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Charlie Tillinghast
President & Publisher

Charlie Tillinghast is the President of the NBC News Digital. Tillinghast is responsible for all company operations, including editorial, technology, creative development, sales, marketing, finance, and human resources. Tillinghast joined the company in 1999 as business development manager and later led sales and marketing. Tillinghast was named General Manager in April 2005 and led the company to its first profitable quarter and year. He was named President of the joint venture the following year. Under Tillinghast, NBCNews.com has been continuously profitable and has been the number one rated news site by audience size more months than any other site. He serves on the board of the Online Publishers Association and is currently its Chairman. Originally from Boise, Idaho, he holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in American Civilization from Brown University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and attended the Wharton School’s executive education program on leadership

JoAnne Kennedy -
VP of Technology

JoAnne Kennedy is responsible for directing and managing the NBC News Digital's Technology department which includes software development, operations, office of the architect and video engineering as well as client services. Kennedy joined NBCNews.com in 2005 where she was Sr. Director of Product Development before becoming the Vice President of Technology in late 2008.

Kyoo Kim -
VP, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer

Kyoo Kim leads the national advertising sales team. He previously served as the Director of Ad Sales and has successfully been delivering innovative advertising solutions at NBC News Digital for more than six years. Before coming to the NBC News Digital, Kim was Site Manager and Director of Sales for the Seattle office of Belo Interactive, a media company based in Dallas. Prior to that, he worked in broadcast sales for the local Seattle NBC TV affiliate.

Jennifer Sizemore -
NBCNews.com General Manager & Editor-In-Chief

Jennifer Sizemore oversees the NBCNews.com news operations and editorial strategy. Sizemore also holds the title of Executive Producer at NBC News, as the network of sites is the digital home for all of NBC’s news shows and broadcasts. Sizemore joined NBCNews.com in June 2005 as deputy editor for news. Prior to that, she was the deputy managing editor for news at the Houston Chronicle.

Ashley Wells -
VP of Creative Development

Ashley Wells leads the Creative Development department and acts as the company’s Creative Director. His team of designers and developers shape the sites’ form and function from product innovation and site structure to storytelling and advertising experiences. Wells recently lead a redesign of story pages on msnbc.com and TODAY. He joined NBCNews in 1999 to produce early interactive TV applications for NBC Nightly News.

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