Path to Media Ownership and Sustainability 	
 ACCESS TO CAPITAL VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM 

Access to Capital Working Group of the
Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment
and the FCC’s Media Bureau

Federal Communications Commission 
Washington, DC
November 6, 2020

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Welcome Remarks 
Michelle M. Carey 
Chief, FCC Media Bureau  

FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks 

Anna M. Gomez 
Partner, Wiley Rein LLP 
Representing Hispanic National Bar Association 	
Chair, Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE)

Heather Gate
Director, Digital Inclusion, Connected Nation 
Vice Chair, ACDDE

Caroline Beasley
CEO, Beasley Media Group, LLC
Chair, Access to Capital Working Group, ACDDE

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Obtaining Financing in Today’s Changing Environment
Moderator:  
DuJuan McCoy 
President and CEO, Circle City Broadcasting, LLC


Lending/Finance Subgroup Lead, Access to Capital Working Group, ACDDE 

Panelists:
Ty M. Shea
Chief Financial Officer, Circle City Broadcasting, LLC
 
Garret Komjathy
Senior Vice President, Media & Communications Division, U.S. Bank 
Member, Access to Capital Working Group, ACDDE

Daniel J. Damon
Managing Director, Loan Capital Markets, U.S. Bank 

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 	Tax Certificate Policies to Increase Ownership Diversity:  Past, Present and Future 

Introduction
Aama Nahuja 
Legal Counsel, A Wonder Media Company, LLC
Political Subgroup Lead, Access to Capital Working Group, ACDDE

History of Tax Certificate Policy and Minority Media Ownership
				David Honig 
Principal and CEO, JulGlo Productions
President Emeritus and Senior Advisor, MMTC
Member, Access to Capital Working Group, ACDDE

Update on Tax Certificate Reinstatement Legislation
Aama Nahuja  
Legal Counsel, A Wonder Media Company, LLC
Political Subgroup Lead, Access to Capital Working Group, ACDDE

Congressional Update on Media Ownership Diversity Legislation
Kate O’Connor
Chief Counsel, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Committee on Energy and Commerce
U.S. House of Representatives

12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.	LUNCH BREAK

12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.		Potential Impact of a Tax Certificate on the Marketplace

	Moderators: 
Henry Rivera
Partner, Wiley Rein
	Representing Emma Bowen Foundation
	Member, Access to Capital Working Group, ACDDE
Maurita Coley Flippin
President, Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC)
Member, Diversity in the Tech Sector Working Group, ACDDE

Panelists:
Russell M. Perry
CEO, Perry Broadcasting

Tomás Martinez, 
Co-Owner, Solmart Media, Sarasota, Florida 

Jeffrey Smulyan
Chairman and CEO, Emmis Communications

Sara Lomax-Reese
President and CEO, WURD Radio
 
2:00 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.	SYMPOSIUM BREAK
2:10 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.	Nielsen Media Ratings Measurements for Diverse Media Owners

Introduction  
Skip Dillard 
Operations Manager and Program Director, WBLS/WLIB, Emmis Communications 
Broadcast Subgroup Lead, Access to Capital Working Group, ACDDE

Moderators:
James Winston 
President, National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters
Member, Access to Capital Working Group, ACDDE

Nimisha Shukla, M.D.
CEO, New Jersey Broadcasting LLC/South Asian Broadcasting LLC
Member, Access to Capital Working Group, ACDDE
 
Panelists:
Stacie deArmas
Senior Vice President for Community Alliances, Nielsen Global Media

Jon Miller
Vice President for Audience Insights, Nielsen Global Media

3:25 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.		SYMPOSIUM BREAK

3:35 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.	Increasing Access to Advertising for Diverse Media Owners 
 	
Moderators:
Sherman Kizart 
Managing Director and Founder, Kizart Media Partners
Member, Access to Capital Working Group, ACDDE
	
Raúl Alarcón
President, CEO, and Chairman, Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.
Member, Access to Capital Working Group, ACDDE				
Panelists:
Bob Wingo
Chairman and CEO, Sanders Wingo Advertising

	A. Curtis Farrow
CEO and Founder, Irving Street Rep, Inc.

Doug Ray
CEO Media, dentsu Americas

Steve Williams, 
Global COO, Essence Communications
	
4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks 
Caroline Beasley
Chair, Access to Capital Working Group, ACDDE

Anna Gomez
Chair, ACDDE

Jamila Bess Johnson
Designated Federal Officer, ACDDE