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Monday, October 20, 2025
Marriott Marquis
New York, NY
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The 2024 Touchstones Luncheon in Review
As a highlight of Diversity Week and The WICT Network Leadership Conference, The 2024 Touchstones Luncheon was held on Monday, October 21, providing a meaningful opportunity to celebrate outstanding women shaping the future of our industry.
Also at the luncheon, The WICT Network honored the 2024 Woman of the Year and Woman to Watch honorees for their embodiment of The WICT Network Touchstones of Leadership, which serve as the origin for all of our initiatives.
This year, we were delighted to honor the following outstanding individuals:
Woman of the Year – Operator
Amy Blair
SVP & Chief People Officer
Liberty Global
Woman of the Year – Programmer
Johnita Due
EVP, Integrity & Inclusion
CNN Worldwide
Woman of the Year – Technology
Sandy Howe
Board Director
ATX Networks
Woman to Watch – Operator
Julie Unruh
Head of Strategic Operations, Sales & Marketing,
Marketing Analytics
Charter Communications
Woman to Watch – Programmer
Courtney Thomasma
EVP, Streaming
AMC Networks
Woman to Watch – Technology
Steph Lone
Global Leader, Solutions Architecture,
Media Entertainment Games & Sports
Amazon Web Services
Thank you for supporting the celebration of women’s invaluable contributions to their companies and the industry as a whole, while fostering connections with leaders from across the media landscape.
In conjunction with Diversity Week and The WICT Network Leadership Conference, the Touchstones Luncheon is The WICT Network’s key gender diversity and inclusion platform. Each year, we showcase thought leaders from both inside and outside the industry to highlight the business case for gender diversity in the media and around the world. Every other year, in conjunction with the PAR workplace diversity survey, we also highlight the results, trends in the industry and the companies that have ranked at the top based on their PAR survey results.
