Michael S. Willner
VICE CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY

Michael S. Willner is the co-founder, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Insight Communications Company, Inc., a company that has owned and operated cable television systems since 1985. The 10th largest cable operator in the United States, Insight has approximately 725,000 customer relationships in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio.

Upon graduating from Boston University's College of Communications in 1974, Mr. Willner began his career at Vision Cable Communications, Inc. as the Program Director, followed by positions as General Manager, Vice President of Marketing, and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Vision was sold to a division of Newhouse Newspapers in 1981 and Mr. Willner remained as COO of the company until 1985, when he co-founded Insight with Vision's former Chairman Sidney R. Knafel.

Active in industry organizations, Mr. Willner served two consecutive terms as chairman of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA), the cable industry's Washington trade organization, and sits on its executive committee. He has served as Chairman of CablePAC since 2000. Mr. Willner was elected Chairman of the Cable Center's board of directors in 2007. He also serves on the executive committee of CableLabs; on the board of directors of C-SPAN and the Walter Kaitz Foundation; and on Boston University's College of Communications' executive committee. He was awarded the college's 2000 Distinguished Alumnus Award and is also the 2004 recipient of the cable industry' highest honor – the Vanguard Award for Distinguished Leadership.