Executive Officers

Joseph R. Ianniello, 53
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

Mr. Ianniello is a proven leader in the media industry with a successful track record of leading, evolving, growing and transforming businesses throughout his career. From September 2018 to December 2019, Mr. Ianniello was President and acting Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation prior to its merger with Viacom, Inc. From December 2019 to February 2020, he served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Entertainment Group. In this role, he was responsible for overseeing all CBS-branded assets, including the CBS Television Network, which encompasses CBS Entertainment, CBS News, and CBS Sports; CBS Television Studios; CBS Interactive, including CBS All Access; CBS Television Distribution, its leading first-run syndication division; and CBS Television Stations. From 2013 to 2018, Mr. Ianniello served as Chief Operating Officer of CBS and was responsible for establishing and executing company strategy across all businesses. From 2009 to 2013, he was Chief Financial Officer of CBS and oversaw the company’s financial operations across all business units. Mr. Ianniello was consistently ranked as a top Chief Financial Officer by Institutional Investor’s annual All-America Executive Team survey. During his tenure in these senior executive roles, Mr. Ianniello was instrumental in positioning CBS as a global multiplatform premium content company. He acted on this vision through a number of key operational steps including the monetization of retransmission consent fees and reverse compensation from local television station affiliates, as well as the licensing of the CBS content around the world for digital streaming and broadband services. Mr. Ianniello also oversaw the launch of CBS All Access, CBS’ digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, as well as Showtime’s “over-the-top” streaming service, which together became one of the company’s fastest growing initiatives. He led all company acquisitions and divestitures for more than 10 years, including the split-off of CBS Radio through a merger with Entercom. In addition, Mr. Ianniello led the conversion of CBS Outdoor into a real-estate investment trust, marking a first for an outdoor advertising business. From 2000 to 2005, Ianniello served as Chief Development Officer, overseeing all business development until the separation from Viacom.  He began his career at CBS in 1997. Mr. Ianniello earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Pace University and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University.

Marc DeBevoise, 44
President and Vice Chairman

Mr. DeBevoise is an accomplished leader with wide-ranging experience in the direct-to-consumer, media and technology industries. From November 2019 to December 2020, he served as Chief Executive Officer and President of ViacomCBS Digital (previously known as CBS Interactive) and as Chief Digital Officer of ViacomCBS. From July 2016 to November 2019, Mr. DeBevoise served as President and Chief Operating Officer of CBS Interactive. From October 2012 to July 2016, he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of CBS Digital Media for CBS Interactive. From July 2011 to October 2012, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of CBS Entertainment Digital. From January 2006 to June 2011, Mr. DeBevoise served as Senior Vice President of Digital Media, Business Development and Strategy of Starz. From February 2004 to December 2005, he held various roles at NBC Universal. Mr. DeBevoise started his career in media and technology as an investment banker at Hambrecht & Quist (“H&Q”) and in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications Investment Banking Group at JPMorgan (via its acquisition of H&Q). During his almost 10 years at CBS and ViacomCBS, Mr. DeBevoise helped lead the companies through the mobile, social and streaming revolutions. As CEO and President of ViacomCBS Digital (previously CBS Interactive), he was responsible for the rapidly growing, multi-billion-dollar-revenue digital and streaming businesses of ViacomCBS.  As Chief Digital Officer of ViacomCBS, he managed the company’s unified digital and technology operations globally and led it to become a major player in direct-to-consumer streaming and a top 10 U.S. Internet company. Mr. DeBevoise spearheaded the company’s direct-to-consumer streaming strategies, including the founding of CBS All Access and its transformation into Paramount+, as well as launching 24/7 news, sports and entertainment streaming channels CBSN, CBS Sports HQ and ETLive. Mr. DeBevoise and his teams led the development, creation, and acquisition of a broad array of content for these services including numerous major, Emmy-nominated original series, including Star Trek, The Good Fight, The Twilight Zone and Texas 6, and 24/7 news content and major sports franchises, including securing streaming rights for the NFL and UEFA Champions League. As President and Chief Operating Officer of CBS Interactive, Mr. DeBevoise oversaw strategy and operations for all of CBS Interactive’s 25-plus industry-leading brands including the digital businesses of the CBS Television Network, such as CBS.com, CBS All Access, CBSN, CBSSports.com, CBS Sports Fantasy and CBSNews.com, as well as CNET Media Group, CBS Interactive’s leading tech, games and media properties, including CNET, TVGuide, GameSpot, and Metacritic. As Executive Vice President and General Manager of CBS Digital Media for CBS Interactive, Mr. DeBevoise was responsible for the digital media businesses of the CBS Television Network’s major programming divisions of entertainment, sports and news. In these roles, he was also responsible the company’s digital distribution strategies, including full episode streaming, dynamic ad insertion on cable VOD platforms, TV Everywhere/Authentication and its direct-to-consumer subscription video on demand and live streaming initiatives. As Senior Vice President of Digital Media, Business Development and Strategy of Starz, a premium subscription service, Mr. DeBevoise was responsible for the company’s overall digital strategy and the digital initiatives supporting its film, television and digital original content properties. He also led the generation, evaluation and execution of business development, strategic investment, and growth opportunities for all of Starz’ business units, including the divestiture of its animation units and the founding of its film studio, Overture Films. At NBC Universal, Mr. DeBevoise held various roles in both digital media and business development, and was a member of the corporate team that led NBC’s acquisition of Universal, one of the largest media mergers in history at the time. Since November 2018, Mr. DeBevoise has served as a member of the board of directors at Limelight Networks (Nasdaq: LLNW), a provider of edge cloud, content delivery and security computing services. Mr. DeBevoise received his M.B.A. with distinction in Entertainment, Media & Technology and Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and his B.A. in Economics and Computer Science from Tufts University.

