A veteran award-winning media executive, Montgomery is currently Executive Vice President, Head of Unscripted Programming for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, and oversees all Oprah Branded content (Oprah’s Book Club, prime time interviews, Super Soul, live...

Jennifer Lyons is an award-winning television news executive with 37 years of experience in local and national media. She currently serves as Regional President and General Manager for CBS Chicago and CBS Detroit.Throughout her career,...

Tracy Baim is executive director of Press Forward Chicago, part of a national network of journalism pooled funds. The Chicago fund is based at The Chicago Community Trust. Baim has 41 years of community journalism...

Tracy Brown is Chief Partnerships Officer at Chicago Public Media. She joined WBEZ’s awarding winning newsroom in 2019 as managing editor after spending more than 25 years in newspapers. As Chief Content Officer, Tracy leads...

Sandra Cordova Micek is President & CEO of Window To The World Communications, Inc., parent organization of WTTW, Chicago’s PBS station and WFMT, Chicago’s classical music radio station. Micek is responsible for all strategic, financial,...

Alison Scholly is Managing Director of Public Media Company, a national non-profit strategic consultancy with a mission to foster innovative and sustainable public media throughout the U.S. Scholly is one of the most trustedadvisors in...

As Director, Radio Disney Station Group, Karyn Esken currently oversees the sales, marketing and operational efforts of Radio Disney local stations in the following markets: New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Kansas City...

Jill Wine-Banks is an MSNBC legal analyst, appearing regularly on the network’s prime-time and daytime shows. She began her career as the first female organized crime prosecutor at the US Department of Justice, which led...

Nykia Wright is the CEO of the Chicago Sun-Times, the oldest, continuously published news publication in the state of Illinois. She is a recognized leader in the journalism industry and is responsible for managing significant...

Susan Jacobs, SVP Revenue Strategy, Tribune Publishing, is an industry leader with an entrepreneurial spirit that strategically leverages innovation, data, knowledge, and relationships to drive change. In her current role at Tribune Publishing she leads...