Bonnie Hammer is Vice Chair of NBCUniversal, where she’s spent decades transforming every facet of the television business. Under her leadership, the company’s cable group and studios achieved record-setting profits, garnered 167 Emmy nominations, and launched hit series including Suits, Psych, The Sinner, Battlestar Galactica, Mr. Robot, and hundreds more. As many as 129 million Americans a week tuned in to NBCU cable networks, including USA, Syfy, and Bravo, when Bonnie led NBCU’s cable division. She’s occupied virtually every industry position from production assistant to studio head—often being tapped for cutting edge roles. Lauded by The New York Times as “the Queen of Cable” and hailed as “the most powerful woman in entertainment by The Hollywood Reporter, Bonnie started her TV career picking up dog poop on the set of a Boston-based children’s show.