SCORES OF HIGH-POWERED WOMEN GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
IN THE FIRST ANNUAL MENTORS WALK
HOSTED BY WOMEN@NBCU AND STEP UP WOMEN'S NETWORK
IN CENTRAL PARK
Lauren Zalaznick, Jessica Reif Cohen, Peggy Green, Geraldine Laybourne, Fern Mallis, Cindy Leive, Pattie Sellers, Bethenny Frankel and Bonnie Fuller,
Provide Mentees With Valuable Career Insights
New York, NY – June 12, 2009 -- Scores of high-powered women arrived at Tavern on The Green to give back to the community and participate in the first annual Women@NBCU Mentors Walk in Central Park on June 11th. The walk was hosted in partnership with Step Up Women's Network, a national non-profit dedicated to strengthening community resources for women and girls.
This event follows in the successful tradition of Oxygen's annual mentors walk, started by Gerry Laybourne in Central Park 2005. Similar Oxygen walks took place around the country with thousands of women nationwide.
A total of 70 senior-level executives from advertising, finance, legal, digital, media and human resources accompanied 165 several aspiring young career women on a "walk & talk" through Central Park, followed by a group breakfast. Below are highlights from interviews with the mentors, who shared valuable insights about the event and advice for mentees:
Lauren Zalaznick, President, NBC Universal’s Women & Lifestyle Entertainment Networks:
Gerry Laybourne, Co-founder, Oxygen Media:
Bethenny Frankel, Chef, Author, TV personality Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York:
Cindi Leive, Editor in Chief, Glamour magazine:
About Women@NBCU:
Launched in May 2008, Women@NBCU is a powerful combination of media assets reaching women across multiple platforms. This content and marketing initiative creates custom solutions for advertisers to connect with this desirable demographic through NBC Universal brands, including Oxygen, iVillage, “Green is Universal,” as well as other female-skewing properties such as "TODAY” and certain NBC primetime programs. To date, Women@NBCU has completed several sizable deals across its numerous properties with clients including Walmart, Kodak and General Mills.
About Step Up Women’s Network:
Step Up Women’s Network is a national, nonprofit membership organization with offices in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Founded in the entertainment industry and now in its 11th year, Step Up has grown to include more than 50,000 supporters who have raised millions of dollars and donated countless volunteer hours to the organization's programs that serve women and girls. Simply stated, Step Up connects you to the professional women you need and the underserved teen girls that need you. For more information, please visit www.SUWN.org.
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Press Contact: Hilary Smith, NBC Universal, hilary.smith@nbcuni.com, 212/664-2617
