Media and Technology Forum

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Acting as a dynamic bridge between industry and the Columbia Business School community, the Media and Technology Forum is an invitation-only group formed in 1995 to facilitate the exchange of ideas and best practices among senior-level executives and investors in the industry and thought leaders from relevant academic disciplines. In addition to occasional breakfasts and lunches, an annual Forum meeting is held each spring to foster high-level discussions of economic and business trends that are of particular strategic significance to the sector. Current Forum members are listed below.

A+E Networks   
Christopher Barry, EVP, Head of Finance - Ad Sales, Distribution, International and Digital   

Acushnet Holdings Corp.   
Sean Sullivan '98, EVP & CFO   

Advance   
Janine McGrath Shelffo '95, Chief Strategy & Development Officer   
Michael Fricklas, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary   

Advent International   
Lauren Young, Managing Director   

Amazon   
Brian T. Olsavsky, SVP and CFO   

AMC Networks
Patrick O’Connell, EVP and CFO

American Urban Radio Networks   
Chesley Maddox-Dorsey, CEO   

Ancestry   
Howard Hochhauser '04, CFO and COO   

Atlantic Media Company   
David Bradley, Chairman Emeritus   

Bloomberg L.P.   
Matt Winkler, Founding Editor   
and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Bloomberg News   

Booking Holdings
Ewout Steenbergen, Executive Vice President & CFO
   
Cambridge Information Group   
Andrew Snyder, CEO and Vice Chairman, Clarivate   

Cengage Learning   
Michael Hansen '89, CEO   

Charter Communications   
David Ellen, Senior Executive Vice President   

Cognizant   
Timothy Crowhurst, SVP of Corporate Development   

Comcast   
Bob Eatroff '93, EVP Global Corporate Development & Strategy   

Creative Artists Agency   
James Burtson '94, President   

DHI Group   
Art Zeile, President and CEO   

EchoStar
Tom Cullen, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, DISH   

Emerson Collective   
Peter Lattman, Managing Director, Media   

Ethiqly   
Jared Grusd '06, Co-Founder   

Etsy   
Kruti Patel Goyal, Chief Executive Officer, Depop
Colin Stretch, Chief Legal Officer

Eventbrite   
Lanny Baker, CFO    

Experian
Michael Meltz, Chief Strategy and Investment Officer

Fanatics   
Julie Yoo, SVP Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions   

Fried Films   
Robert Fried '83, President, Fried Films   
and CEO, Ideation Acquistion Corp   

Future   
John Steinberg '03, CEO   

Gamesquare, Inc.   
Tom Rogers, Executive Chairman   

Gannett
Mike Reed, CEO

Gartner   
Craig Safian, Chief Financial Officer   
Christian Keane, SVP, Global Head of Strategy & Corporate Finance   

General Atlantic   
Anton Levy '03, Managing Director and Global Head of Internet & Technology   

Gogo   
*Oakleigh Thorne '86,  President and CEO   

Google   
Stephanie Redish Hofmann, Managing Director   

Graham Holdings Company   
Jake Maas, SVP, Planning & Development   

Hearst Corporation   
James Asher, SVP & Chief Legal and   
Development Officer   

Hg Capital
Alan Cline, Partner and Head of North America
 
KKR   
Richard Sarnoff, Managing Director & Head of the Media & Communications Industry Group

Liberty Global   
*Mike Fries '88, CEO   
Bob Leighton '89, SVP Programming

Major League Soccer   
Charles Altchek '14, President, MLS NEXT Pro & EVP, MLS

Mint House   
Christian Lee '07, CEO   

Moody's Corporation   
David Platt, Chief Strategy Officer    

MSG Entertainment   
Colin Kelly '21, Vice President, Corporate Development   
Lee Weinberg, SVP Strategy and Business Planning   

Nasdaq   
James X. Chen, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Corporate Development   

The New York Times   
William Bardeen '04, CFO   
Anand Venkatesan, SVP, Head of Strategy & Development

News Corporation   
Brian Murray '95, President & CEO, Harper Collins Publishers Worldwide   
Andrew Cramer, Deputy Chief Financial Officer   

NewsGuard   
Gordon Crovitz, Co-founder   

Paramount
Alex Berkett, EVP, Chief Corporate Development and Strategy Officer

Pearson 
Thomas ap Simon, President, Pearson Higher Education and Virtual Learning

RELX   
Youngsuk Chi '84, Director of Corporate Affairs and Asia Strategy and Chairman, Elsevier    
Todd Larsen ‘96, President, Nexis Solutions at LexisNexis 

Reorg   
Kent Collier, Founder and CEO 

Roku   
Charlie Collier '98, President, Roku Media 

S&P Global   
Jesse Kramer, Head of M&A and Strategic Investments   

Savvas Learning Company 
Bethlam Forsa,CEO   

Screenvision Media   
John Partilla '07, CEO   

SiriusXM   
Barbara Daniel, SVP, Corporate Strategy & Business Development   

Sonos   
Eddie Lazarus, Chief Legal Officer   

Sotheby's   
Charles Stewart, CEO   

Spark Capital   
Jeremy Philips, Founder and General Partner   

Sphere
David Byrnes ‘98, EVP, CFO and Treasurer

Spotify   
Sheila Spence, Vice President, Corporate Development   

Tencent   
*Daniel Xu, Chief Information Officer   

TIRTA Ventures
Ben Feder, Managing Partner 

Townsquare Media   
Steven Price, Executive Chairman of the Board   

Tradeweb   
Sara Furber, CFO   
James Dixson, Managing Director, Corporate Development   

Tripadvisor   
Matt Goldberg, CEO   

Verisk   
Elizabeth Mann, CFO   

Verizon   
Chris Bartlett, SVP of Corporate Development and Head of Verizon Ventures   

Warburg Pincus   
Mark Colodny, Managing Director, Co-head of U.S. Private Equity and Head of Technology   

Warner Bros. Discovery    
Bruce Campbell, Chief Revenue & Strategy Officer​​   

The Washington Post
Steve Gibson, Chief Financial Officer

Web.com   
Sharon Rowlands, President & CEO   

WeWork
David Tolley ‘95, CEO

Wolters Kluwer   
Andres Sadler, CEO, Global Business Services   
Maria Montenegro '17, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Innovation   

WPP   
Lance Maerov ‘94, Executive Vice President

 

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