Denise L. Bennett

At 20+ years of media & entertainment marketing experience, Denise is a seasoned professional. She is currently the Vice President of Brand Strategy at iHeartMedia, specializing in multicultural marketing partnerships. She is also a professor at Fordham University Gabelli School of Business and New York University, where she teaches Advanced Business Communications and Integrated Marketing at the graduate level.

Denise has held marketing roles at Viacom (Paramount), Turner (WarnerMedia, WarnerBros Discovery), NBCUniversal, the NBA and TV One (Urban One). Her many accolades include

• 2019 The Network Journal 40 Under 40 Achievement Award

• 2020 Council of Urban Professionals (CUP) Catalyst Award

• 2021 Black Women in Media Trailblazer Award and Advertising Club of NY Rockstar Award

• 2022 National Association of Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) Luminary Award

• 2023 Fordham Gabelli School of Business Dean’s Award for Faculty Excellence and Cynopsis Top Women in Media Award

Denise has a BS in Music Business from Indiana State University and an MBA with a dual concentration in Marketing and Media & Communications from Fordham University Gabelli School of Business.

Outside of her professional responsibilities, she is a classically trained pianist, an avid world traveler and a proud & active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.