Rise North America Names New Head Of Americas And Head Of Sponsorship

Rise, an advocacy group for gender diversity in the broadcast media technology, today appointed a new head of Americas and head of sponsorship for the North American chapter, which was formed in 2020.

Hilary Roschke, the new Rise North American chair of the board, has almost 20 years’ experience within the media industry in operational and strategic leadership roles. She has been a driving force behind organizational and technological change, operational efficiency and increased business value/ROI in the media industry. She is the vice president of strategic operations at SDVI. The group says “Roschke’s commitment to mentorship will help Rise build relationships and drive North American membership and program expansion.”

Jill Porubovic, Rise’s newly appointed head of sponsorship for North America, has built a career delivering human-centred transformation across industries, including many years at Discovery. Founder of Jill Porubovic Consulting, Porubovic draws upon more than 20 years’ of technology and operations leadership experience and is also a adviser to companies across the media and entertainment space.

Rise said the experience offered by both Roschke and Porubovic “will contribute tremendous expertise and value to the fantastic work already carried out by Rise, which following its expansion into North America has been led by Serena Harris, sales director, Annex Pro; and Co-Chair Meghan Ross, formerly of Avid, Editshare and Brightcove.

Carrie Wootten, Rise managing director, Rise said: “We are very excited to welcome Hilary and Jill to the Rise North American chapter. They are both extremely inspirational to women within our industry and their knowledge and experience will be invaluable to progressing the fantastic work done by Rise so far. We are very much looking forward to the year ahead and continuing to advance the Rise community within North America.”

Former Co-Chairs Serena Harris and Meghan Ross will stay on the board along with Roschke and Porubovic.