About OMVC Executive Committee & Management
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President & CEO Fisher Communications, Inc.Colleen B. Brown was elected President and CEO of Fisher Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSCI) in October 2005 and to their Board of Directors in 2006. She is responsible for all aspects of Fisher Communications, including the operation of Fisher’s 20 television stations and eight radio stations, Fisher Interactive Network, which includes 125 hyperlocal sites, and Fisher Plaza, a 300,000 square foot technical and mixed use facility in Seattle.
Brown currently serves as founder and chair of the Mobile500 Alliance and on the board of the Open Mobile Video Coalition, DataSphere, Inc., Port Blakely Companies, Washington Roundtable, University of Washington Foster School of Business, Seattle University Albers School of Business, and the United Way of King County.
Brown is also a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, a member of the Washington State Women’s Forum, World Presidents’ Organization and Women Corporate Directors.
Previously Brown served as a Director for the National Association of Broadcasters, National Association of Television Program Executives, Television Advertising Bureau, Maximum Service Television, Inc., Career Builder, Classified Ventures, the Center for Creative Leadership, Associated Press Television Board, University of Colorado School of Journalism and Arizona State University Cronkite School.
Brown began her career in 1980 at Gannett, an international news and information company. She rose through the ranks of KUSA-TV in Denver, Colorado to become vice president and station manager. In 1991 she was named president and general manager of Gannett’s WFMY-TV in Greensboro, North Carolina. She moved to Phoenix in 1995 as President and General Manager of Gannett’s television operations in Arizona. She also spearheaded strategic planning for Gannett’s Television Group. After Gannett, she served as president of the Lee Broadcast Group, owned by Lee Enterprises, Inc., a multimedia company based in Davenport, Iowa. Brown was then appointed senior vice president at Dallas based Belo Corporation, one of the nation’s largest media companies. While there she was responsible for Belo Interactive, all Spanish-language initiatives, Business Development and their Texas Broadcast and Cable properties.
Brown graduated summa cum laude with a double major in political science and business administration from the University of Dubuque as a Presidential Scholar. She is a national winner of General Motors marketing competition and holds an MBA from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
About Fisher Communications, Inc.
Fisher Communications (FSCI) is an innovative local media company with television, radio, internet and mobile operations throughout the western United States. Fisher operates 20 television stations, which include network affiliations with ABC, CBS, FOX, Univision and CW that reach 3.5% of U.S. television households, and 10 radio stations targeting a full range of audience demographics. Fisher Interactive produces more than 125 local and hyper-local websites and delivers comprehensive multiplatform advertising solutions to local businesses. The Company is headquartered at Fisher Plaza, a 300,000 square foot media, telecommunications and data center facility in Seattle, WA. More information about Fisher Communications, Inc. is available at www.fsci.com.
"Terrestrial television broadcasters face an incredible challenge but also an incredible new opportunity as the February 2009 digital transition deadline approaches. While it forces broadcasters to shut down analog operations with the inevitable market confusion it also allows them to reinvent themselves as an all digital medium with new services such as mobile. This is a perfect time to plan and later launch a new mobile video service using the fast tracked ATSC mobile video standard process now underway."
Mark Fratrik, Ph.D. Vice President BIA Financial Network
