Multiethnic TV Leadership Awards in New York will honor 11 executives

Eleven executives representing Condista, Comcast, Dish, Fox Broadcasting, Fox Hispanic Media, Sesame Workshop, SMG/Tapestry, Telemundo, TV One, Univision and Verizon within the fields of advertising, programming, marketing, digital and pay television have been named as the members of the first-ever class of winners of the Multiethnic TV Leadership Awards to be presented by Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News at the NY Hilton Hotel on Wednesday, April 17th, 2013, during a luncheon ceremony.Judging was based on an independent scoring process by an esteemed group of judges including Ruma Bose, an entrepreneur and author of the best-selling book Mother Teresa: CEO; Eduardo Caballero, founder and Chairman of Caballero Spanish Media; Carmen DiRienzo, who served as the founding president and CEO of V-me television network; and Ola Mobolade who authored the book Marketing to the New Majority as well as a selection of editors from the presenting publications. The winners are: Group A. Leaders in Advertising & Marketing: Marketing Executive: (This category had a tie, thus there will be two recipients) Chiqui Cartagena, VP, Corporate Marketing, Univision Communications and Alfredo Rodríguez, VP of Marketing, Dish Network; Advertising Sales Executive: Tom Maney, EVP Ad Sales, Fox Hispanic Media; Account Management or Media Executive: Lia Silkworth, EVP, Managing Director, SMG/TapestryGroup B. Leaders in Programming Distribution & Technology: Pay TV Programming Executive: Michelle Webb, executive director – Content Strategy & Acquisition for Verizon FiOS; Distribution or Affiliate Sales Executive: (This category had a three-way tie, thus there are to be multiple recipients): For Group Distribution; Jorge Fiterre, partner, Condista; For Cable Network Distribution; Michelle Rice, EVP of Affiliate Sales and Marketing, TV One and For Broadcast Distribution; Inae Wilson, SVP Broadcast Distribution, Fox Broadcasting Company; Executive at a Digital Media Provider or Technical Supplier: Erica Branch-Ridley, VP, executive in charge of Production, Sesame Learning, Sesame Workshop.Group C. Leaders in Management: Network Executive: Emilio Romano, president, Telemundo Media; Pay TV Provider Executive: Rubén Mendiola, VP and General Manager of Multicultural Video Services, Comcast Cable.