This summer was dotted with retransmission consent deals and carriage negotiations galore, all things Gitchell knows well as Comcast’s lead attorney for the Content Acquisition group. She has a successful history of negotiating multibillion-dollar programming deals and is navigating a number of new media deals supplying content for multiplatform initiatives. That track record has made her a trusted adviser to the Comcast Cable leadership team for her legal expertise as well as her knowledge of the industry, customers and shifting programming landscape.