Keynote Speakers PBWC Conference 2003 – May 1, 2003
| KAREN ELLIOTT HOUSE is Publisher of The Wall Street Journal and a Senior Vice President of Dow Jones & Company. She is also a member of the company’s executive committee. Prior to being appointed to her current position in July 2002, Ms. House had been President of Dow Jones’ international group since January 1995, with responsibility for the business and editorial staffs of all Dow Jones overseas publications and services, international sales operations, overseas investments and publishing partnerships. Ms. House began her journalism career at the Dallas Morning News, and in 1974, she joined the Journal’s Washington,D.C., bureau where she covered energy, environment and agriculture. She was named diplomatic correspondent in 1978, moved to New York in 1983 as assistant foreign editor and became foreign editor in 1984, the same year she received a Pulitzer Prize in international reporting for her coverage of the Middle East. |
| KATHY NAJIMY is known internationally for her portrayal of “Sister Mary Patrick” in the motion picture Sister Act, for which she won an American Comedy Award for “Funniest Supporting Actress” and a nomination by the Hollywood Women’s Press club for female “Discovery of the Year.” A long term feminist and community activist, Ms. Najimy is also an enthusiastic supporter of AIDs research. She currently provides the voice of Peggy Hill on the Emmy award winning FOX program, King of the Hill, for which she has received two Annie Award nominations. For three seasons Ms. Najimy starred opposite Kirstie Alley as Olive on NBC’s Veronica’s Closet, for which she received an American Comedy Award nomination. Najimy’s 1996 HBO program entitled Kathy & Mo: The Dark Side, won Cable Ace Awards for both her roles as actor and Executive Producer of the special, as well as an American Comedy Award nomination. Ms. Najimy also recently starred as Mae West in the Broadway play, Dirty Blonde. |
| NELY GALÁN is an expert in bridging the gap between Latin cultures and mainstream American media. She has canvassed numerous media companies and outlets, thereby helping broadcasters market to the rapidly growing English-speaking Latino audience. Dubbed the “Tropical Tycoon” by New York Times Magazine, Ms. Galán was also named one of the “the most powerful young executives in Hollywood” by Entertainment Weekly. Born in Santa Clara, Cuba, she came to America with her family at the age of two.The former President of Entertainment for the Spanish language network Telemundo,Ms. Galán is now one of the networks favored producers, through her company Galán Entertainment.A recipient of the National Hispanic Leadership Fellowship by Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, Ms.Galán has also served as a member of the National Board of the Smithsonian Institution and the board for the National Association of Television Programming Executives. |
| JANET YANG is one of the most
prominent producers working in Hollywood today. The founder
of the Manifest Film Company (where she has produced films
since 1996), Ms.Yang produced two films released in 2002:
Carl Franklin’s “High Crimes” and “The
Weight of Water.” Previous Manifest productions include
the critically acclaimed films “Savior,” and “Zero
Effect.” From 1989-1996, she served as President of
Ixtlan, Oliver Stone’s production company, spearheading
all aspects of the company’s development and production
slate. Ms.Yang also served as Executive Producer of the
HBO movie “Indictment:The McMartin Trial” and
“The Joy Luck Club.”A member of the Producers
Guild of America as well as the Committee of 100, she has
taught production and filmmaking at the Sundance Institute
and for the Independent Feature Project. Ms.Yang holds a
BA degree from Brown University in Chinese studies as well
as an MBA from Columbia University. |
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