where she oversees all unscripted programming across the company’s entertainment networks, including USA, E!, SYFY and Oxygen. She reports to Val Boreland, President of Entertainment, Versant.

Previously, Abraham served as Senior Vice President of Unscripted, Documentary & Crime, at NBCUniversal Entertainment, where she led all unscripted crime and documentary development across NBCU’s broadcast, cable and streaming platforms: NBC, Bravo, E!, Oxygen True Crime, SYFY, USA Network and Peacock. During her tenure, she developed thoughtful and groundbreaking series including "The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets," "Face to Face with Scott Peterson," "Diddy: Making of a Bad Boy & Stormy."

Prior to that, Abraham served as Senior Vice President of Development, Production and International for Oxygen Media, where she oversaw the development team and led the network’s International strategy. Abraham was behind the development of series’ creative concepts and innovative formats which reflect Oxygen’s true crime programming filter. She was a key player in propelling Oxygen to new heights as it became one of the fastest growing cable entertainment networks and developed thoughtful and groundbreaking series including "Buried in the Backyard," "Accident Suicide or Murder," "Selena and Yolanda: The Secrets Between Them" as well as break out event series like "Catching a Serial Killer: Sam Little," "Dirty John, The Dirty Truth," "The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway" and "Aaron Hernandez Uncovered."

Bridget Bland Bogee is Head of Social, Meta AI. She previously led brand and social marketing for Meta including Meta brand launch, Meta House at Art Basel and the company’s current marketing campaign “It’s Your World,” featuring Coi Leray and Kid Super.
She holds a JD from Rutgers Law and a BA From Spelman College. Bridget started her career as a writer and producer for MTV and also has done on-camera work for MTV and BET. She’s held digital marketing and social marketing roles for Chrysler Fiat, The Recording Academy, Getty Images and Katie Couric Media.
Bridget is very proud of the Spelman College memorial scholarship in her mother’s name “Phyllis Diane Bland” (class of 1979) which goes to seniors in jeopardy of not graduating due to an outstanding tuition balance. To date, she and her sister Audrey (class of 2007) have raised $90,000 and helped 15 women to graduate through the scholarship. She proudly resides in Harlem with her daughters and husband.

Jayne Bussman-Wise has worked at the intersection of sports, technology, media, and entertainment for over 20 years. As Vice President of Growth, Strategy and New Ventures at the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), she leads strategic initiatives and business intelligence efforts to support the League’s development. Jayne oversees PWHL Media House which recently acquired the Jocks in Jills podcast. Previously, as Vice President of Team Business Operations, Jayne played a key role in helping to the launch the League's inaugural six teams in the US and Canada.

At Amazon, Jayne managed Creator Growth and Content Acquisition for the live audio service Amp, developing the platform's sports strategy. Her career includes roles as the first Digital Director for Barclays Center and the Brooklyn Nets and helping launch New York City FC in Major League Soccer. She also worked in content and communications for the New York Red Bulls and Red Bull Arena, and managed social media and marketing for the NHL's New York Rangers.

She was recognized among Cynopsis Top Women in Media (2019) and Fast Company's Most Creative People 1000 (2014). Jayne has served as a mentor for Women in Sports & Events (WISE), a judge for the Sports Technology Awards, and a Stonewall Day Ambassador with Pride Live.

Jayne has spoken at industry events including SXSW, NAB, and AdWeek. A graduate of Brandeis University with a B.A. in Economics and minor in Philosophy, Jayne was captain of the women's basketball team.

Rebekah E. Dopp is the Global Chief Executive Officer of BBB, Inc., the international headquarters of the Better Business Bureau. The BBB network unites more than 90 local BBBs across North America, the BBB Institute for Marketplace Trust, and TrustCore, its next-generation technology platform designed to power trust at scale. Appointed CEO in September 2025, Dopp is leading the most significant transformation in BBB’s modern history. She is modernizing governance, rebuilding digital infrastructure from the ground up, reintroducing BBB to the world, and activating more than a century of data in the AI economy.

A transformation leader at scale, Dopp has spent more than two decades helping institutions evolve and platforms expand. She held executive leadership roles at Google, YouTube, HBO, CBS, and The CW, helping launch and scale industry-defining platforms including HBO GO, CBS All Access, Paramount+, YouTube TV, and CW Sports. Her work pairs bold innovation with disciplined brand stewardship and operational execution.

She serves as an advisor and board director across public, private, and nonprofit organizations, advising on governance, technology, and trust-driven growth. Her board service spans publicly traded companies and mission-driven institutions, including Tilray, Didati, Alliance for Women in Media, the Canadian American Business Council, the Child Abuse Prevention Program, and The New York Foundling.

Born in Minnesota and raised across communities throughout the United States, Dopp attended high school and university in Virginia. She is now based in New York City and lives in the suburbs with her husband and children. Weekends are spent on volleyball and basketball sidelines or coaching youth flag football, with Cookie, her Great Dane, never far behind.

