Ali Zelenko
SVP, External Affairs Strategy
Ali Zelenko is SVP of External Affairs Strategy. In this role she leads organization-wide media and marketing campaigns, and oversees the communications and brand/marketing teams.
She’s a veteran of the media industry – most recently at NBC News, where she was SVP of communications and chief spokesperson for all shows, units and platforms. She also led strategic initiatives for the division, as well as partnerships for its documentary film unit. And she ran an award-winning company-wide marketing campaign for NBC Universal.
Previously she was SVP of comms at TIME, leading media relations and special projects, including the TIME 100 Gala, one of the industry’s most prestigious events.
Earlier in her career she also led comms efforts for CNN, Time Inc. and People magazine.
She’s on the boards of the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, the Peabodys and City Year New York. She previously served as Board of Visitors Chair of the School of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which has also given her two honors: the Distinguished Alumni Award and the Nafziger Award.
