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Senior V.P. Strategic Planning, Research, & Scheduling SENIOR V.P. STRATEGIC PLANNING, RESEARCH, & SENIOR V.P, CASTING SCHEDULING Steven O'Neill Ray Borelli SENIOR V.P., COMUNICATIONS, ENTERTAINMENT & SENIOR V.P., MARKETING DIGITAL NETWORKS & INTEGRATED MEDIA Thomas J. Clendenin Hilary Smith SENIOR V.P. TV NETWORK ADVERTISING SALES SENIOR V.P. NBC ENTERTAINMENT PUBLICITY Robert Foothorap Deborah Thomas SENIOR V.P. STRATEGIC PROGRAMMING & SENIOR V.P. SPECIAL PROGRAMS & ALTERNATIVE DEVEL- DEVELOPMENT OPMENT Susan Krakower Doug Vaughan SENIOR V.P, COMMUNICATIONS SENIOR V.P. SCHEDULING & STRATEGIC ANALYSIS Kathy Kelly -Brown SENIOR V.P. HUMAN RESOURCES Lisa Vebber Joanne O'Brien V.P. TECHNOLOGY, NBC DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT SENIOR V.P. GLOBAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, CNBC Emre Celik Elisabeth Sami V.P. ALTERNATIVE, SPECIALS & DIGITAL PUBLICITY SENIOR V.P. PUBLIC RELATIONS Lesley Cerwin Brian Steeli V.P. DRAMA PROGRAMMING SENIOR V.P./CFO Lourdes Diaz KC Sullivan V.P. CASTING VP, INTERNATIONAL NEWS & PROGRAMMING, CNBC Brian Dorfman INTERNATIONAL V.P. ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING & PRODUCTION John Casey Enrique Guillen V.P. DIGITAL V.P., ENTERTAINMENT DIVERSITY INITIATIVES, NBC Scott Drake ENTERTAINMENT & UNIVERSAL TELEVISION V.P. TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, CNBC Karen Horne Steven Fastook V.P. NBC UNIVERSAL TELEVISION GROUP PUBLICITY V.P. LEGAL Nate Kirtman Sari Greenberg V.P. CASTING, NBC ENTERTAINMENT (NY) V.P., TECHNOLOGY Jennifer McNamara-Shroff Christopher Halton V.P. DIGITAL CONTENT & DEVELOPMENT, NBC.COM V.P., MARKETING & DISTRIBUTION, ASIA PACIFIC Carole Panick Jacqueline Lam V.P., PUBLICITY, EAST COAST V.P. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, CNBC.COM Sharon Pannozzo Meredith Stark V.P. ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING & DEVELOPMENT HEAD OF NEWS & PROGRAMMING, CNBC ASIA PACIFIC Brandon Riegg Michael Kearns V,R, PRIMETIME PRODUCTION, NBC.COM NBCUNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT Josie Ventura (Production Company) V.P. COMEDY DEVELOPMENT 3000 W. Alameda Ave., Burbank, CA 91523-0001. Andrew Weil TEL: (818) 840-4444, (212) 664-4444. www.nbcuni.com V.P. PROGRAM RESEARCH, NBC ENTERTAINMENT CHAIRMAN, NBC ENTERTAINMENT Scott Williams Robert Greenblatt DIRECTOR, EVENTS & OPERATIONS, NBC ENTERTAINMENT Ted Harbert Jeanette Eliot HEAD, NBC SPORTS AGENCY & CHIEF MARKETING DIRECTOR, ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING OFFICER, NBCUNIVERSAL TELEVISION GROUP Jenny Ellis John Miller PRESIDENT, NBC ENTERTAINMENT NBCUNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING Jennifer Nicholson Salke (Distribution company) PRESIDENT, PROGRAM PLANNING, STRATEGY & 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608. RESEARCH TEL: (818) 840-4444. FAX: (818) 866-3230. www.nbc.com Jeff Bader East Coast Office: 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112. PRESIDENT, MARKETING TEL: (212) 664-4444. Len Fogge PRESIDENT, NBC ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING EXECUTIVE VP, DIGITAL MEDIA Len Fogge Robert Hayes SENIOR V.P. CREATIVE DIRECTOR, ENTERTAINMENT EXECUTIVE VP., DRAMA DEVELOPMENT MARKETING Pearlena Igbokwe Dave Dore EXECUTIVE V.P. COMMUNICATIONS Richard Licata SENIOR V.P. BRAND MANAGEMENT & MEDIA, WEST EXECUTIVE V.P. & GENERAL COUNSEL COAST James Lichtman Tim Farish EXECUTIVE V.P. NBC UNIVERSAL TELEVISION GROUP SENIOR V.P. CREATIVE DIRECTOR, SPECIAL PROJECTS, PUBLICITY ON -AIR PROMOTION Rebecca Marks Ron Hayes EXECUTIVE V.P. COMEDY PROGRAMMING V.P. BRAND STRATEGY Tal Rabinowitz Cathy Goldman EXECUTIVE V.P. CURRENT PROGRAMMING, NBC ENTER- V.P. MEDIA TAINMENT Ken Grayson Vernon Sanders V.P. MARKETING INITIAVES, ON -AIR PROMOTION EXECUTIVE V.P. & COO, NBCUNIVERSAL AD SALES Sylvia Hart Edward Swindler V.P. MEDIA PLANNING & PRODUCTION, WEST COAST EXECUTIVE V.P., CASTING Art Lopez Grace Wu V.P. ACCOUNT SERVICES, WEST COAST SENIOR V.P., ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING Nancy McDyer Meredith Ahr V.P. ALTERNATIVE/SPECIAL PROJECTS, WEST COAST SENIOR V.P., AFFILIATE MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT, Dean McFlicker NBC TELEVISION NETWORK V.P. CREATIVE DIRECTOR, DESIGN, WEST COAST Scot Chastain David Pal -Ritchie SENIOR V.P., NETWORK OPERATIONS John DeWald NBC NEWS SENIOR V.P. CURRENT SERIES (Production company) Bruce Evans 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112. SENIOR V.P & CREATIVE DIRECTOR, SPECIAL PROJECTS TEL: (212) 664-4444. www.msnbc.com FOR NBC ON -AIR PROMOTION CHAIRMAN, NBCUNVERSAL NEWS GROUP Ron Hayes Pat Fili-Krushel SENIOR V.P., PROGRAM PLANNING & SCHEDULING PRESIDENT, NBC NEWS & PEACOCK PRODUCTIONS Steve Kern Steve Capus SENIOR V.P., PUBLICITY PRESIDENT, MSNBC, NBC NEWS Nate Kirtman Phil Griffin 681.
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