Education
Fili-Krushel attended Saint John"s University, graduating with a B. South. Degree. She earned an Master of Business Administration degree from Fordham University.
Fili-Krushel attended Saint John"s University, graduating with a B. South. Degree. She earned an Master of Business Administration degree from Fordham University.
Fili-Krushel has served as Chairman of the NBCUniversal News Group, Executive Vice President, Administration at Time Warner Incorporated., Chief Executive Officer of WebMD, President of the American Broadcasting Company Television Network, and President of American Broadcasting Company Daytime. Fili-Krushel worked at Home Box Office, where she became Vice President of Business Affairs and Production in December 1984. She then joined Lifetime Television in 1988 as both Group Vice President of Hearst/American Broadcasting Company-Viacom 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 American Broadcasting Company in 1993, as president of American Broadcasting Company Daytime (American Broadcasting Company-Doctorate)and then as network President.
She was responsible for introducing the daytime talk show “The View”. While at American Broadcasting Company, she launched Soap Net, a 24-hour soap opera cable network.
She joined Time Warner in 2001. In 2006, she was inducted into the Museum of Television & Radio’s “She Made lieutenant” Collection.
From 2012 until 2015 she was chairman of NBCUniversal news group.
In September 2012, Fili-Krushel made her second appearance on Fortune’s “50 Most Powerful Women” list. In 2015, Fili-Krushel serves on the Board of Dollar General Corporation, The Public Theaterof New York, where she is Vice Chair, the Board of the Central Park Conservancy, the Board of Trustees of Fordham University, and Mayor Bloomberg"s Commission on Women"s Issues, the Berkshire Film Festival, and The Center for Talent Innovation. Pat is past President of New York Women in Film and television 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 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 ”.
She is a senior mentor in West.O.M.E.N. In America, an emerging women leaders mentoring organization, and a member of The Women's Forum of New New York