Comcast Promotes Colleen Rooney to Vice
President, Internal Communications
March 17, 2010 09:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time
PHILADELPHIA--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK), one
of the nation’s leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services, announced
today that it has promoted Colleen Rooney to Vice President, Internal Communications. In this capacity, Ms.
Rooney leads the strategy and execution of the Company’s internal communications activities. She will continue to
report to D’Arcy Rudnay, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications.
“Colleen is a strategic partner and terrific leader who drives open, honest communications throughout our
organization and is a champion for our employees,” said David L. Cohen, Executive Vice President, Comcast
Corporation. “She has also successfully led the company to adopt new forms of digital communications that have
created innovative ways for our leaders to communicate with our diverse workforce.”
Ms. Rooney oversees all internal communications for the company, including employee integration communication,
and works with Comcast’s senior leaders across all divisions to ensure that the company communicates effectively
with its 100,000 employees. Ms. Rooney also built and manages the Company’s Intranet, internal blog and
corporate production studio, called Studio C, which produces employee broadcasts, public service announcements,
events, media interviews and business unit webcasts.
Prior to joining Comcast in 2001, Ms. Rooney served as Director of Strategic Communications for GE Capital and
has worked in external communications positions for Hyatt Hotels and Resorts as well as Caesars Hotels and
Casinos. She is a former board member of the Equality Forum and, supporter of the Susan G. Komen Foundation
and a regular speaker on diversity.
Ms. Rooney earned her master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her bachelor’s degree from
Lynchburg College in V