IMPACTFUL WOMEN: WOMEN IN MEDIA

Join the South West Communities Chamber of Commerce’s Impactful Women’s Group for their first In-Person event at Bella Sera, Impactful Women: Women in Media. During this panel discussion, the South West Communities Chamber of Commerce will be joined by some of Pittsburgh’s most celebrated media professionals, Carole DeAngelo of the Observer-Reporter, Katie Green of Trib-Total Media, Kym Gable of KDKA, Jasmine Hughes of Pittsburgh City Paper and syndicated columnist Natalie Bencivenga of “Ask Natalie”. You will learn more about the women behind Pittsburgh’s most celebrated media outlets and get a behind-the-scenes look at how your company can utilize their advertising, marketing and editorial tools to help gain more exposure which will be followed by a lively Q & A. Lunch Included.

Carole DeAngelo- Observer-Reporter:

Advertising Director for the Observer-Reporter, Herald Standard, The Almanac and
Greene County Messenger
Proud partner of Becca Carl, other mom to Christian Rohrer
Advocate of being nice and drinking coffee
Vice-President of the Leadership Washington County Board of Directors
Board member of Junior Achievement Board of Directors
Board member of the Bradford House Board of Directors
2018 Athena Award Winner
Creator of the Greater Pittsburgh Food Truck Festival, Corks and Kegs, the Washington
County Auto Show, First Fridays in downtown Washington, the Holiday Market and All
for Her
Managed Washington Crown Center, the Galleria of Mt. Lebanon and the Waterfront
Passionate about women’s rights, motivating people and doing the right thing
We have one chance to make a difference. Make it count

Katie Green- Trib Total Media:

Katie Green is the Neighborhood News Network editor for Trib Total Media, overseeing 11 weekly community newspapers in Allegheny County and more than 32 hyper-local news websites. Prior to working at the Trib, she was editorial director of niche publications at Observer Publishing Company, editor of The Almanac and managing editor of WHIRL Publishing. She is a board member of the Jefferson College Historical Society in Canonsburg and a former board member of the South West Communities Chamber of Commerce and Frank Sarris Public Library.

Kym Gable- KDKA: 

What’s YOUR story? Everyone has one and media personality Kym Gable is an expert at finding them and telling them. An anchor/reporter at KDKA-TV, her work on-camera and behind the scenes has garnered her numerous awards, including two Emmy Awards and Two and Telly Awards. She is also an accomplished freelance producer, emcee, speaker, confidence coach and commercial voice actress — Kym takes a multi-passionate approach to life and business as an entrepreneur and investor. Kym also serves on the advisory board of a local wealth management firm. As an advocate for those less fortunate and those in crisis, Kym’s mission of community outreach is her driving force. She leads the South chapter of the charity support organization, “Inspired Women Paying it Forward,” which provides grants to non-profits that support women and girls in need. Her motto is “You can’t live an extraordinary life if you keep doing ordinary things.” She and her husband, Jeff, are raising twin teen girls with those same principles of leadership, service, and compassion

Jasmine Hughes- Pittsburgh City Paper:

Jasmine M. Hughes currently serves as the Advertising Director at the Pittsburgh City Paper, but her media career started in 2006 at the Observer Publishing Company where she started as an Advertising Consultant and over the next eleven years held roles in advertising, marketing, digital advertising and eventually took over managing the revenue and special projects for the weekly, The Almanac during her last three years with the company. Before moving into the role at the City Paper, Jasmine spent three years at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette where she managed different sales teams and helped oversee and launch special projects focused on new revenue opportunities and the growth of digital revenue. Through Jasmine’s career, she has showed a passion and positive outlook on the media industry especially in the print and digital space. She serves as President of the Interstate Advertising Manager’s Association and in 2019 was named one of Editor & Publisher’s 25 under 35, an honor granted to only 25 individuals across the country each year believed to be the next generation of industry leaders.

Natalie Bencivenga- Ask Natalie:

Natalie Bencivenga is a socially conscious journalist, media personality and entrepreneur, using her platforms to bring attention to issues that build equity in our communities. She currently pens the nationally digitally syndicated “Ask Natalie” advice column for the Universal Press
Syndicate, is an award-winning host of the web series, #FiveMinutesWith and was recently selected as 40 Under 40 by Pittsburgh Magazine. She has practiced yoga and vegan cooking for more than a decade.