Saif Rahman, 43
Chief Financial Officer

He has extensive experience in the media and technology sectors with a focus on sourcing, evaluating and managing investments in the space. Mr. Rahman also serves as chief financial officer of Falcon Capital Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: FCAC), a special purpose acquisition company that raised $345 million in its IPO in September 2020, from June 2020 to July 2021 when it consummated its initial business combination with Sharecare, and as chief financial officer of Falcon Capital Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company that has announced its plan to raise $400 million in an IPO. Since January 2019, Mr. Rahman has been the managing director and chief operating officer of Ariliam Group. In this role, Mr. Rahman oversees Ariliam Group’s investments in media and technology companies. From 2003 to December 2018, Mr. Rahman was a senior member of AGM Partners LLC with a focus on the company’s entrepreneurial and private equity client advisory practice. In 2016, Mr. Rahman independently pursued an event-driven public investment strategy focused on the media and technology sectors through Five Square Capital Management. Mr. Rahman began his career as an analyst in Salomon Smith Barney’s mergers and acquisitions group. He is a graduate of Cornell University.

Gautam Ranji, 51
Chief Strategy Officer

Mr. Ranji has wide-ranging experience driving complex strategic and operational initiatives across the media industry and managing global businesses and teams. Since May 2021, Mr. Ranji has served as Chief Operating Officer of Blavity Inc., a technology, digital media and experiences company focused on Black millennial audiences. From December 2019 to May 2020, he served as Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Business Development for ViacomCBS, serving as co-leader of the post-merger integration office following the merger of CBS and Viacom. In this role, he oversaw the integration of all businesses and functions across the combined company, resulting in the identification and realization of $800M in annual cost synergies. He simultaneously led the finance integration work stream, where he developed and executed plans to integrate all aspects of the finance operations of ViacomCBS. From July 2016 to December 2019, Ranji was Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Business Development for CBS Corporation, assessing and spearheading global strategic initiatives across the company. In this role, he oversaw the development and launch of numerous new growth initiatives across CBS, including the international expansion of CBS’ streaming services and the acquisition of Network Ten in Australia. He also managed enterprise-wide commercial negotiations and oversaw the company’s annual strategic planning process. Before joining CBS, Mr. Ranji served as Senior Vice President, Licensing and Business Development for Hearst International from 2012 to 2016, where he managed a portfolio of over 50 licensees and joint ventures in over 40 international markets. During this time, he negotiated numerous global media and product licensing agreements and served as a board member for several international joint ventures. From 2001 to 2009, Mr. Ranji held several roles within Viacom and its MTV Networks International division, including Executive Vice President, Strategy and Operations, in which he oversaw strategy and business development across MTV Networks International and managed the Canadian operations. He started his career with Viacom in 2001 as Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions, where he executed transactions across Viacom’s portfolio. Mr. Ranji holds an MBA in Finance and Accounting from University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Dartmouth College.

