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02/28/2019

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"HRTS’ Women of the West Winter Reunion Hosted by
ANNOUNCING OPENING SESSION
Empowerment at Every Level
Lorrie Bartlett, Partner, Board Member and Co Head Talent Department, ICM Partners�Tiffany Smith-Anoa’i, Executive VP, Entertainment Diversity, Inclusion & Communications, CBS Entertainment
Moderated by Nischelle Turner, Correspondent, Entertainment Tonight
One of the greatest benefits of diversity is the variety of voices in the room and on the set – provided those voices are heard. From their day-to-day to longer-term, big picture ideas, leaders from across the TV and media landscape share their strategies for empowering themselves and other women and diverse professionals at every level and role.
Wednesday, March 6, 6:30-9:30pm | The Talk Stage 16 - CBS
Register here: http://bit.ly/WOTWWinterReunion"
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02/23/2019

HRTS’ Women of the West Winter Reunion Hosted by
ANNOUNCING FEATURED SESSION
Interactive Advisory Panel: Ask the Experts
Nina Tassler, Partner, PatMa Productions
Bela Bajaria, VP, Content, Netflix
Sharon Vuong, SVP, Alternative Programming, CBS Entertainment
Moderated by Melissa Grego, CEO, HRTS and Founder, Women of the West
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An all-star advisory panel comprising leaders from across the industry will advise three HRTS Members (one member from each segment -- HRTS Executive, HRTS Associates and JHRTS – chosen in advance) on a question, scenario or issue the member is facing in their career. The three members will describe their topic in 60-seconds, one at a time, and the advisory panel will share their experience as it relates to each issue being workshopped.
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*Submit your topic when you register to be considered to present your topic.
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Wednesday, March 6, 6:30-9:30pm | The Talk Stage 16 - CBS
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Register here: http://bit.ly/WOTWWinterReunion

02/14/2019

Registration Open! HRTS' Women of the West Winter Reunion (3/6) on Set of The Talk

Hosted by , reunites attendees of HRTS' Women of the West 2018 and welcomes members of CBS Eye Speak for a special evening of empowerment at every level

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 (6:30 - 9:30 PM)
WHERE: Set of THE TALK at CBS Studio Center

Past Attendees of HRTS' Women of the West: You May Bring A Guest! Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Capacity is limited.

Opening Panel: Empowerment at Every Level
One of the greatest benefits of diversity is the variety of voices in the room and on the set – provided those voices are heard. From their day-to-day to longer-term, big picture ideas, leaders from across the TV and media landscape share their strategies for empowering themselves and other diverse professionals at every level and role.

Moderator: Nischelle Turner, Host, Entertainment Tonight and Contributor, CNN

Panelists: To be announced

Interactive Advisory Panel: Ask the Experts *
An all-star advisory panel comprising leaders from across the industry will advise three HRTS Members (one member from each segment -- HRTS Executive, HRTS Associates and JHRTS – chosen in advance) on a question, scenario or issue the member is facing in their career. The three members will describe their topic in 60-seconds, one at a time, and the advisory panel will share their experience as it relates to each issue being workshopped.

Moderator: Melissa Grego, CEO, HRTS and Founder, Women of the West

Panelists: To be announced

*Submit your topic when you register to be considered to present your question, scenario or issue to be workshopped by the experts during this session.

This event is OFF THE RECORD
MORE INFO / REGISTER at http://www.hrts.org/womenofthewest

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02/14/2019

Registration Open! HRTS' Women of the West Winter Reunion (3/6) Hosted by CBS Eye Speak on the Set of The Talk

HRTS - Hollywood Radio & Television Society reunites attendees of the Women of the West 2018 Conference and Fall Reunion and welcomes members of CBS EYE Speak for a special evening of empowerment at every level

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 (6:30 - 9:30 PM)
WHERE: Set of THE TALK at CBS Studio Center

This event is complimentary to all HRTS Members. Past Attendees of HRTS' Women of the West: You May Bring A Guest!

Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Capacity is limited.

MORE INFO / REGISTER at www.hrts.org/womenofthewest

11/01/2018

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"A year ago yesterday I started my job at HRTS. I am so grateful to our members, Board, staff, speakers, sponsors, mentors and partners for an incredible year of learning with the TV and media community. Between HRTS HQ and our membership segments HRTS Associates and Junior HRTS in LA and NYC, we presented 64 events, from HRTS Newsmaker Luncheons to our Spotlight Breakfasts, Unscripted Content Group Dinners, the Mentorship Program in LA and NYC, the annual JHRTS Holiday Party, HRTSA-LA’s Breakfast With A Boss, JHRTS and HRTSA panels, mixers and philanthropic outings to my Women of the West series, which is now an HRTS event.

It’s been a year of too many highlights to call out individually but HRTS’ Women of the West Fall 2018 Reunion event last week, when I had the honor of interviewing one of our industry’s most accomplished leaders, Gail Berman, is a moment I will not soon forget! (Nor will I forget the moment I got to show my trusty clipboard to the woman who brought us Buffy - see picture!) As we build on our organization’s 70+ year history of working together to share information and develop careers and our business community in the face of constant disruption, I’m excited to say we are launching an HRTS Instagram account today. We will highlight memories from the past, what we are up to in the present and what we have planned for the future. Please check us out and follow and tag us with your own moments.
You can also follow HRTS Associates LA , HRTS Associates NY , JHRTS LA and JHRTS NY .

More to come! "
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10/30/2018

Keynotes & Cocktails is now an HRTS - Hollywood Radio & Television Society event series! Please like or follow the HRTS page for updates on this event...and see the below photo album for highlights from HRTS' Women of the West Fall 2018 Reunion event last week.

HRTS' Women of the West Fall 2018 Reunion Featuring an Interview with Gail Berman was held on October 25, 2018 over dinner at The Beverly Wilshire. The off-the-record 2018 HRTS Women of the West Fall 2018 Reunion program included an interview with Gail Berman, Chairman and CEO, The Jackal Group and Co-President, Producers Guild of America, moderated by HRTS CEO and Women of the West Founder Melissa Grego. In addition, HRTS reconvened Mentor Group Roundtables launched at HRTS’ Women of the West conference in May.

For full event and panelist info, visit our Women of the West page at: www.hrts.org/event/women-of-the-west Photo credit: Chyna Photography

05/18/2018

Women of the West is today at 2 pm - for the first time as an event! Info here: www.hrts.org/event/women-of-the-west

05/07/2018

Past Women of the West attendee offer!

As a thank you for past attendance and support of the Keynotes & Cocktails: Women of the West events, HRTS is offering past attendees the opportunity to attend the newly launched Women of the West 2018 as an HRTS event on May 18 at the member price and to also receive a complimentary one-year HRTS membership. (Register via the link below, offer expires May 9.)

Join us for the candid, off-the-record half-day conference you know and love – with added features as an HRTS Member event.

NEW! Women of the West registration includes complimentary attendance at Summer and Fall "WOTW Reunion" events to continue fostering the relationships and conversations started among HRTS Members at the conference.

May 18 Program Highlights:
Opening session: “Women of HRTS,” featuring Board of Directors Members Leigh Brecheen, Christina Davis, Robin Schwartz and Chris Selak in a conversation moderated by HRTS Associates-LA Board Member Chika Chukudebelu.

Building on “The Pass,” a conversation moderated by Laverne McKinnon about learning how to move onward and upward when things don’t go according to plan. Featuring speakers Sophia Amoruso, Bridget Baker and Kay Cannon.

Making Vida: An inside look at the mission to create an inclusive production with Tanya Saracho, Creator and Showrunner of the new half-hour drama Vida on Starz, and her colleagues.

