The Boston Globe Leadership

Public Company Fortune 500 Executive: George has played a central role in leading WWE’s much publicized transformation to one of the most successful multi-platform media businesses in the world with a leading position in traditional, digital, social and direct-to-consumer media. He co-led the development, launch and operation of WWE Network, the company’s award-winning SVOD service with over 1.5M subscribers (the #2 branded SVOD service in the U.S.). In 2017, Institutional Investor ranked George among the top 3 CFOs in the media industry as part of their All-America Executive team rankings. He joined the company in 2008 as its Chief Financial and Strategy Officer and continues as WWE’s principal financial officer.

Lisa DeSisto is the Chief Executive Officer of Masthead Maine, the state’s largest media network. She oversees the companies that publish the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Morning Sentinel, Kennebec Journal, Sun Journal, Forecaster newspapers, western Maine weeklies, Times Record, and Mainely Media. She also oversees Masthead Maine Press, comprised of two commercial printing plants in Lewiston and South Portland.

Lisa sits on the board of the Associated Press, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Foundation and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maine. Lisa hosts a bi-monthly live event; “Like A Boss” where she interviews other Maine CEOs on their leadership principles.

Before joining Masthead Maine in November 2012, Lisa spent 17 years at The Boston Globe where she served as Chief Advertising Officer and General Manager for Boston.com. Lisa is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and lives with her family and a herd of alpacas in North Yarmouth.