Charles Pavlounis, 55
Chief Business Development Officer

Mr. Pavlounis has over 20 years of financial and operational experience, driving top line growth and restructuring operations to yield efficiencies, with a primary focus on the media and entertainment, information and technology and consumer sectors. From October 2015 to October 2020, Mr. Pavlounis served as Executive Vice President of Business Development and Chief Financial Officer of CBS News, where he directed all financial matters and identified new business development initiatives, including content development, audio streaming, podcasting and new revenue streams with strategic partners. At CBS News, Pavlounis conceptualized and sold the licensing of a new iteration of 60 Minutes directed towards a younger audience called 60 in 6 to Quibi. He also oversaw the restructuring and relaunch of the CBS News Radio Network into a full-fledged programming supplier to radio station affiliates across the country. In addition, Mr. Pavlounis spearheaded the CBS Sunday Morning partnership with Simon & Schuster to create Mobituaries, a highly successful podcast developed and anchored by Mo Rocca that also included the release of a similarly titled book. Prior to joining CBS News, Pavlounis served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Audit Executive at CBS Corporation from May 2010 to September 2015. Before he began his tenure at CBS, Mr. Pavlounis held a variety of positions in financial management and corporate compliance at various companies from 1989 to 2009, including Wyndham Worldwide Corp., Dun & Bradstreet, Interpublic Group of Companies, Mercer, Inc. and KPMG. Pavlounis is a CPA and has a Bachelor of Science degree from Pace University.

Dana McClintock, 50
Chief Communications Officer

Mr. McClintock is a highly skilled, versatile and well-respected strategic communications counselor with vast experience collaborating with CEOs, business leaders and boards of directors to guide decision-making and its impact on corporate reputation and credibility. Mr. McClintock has served in key communications roles in the media industry in areas ranging from corporate and news to sports and entertainment. From November 2018 to December 2019, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer of CBS Corporation where he had oversight of all external and internal communications functions of the company and its 12 business divisions. Following the company’s merger with Viacom in December 2019, Mr. McClintock became EVP and Chief Communications Officer of the company’s CBS-branded businesses until his departure from the company in June 2020. From January 2013 to November 2018, Mr. McClintock served as Executive Vice President, Communications of CBS. He started at CBS in 1993. During his career of over 25 years at CBS, Mr. McClintock was instrumental in positioning CBS as a global content company poised to thrive in the digital age. He served as the primary corporate spokesperson with news and industry media and managed the company’s messaging during a period when CBS was the top-performing media company in the S&P 500. Mr. McClintock also had oversight of the quarterly earnings release and scripts, and played a key role in shaping the communications infrastructure of CBS Corporation after it became a standalone publicly traded company in 2006. He is a graduate of Colby College.

Stephen D. Mirante, 57
Chief Administrative Officer

Having served as a trusted partner to CEOs and company boards throughout his career, Mr. Mirante has extensive experience building multimillion-dollar businesses, leading high-impact integrations and fostering a corporate culture grounded in transparency, empowerment and accountability. From November 2018 to December 2019, Mr. Mirante served as Chief Administrative Officer at CBS Corporation, where he was part of the executive team that stabilized the company after the sudden departure of its longtime Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. With a portfolio that spanned all of CBS’s businesses, he was integral in re-engaging a workforce unsettled by board, executive and ownership changes as well as ongoing dramatic changes in the media business. Mr. Mirante collaborated with the new acting President and CEO on leadership stability and succession plans, navigated complex compensation issues with the Compensation Committee of the board, and led a wide array of policy updates to address work-life issues. As the company prepared to merge with Viacom in 2019, Mr. Mirante led negotiations related to human resources issues and delivered synergy savings above the stated targets. Following the company’s merger with Viacom in December of 2019, Mr. Mirante became Chief Administrative Officer of the company’s CBS-branded businesses until his departure from the company in June 2020. From 2005 to 2018, he served as Executive Vice President, Human Resources, and earlier as Senior Vice President, Human Resources Specialty Services, and helped build core human resources functions as the company separated from Viacom. During this time, Mr. Mirante oversaw all HR operations across the company and managed the HR due diligence and integration of several high-profile M&A transactions, including the IPO of the outdoor media business, the spinoff of the radio business, and the acquisitions of CNET and CSTV Networks. He was responsible for building the HR shared service teams and functions from scratch, hiring a broad-based talent acquisition team and revamping executive compensation programs. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mirante ran large-scale consulting businesses at Watson Wyatt Worldwide and PricewaterhouseCoopers and started an advisory services practice group at Cigna. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Albany, completed the Executive Integral Leadership Program at the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame and achieved Fellowship in the Society of Actuaries

