Senior Vice President
Corporate Responsibility
Time Warner, Inc.
Lisa Quiroz, 44, is the Senior Vice President of Corporate Responsibility for Time Warner. She was appointed to this newly created position in December 2003. In this role, Ms. Quiroz is responsible for setting and implementing the strategic direction of Time Warner's philanthropic efforts in education and the arts, developing all employee-based volunteer initiatives, and establishing Time Warner's new social responsibility guidelines and reporting.
Since her appointment, Ms. Quiroz has set a new course for philanthropy at Time Warner that aligns with the business interests of the company's various divisions, maximizes the company's cash and in-kind resources, and raises Time Warner's profile among key stakeholders.
Prior to assuming her current position, Ms. Quiroz worked at Time Inc. where she was founding publisher of People en Espaņol, the best-selling Hispanic magazine in the U.S. Under her leadership, the magazine topped Adweek's "10 Under 40 Magazine" Hot List for three consecutive years, in recognition of outstanding advertising sales and circulation growth. Previously, at Time Inc., she created and launched Time For Kids, an award-winning classroom news magazine for elementary school kids with a circulation of over 3.5 million.
Active in civic issues, Ms. Quiroz was appointed Co-Chair of the Latino Commission on Media and Entertainment by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2003. She also serves as a member of the New York City Commission on Human Rights. A respected leader in the Hispanic community, Ms. Quiroz received the 2002 Hispanic Heritage Award for Leadership, and was inducted into the Hispanic Scholarship Alumni Hall of Fame in 2003. Ms. Quiroz has also been named one of Crain's New York Business 100 Most Powerful Minority Business Leaders.
Ms. Quiroz, of Puerto Rican and Mexican decent, was born and raised in New York City and received both her undergraduate degree and her MBA from Harvard University.
