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Congratulations Bella! We are so proud of you and your commitment to being a leader!

Live Like Blaine honors all those who have contributed to making the playing field more equitable for girls and young women and celebrates the accomplishments of female athletes.

To learn more about the impact of Title IX, check out this great article from ESPN. ESPN’s ’37 Words’ tells story of Title IX’s impact on women’s sports (awfulannouncing.com)

Congratulations Mia! We are so proud of you and your commitment to being a leader!

The Union League of Philadelphia’s prestigious Good Citizenship Award is awarded to boys and girls who demonstrate exemplary qualities of the following: Cooperative effort, Self-control, Perseverance, Serious scholarship, and Good Sportsmanship!

Congratulations to all the 2022 Awardees!!!

Congratulations Bella! We are so proud of you and your commitment to being a leader!

Isabella Hanson, returning Leadership Academy Student, was named a 2022 Prudential Emerging Visionary for bringing powerful vision and meaningful change to her community.
Bella, 16, started “I Matter” to give young people a platform to advocate for social justice and equality through creative expression. The project runs poetry and art contests, Juneteenth events, and workshops for students of all backgrounds, creating a place for their voices to be heard and inviting them to share powerful messages about racial justice.

As one of 25 young people from across the country selected in this year’s inaugural class, Isabella will receive $5,000 in funding as well as an invitation to participate in an awards summit in April 2022. Way to go, Bella. We are so proud of you and your incredible accomplishments!

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Bonnie Hammer is Vice Chairman, NBCUniversal.  As a strategic advisor to Jeff Shell, CEO, she leverages her strong business and creative experience, broad industry relationships and long-standing commitment to prosocial advocacy to further company initiatives. 

In her 40 plus year career, Hammer been involved in every facet of the television business, often being tapped to position emerging platforms for success.  In her previous role as Chairman of the Universal Studio Group, she strategically aligned NBCUniversal’s content business for the global market, bringing together the company’s three powerhouse studios — Universal Television, UCP and NBCUniversal International Studios — under one umbrella.  Prior to her studio purview, Hammer was Chairman, Direct-to-Consumer and Digital Enterprises, overseeing the creation of Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new streaming platform.  

Hammer moved to Peacock after serving as Chairman, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment where she had executive oversight of leading cable brands USA Network, SYFY, Bravo, Oxygen, E! Entertainment and Universal Kids.  Under Hammer’s leadership, these cable networks experienced tremendous growth domestically and internationally.  During her tenure at USA, the network was the most-watched entertainment cable channel for record-setting 13 consecutive years.  She also grew the network’s profitability by and impressive 33%.  As her portfolio grew, Hammer developed SYFY into a global brand by extending its reach to 116 countries worldwide, guided Bravo to top 5 cable network and directed the growth, both domestically and internationally, for E! Entertainment.  She also created and oversaw two award-winning production studios, UCP and Wilshire Studios, as well as the digital business Bluprint.  

In addition to leading network growth Hammer also cultivated a roster of award-winning series and talent.  Under her leadership, USA, SYFY and UCP recorded 167 Emmy award nominations and series such as “Monk,” “Mr. Robot,” “The Sinner,” “Homecoming,” “The Act,” “Dirty John” and “Battlestar Galactica” were regularly lauded by the Television Academy, HFPA and Screen Actors Guild.  “Mr. Robot” and “Battlestar Galactica” also received Peabody and AFI awards. 

In 2016, with a move that Variety Magazine described as “blowing up the cable TV management playbook,” she centralized all original scripted content for the portfolio under one team and formed a new division tasked with developing forward-thinking planning, Strategy and Commercial Growth.  

Earlier in her career, Hammer was an original programming executive at Lifetime Television Network, where she executive produced several award-winning documentaries for the network’s acclaimed Signature Series. She was honored with the Lillian Gish Award, several Cine Golden Eagles and the National Association for Youth’s Mentor Award.  Before coming to New York, Hammer executive produced “Good Day!” for WCVB in Boston, and produced the series “This Old House,” “Infinity Factory” and “Zoom!” for PBS. 

As a leader, Hammer sought ways to use her platforms to promote social inclusivity.  She created and launched a pro-social campaign designed to fight hate and discrimination in America, “Erase the Hate,” in 1994.  The initiative received a coveted Governors Award from the Television Academy for its groundbreaking documentaries and specials, community programs and educational materials.  

Throughout her career, Hammer has been lauded for both her executive prowess and her dedication to social responsibility.  She was named the 2019 “Executive of the Year” by The Hollywood Reporter.  She is also consistently included on The Hollywood Reporter’s “Power 100” list and was named “Most Powerful Woman in Entertainment” by the publication.  Hammer is regularly included on Fortune’s “50 Most Powerful Women” list, Forbes’ list of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” and Vanity Fair’s annual “New Establishment” list.  In 2008, Hammer received the Anti-Defamation League’s Entertainment Industry Award; she has since chaired ADL’s National Entertainment Advisory Council.  For her professional contributions, Hammer has been honored by UJA Federation of New York with the group’s Steven J. Ross Humanitarian Award, the Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications, and the prestigious Crystal+Lucy Award from Women in Film.  She was also inducted into Broadcasting & Cable’s Hall of Fame.  

Hammer currently serves on the Board of Directors of eBay and IAC/InteractiveCorp. She also sits on the AFI Board of Trustees, the Board of Governors for the MPTF Foundation and serves on the strategic planning committee for Boston University’s College of Communication. 

Outside the office, Hammer is also an accomplished photographer who has had her work displayed in several galleries and in leading publications such as Time magazine and The Boston Globe.  She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and a master’s degree in media and new technology from Boston University. She also received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Boston University in 2017. 

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Through her "I Matter" poetry competition on #BlackLivesMatter, high-schooler Isabella Hanson of @NYFUSA reached thousands of youth through the publication of the top poetry and art submissions using @Google Forms.

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