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March 28, 2011     ARCHIVES

Media Guru Evening Event: Tina Sharkey

Tina Sharkey

Tina Sharkey is the Chairman and Global President of BabyCenter, a division of Johnson & Johnson (“JnJ”) and the world’s leading website for parenting information. Her stated mission: to make BabyCenter the world’s parenting partner. Achieving this goal will require Sharkey to determine how to operate in an increasingly global footprint, in which consumer Internet and media habits vary widely from region to region, and to manage a website with a Web 1.0 heritage that is rapidly becoming a brand noted for its community and utilities. Sharkey runs a premier media brand, which ironically is owned by one of the world’s leading package goods company. JnJ, the $62B global leader in consumer products, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Despite its JnJ relationship, Sharkey shut down BabyCenter’s ecommerce business and turned the site into a fully advertising-supported media property. In her leadership role, Tina also advocates for women’s maternal issues on a global basis. She has lobbied Congress for support on mobile health initiatives that will empower women to activate engagement in their own health. Prior to joining BabyCenter, Sharkey worked at America Online, Inc., where she led AOL’s social networking initiatives, including AIM. Before AOL, she served as Group President of Sesame Workshop’s Online Services and co-founder and chief community architect of iVillage. Tina also collaborated with Barry Diller on a new home shopping channel, Q2, a division of QVC, helped launch the Adobe Acrobat and New York 1 brands, and managed corporate brand strategies for Time Warner, QVC and Sony.


Quantum Media organizes both the Media Guru and Media Disruptor series in conjunction with the Harvard Business School Club of Greater New York. Occasionally, we may also recommend other media events to our mailing list.

The Media Guru and Media Disruptor series feature top business leaders and innovators speaking to club members and guests in informal sessions about the art and business of media. The talks are formatted as question and answer and are generally off the record. Media Guru and Media Disruptor events are breakfasts or after work events and are held at different venues around the city. Subscribe to the mailing list for schedule and details.

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Quantum Media organizes both the Media Guru and Media Disruptor series in conjunction with the Harvard Business School Club of Greater New York. Occasionally, we may also recommend other media events to our mailing list.

The Media Guru and Media Disruptor series feature top business leaders and innovators speaking to club members and guests in informal sessions about the art and business of media. The talks are formatted as question and answer and are generally off the record. Media Guru and Media Disruptor events are breakfasts or after work events and are held at different venues around the city. Subscribe to the mailing list for schedule and details.