Wonya Lucas, a veteran TV exec who held the put up of CEO for Hallmark Media and TV One, has been appointed to Comcast‘s board of administrators.
Lucas will function an unbiased director, the media firm stated in an SEC submitting. She has not but been appointed to function a member of any board committee.
The Walt Disney Co.’s current proxy battle and Paramount World’s pending efforts to swing a sophisticated M&A transaction have put the problem of board composition below a brighter highlight than normal. For Comcast, a relatively secure group, the appointment of Lucas is just not coming at a time of any bigger drama.
The appointment of Lucas is noteworthy given her in depth travels within the media enterprise. Other than Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts, the Comcast board has been notably missing in media expertise, with the 12 administrators as a substitute bringing backgrounds from finance, regulation, math and client merchandise.
Comcast will report its first-quarter earnings on April 25.
After finishing a 3-year stint as president and CEO of Hallmark, Lucas remained on the corporate’s board till this month. Previous to becoming a member of Hallmark, she was president and CEO of Public Broadcasting Atlanta from 2015 to 2020 and was CEO of TV One from 2011 to 2013. She has been a board member of Liberty Media-controlled Atlanta Braves Holdings since 2023.
Lucas additionally serves on the board of jurors of the Peabody Awards, the boards of trustees of Youngsters’s Hospital of Atlanta, Georgia Tech Basis and Sundance Institute, and the boards of administrators of the Group Basis for Better Atlanta and Encourage Manufacturers LLC.