Posted on May 8th, 2012
Chapter President: Keesha Boyd
Keesha Boyd is the Executive Director for Comcast University’s Frontline Leadership Center of Expertise. In her role she is responsible for leading a National team of Sr. Program Mangers and Leadership Instructors focused on driving strategic expertise, delivery and measurement of leadership content throughout the organization. Keesha began her Comcast career with the Chicago Region in 2005 and has extensive experience in Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Learning and Development, Change Management and delivering enterprise-wide development solutions for National Customer Operations. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Emory University, a Master of Arts in Organizational Psychology and a Master of Education in Counseling Psychology, both from Columbia University. Keesha is a native New Yorker and in her spare time enjoys volunteering, sports, writing and dancing.
Chapter Vice President: Olakunle Ekundare
Olakunle is currently the Director of Standards at Comcast Cable. In this role Olakunle is charged with leading the enterprise standards creation effort. In his 10 years at Comcast Olakunle has had the opportunity to work in the Engineering Department, the Procurement Department and currently on the Field Operations team. Olakunle holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from Temple University, and a Masters of Business Administration from Drexel University. Olakunle also currently serves as the President of the Chester Alumni Foundation, a 501c3 organization focusing on improving the lives of the youth in the Chester community. During his free time Olakunle enjoys sports, reading and tinkering with gadgets.
Chapter Treasurer: Wil Colón
Wil Colón is Vice President, Plant Performance for Comcast Cable. This role involves setting strategy and operational standards for the maintenance of Comcast’s Coaxial and fiber distribution networks, or “outside plant.” Wil started his career over thirty years ago with Bell Labs, and has remained focused on technology throughout. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Universidad de Puerto Rico, along with an MS from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. His extracurricular passions are family and travel.
Chapter Secretary: Jinni Kapp
Jinni Kapp is Senior Project/Program Manager for Product Engineering at Comcast. In this role, she is responsible for the end to end delivery of Comcast new Xplat (Video, Internet, Voice) and iTV product and services projects/programs. Jinni’s expertise is organizational leadership, process Improvement, program/project management, Software Development, IT Infrastructure, and Product Engineering. Jinni’s professional experience is across multi industries from Pharmaceutical, Electronic Record Management, e-Commerce to Cable and Telecommunications. Jinni holds BA in Chemistry from Tangshan University China, MS in Chemistry at Beijing University, China, MS in Computer Science at West Chester University, PA, MBA from Phoenix University. In her spare time, Jinni enjoys reading, listening to classical music, cooking, hiking and traveling.
Posted on February 23rd, 2012
Thank you to all who were able to join us for the NAMIC-Philadelphia membership meeting and panel, "Conversations with your Manager".The discussion was lively and the information presented insightful, as we learned the importance of goal setting, preparing for performance reviews and self leadership.
We hope that you found this event beneficial to your career pathing and professional development. This was just one of the many events we have planned for the upcoming year that will be designed especially for you under our mission "to educate, advocate and empower for multi-ethnic diversity."
For those of you who are not members of NAMIC- Philadelphia, we hope that you will consider joining us. There are many benefits to becoming a member of NAMIC.
To learn more, click here.
Please take a moment to let us know what you thought about the panel discussion. We value your feedback and will use it to help shape our future programming. You can send your feedback to namic_philadelphia@cable.comcast.com
To view photos of the event, click here.
Thanks again, and looking forward to seeing you at our next event!
NAMIC-Philadelphia
This event was exclusively sponsored by:
Posted on December 20th, 2011
Dear NAMIC-Philadelphia Chapter Members & Friends – As my tenure as your chapter President winds down, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for making 2011 one of our most successful, dynamic and growth-filled years ever!
I have been honored to serve as President of NAMIC-Philadelphia for the past two years. Partnering with our chapter leadership team and Advisory Board, together we have:
• Increased membership and the diversity of our chapter members
• Enhanced programming and professional development opportunities for our members
• Engaged more sponsors than ever before in our history, strengthening our bottom line
• Re-launched and branded our website, joined FB and launched our YouTube page
I am so proud of these achievements - and you should be too! When I first became president, I sat down with the leadership team and discussed the vision we had for the chapter. From there we set goals to move us towards our vision. It is amazing to look back and realize that through our efforts and your engagement, we met every goal and then some!
It is with great pride that I announce the 2012 NAMIC-Philadelphia Leadership Team:
• President – Keesha Boyd
• Vice President – Olakunle Ekundare
• Treasurer – Wil Colón
• Secretary – Jinni Kapp
You will hear more from them and about them in the coming months, but for now I can share with you that this bright group of leaders is poised to build on our momentum and lead the chapter to new heights!
From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank each and every one of you for your many contributions, levels of engagement and support of our chapter and my leadership. This has been an incredible experience that I will carry with me always. I would also like to say a very special thanks to our sponsors, Advisory Board, guest speakers, mentors and everyone who collectively helped make 2011 a year of progress and achievement for NAMIC-Philadelphia.
Have a safe and happy holiday season – and see you at our 2012 events!
Always,
Andrea A. Agnew
President, NAMIC-Philadelphia
Director, Diversity & Inclusion, Comcast
Posted on November 17th, 2011
Digital Media Showcase:
Innovation Transforming the Communication Industry
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Comcast Center, 42nd floor
Join us for an exciting evening of panel discussions and product demos, spotlighting the digital media products that are revolutionizing the communications industry and changing the ways consumers view media.Hear from our panel of experts, as they discuss the innovative products coming out of Comcast Interactive Media including, the Xfinity TV App, as well as Comcast Converged Products, which is taking television viewing to the next level.
Panel Speakers:
- Charlie Herrin, SVP Product Development at Comcast Interactive Media
- Aljit Joy, SVP, Comcast Innovation Labs
- Sree Kotay, SVP Chief Software Architect, Comcast
Moderator:
- Keesha Boyd, Executive Director, Comcast University
This event is FREE for NAMIC-Philadelphia members, friends and students!
Non-member price is $25.
Click here to register for this event TODAY!
Join NAMIC-Philadelphia today!
Posted on November 16th, 2011
You are cordially invited toCelebrate 2011
with
NAMIC & NAAAHR Philadelphia Chapters
Thursday, December 8, 2011
African American Museum
701 Arch Street
Philadelphia PA, 19106
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Join the National Association of Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC-Philadelphia) and the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources (NAAAHR Philadelphia) as we end our year by celebrating our collective membership with this very special evening of fun, food, music, libations and prizes.
• 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM – Registration and Hors d’oeuvres
• 6:30 PM to 6:45 PM – Welcome
• 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM – DJ, Dancing and Silent Action
• 9:00 PM – Raffle Drawing
• 10:00 PM – Event End
Tickets: Members of both organizations free!
Non-members $30.00.
NAMIC Members & Friends, click here to register.
NAAAHR Philadelphia Members & Friends click here to register.
This event is sponsored by:
Visit www.NAMICPhiladelphia.com or www.NAAAHRPhiladelphia.org for more information.
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