Ed Rivera - New media entrepreneur and investor; former Chief Innovation Officer at TouchTunes Interactive Networks and VP at Sony Music Entertainment. During his residency, he invited students to sit in as he engaged in conference calls about the financing of new media deals.
Brooke Johnson - Former President, Food Network, met with students and was especially interested in speaking about the role of women in media management.
Larsen Zia Wenzel - Cultural Insights and Strategy Account Executive at Motive. A fierce advocate artist and activist, they work both within and beyond the systems around them to facilitate a more equitable world, especially for those from marginalized identities and experiences.
Leza Raffel - President & Founder, Communications Solution Group. Her PR firm specializes in working with local governments and school systems and while she's on campus she is hosting a panel of "Unsung Heroes", representatives of local non-profits that can provide opportunities for our students to offer communications support for their endeavors.
Kelli Grant - Consumer Reporter CNBC, covers all aspects of personal finance. She earned the Certified Financial Planner™ designation and has appeared as an expert on CNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN and Fox and has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Parents and Family Circle. While she's on campus she speaks to journalism classes and mentors students at The Ithacan; she'll be leading workshops on personal financial planning for our seniors about to graduate in the spring.
Billy Hall - Television consultant, former executive at Fox Movie Channel, TVT, tbs, truTV and BounceTV where he was instrumental in developing content for today's diverse audiences. Billy was a founding member of Turner’s “Black Professionals at Turner”, an affinity group designed to mentor employees, strengthen company networking, outreach to local students and provide Turner with a sounding board on the diversity initiatives with its company and content.
Rodrigo Bellott - One of Bolivia’s most prominent International Visual Artists, named by Fast Company one of the most creative people in business. His play, Tu Me Manques, about the suicide of his closeted lover, includes a live hourlong Skype conversation, projected on multiple screens, and live Facebook messaging