Kelli Raftery, 49
Chief Marketing Officer

Ms. Raftery has a strong track record of building and executing effective press strategies, advising C-suite executives on the best path forward and accelerating businesses toward new levels of success. Her extensive experience in the media business includes roles in production, programming and communications across businesses including sports, syndication, entertainment, news and corporate. From November 2018 to April 2020, Ms. Raftery served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications at CBS, working closely with the chief communications officer to help develop and implement the company’s overall messaging and growth story. In this role, she also had oversight of the communications strategy for Advertising Sales and Networks Distribution, two key drivers of CBS’ overall revenue. From June 2015 to November 2018, Ms. Raftery served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications at CBS, where she managed media relations for the CBS Corporate Communications department, covered a wide range of company initiatives and activities in Sales, Research, Affiliate Relations, Carriage Agreements, Governmental Affairs, Program Practices, among others, and supported the communications teams at each of CBS’ business segments. Ms. Raftery has a B.A. in English from Georgetown University.

Maria Corsaro Charon, 44
Senior Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions

Ms. Charon, who has worked as an in-house attorney in the media industry and at premier international law firms, has strong expertise in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities law, executive compensation, employee benefits and tax. During her career, she has regularly advised and represented clients in public and private M&A transactions and has also conducted and had oversight of extensive due diligence investigations. From April 2014 to June 2020, Ms. Charon was Vice President, Senior Counsel, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits at ViacomCBS Inc., where she primarily advised on executive compensation, ERISA and benefits matters. While at ViacomCBS, Charon worked closely with senior management on complex M&A and capital markets transactions. From 2011 to April 2014, Ms. Charon was Special Counsel in the executive compensation and benefits group of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. From 2006 to 2011, she practiced law at O’Melveny & Myers LLP, advising on mergers and acquisitions, primarily for private equity sponsors, and executive compensation and benefits matters. From 2002 to 2006, she worked at Sullivan and Cromwell, where she practiced in M&A, executive compensation and benefits, and capital markets and tax. Ms. Charon is a frequent guest speaker at the Columbia University School of Law and the Practicing Law Institute and is a member of the New York State Bar Association. She attended Cornell University and earned her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, cum laude, where she was a member of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.

Board of Directors

Andrew R. Sriubas, 52
Director Nominee

Mr. Sriubas has worked in senior executive operating roles in the media industry for the past 10 years. Prior to that, he spent over 20 years as an investment banker and as a managing director at JP Morgan, UBS Securities, and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, advising technology, media, and telecommunications companies. Along with his deep understanding of product development, sales channel expansion and digital operations, Sriubas has strong expertise in corporate finance, capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations and extensive public and private board experience. Since July 2017, Mr. Sriubas has served as Chief Commercial Officer of Outfront Media (NYSE: OUT). From July 2014 to July 2017, he was Outfront’s Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning & Development. While at Outfront, Mr. Sriubas has led an effort to transform traditional location-based media into the contemporary age of digital audience marketing with measurable return on investment. This included starting and scaling a first of its kind geo-spatial data-science organization; designing, building, and then contract-manufacturing advanced displays with partners in China, Korea, and Taiwan; assembling a product development organization to realign digital advertising spend via dynamic content distribution across the physical world and engaging vendors and national landlord partners with the new strategy. Mr. Sriubas also continues to develop multiple monetization opportunities for the business, including a cell-tower business.  From 2013 to 2014, Mr. Sriubas was Chief of Strategy & Corporate Development at Sonifi Solutions, Inc., where he was responsible for digital operations, corporate partnerships, product, content and digital deployment systems. Mr. Sriubas is currently a member of the board of directors of NanoScent, a health technology company and a member of the executive board of the Media Ratings Council. Mr. Sriubas has served in board and advisory capacities with several charitable organizations and venture capital investment funds. Mr. Sriubas is a graduate of Boston College’s Carroll School of Business.

