Our very own chairman and co-founder, Lucie Salhany has been appointed to the board of our parent company, 22nd Century Group as a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating and Finance committees.

Ms. Salhany is currently President and CEO of her own consulting company, JHMedia. She was also one of the founding partners of Echo Bridge Entertainment and CEO & President of LifeFX Networks, Inc.

After serving as Chairperson of the Twentieth Television division of Fox, Ms. Salhany was appointed the first woman in history to head a major television network when she accepted the Chairmanship of Fox Broadcasting. After chairing Fox, Ms. Salhany accepted the post of Chief Executive Officer and President of United Paramount Network (UPN), launching and growing UPN to become the fifth major broadcast network. She also served on the Board of Directors for Echo Bridge Entertainment, Compaq / Hewlett-Packard, Fox, Inc., Avid Technologies, and American Media, Inc. Ms. Salhany was also a trustee of Emerson College and Lasell College, where she received Honorary Doctorates.

Read the full press release here.