Pam Mackenzie, Board Chair

Prior to joining DeckerZinn as President, CEO, Pam served as the Area Vice President for Comcast in Western Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut, and subsequently Vermont.  Prior to joining Comcast in 2006, Mackenzie held various positions within the cable industry, including serving as Area Vice President of Adelphia Communications of Northern Ohio, Area Vice President for Adelphia in Western Pennsylvania. Mackenzie has also served as Regional Manager and General Manager for several systems in Arizona and California.

 

Before entering the cable industry, Mackenzie held several posts at the White House during the Carter Administration, including Director of Logistics, Management Analyst and Assistant Director of Presidential Correspondence.

 

Throughout her career, Mackenzie has been consistently involved in the communities she manages and is involved in many industry and community organizations. She served on the executive committee for the national board of directors for Women in Cable & Telecommunications (WICT), serving as the Chapter Development Chair, and also served as a WICT New England Chapter Advisor. Mackenzie was one of three advisors across the country that was recognized by WICT as a Chapter Advisor of the Year in 2008. 

 

Additionally, she was honored by WICT New England in 2008 with the organization’s Career Achievement Award, which recognized her for having a milestone decade as well as her significant impact on the cable industry and her visionary leadership that inspires her employees and peers. Mackenzie was also selected by WICT as a Betsy Magness Leadership Fellow in 1997 and in 2009, she was chosen as a Women in Innovation finalist by the Connecticut Technology Council.

 

A resident of South Burlington, Vermont, Mackenzie currently serves as the vice chair of the Vermont Public Television Board of Directors and also sits on the Board of Directors of the United Way of Chittendon County and previously the Vermont Business Round Table.  Ms. MacKenzie was appointed by the Govenor.  Her term expires in January, 2014.