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
Lanny Baker, CFO
Colin Stretch, Chief Legal Officer

Eventbrite
Anand Gandhi, 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

 

*Member of the Columbia Business School Board