Carol Altieri:  

I stood at the bus stop in Northwood in September, 1965, frightened and alone, going to the first public school of my life. Having come from a Catholic girl's high school, I was to finish the last 2 years at Roslyn High. My first encounter was the brilliant Jeff Bloom, who was kind and accepting of this provincial and not-at-all "with it" young girl. That first day was difficult, but two people made it bearable: Barbara Albrecht and Kathy Altman...I made many friends over the next two years, including Stefanie Lichtman, nee Grossman with whom I'm still in touch. After leaving Ithaca College after my second year in 1968 (I was no great student!) majoring in Music, I went to secretarial school and thereafter got a job at CBS in 1969. It took 36 years of climbing, but I retired in 2005 as Senior Vice President/Program Practices for both CBS and (at the time) UPN Television Networks. I authored the CBS Program Standards, which even today, is the seminal document which dictates the standards by which program content is evaluated on the Network. I was involved in congressional hearings, special interest group interactions, film and animation task forces, and other industry activities and organizations. I wrote articles for the Anderson School of Business at UCLA and lectured graduate students there on "what they don't teach you in the classroom" about business practices. Since I chose to work behind the camera and under the radar, much of my work in policy is in articles, speeches and the congressional record, having authored testimony for "The Suits" who testified before House and Senate committees. Policy I developed was instrumental in stemming the intrusion of congress into freedom of speech issues in television content and in defending content to which certain senators, e.g, the late Paul Simon, took grave exception. All in all, not too bad for a drop-out who had more faith in herself than in a sheepskin. During all thi...Expand for more