Meet Our Journalists, Advisors & Leaders
Kiran Chetry
Sarder TV Journalist & Former CNN Anchor
Kiran Chetry is an award-winning TV journalist with more than 20 years of experience in Broadcast Journalism. She is a former anchor and reporter at CNN, as well as the former Co-Host of American Morning.
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Vaishali Jain
Sarder TV Anchor & Former Bloomberg TV Journalist
Vaishali has been working in the Media & Journalism for more than 14 years. She had her own CEO talk show on Bloomberg TV called Biz Lounge, a show that she anchored and produced interacting with some of the Top CEOs.
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Vanessa Tyler
Sarder TV Anchor & Emmy Award Winning Journalist
Vanessa is an Emmy award winner and 6 time Emmy nominated reporter/anchor with more than two decades of broadcast journalism experience. In Dayton, Ohio, Vanessa was ‘The Most Watched’ solo weekend anchor for the CBS affiliate.
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Jennifer Crumpton
Sarder TV Anchor, Author & Media Professional
Jennifer Crumpton is a New York City-based author, media commentator, blogger, reporter and host. She is a regular contributor to Huffington Post and writes a column for Patheos.com. She has also appeared on FOX & Friends, FOX News Live, CNN Headline News, Sirius XM’s Leiberman Live and Women’s Media Center Live.
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Tracey Fitzpatrick
Sarder TV Anchor & Former Market News Video Anchor
Tracey is a Telly Award winning producer & reporter and has spent over a decade at Cablevision. She also has had stints at Time Warner’s NY1 News, and recently a financial news anchor with Market News Video. Tracey is the recipient of several industry awards including, a Cable Ace Nominee, and is a three time Telly Award winning producer/reporter.
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Stephanie Haney
Sarder TV Anchor & Media Professional
Stephanie Haney is a lawyer, writer, producer, and on-camera personality who has appeared on many major networks, to include CBS, E! Entertainment, TNT, Spike, NFL Network, Fox Sports, The Travel Channel and The History Channel. Stephanie holds a Master of Science in Journalism, magna cum laude, as an Annenberg Fellow from the University of Southern California.
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Kelsey Hubbard
Sarder TV Anchor & Multi-Media Producer
Kelsey Hubbard is an experienced TV anchor/reporter and digital broadcast innovator with diverse experience garnered at high profile media organizations. As part of the morning anchor team at News 12 CT, an Altice Network, Kelsey co-anchored live broadcast and solo-anchored the daily news shows as well.
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Cara Castronuova
Sarder TV Anchor,Television Personality & Fitness Expert
Cara Castronuova is a television personality and fitness expert. She was featured on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” as a weight loss coach and celebrity fitness trainer. Cara is a two time Golden Gloves Boxing Champion, and was ranked #2 in the nation by USA Boxing. She was featured on and in Bravo’s “Top Chef Masters”,The History Channel, E!, Access Hollywood, The Morning Show, on the front page of USA Today, The New York Daily News, FIOS News1, SHAPE Magazine, Self Magazine, Women’s Health Magazine, and various other local, national and international publications.
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Philip Weinzimer
Sarder TV Anchor & Author of The Strategic CEO
Phil has over 28 years of experience in IT field and is the author of “The Strategic CIO: Changing The Dynamics of the Business Enterprise”. He is also the co-author of a Harvard Case study.
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Derricke Dennis
Sarder TV Anchor & FOX News Anchor
Derricke Dennis is a veteran broadcast journalist and Emmy nominee based in New York City. His television and radio credits include CBS News, FOX News Channel, 1010 WINS, News 12 and I24News, all in New York.
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Brian Watson
Sarder TV Anchor & Former Editor-in-Chief of CIO Insight
Brian Watson is an author of Confessions of a Successful CIO, speaker and contributor to a wide array of business/technology forums focused on IT leadership and the CIO role. He serves as Co-Head, CIO Networks at Metis Strategy, a business and technology strategy consulting firm. Previously, he has also served as Editor in Chief of CIO Insight.
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Jill Johnson
Sarder TV Anchor, Award-Winning CEO & Business-Strategist
Jill Johnson is the Co-founder/CEO of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL) and CEO of Workshop In Business Opportunities (WIBO). She has over twenty-two years of experience as a business strategist with expertise in financial analysis, marketing, and business development.
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Chitra Nawbatt
Sarder TV Anchor & Harvard-Graduate Journalist
Chitra Nawbatt has been an anchor and correspondent for SarderTV and also for Business News Network (BNN). Previously, Nawbatt has abeen an anchor, correspondent and contributor for various media organizations including Thomson Reuters, The Huffington Post, radio broadcast and other platforms.
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Gary Beach
Sarder TV Anchor & Publisher Emeritus of CIO Magazine
Gary Beach’s career spans over three decades in the information technology media business. He has held executive posts at McGraw-Hill on Data Communications, and at International Data Group where he was the publisher of Network World, Computerworld and CIO Magazine.
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Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn
Chief Knowledge Officer, CISCO
Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn is Vice President and General Manager for Learning@Cisco, Technical Services (TS) Strategy and Operations. She oversees business planning and the strategic portfolio for TS. Beliveau-Dunn is a 17-year Cisco veteran and has been in the industry for over 25 years.
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Roseanna DeMaria
Former CLO, Merrill Lynch
Roseanna DeMaria is the Founder and Principal of The DeMaria Group. DeMaria’s over 20 years of business and management experience is broad based, from government to start-ups to Fortune 50 corporations. Roseanna’s leadership skills and business results consistently achieve industry and board recognition.
