WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 27th Annual Walter Kaitz Foundation Fundraising Dinner returns to New York City on Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at the Hilton New York. The dinner – conveying the theme “Single Minded. Many Sided.” – will be a key part of cable’s Diversity Week, when diversity-oriented events return to New York City during the week of September 13, 2010.
Jerry Kent, Chairman & CEO of Suddenlink Communications, and Ken Lowe, Chairman, President & CEO of Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. will co-chair the dinner. Other industry executives joining them on the Dinner Committee include: Matthew C. Blank, Chairman & CEO, Showtime Networks, Inc.; Richard Sjoberg, President & CEO, Sjoberg’s, Inc.; Mark Niblick, Chairman, Midcontinent Communications; and Tony Vinciquerra, Chairman & CEO, Fox Networks Group.
“We are pleased the Walter Kaitz dinner will once again be part of Diversity Week in New York,” said David Porter, Executive Director of the Walter Kaitz Foundation. “With the guidance of our dinner committee, I’m certain this year’s dinner will be a special celebration of diversity, and raise funds to further the careers of women and people of color.”
The annual Walter Kaitz Foundation Dinner is the cable industry's most prestigious fundraising event for diversity. Each year, the dinner typically raises more than $1 million to fund diversity-oriented programs and initiatives for three industry-based diversity organizations: the Emma L. Bowen Foundation; the National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC); and Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT).
In the coming weeks, the Foundation will also name the Diversity Champion and Diversity Advocate to be honored at the dinner.
Ticket sales for the dinner are now under way. For information on sponsorship opportunities or for other questions about the dinner, contact the Walter Kaitz Foundation, at (202) 222-2490, or email Michelle Ray, Senior Director of Programs and Strategic Initiatives for the Walter Kaitz Foundation, at mray@walterkaitz.org. Full information about the dinner can be found at www.walterkaitz.org.
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