FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 6, 2024
CONTACT:
Amanda Sawney
asawney@wict.org
The WICT Network Now Accepting Applications for 2025 Betsy Magness Leadership Institute
Completed Applications Due by Monday, February 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC, (February 16, 2024) – The WICT Network announced that it is now accepting applications for its esteemed Betsy Magness Leadership Institute (BMLI) Classes 52 and 53. The deadline to apply is Monday, February 10, 2025. For more information or to apply online, please visit https://wict.org/bmli-application/
Named in honor of Betsy Magness, who played an instrumental role in building TCI into one of the most prominent and influential telecommunications companies in the industry, BMLI serves as the gold standard in leadership development programs. Since its inception, more than 1,200 women have graduated from the program. Alumnae represent the upper echelon of women leaders in media, entertainment and technology, and they continue to be actively involved in transforming their companies and the industry at the executive level.
Accepted participants are immersed in an educational program emphasizing core leadership skills, which include driving and implementing change, communication effectiveness, navigating career challenges, creating engagement, driving results and executing organizational vision.
The WICT Network gratefully acknowledges BMLI Premier Sponsor Charter Communications and Supporting Sponsor Comcast NBCUniversal.
The Institute’s Founding
Established by The WICT Network in 1994 with a generous grant from TCI’s Bob Magness and J.C. Sparkman, the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute is named in honor of one of the industry’s most charismatic leaders, a cable pioneer who combined business acumen with compassion. Betsy Magness was instrumental in transforming TCI, later AT&T Broadband and Internet Services, and now Comcast NBCUniversal, into one of the nation’s most prominent and influential media companies.
About The WICT Network – Empowering Women in Media, Entertainment & Technology
The WICT Network is a global organization whose mission is to create women leaders who transform our industry. We do this by providing unparalleled professional development programs, commissioning original gender research, and supporting a B2B network that helps advance women. For more than 40 years, The WICT Network has partnered with media, entertainment and technology companies to help build a more robust pipeline of women leaders. Founded in 1979, and now nearly 10,000 members with 24 chapters globally, The WICT Network is the largest and oldest professional association serving women in media. Charter Communications, Comcast NBCUniversal, The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. Discovery are The WICT Network’s Strategic Touchstone Partners. Please visit www.wict.org or follow @WICTHQ on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X for more information.
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