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Tom Evans
Former CLO, PwC
Tom Evans was the driving force behind the everyday development of PwC’s 41,000 U.S. partners, principals, and staff for over 10 years. As PwC’s Chief Learning Officer (CLO), he was dedicated to cultivating and advancing the firm’s culture of ongoing professional development.
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T.J. Elliot
Chief Learning Officer, ETS
As VP and CLO of Education Testing Service (ETS), T.J. Elliott has overall responsibility for those processes that share knowledge, develop people and organizations, assure appropriate collaborative workspaces, and enable growth and innovation across the enterprise. Elliot has over 20 years of experience in learning field.
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Jeanne C Meister
Author & Partner, Future Workplace
Jeanne is Partner at Future Workplace, a consulting firm dedicated to assisting organizations in re-thinking, re-imagining, and re-inventing the workplace.
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Joseph Tufano
Chief Information Officer, St. John’s University
A double alumnus of St. John’s, Joseph Tufano joined the University in 2002 and is currently the VP and CIO of Information Technology. During his tenure, he has transformed the culture of the academic community, driving its commitment to the use of technology in every facet of campus life.
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Savio Chan
Chief Executive Officer, US China Partners
Savio is President and CEO of US China Partners Inc., a privately held business development firm specializing in Market Entry, Strategic Sourcing, and Marketing Development for U.S. companies seeking to do business in. Savio also facilitates local and cross- border joint ventures among leading Chinese multinationals and Fortune 1000 companies.
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Atti Riazi
Chief Information Officer, United Nations
Atefeh (Atti) Riazi is CIO of the United Nations and previously served in both the public and the private sectors managing large organisations as well as large-scale technology and transformational projects and initiatives. Atti is a senior executive and a philanthropist. She has published numerous articles and studies.
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Dennis Budinich
Chief Culture Officer, Investors Bank
Dennis Budinich is the Chief Culture Officer at Investors Bank and a member of The National Speakers Association. His high-energy learning programs, shares the information he has acquired in the fields of positive psychology and self-science, as well as his personal experiences as a successful financial professional and entrepreneur.
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Joe Ilvento
Author & Chief Learning Officer, CommVault Systems
Joe Ilvento is CLO and WW Director of Talent Development for CommVault Systems. Supporting the leadership and development of CommVault employees worldwide. Joe is also the author of three books and holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and master’s in education and e-education.
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Mike Benson
Chief Information Officer, DirecTV
With over 30 years’ experience in technology, Mike is Executive VP and Chief Information Officer for DIRECTV, Inc. He is responsible for creating and maintaining information technology solutions for DIRECTV’s business operations nationwide. He oversees reporting, analysis/infrastructure requirements, customer billing/payment systems, and diverse other functions.
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Mark Bunting
Author of Virtual Power
Mark’s 20+ year career has made him the most recognized personality in the High-Tech world. Known for his Sky TV In-flight television programs, he is also a host of The Computer Man syndicated program. His numerous writing and speaking engagements —put technology and people together.
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Dan Hoffman
Former CEO, M5 Networks
Dan Hoffman is a founder and former CEO of M5 Networks, a pioneer in the Cloud communications industry. After 12 years, Dan sold M5 to ShoreTel and worked there for a while before being selected as a Crown Fellow, moving to Spain and beginning work in education.
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Andrew Yang
Chief Executive Officer, Venture for America
Founder and CEO of Venture for America, Andrew has worked in startups for 12 years. Selected by the White House as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship and named one of Fast Company,s “100 Most Creative People in Business”, he is the author of Smart People Should Build Things.
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Danielle Harlan
Chief Executive Officer, The Center for Advancing Leadership and Human Potential
Danielle is Founder and CEO of the Center for Advancing Leadership and Human Potential. She received her doctorate in political science and master’s in education from Stanford and is a member of the International Leadership Association, the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, and the National Association for Female Executives.
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Andrea Elkin
Vice President – Enterprise Learning, ADP
Andrea is an award-winning CLO with over 20 years of corporate and consulting experience. Former CLO at BNY Mellon and current VP of Enterprise Learning at ADP, she is highly respected for her diverse experience including senior leadership roles in Human Resources, Business Strategy, Sales, and Operations.
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Jeff Herman
Veteran literary Agent, Entrepreneur and Author
Jeff Herman opened his literary agency in the mid-1980s while in his mid-20s. He has made nearly one-thousand book deals, including many bestsellers. His own books include Jeff Herman’s guide to publishers, editors & literary agents (more than 500,000 copies sold), and write the perfect book proposal (co-authored with Deborah Herman).
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Russell Sarder
Author, Entrepreneur and CEO of Learning
Russell Sarder is an American business magnate, author, and CEO of NetCom Learning. Under his leadership, NetCom Learning has become a multi-million-dollar business. In 2008 and 2011, Inc 5000 Magazine listed NetCom as one of the fastest growing private companies in the USA. Sarder was a winner of the 2011 Top Ten Asian American Business Awards and 50 Outstanding Asian Americans in Businesses. Sarder is also the chairman and CEO of Sarder Inc., a holding company that includes NetCom Learning, LearningGG, LearningCMS, Sarder Learning, Ebiz9, Technology and Training magazine, and other smaller companies.
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Yang Tuan
Chief Operating Officer
Yang has been one of the key forces behind the growth of Sarder TV from the inception. With more than 17 years of work experience across diverse organizations in various leadership roles, Yang has been able to successfully drive the strategy and marketing functions. With a Master’s in Science from St. John’s University, Yang has an exceptional ability to drill the target market deeply, summarize trends and present the findings in a practical business format. Yang is an exceptional marketer, bringing just the right complement of strategic insight, practical marketing knowledge, and industry experience to every assignment.