WICT Selects Rising Leaders Participants

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) has
picked 120 participants for its Rising Leaders Program, a training program
supported by the Walter Kaitz Foundation, Comcast, Suddenlink and Turner
Broadcasting.

The
year-long program includes instruction on team building, strategy and
developing a leadership plan. "WICT's Rising Leaders Program prepares
cable's next generation of leaders to take on the challenges they will face in
a demanding and dynamic industry," Christina Vergara, WICT VP of education
and program development, said in announcing the latest class.

For
a list of the participants and their bios, go here.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.