Amy Banse
{{Short description|American business executive (born 1959)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Amy Banse
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|04|22}}
| years_active = 1991–present
| alma_mater = Temple University Beasley School of Law
Harvard University
| occupation = Head of Funds, Comcast Ventures
}}
Amy L. Banse (born April 22, 1959)Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Volume 1 (1991), p. 346 was the Managing Director and Head of Funds for Comcast Ventures, Senior Vice President of Comcast Corporation,{{Cite web|title = Amy Banse|url = http://corporate.comcast.com/news-information/leadership-overview/amy-banse|website = corporate.comcast.com|accessdate = 2016-01-06}} and serves on the board of directors at Adobe Systems Incorporated,{{Cite web|title = Adobe Names Three New Members to its Board of Directors|url = https://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/201205/051412AdobeNamesThreeNewMemberstoitsBoardofDirectors.html|website = www.adobe.com|accessdate = 2016-01-06}} Clorox,{{Cite web|title = Amy Banse | the Clorox Company|url = https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/who-we-are/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/amy-banse/|website = www.clorox.com|date = 15 September 2016|accessdate = 2019-02-18}} and Lennar.{{Cite web|title=Board of directors |url=https://investors.lennar.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors | work=Lennar}}
Education
Banse received a B.A. from Harvard University in 1982 and a J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 1987.{{Cite web|title = 2015GalaBios|url = http://www.norcalwict.org/2015galabios/|website = Northern California WICT|accessdate = 2016-01-06|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151228165105/http://www.norcalwict.org/2015galabios|archive-date = 2015-12-28|url-status = dead}}
Professional
Banse started her career at Comcast in 1991 as an in-house attorney responsible for programming acquisition.{{Cite web|title = Amy Banse {{!}} Comcast Ventures|url = http://www.comcastventures.com/people/amy-banse|website = www.comcastventures.com|accessdate = 2016-01-06}} She spent the early part of her career overseeing the development of Comcast's cable network portfolio, including the company's investments in E! Entertainment Television, The Golf Channel and VERSUS and the launch of G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One and Comcast's sports networks.{{Cite web|title = Exclusive: Comcast's Top Digital Exec Amy Banse to Open New Silicon Valley Equity Fund for Cable Giant and NBC|url = http://allthingsd.com/20101115/exclusive-comcasts-top-digital-exec-amy-banse-to-open-new-silicon-valley-equity-fund-for-cable-giant-and-nbc/|website = AllThingsD|accessdate = 2016-01-06|language = en-us}}
While at Comcast in 2000, Banse invested $5 million into the Women's United Soccer Association, the world's first women's professional soccer league. The league was suspended in 2003 after reports of low television ratings and low attendance.{{Cite news|title = SOCCER; A Plan Is Unveiled for a Women's League|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/16/sports/soccer-a-plan-is-unveiled-for-a-women-s-league.html|website = New York Times|date = 16 February 2000|accessdate = 2019-01-29|last1 = Williams|first1 = Lena}}
In 2005, Banse founded Comcast Interactive Media (CIM){{Cite web|title = Comcast Forms Comcast Interactive Media; Amy Banse Heading It|url = https://gigaom.com/2005/12/12/comcast-forms-comcast-interactive-media-amy-banse-heading-it/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150310073430/https://gigaom.com/2005/12/12/comcast-forms-comcast-interactive-media-amy-banse-heading-it/|url-status = dead|archive-date = March 10, 2015|date = 2005-12-12|accessdate = 2016-01-06|first = Edit|last = Staff}} and led the company's online strategy over the next six years, overseeing multiple acquisitions as well as the in-house development and management of Comcast.net, Xfinity.com and Xfinitytv.com, Fancast and Swirl.
