Many of the people who played a role in realizing my vision for NBC now head their own major media enterprises, where they embrace and leverage my core leadership principles.
Al Barber Was: first president CNBC 1990–1994; CFO NBC 1987–1990 following 27 years at GE; COO and later president CEO of e-media streaming services firm; Now: president, COO Catholic Charities in Fairfield, CT 2004–present.
Mark Begor Was: executive VP and CFO of business development NBCU 1998–2002 following 18 years at GE; Now: CEO GE Energy Management 2011–present.
Bill Bolster Was: chairman CEO CNBC International 2001–2004; president CNBC 1996–2001; president GM WNBC-TV NYC 1991–1996; Now: retired.
Tom Brokaw Was: anchor and managing editor NBC Nightly News 2004–1983; Now: author and special correspondent NBC News 2004–present.
Don Browne Was: president Telemundo Communications Group, Hispanic TV 2005–2011; joined Telemundo (American Spanish-language network) in 2003; bureau chief, president and general manager of WTVJ 2003–1979; VP NBC News in 1991; Now: retired.
Brandon Burgess Was: executive VP NBC/NBCU Global Strategy and Digital Media 2002–2005; NBC CFO 1999–2001; VP NBC Business Development 1989–1999; Now: chairman CEO Ion Media Networks 2005–present. Ion is an American broadcast, cable, satellite, and digital TV network rebranded from Paxson Communications in 2007.
Lynn Calpeter Was: CFO NBC Television Stations 1999–2001; Now: VP and CFO GE Power & Water 2012–present.
Rick Cotton Was: executive VP and general counsellor NBC/NBCU 1989–2013; president and managing director CNBC Europe 2001–2004; Now: senior counsel IP Protection at NBCU Inc. 2013–present.
Dick Ebersol Was: president and then chairman NBC Sports 1989–2012; Now: senior advisor for NBCU Sports and Olympics.
John Eck Was: president Media Works and NBC Television Network at NBCU 2005–2011; CIO NBC 2005; senior VP, CQO, and CFO for NBC International and Business Development, structured MSNBC partnership after joining NBC in 1993 as VP Financial Planning and Analysis; Now: executive VP and COO Univision Communications 2011–present.
Randy Falco Was: president NBC Broadcast and Network Operations 1993–1998; group president NBC Television Network 1998–2003; president NBC Television Network 2003–2004; president NBC Universal Television Networks 2004–2006; ran NBC Olympics operations 1992–2006; negotiated first reverse affiliate compensation deal with Granite Broadcasting; chairman CEO AOL Inc. 2006–2009; Now: president CEO Univision 2011–present (Univision is a leading Spanish-language media company with 16 broadcast, cable, and digital networks, 61 TV stations, and 67 radio stations).
Jay Ireland Was: president NBC TV Stations and Network Operations (including NBC’s 10 stations and Telemundo’s 16 Spanish-speaking stations until 2007 after beginning at GE in 1980); Now: president CEO GE Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, 2011–present.
Warren Jenson Was: CFO NBC 1992–1998; CFO Delta 1998–1999, CFO Amazon 1999–2002, Electronic Arts 2002–2008; CFO Silver Spring Networks, smart grid tech startup, 2008–2011; president Jenson & Co. Consulting 2011; Now: CFO and head of technical operations Acxiom 2012–present (Acxiom is an enterprise data, analytics, and software service company).
Andy Lack Was: president NBC News 1993–2001 after 7 years as executive producer CBS Reports; president COO NBCU 2004; CEO Sony Music Entertainment 2004–2006; CEO Bloomberg Media Group 2008–2013; Now: chairman NBC News and MSNBC 2015–present.
Warren Littlefield Was: president NBC Entertainment 1998–1991 (protégé Brandon Tartikoff); Now: president The Littlefield Co. 1998–present.
Vince Manze Was: president creative director NBCU Agency 1991–2007; president NBCU Creative Services 2009–2010; Now: CEO creative director Invincible Marketing 2010–present.
Pierson Mapes Was: president NBC Television Network 1982–1994; director Pico Productions 1994; Now: retired.
John Miller Was: executive VP NBC Advertising and Promotion 1993–1999; chairman NBC Agency (first full-service in-house agency) 1999–2010; chief marketing officer NBCU Television Group 2004–2011; chairman NBC Universal Marketing Council (across all divisions); Now: chief marketing officer NBC Sports Group 2011–present.
Lorne Michaels Was and Now: producer, creator Saturday Night Live 1975–present.
Conan O’Brien Was: late-night talk show host NBC 1993–2009 (after comedy writing and producing for Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons); host NBC The Tonight Show 2009–2010; Now: host of Conan on TBS 2010–present while doing live comedy tours and TV specials.
Roger Ogden Was: president and managing director NBC Europe 1995–1997; general manager and news director KUSA-TV in Denver from 1997–2005; senior VP Gannett Broadcasting 1997 after a 17-year career with NBC; president and CEO Gannett Broadcasting 2005–2007; senior VP of Design Innovation and Strategy of Gannett Co. Inc. June 2006–July 2007 (Gannett is an international news and information company); Now: retired.
Don Ohlmeyer Was: president NBC, West Coast Division 1993–1999; Now: professor of television communications Pepperdine University.
Bob Okun Was: VP government relations NBC/NBCU Washington 1995–2011; Now: CEO The O Team (independent lobbyist group in Washington, DC) 2011–present; also represents Autism Speaks Washington lobbying efforts.
Bob O'Leary Was: VP finance Cox Cable Communications 1982-1999; executive VP and CFO Cox Enterprises until 2007; Now: retired.
Kevin Reilly Was: president NBC Entertainment 2004–2007; chief creative officer Fox Broadcasting Co. 2007–2014; Now: president TBS and TNT; chief creative officer Turner Entertainment 2014–present.
Tom Rogers Was: first president and chief strategist NBC Cable 1987–1999, launching CNBC and MSNBC after helping to draft the Cable Act of 1984 as a senior counsel to the House Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance Subcommittee and to the US House of Representatives; chairman CEO Primedia (a targeted magazine publisher); Now: non-executive chairman, TiVo; president CEO TiVo 2005–February 2016 (TiVo is an advanced television entertainment tech company).
Josh Sapan Was: president and CEO Rainbow Holdings; Now: president CEO AMC Networks (where he shaped the creativity of AMC, the Independent Film Channel (IFC), Sundance TV, and WE TV) 1995–present.
Neal Shapiro Was: executive producer Dateline 1993–2001; president NBC News 2001–September 2008; Now: president CEO PBS WNET NYC 2008–present.
Lawrence Tu Was: executive VP and general counsel NBC Universal Media (negotiated Universal deal) 2002–2005; senior VP and general counsel Dell 2005–2013; Now: senior executive VP and chief legal officer CBS Corp. 2013–present.
Ed Scanlon Was: senior VP NBC after a career at RCA; Now: retired.
Tom Wheeler Was: president National Cable Television Assn. and Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Assn.; Now: chairman Federal Communications Commission.
David Zaslav Was: president NBC Universal Media, LLC 2006; executive VP NBC Cable 1999–2006; president NBC Cable Distribution 1996–1999 after joining NBC in 1989; Now: CEO and president Discovery Communications 2007–present.