Patricia Fili-Krushel (born 1953) is an American businesswoman and media executive. She is currently CEO of the Center for Talent Innovation and sits on the Board of Directors for

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and Chipotle Mexican Grill. Fili-Krushel has served as Chairman of the

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, Executive Vice President, Administration at

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., CEO of

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, President of the ABC Television Network, and President of ABC Daytime.

Early life

Fili-Krushel attended

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, graduating with a B. S. Degree. She earned an

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degree from

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Career

Fili-Krushel worked at

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, where she became

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of Business Affairs and Production in December 1984. She then joined Lifetime Television in 1988 as both Group

of Hearst/ABC-

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Entertainment Services (HAVES), and Senior Vice President of Programming and Production of Lifetime Television, where she was responsible for launching “the first network for women”. Fili-Krushel joined

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in 1993, as president of ABC Daytime (ABC-D)and then as network President. She was responsible for introducing the daytime talk show '' The View''. While at ABC, she launched Soap Net, a 24-hour soap opera cable network. She joined Time Warner in 2001. In 2006, she was inducted into the

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’s “She Made It” Collection. From 2012 until 2015 she was chairman of NBCUniversal news group. In September 2012, Fili-Krushel made her second appearance on

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’s “50 Most Powerful Women” list. In 2019, Fili-Krushel serves on the board of

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, Chipotle Mexican Grill, The Public Theater of New York, where she is Vice Chair, PEN America, and the

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. Past service includes: board of directors of Lifetime Television, Central Park Conservancy,

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, NowThis News,

, and Revere Media, as well as the Executive Committee and the Board of Governors of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Advertising Council and the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy's Media Task Force. Pat is past president of New York Women in Film and TV. Fili-Krushel has been named to Fortune’s “50 Most Powerful Women” list a number of times. She has been recognized by New York Women in Communications through their Matrix Awards. She is the recipient of the Women's Project & Productions' Women of Achievement Award, honored by the Police Athletic League as Woman of the Year, awarded the Women in Film Muse Award, and the Crystal Apple Award by the City of New York. She was named to Mayor Bloomberg's Commission on Women's Issues. In 2009, Harvard Business School published a case study on Pat; “Patricia Fili-Krushel: Traversing a Career Path.”

Personal

Fili-Krushel currently lives in New York with her husband, Ken, and her two grown children.

References

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