In 2010, Banse was “charged with combining two existing corporate investment funds: NBCU's Peacock Equity and Comcast Interactive Capital.” She moved from Philadelphia to San Francisco to lead Comcast Ventures as the Managing Director and Head of Funds.{{Cite web|title = Exclusive: Comcast's Top Digital Exec Amy Banse to Open New Silicon Valley Equity Fund for Cable Giant and NBC|url = http://allthingsd.com/20101115/exclusive-comcasts-top-digital-exec-amy-banse-to-open-new-silicon-valley-equity-fund-for-cable-giant-and-nbc/|website = AllThingsD|publisher = |accessdate = 2016-01-06|language = en-us}} At Comcast Ventures, Banse's portfolio includes Automat, Flipboard, Grokker, Houzz, Madison Reed, Quantifind, Tastemade, TuneIn, Nextdoor, and more.
At the MSNBC “Know Your Value” conference for women in December 2018, Banse spoke about being a female investor and the importance of empowering women in the workplace.{{Cite web|title = Know Your Value|url = https://www.nbcnews.com/know-your-value/video/closing-the-deal-how-to-negotiate-and-get-promoted-1397311043564|website = NBC News|accessdate = 2019-01-29}}
Boards
Amy currently serves on the Board of Directors of Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE), Quantifind, Clorox, and TuneIn.{{Cite web|title = About Quantifind: Management and Investors {{!}} Quantifind|url = http://quantifind.com/company/|website = quantifind.com|accessdate = 2016-01-06}} She also serves as an advisor to the Rich Talent Group.{{Cite web|title = Rich Talent Group|url = http://www.richtalentgroup.com/|website = www.richtalentgroup.com|accessdate = 2016-01-06}}
Honors and awards
- In 2004, she was honored as a Wonder Woman by Multichannel News,{{Cite web|title = Wonder Women Historical Winners Page {{!}} Multichannel|url = http://www.multichannel.com/news/orphan-articles/wonder-women-historical-winners-page/133973|website = www.multichannel.com|date = 9 October 2007|accessdate = 2016-01-06}} Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT), and the Digital Power list by the Hollywood Reporter.
- In 2006, she was honored by Girls, Inc. as a role model for girls during their annual Celebration Luncheon.
- In 2010, Banse received WICT's Geraldine B. Laybourne Fearless Award in 2009, ProMax's Brand Builder Award,{{Cite web|title = Multichannel News - May 24, 2010 - 25|url = http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/newbay/mcn_20100524/index.php?startid=25|website = www.nxtbook.com|accessdate = 2016-01-06}} and was named among the Cable 100 by Multichannel News.
- In 2014, San Francisco Business Times named Banse one of the Influential Women.{{Cite web|title = Influential Women 2014|url = https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/gallery/26271#gallery-item-7|website = San Francisco Business Times|accessdate = 2016-01-29}}
- In 2015, Women In Cable Technology (WICT) Northern California named Banse "Woman of the Year".{{Cite web|title = 2015 WICT Northern California Holiday Recognition and Awards Gala|url = https://www.wict.org/mcs/chapters/spotlight/Pages/2015-NorCal-Holiday-Gala.aspx#.Vox8DOOAOko|website = www.wict.org|accessdate = 2016-01-06|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025042/https://www.wict.org/mcs/chapters/spotlight/Pages/2015-NorCal-Holiday-Gala.aspx#.Vox8DOOAOko|archive-date = 2016-03-04|url-status = dead}}
- In 2018, she was included in the Forbes Midas List of venture capitalists.{{cn|date=July 2022}}
Personal
Banse lives in San Francisco with her husband and their children.
References
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External links
- [http://paidcontent.org/article/intervew-amy-banse-president-comcast-interactive-media-sam-schwarts-evp/ Interview: Amy Banse, President, Comcast Interactive Media; Sam Schwarts, EVP ]
- [http://dillernet.com/apple/2007/07/10/amy-banse-interview-on-wallstrip/ Amy Banse Interview on Wallstrip]
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Category:Harvard University alumni
Category:Temple University Beasley School of Law alumni