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Wonya Y. Lucas - Director

Wonya is general manager and EVP of The Weather Channel Networks, a promotion that was announced in October of 2005. In addition to her previous responsibilities as EVP of Strategic Marketing and Company Strategy, she has assumed programming responsibilities for The Weather Channel®, Weatherscan, The Weather Channel Radio Network, and newspaper syndication. Wonya joined The Weather Channel as EVP of Marketing in August of 2002 and had leadership responsibility for all marketing functions for The Weather Channel network and weather.com, along with various digital cable, radio, newspaper and interactive television initiatives.

Wonya brought an extensive and impressive cable broadcasting background to the all-weather network and its associated businesses. Before coming to The Weather Channel, Ms. Lucas held a range of marketing, advertising and management roles with Turner Networks including CNN, TBS and TNT.

Recent honors include: being among the "50 Most Powerful Black Women Leaders in Business" by Black Enterprise Magazine, being recipient of a Brand Builders Award at the 2006 Promax & BDA Conference, being recognized as a "Women To Watch" in the 2005 Wonder Women Awards. She is a member of the national board of Women in Cable and Telecommunications, a graduate of the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute, and serves on the selection committee for that prestigious leadership program. She is an alumnus of the Atlanta Leadership Program, has served on the board for The Children's Museum of Atlanta and as a member of the Georgia Center for Children. She currently is a member of the Board of Visitors for the Grady Health System.

Wonya earned an M.B.A from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and a B.S. Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.