The WICT Network: New England Board

Lori LeBas was named senior vice president, operations for Disney’s Platform Distribution segment in February, 2020. 

Email: Lori.B.LeBas@disney.espn.com

Phone: 860-766-4011

Bio: Lori LeBas

Anna is a Supervisor in Remote Crewing at ESPN. She leads a team of individuals focused on the planning and staffing of collegiate sports across ESPN networks.

Email: anna.ciccone@abc.com

Phone: 860-766-2033

Bio: Anna Ciccone

Dina is a Director of Finance with the Disney and ESPN Media Networks distribution finance team.  In this role Dina is responsible for the financial planning and analysis of Affiliate sales and distribution for TWDC suite of networks.

Email: Dina.Baraiolo@espn.com

Phone: 860-766-3615

Bio: Dina Baraiolo

Brooke joined ESPN in 2016 and is now a manager of finance with the Disney and ESPN Media Networks distribution finance team. In this role Brooke is responsible for the financial planning and analysis of affiliate sales and distribution for the ESPN suite of networks.

Bio: Brooke Bailey

Christina is entering her 18th year with ESPN, right out of college. Sports have always been her passion which lead her to join ESPN in Network Control, monitoring on air quality of all 17 networks the company serves around the world. She coordinates and plans staffing for remote and studio productions while managing on air issues with multiple departments.

Email: Christina.Draper@espn.com

Phone: 860-766-9754

Bio: Christina Draper

Jenna (she/her/they/them) is a Studio Operator II with ESPN/Disney Media and Entertainment Studio Operations. Jenna has been with the company since 2014 functioning as a hard camera operator/trainer, jib operator, and editor across our programming. An athlete turned coach; it was a matter of time before they ended up at ESPN. They started their career shooting handheld for Comcast’s first ever live streamed sporting event.

Bio: Jenna Blakeslee

Nadine Heinen is a Regional Director of Operations at Atlantic Broadband.  In this role she is responsible for all of Field Operations, including construction and related areas for the Northeast and recently, Pennsylvania.  Nadine has 25+ years of telecommunications leadership at the senior level in Engineering and Field Operations and her previous roles include:  Director of Network Engineering for Charter, VP of Operations for Comcast, Director of Engineering for Comcast and Time Warner Cable, and Director of Advanced Technology for HBO.

Bio: Nadine Heinen

Allison leads ESPN’s Remote Operations Third Party Resource Team.  Her role is to manage the multiple agency populations that fall under the Remote Operations third party umbrella including, but not limited to, day count tracking, payroll processing, personnel troubleshooting, invoice payment, and database coordination.  Allison also volunteers for her department’s Library Committee and is a proud member the Women’s Multicultural Network, an internal ESPN team focused on recruiting, retaining, and elevating women of color within the company.  Prior to her joining ESPN in 2014, Allison’s primary experience was in small business management.

Email: allison.violette@espn.com

Phone: 860-549-7701

Bio: Allison Violette

Kim is a Sr. Marketing Communications Specialist at Cox Media, responsible for internal & external communications, project planning, promotions, and events.

Email: kimberly.webber@coxmedia.com

Bio: Kimberly Webber

Elizabeth Walden is the Regional Senior Manager of Public Relations for Comcast. She is responsible for helping shape the company’s image with external audiences in Connecticut, Vermont, Western Massachusetts, Western New Hampshire and Carmel, N.Y. 

Email: elizabeth_walden@comcast.net

Phone: 860-505-3445

Bio: Elizabeth Walden