1. The art and science of human performance
Featured Speaker at 2011 Leadership Alumni Reunion
October 20, 2011
Ray Heacox is a senior executive with experience in television, technology
and higher education. Mr. Heacox currently serves as President and General
Manager of King Broadcasting. King Broadcasting is a subsidiary of Belo
Corp. a Dallas based media company.
Prior to joining Belo Seattle, Heacox was the first Director of the Paul F.
Harron Graduate Program in Television Management at Drexel University in
Philadelphia where he was charged with creating this two year, full time,
dual degree (MS/MBA) curriculum. Simultaneously, he was the principal of
Deft Management, providing consulting services to clients in media,
technology and sales. During the 1990’s Mr. Heacox held several prominent
management positions with NBC including President and General Manager of
KNBC in Los Angeles and EVP of Sales for the NBC owned and operated station
group. Mr. Heacox left NBC in 2000 to become President and later CEO of
MediaOcean Inc., a business to business technology company.
Mr. Heacox is a Tacoma native having graduated from Clover Park High School
and Pacific Lutheran University. He lives on Mercer Island, Washington,
with his wife Cynthia Huffman. Mr. Heacox is Chair of the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society/Greater Northwest Chapter, Trustee and Vice Chair of the
ArtsFund Board, a member of the Seattle Children’s Hospital Foundation
Board, a member of the Benaroya Research Institute Board of Directors and a
past member of the NBC Affiliates Board.
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