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Joan Hogan Gillman ’85, a top-ranking executive at Time Warner Cable, says Holy Cross does an “enormously successful job” at preparing students to work in business.
“I can speak personally that after working in business for 15 years I am better at communicating and learning complex subject matter because I attended Holy Cross, and I am extremely confident to tackle new issues and to lead other people because of the values that Holy Cross instilled in me,” she says.
Gillman, president at Time Warner Cable Media Sales and executive vice president at Time Warner Cable, delivered the keynote address at this year’s Women in Business Conference sponsored by Holy Cross’ Ciocca Office of Entrepreneurial Studies. In her role she heads up the ad sales force and leads the effort to deliver advanced advertising, data and interactive solutions for advertisers and network partners. She runs a team of 1,600 people in 100 offices.
Read her entire speech [PDF].
Following her talk, she spoke about how Holy Cross’ liberal arts education prepares students to be successful in any field, and the many things that make the College special.
