Celebrate Veteran’s Voices with the Lead With Your Brand! Podcast
In partnership with the Veterans in Entertainment Virtual Summit, the Lead With Your Brand!™ podcast is amplifying the voices of leaders, executives and changemakers who are veterans, military families and/or part of the entertainment industry. Check out this special curated collection to hear how they have turned up the volume, shown their value and led with their brands toward great career breakthroughs.
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Major General John L. Gronski, U.S. Army (Retired), Founder and CEO, Leader Grove LLC
Major General Gronski is the founder and CEO of Leader Grove LLC, a leadership consulting firm and is the author of two books. Currently, John is an international and Fortune 500 speaker, leadership trainer, and executive coach taking his celebrated career in the Army and using it to help people become better leaders. John holds an MBA from Penn State and a Master of Strategic Studies from the US Army War College.
Val Nicholas : Senior Vice President & Creative Director, SummitMedia Corporation
Val is an award winning producer and currently is the Senior Vice President and Creative Director SummitMedia Corporation. Previously, he has held executive positions at several top media companies. Val is a proud veteran of the US Army and has worked extensively to expand workplace opportunities for vets.
Lucy Bustamante : Journalist and Anchor, NBC10 and Telemundo62
Lucy is a 4x Emmy award winner and is passionate about serving the Hispanic/Latinx community and military families. She is the former and founding President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and has been involved with the Naval Officers Spouses Association as well as the NBC Universal Veterans network.
Chris Mossiah (They/Them) : Executive Director – Consumer & Community Banking, JP Morgan
In addition to their day job, Chris is the Co-Chair of the GGIEC (Global Gender Identity and Expression Council) and non-binary executive for JP Morgan Chase to the show. Prior to coming to JP Morgan, Chris was enlisted in the US Navy as an electronic technician and has been in the technology field for over 20 years. Chris holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degrees in Computer Science
Michelle Alban, Vice President Of Communications And Social Impact, ViacomCBS Networks Americas
Michelle handles communications and social impact for ViacomCBS Networks Americas. Michelle brings amazing career experiences that we all can learn from. As a veteran of the US Air Force, Michelle has great advice for those who are making the transition to a civilian career - including key elements to understanding what your brand is.
Christel S. Miller, Head of Scripted Hybrid, Amazon MGM Studios
Christel has been responsible for and worked on some of the top shows on television that we all know and love, including Jury Duty, Superstore, Dexter and the upcoming Cruel Intentions series on Amazon Prime. Starting her career in the medical profession, she realized that she’d rather tell the stories of working in a hospital instead of actually doing so and quickly shifted gears. She has an incredible career story to share with fantastic advice we all can appreciate.
Cynthia Chu, Chief Financial Officer and Growth Officer, Audible
Cynthia Chu has built an amazing career stretching across several industries and reaching to every corner of the globe, always expanding her toolkit to drive her career forward. She shares fantastic stories and valuable insights that have helped her achieve her career goals.
While at NBC Universal, she was the CFO of USA Network and previously the CFO of Oxygen, overseeing the finances of some of the most successful content in the portfolio. Now as CFO and Growth Officer at Audible, her role also encompasses marketing functions for the successful and ever-expanding company.
Jen Brown : SVP of Programming and Content Strategy, Global Digital News & Streaming, BBC Studios
Jen Brown is a 16-year veteran of NBCUniversal, where she most recently helped launch its streaming service, Peacock. As Senior Vice President of Program Planning and Content Partnerships, she led planning across news, sports, TV, film and FAST channels. While at Peacock, she won an Emmy for Peacock’s coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Previously, Jen Brown served as SVP, Strategic Initiatives, at NBCUniversal Digital Enterprises, a team tasked with accelerating digital growth across the company and overseeing NBCU’s digital investments. Jen Brown started her NBCUniversal career at NBC News where she led the digital transformation of the TODAY show as its General Manager and developed the role of SVP, Strategic content, which brought together brand, content and commercial programming for the NBC News Group.
Vibol Hou : EVP, Chief Technology Officer, Paramount Streaming
s CTO, Vibol leads a team of thousands to constantly innovate and push the family of Paramount Streaming products forward, including Paramount+ and Pluto. While at stimTV, Hou's team was awarded a coveted Technology & Engineering Emmy Award®. He has also authored 11 patents over his twenty years in technology. His personal life and career journey is remarkable and one we can all be inspired by.
Lita Richardson, Esq. Executive Vice President, Content & Brand Strategy, Paramount Global
As Executive Vice President of Content and Brand Strategy for Paramount, Lita expands brand partnership opportunities for Viacom corporation as it relates to syndicated programming for CBS Media Ventures (CMV). Those shows include The Drew Barrymore Show, Dr. Phil, Rachael Ray, Sherri Shepard, Inside Edition, Entertainment Tonight, Wheel of Fortune, and Jeopardy.
Susan Jin Davis, Social Impact Officer, Al Roker Entertainment
Susan has an amazing story to tell that is truly at the intersection of career and life. She has an incredible understanding how intertwined work and life are and need to be. As a self-proclaimed “change agent,” Susan leads with her bold brand to support her community and the world we all share, with a “pay it forward” attitude, constantly trying to open doors for those around her.
Susan has had an incredible career journey, serving as Comcast’s first Chief Sustainability Officer, working as an attorney and many other roles. She has been a pioneer in the field and currently is the Social Impact Officer for Al Roker Entertainment.
Dr. Jennifer E. Turner, EVP, TriStar Television
Jennifer is a seasoned media executive who currently serves as the Head of Sony Pictures’ TriStar Television, overseeing creative on hit series such as The Good Doctor, The Boys and The Blacklist. In 2011, Jennifer combined her passion for fitness and desire to help others with her media background to found edutainment brand MAD COOL FITNESS (MCF), an inclusive, edutainment healthy lifestyle brand that helps people to achieve long-term good health through behavior science-based programs.
Keesha Boyd, Executive Director for Multicultural Video and Entertainment, Comcast
Keesha leads content strategy across all Comcast platforms centering Black, Latino, Asian American and international audiences. Her role involves every facet of the distribution business including content acquisition, editorial, programming, consumer engagement, development, innovation, marketing, partnerships, and production.
Puja Vohra, Executive Vice President, Showtime Networks
Puja Vohra is Executive Vice President, Marketing and Strategy, for Showtime Networks, Inc. In her role, Vohra oversees the marketing of all SHOWTIME original programming, including award-winning series such as BILLIONS, THE CHI, BLACK MONDAY, YOUR HONOR, THE GOOD LORD BIRD and THE L WORD: GENERATION Q. She also oversees its full-funnel media efforts, promotions, digital strategy and social media, as well as brand strategy and analytics.