An all-star lineup of Mentor Group Leaders!

THIS EVENT IS OFF-THE-RECORD | ALL GENDER IDENTITIES WELCOME

If you are already a member of HRTS and a past attendee, your registration is complimentary. Email us at [email protected] for more info.

Past Attendee offers expire May 9.

https://hrts.org/eventsmodule/ =171&cid=359&wid=501

05/07/2018

For the full agenda, additional speaker, sponsor info -- and to register! -- please visit https://hrts.org/event/women-of-the-west/

WOMEN OF THE WEST - ANNOUNCING FEATURED SESSION:
Making "Vida": Inside the Mission to Create an Inclusive Production

A candid look into how and why Tanya Saracho, Creator and Showrunner of the buzzworthy new half-hour drama "Vida" on Starz, and her producing and network colleagues mounted an all-Latinx show – before the “inclusion rider” existed. Discussion to include: What you can ask for in staffing up a show (and what’s out of bounds) and the importance to the show of the team being Latinx.

FEATURED "VIDA" SPEAKERS:

Tanya Saracho
Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer

Carmen Cabana
Director of Photography

Carmen Cuba
Casting Director

Nancy Mejía
Staff Writer

JoAnne Yarrow
Editor

REGISTER HERE: https://hrts.org/event/hrts-presents-women-of-the-west/

04/09/2018

Women of the West - Announcing Opening Session: THE WOMEN OF HRTS

HRTS Board Members and other accomplished leaders offer insight into their career paths, the biggest challenges they’ve faced and their strategies for thriving in the industry of the future.

Speakers (more to be announced):

Leigh Brecheen, Partner
Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkmann & Goodman, LLP
(HRTS Board Member)

Christina Davis, Partner
Maniac Productions
(HRTS Board Member)
Robin Schwartz, Big Beach (HRTS Board Member)

Robin Schwartz, Head of TV
Big Beach
(HRTS Board Member)

Chris Selak, EVP & Head of Worldwide Scripted Television
Lionsgate
(HRTS Board Secretary)

REGISTER HERE: https://hrts.org/event/hrts-presents-women-of-the-west/

03/26/2018

Dear Friends, when I wrote to you with the exciting news that I would be joining HRTS as CEO, I knew good things were to come.

In fact, getting to work with our Board of Directors, members and partners to serve this organization, I have been energized in a way that if we are very fortunate we all get to experience once in a career. I am lucky to say I enjoyed the same sense of excitement when we launched the very first Keynotes & Cocktails event.

So...it is a great joy to tell you that Keynotes & Cocktails: Women of the West is returning to Los Angeles—as an HRTS event! It will be held on Friday, May 18 (2-7 p.m.) at the Ebell of Los Angeles.

What’s new for 2018:

•Three members of the HRTS Board of Directors are co-chairing the event:
-Philippe Maigret, President, Scripted Programming, ITV Studios America
-Robin Schwartz, Head of TV, Big Beach
-Chris Selak, Executive VP and Head of Worldwide Scripted Television, Lionsgate

•The expert-led networking roundtable discussions that have been part of Women of the West will serve as the launch pad for ongoing peer mentoring groups among HRTS members.

•We are grateful to welcome our Premiere Sponsor of Women of the West: Amazon Studios, Prime Video and IMDb.

I know many of you reading this message already are members of HRTS, or your companies are members (highlights of Corporate Members at www.hrts.org/corporate-membership). If you are not yet a member, you still may attend. Registration for new and existing individual members is open at www.hrts.org/event/hrts-presents-women-of-the-west/ (link also in bio).

For information on sponsorships, please contact Ruzzo Martinelli, Director of Events, HRTS ([email protected]). Please send inquiries about the program directly to me.

General info on HRTS membership may be found at www.hrts.org/membership.

Hope to see you May 18!

Melissa Grego ( )
Founder, Keynotes & Cocktails: Women of the West and Women of NY