11th Annual Conference

CLOSING KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Sharon Patrick

Sharon Patrick is President and COO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia where she is responsible for day-to-day business operations, as well as strategy development and negotiations. She is the executive in charge of the $1 billion Martha Stewart Everyday home and garden programs, in partnership with Kmart, and the Sherwin Williams paint programs.

Ms. Patrick is the former, President and Chief Operating Officer of Rainbow Programming Holdings, Inc., a $330 million cable television programming company, where, under her leadership, subscribers doubled to 104 million, revenues grew 58%, operating income tripled and the company became profitable and self-financing after 12 years of losses.

Ms. Patrick holds an MBA, a bachelor's degree in history, and teaching credentials in special education.