Tom Freston
Board Chair, ONE, and Principal, Firefly3
Tom Freston is a Principal of Firefly3, an investment and consultancy firm focusing on the media and entertainment industries. He is the former Chief Executive Officer of Viacom Inc., where he also served as Chief Operating Officer. For seventeen years, Mr. Freston was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MTV Networks, MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, Comedy Central, and other networks. Prior to that, Mr. Freston ran a textile business in Afghanistan and India. Currently, he is Board Chairman of the ONE Campaign, an advocacy organization to fight extreme poverty and serves on the boards of Imagine Entertainment, Moby Media in Afghanistan, Vice Media in New York and New America. He was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2005 Mr. Freston was cited in the TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” issue. He has received many industry honors and awards.
More Members of the Board of Directors
Kevin Sheekey
Global Head of Government Relations and Communications, Bloomberg L.P. Chairman, Bloomberg Government
Mark Suzman
Chief Strategy Officer and President, Global Policy & Advocacy Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation*
Michele L. Sullivan
Director of Corporate Social Innovation, Caterpillar and President of the Caterpillar Foundation *
* Serves on The ONE Campaign Board only and not on the ONE Action Board.