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2023 NABOB & POWER OF URBAN RADIO AWARDS

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Tarshena Armstrong

Director,
Diversity Marketing & Development
General Motors

MARK PRITCHARD CORPORATE IMPACT AWARD

General Motors

NATIONAL SERVICE AWARD

dentsu Media Americas

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Benjamin Chavis, Jr.

President
National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA)

Undeniable 75 Honorees

Karen Slade

NABOB Broadcast Career Excellence

AURN

NABOB Legendary Brodcast Company

Charles Warfield

NABOB Broadcast Career Excellence

Special Guests

MC Lyte

Hip Hop Artist, DJ, & Entrepreneur

Roy Wood Jr.

Comedian, Daily Show Correspondent, & Radio Veteran

DJ Quicksilva

Celebrity Mixer & Air Personality

DJ Lance Reynolds

Radio, Club, & Celebrity DJ

SPEAKERS

Jim Winston

President & CEO
National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters
(NABOB)

Ron Busby Sr.

President & CEO
U.S. Black Chambers, Inc.
(USBC)

Sherman K. Kizart

Managing Partner
Kizart Media Partners

Rev. Al Sharpton

Founder & President
National Action Network (NAN)

Marc Pritchard

Chief Brand Officer
Procter & Gamble

Chesley Maddox-Dorsey

CEO
A Wonder Media Company, LLC & AURN

Albert Rodriguez

President & Chief Operating Officer
Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS)

Colby Tyner

SVP Programming
Radio One & Reach Media

Ivy Savoy-Smith

SVP & Market Manager
Audacy

Erica Farber

President & CEO
Radio Advertising Bureau
(RAB)

David Kantor

CEO
Radio One & Reach Media

Mark Prince

SVP, Head of Economic Empowerment
dentsu international

Bob Pittman

Chief Executive Officer
iHeartMedia

Caroline Beasley

Chief Executive Officer
Beasley Broadcast Group 

Kevin Perry

Chief Operating Officer and Vice President
Perry Publishing & Broadcasting

Heather Stewart

General Director,
Global Media and Marketing Services
General Motors

Lela Coffey

VP, Multicultural Business Acceleration
Procter & Gamble North America

Howard Robertson

President/CEO TRUST Marketing & Communications, Inc., Spotset Radio Network & ODE Audio

Shani Hosten

Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion African American/Black Strategy & LGBTQ Strategy
AARP

Barry Macon

Diversity Strategy Director
AARP

Josh Rahmani

Chief Revenue Officer
Radio One/Reach Media

Andriena Coleman

Director
Hearts & Science

Cynthia Jenkins

Head of Supplier Diversity, Managing Partner
GroupM

Arnetta Whiteside

SVP, Multicultural Consulting, Agency and Brand Readiness
Publicis Media

Tarshena Armstrong

Director, Diversity Marketing & Development
General Motors

Eric Austin

Senior Director, Global Brand Building & Media Innovation
Procter & Gamble

Charlotte La Niear

Senior Director N.A. Multicultural Media
Procter & Gamble

Edna Kane-Williams

EVP & Chief Diversity Officer
AARP

Ebony McMorris

White House Correspondent
AURN

Steve Roberts

President Roberts Broadcasting, WRBJ(FM), Jackson, Mississippi

DuJuan McCoy

Owner, President & CEO
Circle City Broadcasting

Kevin Jenkins

Executive Vice President
Service Broadcasting

Michael Roca

Executive Director, ELEVATE
Omnicom Media Group

Latraviette D. Smith-Wilson

Chief Marketing & Equity Officer
Horizon Media

Karen Slade

Vice President/General Manager
KJLH

Clint Odom

Vice President, Strategic Alliances & External Affairs
T-Mobile

Melody Spann-Cooper

Chair & CEO of Midway Broadcasting Corporation
WVON | WRLL | VONtv

Gary Bernstein

President
Oceanic Tradewinds

Demetrius Brown

COO
FUBU RADIO Inc.

Charles Cantu

Founder & CEO
Reset Digital

Cedric Harville

N.A. Purchasing Director of Multicultural Media
Procter & Gamble

Tony Coles

President
Black Information Network

Dyana Williams

Veteran Broadcaster
Influence Entertainment
WURD Radio Philadelphia

Carol Moore Cutting

President/General Manager Cutting Edge Broadcasting, Inc. WEIB-106.3 Smooth FM

Robert Branson

President & CEO
Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC)

Charlyn Stanberry

VP, Government Relations
National Association of Broadcasters, Inc. (NAB)

Ben Arden

Chief of Staff & Legal Advisor
Office of Commissioner Brendan Carr FCC

David Strickland

Legal Advisor, Media
Office of Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel FCC

Hannah Lepow

Legal Advisor for Media and Consumer Protection
Office of Commissioner Geoffrey Starks FCC

Angelique Alston

Program Director / Brand Manager
WPGC 95.5 Audacy

Jacquie Gales Webb

Host 96.3 WHUR Washington DC
CPB Vice President, Radio

Laura Kutscher

SVP, Sales Director,
NA Local and Audio Nielsen

Cecilia Jato Bitz

VP, Sales Director
NA Local and Audio Nielsen

Shelley Wade

Veteran Media Personality
94.7 The Block Audacy

Geniece Granville

Vice President
Columbus, GA Market Manager Davis Broadcasting Inc.

Kim Adams House

Head of Licensing, Merchandising, and Multicultural Marketing Stellantis

Kimberly Bunton

President
TKT & Associates

Cynthia Smith

Program Director
WBLS-FM Mediaco New York

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