Inside WICT New England

A Note From New England Chapter President Anna Ciccone

Greetings,  My name is Anna Ciccone and I am honored to serve as your chapter president. As we look ahead to 2021, our board has been meeting regularly to shape our programming slate for the upcoming year. As you might expect, we are continuing with our virtual offerings until further notice. In the upcoming months we are looking forward to launching our mentor program as well as partnering with other chapters to bring you insightful and relevant career development advice in these challenging times. We welcome your feedback and suggestions so please don’t hesitate to reach out to us with your thoughts and ideas!     We have several new faces joining our leadership team and they have already started working on providing offerings to help keep you engaged and excel as we continue to navigate our remote working environment. Please take a moment to learn more about our chapter’s board by visiting our website: WICT New England.   Lastly, we appreciate your involvement in our chapter and I look forward to ‘seeing’ you at our upcoming events.    Thank you!   Anna

Say Hello to Our 2021 WICT New England Board!

Welcome New Members

Deb Agosta – Comcast Alison Boyd – Charter Sean Carmack – Comcast Kayleigh Charland – Comcast Robb Clemons – Comcast Laura Davidson – Shure Theresa Denham – Charter Jessica Derouin – Comcast Lisa DeTomas – Comcast Paul Driscoll – Comcast Monique Fahlstedt – ESPN Alyssa Follo – ESPN Jessica Forrest – Comcast Jennifer Fox – Comcast Julie Gendron – Comcast Nicole Gonsalves – Comcast Amanda Grabowski – Comcast Karen Hansell – Red Hat

Lori Hoffman – Comcast Chevelle Jaminson – Comcast Nancy Li – COX Paula Mason – Charter Mary McCormick – Comcast Kimberley McGrath – Comcast Avion McGregor –Comcast Leah Morgenstern – ESPN Amelia Mosley – Comcast Kimberley Mullen – Comcast Erin O'Brien – Spectrum Stacey Pattberg – Altice USA Alia Riaz – Charter Mishawna Small – Comcast Katherine Threloff – Comcast Diana Verano – Charter Elise Vertefeuille – Comcast Michael Waryas – Comcast

Member Spotlight

Christie Dockman Senior Director, Management Operations  ESPN 1. What is unique about the cable industry? The cable industry is unique due to the vast array of diverse companies and fields contained within it. Programmers, content creators, distributors, sports, entertainment, news, wildlife - and that is just the tip of the iceberg.   2. Why did you join WICT New England? I joined WICT New England to make connections with people across the industry, to learn and grow. I learn something from every new person I meet and I value those connections and the breadth of knowledge they’ve brought to me over the years. 3. Tell us about a leader who inspired you. I’ve been fortunate to have many leaders inspire me and it’s difficult to choose just one. All have possessed many of the same qualities. They are transparent, resilient, positive, honest, humble, accessible, fearless and down-to-earth. They lift people up, are there when you need them most and they know when to laugh at themselves. 4. What would you tell your younger self? Believe in yourself, no matter what challenges you face or what setbacks you encounter. Everything you experience helps you learn and grow 5. If you could have one superpower, what would it be? Time travel. So many heroes of the past that I would love to spend time learning from.

Awards & Events

Join us in congratulating Lori LeBas, our award-winning Chapter Advisor!

Chapter Advisors advocate, counsel, and coach their local WICT Chapters while championing Chapter efforts and events while mentoring and supporting Chapter board members to create a successful and growing Chapter.  The Chapter Advisor of the Year demonstrates responsiveness within their own Chapter, visibility and communication with the National team, and willingness to go the “extra mile” for the Chapter, others, and WICT nationally to promote WICT to new constituents. Lori LeBas is a Senior Vice President of Affiliate Partnership Development & Operations at ESPN, located in Bristol, CT.

Programming 2021 Overview Thank you to everyone who attended our events in 2020. We know the challenges many of you faced working from home while trying to balance children learning remotely, so we appreciate your continued support!  Our varied offerings kept members engaged and connected through our Chapter Chat with Victoria Arlen in the spring, and we developed timely programs that resonated with our members. We hosted a fun and interactive trivia night along with Comcast’s Women ERG as well as our virtual Speed Mentoring this past fall.    As we plan for 2021, we will continue to hold virtual events with the hope that we can return to in-person programs by the end of the year. One topic that is timely for many is work-life integration and managing a career from home. We hope to develop a program this spring that will assist our members who may find themselves in a career stalemate while working in a remote environment. In addition to that, we are once again partnering with other chapters to bring you a series of WICT webinars in the coming months as well as another session of our popular Speed Mentoring event. One thing is for certain, the popular Chapter Chats that we developed three years ago continue to thrive in our remote world and we will be launching another book later this year, Ride of a Lifetime by Bob Iger. And lastly, be on the lookout for the launch of our mentoring program which will include the addition of an executive level program. Thank you again for your continued support.

Sponsorship opportunities to support this program are available. Please contact [email protected] to learn more.

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