LAURA GENTILE SVP, espnW and Women's Initiatives, ESPN CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Before ESPN, Gentile was senior partner, management supervisor at Ogilvy & Mather. As part of ESPN's office of the president (George Bodenheimer), she was instrumental in creating the "ESPN on ABC" brand, which is used on ABC for sports event and documentary programming. ESPN and ABC are both part of The Walt Disney Co. QUOTABLE: "I've worked on espnW for seven or eight years, but the early years were about research, about just getting started and building a team. It really wasn't until about four years ago that I felt like we were able to surround ourselves with really great, expert people. And that makes all the difference."  |