Comcast is including a well-known identify to its company board of administrators.
The cable big and NBCUniversal proprietor is bringing on Wonya Lucas, the previous CEO of Hallmark Media and TV One, as a board member. The corporate disclosed the addition of Lucas in a securities submitting, noting that she will probably be thought of an unbiased director.
Lucas, a veteran TV govt who labored at CNN and The Climate Channel earlier than operating TV One and later Hallmark, stepped down as CEO of Hallmark guardian firm Crown Media Holdings final 12 months. Throughout her tenure at Hallmark, Lucas centered on constructing extra initiatives with numerous storylines, characters and themes.
She can also be the niece of baseball legend Hank Aaron, an expertise that she wrote about in a column for The Hollywood Reporter. Lucas additionally serves as a director for Atlanta Braves Holdings, the proprietor of the Atlanta Braves, the crew with which Aaron spent a lot of his profession.
Comcast, after all, contains NBCUniversal in addition to Comcast cable. The corporate is managed by the Roberts household, led by CEO Brian Roberts.
And it’s a firm that Lucas has handled earlier than. Whereas operating Hallmark, Lucas steered a deal that noticed NBCU’s Peacock turn into the streaming dwelling for Hallmark motion pictures and reveals.