Comcast Philadelphia & New Jersey

Comcast & Cristo Rey: Partnering to Build the Workforce of 2020

By: John R. McConnell, Founder and President of Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School Fourteen year-old Jay Lloyd walked through the main doors of the Comcast Center at 1700 JKF Boulevard on September 4, 2012 for his first day of work. Overwhelmed with mixed feelings of anxiety and excitement, he entered the skyscraper for the first […]

Comcast Awards Two Philadelphia Students $5,000 Scholarships at Annual Mayoral Luncheon

Comcast Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer David L. Cohen is pictured with Cristy Almonte (left) and Natasha Stuckey (right). The Comcast Foundation and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney on Wednesday honored two local students with the Gustave G. Amsterdam Leadership Award at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s annual Mayoral Luncheon. Comcast Senior […]

Comcast Foundation Awards More Than $1 Million in 2015 to Non-Profits in Greater Philadelphia & New Jersey

The Comcast Foundation awarded more than $1.1 million in grants to 43 nonprofit organizations located in Comcast’s Freedom Region, which serves Greater Philadelphia, New Jersey and northern Delaware, in 2015. The grants support programs aimed at the Comcast Foundation’s areas of focus – expanding digital literacy, promoting community service, and building tomorrow’s leaders. Boys & […]

Karen Dougherty Buchholz Honored by Philadelphia Magazine with 2016 Trailblazer Award

Comcast Corporation is pleased to announce Karen Dougherty Buchholz, Senior Vice President of Administration, was named the 2016 Philadelphia Magazine Trailblazer. The annual Philadelphia Magazine Trailblazer Award honors extraordinary women leaders in the Greater Philadelphia region.  Karen’s passion for spearheading big, complicated projects, including constructing the Comcast Center in 2008 and the new Comcast Innovation […]