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ON THE COVER: KAREN HORNE
Karen Horne is Senior Vice President, Programming
Talent Development and Inclusion for NBC Entertainment
and Universal Television Studios. Horne, is responsible
for overseeing in-front-of and behind-the-camera
primetime diversity efforts for NBC and Universal
Television. NBC’s Writers on the Verge Program, the
Emerging Directors Program, StandUp NBC, a nationwide
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talent search, NBC’s Late Night Writers Workshop and the
NBCUniversal Short Film Festival are among the many programs
she heads while also overseeing NBC’s Diversity Staffing Initiative and
working with the creative programming team to identify diverse development.
EVENTS
DyNAMC Media Coverage Presents . . . . Political Leadership at its
Finest—Senator Steven Bradford Holds Diversity Roundtable
Event: June 30th, 2017 | Senator Bradford and Governor Brown spoke to
a crowd of 200 business leaders about diversity in the transportation sector.
In this Issue
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GAYLENE KANOYTON, the Vice Chair of the Hampton Democratic Committee of Virginia
and CEO of Celebrate Healthcare LLC talks about community service and Medicaid.
46–47 Engineering Leader and Global Leadership Brand Strategist ERYKA JOHNSON gives
a first-hand account of the Gateway to More Black Women in Engineering.
50–52 Award Winning Columnist FIONA CITKIN Gives her Perspective On What Women
Want and How They Can Succeed.
66–68 LaSHEILA YATES Executive Director of the City of Cedar Rapids Civil Rights
Commission talks about her commitment to Service, Civil Rights and Diversity.
70–73 Latina ambassador of diversity and inclusion, PATRICIA MOTA spearheads a
nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the Latino community.
76–78 NAACP Student President at Spelman College, AMARI FENNOY about Senate
Bill 145, which only defines rape as man on woman violation.
80–82 DyNAMC speaks with Commissioner MARTHA GUZMAN ACEVES on how diversity
in the business of utilities regulation helps to better serve a community.
92–94 Across the Pond — DyNAMC speaks with Head Diversity and Inclusion Director for
AIG Europe Ltd, JULIE HUMPHREYS, on diversity in the insurance industry.
96–98 ALYSON MALACH, Director of Equality and Diversity U.K., shares her organizational
expertise overseeing diversity efforts and designing programs for organizations in
London, England.
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