Alan G. Mnuchin, 60
Director Nominee

Mr. Mnuchin founded and has been the chief executive officer of Ariliam Group, a principal investment and strategic consulting firm, since January 2019. From June 2020, Mr. Mnuchin served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Falcon Capital Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: FCAC), a special purpose acquisition company that raised $345 million in its IPO in September 2020, until it consummated its initial business combination with Sharecare, Inc., a digital healthcare platform company, in July 2021, and currently serves as a director of Sharecare. Mr. Mnuchin is chairman and chief executive officer of Falcon Capital Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company that announced its plan to raise $400 million in its IPO. Mr. Mnuchin has invested in various media and technology companies prior to and since founding Ariliam Group. Mr. Mnuchin served as a member of the board of directors of Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp. from May 2020 until the consummation of its business combination with Skillz Inc. in December 2020. Mr. Mnuchin served as a member of the board of directors of Target Hospitality Corp. (Nasdaq: TH) from January 2019 to March 2019. In 2003, Mr. Mnuchin formed the boutique investment bank AGM Partners LLC, through which he has acted as a strategic M&A advisor to leading corporate, entrepreneurial and private equity clients on transactions totaling over $80 billion until January 2019. Prior to founding AGM Partners, Mr. Mnuchin was the global head of the media group of Lehman Brothers from 2000 to 2003. Previously, Mr. Mnuchin was head of the media and entertainment group at Bear Stearns from 1996 to 2000. Prior to joining Bear Stearns, Mr. Mnuchin was a senior member of the communications, media and entertainment group at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS), where he started his career in 1984 and worked until 1996, with primary responsibility for the group’s media industry efforts.

Dr. Dana Beth Ardi, 73
Director Nominee

Dr. Ardi is a thought leader and expert in the fields of executive search and talent management, organizational design, assessment, leadership and coaching. As an innovator in the human capital movement, Dr. Ardi creates enhanced value in companies by matching the most sought after talent with the best opportunities. Dr. Ardi coaches boards and investors on the art and science of building high caliber management teams. She provides them with the necessary skills to seek out and attract top-level management, to design the ideal organizational architectures and to deploy people against strategy. Dr. Ardi unearths the way a business works and the most effective way for people to work in them. Dr. Dana Ardi is an experienced business executive and senior consultant who leverages business organizational transformation through talent strategies. She uses her knowledge and experience to develop talent strategies to enhance revenue and profit contributions. She has a deep expertise in change management and organizational effectiveness and has designed and built high performance cultures. Dr. Ardi has significant experience in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, IPOs and turnarounds. Dr. Ardi is an expert on the multi-generational workforce. She understands the four intersecting generations of workers coming together in contemporary companies, each with their own mindsets, leadership and communications styles, values and motivations. Dr. Ardi is sought after to assist companies manage and thrive by bringing the generations together. Her book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence—and Lead, was published by St. Martin’s Press, October 2013. The book reflects Dr. Ardi’s deep expertise in understanding organizations and our changing society. It focuses on building a winning culture, how companies must grow and evolve, and how talent influences and shapes communities of work. This is what she has coined “Corporate Anthropology.” It is a playbook on how modern companies must meet challenges – culturally, globally, digitally, across genders and generations. Since January 2009, Dr. Dana Ardi has served as Managing Director and Founder of Corporate Anthropology Advisors, LLC, a consulting company that provides human capital advisory and innovative solutions to companies building value through people. From 1998 to 2009, Dr. Ardi served as a Partner and Managing Director at the private equity firm CCMP Capital (previously known as JPMorgan Partners). From 1997 to 2000, she was a partner at Flatiron Partners, a venture capital firm working with early state companies where she pioneered the human capital role within an investment portfolio. From December 1995 to June 2000, Dr. Ardi served as co-chair of Global Communications, Entertainment and Technology Practice of TMP Worldwide, where she redefined the art and science of Human Capital Management. From her work with dozens of companies, on hundreds of searches, involving thousands of candidates, Dr. Ardi has acquired an in-depth knowledge not only of the leading companies and managers, but of industries, the importance of organizations on which they depend and the most promising future business opportunities where people are the strategy. From January 1994 to May 1995, Dr. Ardi served as Senior Vice President of New Media for R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company where she was responsible for joint ventures and strategic alliances and guided venture capital investments in new media and information technologies. From April 1987 to June 1989, she was President of The Infotainment Corporation where she consulted for various leading studios, publishers, technology, retail and telecommunications companies. From March 1983 to April 1987, Dr. Ardi was a Vice President at McGraw-Hill Productions, a division of McGraw-Hill Broadcasting. Dr. Ardi served on the board of AMC Entertainment Inc. from 2009 to 2012. Among her many philanthropic efforts, she is on the Executive Committee of Working Nation and a board member of the M Center of Excellence. She is a frequent contributor to the arts and has donated to and supported museums and arts organizations throughout the country. From February 1976 to August 1982, she was a professor at the Graduate Center at Fordham University in New York. Dr. Ardi holds a BS from the State University of New York at Buffalo as well as an MS and PhD from Boston College.