Michelle Duke has devoted her career to empowering others to build meaningful careers in media. Her leadership in developing and directing programs has influenced the career paths of thousands of individuals.
Duke holds two positions—president, NAB Leadership Foundation and chief impact officer, National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). As the foundation’s president, she sets the strategic vision and operational direction to advance the foundation’s goal of building the next generation of broadcast leaders. Her leadership has helped shape some of the industry's most impressive collegiate and leadership development programs which are consistently recognized for their demonstrated outcomes.
She created the much-needed Technology Apprenticeship Program to funnel more qualified engineering candidates into the hiring pipeline. She directed the Broadcast Leadership Training (BLT) program, the highly regarded curriculum for senior executives preparing for the C-suite or ownership.
Duke is the executive producer of the Celebration of Service to America, a nationally televised special featuring stories of outstanding community service by local broadcasters. The program has proven its success, averaging seven million viewers per year.
As NAB’s chief impact officer, Duke ensures that NAB and its members are equipped to meet the demands of a changing industry. She launched the Workforce Engagement Forum for HR Executives and the Workforce Symposium at the NAB Show— platforms designed to drive dialogue and innovation in workforce strategy. Within the NAB, she champions workforce culture and core values while helping staff navigate emerging workforce trends.
Duke has been named one of Radio Ink magazine’s Most Influential Women in Radio for thirteen consecutive years. She received the Mentoring and Inspiring Women’s Frances Preston Trailblazer Award and is listed on the Wall of Fame in the School of Media and Entertainment at her alma mater, Middle Tennessee State University. She has also served on several nonprofit boards.

Ann Pero Hailer has drawn on her 30 years of media experience to set the vision that’s driving success for Locality. Through Ann’s strategic leadership and focus on collaboration, the company is providing the most advanced solutions for agencies and advertisers in the local media space with inventory from Locality’s premiere station group clients. After early-career positions on the station and agency sides of the business, Ann started as an Account Executive at TeleRep in 1997. She’s held various leadership roles throughout the organization, most recently Chief Operating Officer before assuming the President role in 2021.

Ann has led Locality’s broadcast team by passionately focusing on diversity and inclusion. She served as chair for CMGs D&I Advisory Board from 2017-2019, and sat on their Executive Counsel for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through 2022. She serves on TVB’s Executive Board of Directors, the IRTS board, the Alliance for Women in Media’s membership committee, and has been a member of the Detroit AdCraft Club since 1993, serving on various boards and committees.

A proud graduate of Boston College with a degree in Political Science, Ann and her husband raised their family in the Detroit area. She is a huge sports fan – cheering her own children through years of youth sports -- and is a longtime, ever-hopeful Detroit Lions season ticket holder.

Rashida Jones is an Emmy Award–winning executive and corporate leader with a track record of leading large, complex organizations through periods of transformation, growth, and disruption. She is the former President of MSNBC, where she held end-to-end responsibility for the performance and growth of a multi-hundred-million-dollar business and led the organization’s transition to a digital-first, omnichannel operating model spanning streaming, social video, podcasts, newsletters, and live events. Her tenure was marked by sustained profitability and consistent revenue and cashflow performance amid significant industry change.

Jones brings deep experience operating at scale in complex, high stakes environments, aligning enterprise strategy, talent, and operations while stewarding culture and trust as core organizational assets. Informed by both executive leadership and board service, her approach emphasizes sound judgment, disciplined execution, and clear accountability.

Her current work reflects a global, multi-market perspective, advising and governing organizations operating across regions and regulatory environments. She serves as Chair of the CEO Council for World Leaders in Data & AI (WLDA), where she convenes senior executives to address the leadership, governance, and accountability implications of artificial intelligence.

Jones also serves as a Trustee of Hampton University, a Board Director of the We Are Family Foundation, an Advisory Board Member of Emotion Network (Italy), and a Non-Executive Board Director of Altius8 (UK).

She is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and holds both a B.A. and an MBA from Hampton University.

With a dynamic career spanning over three decades in the media industry, Jaclyn Levin has established herself as a formidable leader and innovator in television and digital media. Currently serving as the President of Shriver Media since January 2021, she has been instrumental in shaping the strategic vision of this multi-platform, award winning company. Her role involves amplifying and monetizing various assets, including newsletters, websites, digital platforms, documentaries, films, books, podcasts, virtual summits and series, sponsorships, and a paid membership community.

Prior to her current role, Jaclyn was an executive-level consultant for CBS Entertainment's "The Talk" (March 2022 - July 2023), where she worked closely with the senior leadership team including the President of CBS Entertainment. Her expertise significantly enhanced the show's presence and editorial content.