Pooja Midha, 43
Director Nominee

Since March 2021, Ms. Midha has served as chief growth officer at Comcast Advertising, the advertising division of Comcast Cable. In this role, she leads global marketing across Comcast Advertising, which includes FreeWheel, a Comcast company, which provides global technology solutions for the future of television advertising, and Effectv, Comcast Cable’s ad sales division, as well as Effectv’s newly launched sales development function.  Ms. Midha and her team build awareness for each company’s differentiated value and accelerate growth for local, regional and national market opportunities. In addition, she oversees Comcast Advertising’s brand offerings, enhancing products and solutions for the rapidly changing video marketplace, including the shift to audience-based advertising, the growth of multi-screen content consumption and an increasing emphasis on data and campaign effectiveness. Ms. Midha has more than 20 years of experience in the media and advertising sector, with a track record of transforming businesses, creating new and innovative models, developing brands, partnerships and talent and exceeding financial goals.  From February 2018 to March 2021, Ms. Midha served as president of advertising technology company true[X]. As president, Ms. Midha was credited with leading the company through two acquisitions while also growing true[X]’s advertiser, premium publisher and technology partnerships, expanding its industry leading product suite, and generating record revenue and operating income. From August 2012 to January 2018, Ms. Midha was senior vice president, digital ad sales and operations for the ABC Television Network. In this role, she created and led the network’s digital sales vision and managed its digital sales team. Ms. Midha and her team also spearheaded the development of several new video offerings, including programmatic and addressable advertising, major digital platform partnerships and new products around social, custom ads and branded content. From June 2005 to February 2012, Ms. Midha held a variety of senior sales and marketing roles at Viacom, in both a domestic and global capacity, including positions at MTV Networks, MTV Networks International and Nickelodeon. She started her career in advertising sales at Dow Jones & Company. A noted industry thought leader, Ms. Midha is a regular panelist and has spoken at several major industry conferences, such as Advertising Week, the IAB’s 2020 Video Leadership Summit, at Cannes Lions and more. She has also been quoted and featured in several major industry publications, such as The New York Times, Advertising Age, Adweek, AdExchanger, Beet.TV, Broadcasting & Cable, MediaPost and more. Adweek named her a 2016 “Young Influencer,” Cynopsis spotlighted her as one of its 2017 “Top Women in Digital: Industry Leader” and Multichannel News named her a “Woman to Watch” in 2019 and a “Wonder Woman in Streaming” in 2021. She was also a recipient of the IAB’s 2018 Sales & Service Excellence Awards. Ms. Midha is a member of the operating board of She Runs It, an industry organization that aims to cultivate and promote female talent throughout all levels in marketing, media and tech. She also serves as vice-chair of the IAB Video Center of Excellence. Ms. Midha holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Business from Lehigh University and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School. She also completed the National Association of Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) Executive Leadership Development Program from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.