Jaclyn has an impressive history with NBC News (1994 - 2020), where she held several high-profile positions. As the Executive Producer of the 3rd Hour of TODAY from November 2018 to August 2020, she managed all of the show's editorial, programming, and production aspects. Her leadership skills shone brightly as she rebuilt the entire show format in less than 48 hours. Under her tenure, the show consistently outperformed its competitors and achieved significant audience growth.

As the Executive Producer for Megyn Kelly TODAY from June 2017 to October 2018, Jaclyn created and launched the show, which received a Gracie Award and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Best Talk Show in less than a year on the air.

Jaclyn's journey with NBC News also includes her time as a Senior Producer and Senior Publishing Producer for TODAY, where she was responsible for oversight of award winning, exploratory series and event programming, maintaining relationships with publishing insiders and overseeing all book-related content.

Her career began at ABC News, where she worked in various capacities from 1988 to 1994, culminating in her role as an Associate Producer for Primetime Live.

Jaclyn's illustrious career is marked by numerous accolades, including 4 Emmy Awards, 3 Gracie Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, 2 Daytime Emmy Nominations, and an Anthem Award. She was also recognized in Variety’s 2020 Power of Women Impact Report. Her commitment to excellence, visionary leadership, and vast experience in media production and management continue to influence the industry significantly.

Debra OConnell is president of News Group and Networks, Disney Entertainment, reporting into Disney Entertainment Co-Chairman Dana Walden.

In her role OConnell adds ABC News to a purview that includes the ABC Owned Television Stations and P&L responsibilities across the company’s multiplatform linear entertainment networks, including ABC broadcast network, Disney Channels, FX Networks, Freeform and National Geographic Channels. ABC News is home to the No. 1 evening news program with “World News Tonight,” the No. 1 morning news program with “Good Morning America,” the No. 1 network program in daytime with “The View” and Friday’s No. 1 newsmagazine with “20/20.” Disney Entertainment’s eight owned TV stations are multiplatform leaders in local news and information, reaching 23% of households and more than 34 million total viewers and 62 million digital visitors each month. In addition to WABC-TV New York, the station group includes KABC-TV Los Angeles, WLS-TV Chicago, WPVI-TV Philadelphia, KGO-TV San Francisco, KTRK-TV Houston, WTVD-TV Raleigh-Durham and KFSN-TV Fresno.

Previously, OConnell led WABC-TV New York as president and general manager, where she had overall management responsibility for the station and all of its ancillary businesses as well as “Live with Kelly and Ryan.” Under her leadership, the long-running hit series became the No. 1 syndicated daytime talk show for the first time in franchise history. In her previous executive roles, she served as executive vice president, Sales and Marketing, of Disney|ABC’s consolidated advertising sales group; president, National TV Sales, ABC Owned Television Stations; and vice president of marketing at WABC-TV.

This year, Broadcasting & Cable will induct OConnell into its Hall of Fame, Class of 2024. Previously, they awarded her Broadcaster of the Year in 2022. Additionally, she was honored with a 2022 Gracie Leadership Award from the Alliance of Women in Media.

OConnell is on the board of directors for A&E Networks, National Geographic Partners and TVB, a not-for-profit trade association representing America’s local broadcast television industry. She also serves on advisory boards for the Ryan Seacrest Foundation and League of Women Voters of New York City.

Erin O’Flaherty is a senior media executive and editorial leader with more than 15 years of experience advancing inclusive, high-impact storytelling across audio, video, and emerging social platforms.

She currently serves as the Head of Creative Development within the newly formed Creator Services team at Amazon, where she leads Wondery’s editorial, creative, and operational strategy across all scripted and unscripted creator programming. Following a successful tenure as Head of Ongoing Series at Wondery, Erin was promoted to lead Wondery in 2025 after playing a central role in scaling the company’s creative output across their audio and video slate. As Wondery’s first major content hire following Amazon’s acquisition in 2021, she helped build the company’s video podcast infrastructure and scale a portfolio that now reaches millions of monthly viewers and listeners. Under her leadership, Wondery launched numerous successful original series, including Baby, This Is Keke Palmer, Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky, MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries, Suspect, Will Be Wild, Kill List, and We Playin’ Spades with Nick Cannon, as well as collaborations with numerous creators including Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce, and How I Built This.
Prior to her time at Amazon, Erin spent seven years at PBS, most recently as Director of Programming & Development where she served on the senior editorial team overseeing the commissioning, acquisition, production, and distribution of original primetime broadcast and digital series across multiple genres. Her work included leadership roles on flagship series such as Masterpiece, The Great British Baking Show, and American Masters, major BBC co-productions, and award-winning documentary films and series.

Earlier in her career, Erin worked in independent film in New York, most notably for several years on the Peabody Award–winning documentary film project REBIRTH during its decade-long production run. Erin proudly began her career in New Orleans with the filmmaking nonprofit organization NOVAC in New Orleans, managing outreach programs that supported local filmmakers in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Erin holds a master’s degree in cultural studies from Dartmouth and a bachelor’s degree in marketing and Latin American studies from Tulane.