Virtual Mentorship: Media 101 with Kimberley D. Harris, Top Leader for Comcast Corporation & NBCUniversal

Kimberley D. Harris is Executive Vice President of Comcast Corporation and General Counsel of NBCUniversal. In this role, Harris oversees all international government and regulatory affairs for Comcast, supporting the company’s businesses worldwide. Additionally, as General Counsel of NBCUniversal, Harris provides legal advice to the senior management team and oversees the legal function across all NBCUniversal divisions. She reports to Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts and NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell.  Harris joined NBCUniversal in 2013 from Davis Polk & Wardwell, where she was a partner in the litigation department. From 2010 to 2012, Harris served in the White House Counsel’s Office, and became the principal Deputy Counsel and Deputy Assistant to the President in 2011. At the White House, she advised senior Executive Branch officials on congressional investigations and executive privilege issues. In addition,
Harris developed and implemented the White House response to congressional investigations, and managed litigation matters relating to the President.  From 2009 to 2010, she was Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division. Harris first joined Davis Polk & Wardwell as an associate in 1997 and was named a litigation partner in 2007. From 1996 to 1997, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Charles S. Haight, Jr., U.S. District Court, S.D. New York. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and is also a member of each of the firm’s Governance, Compensation and Public Responsibilities Committees; Advocates for Children of New York, an organization that provides legal and advocacy services to at-risk students in the New York City school system; and the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law. Harris is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law, and the Board of Trustees of the Mount Sinai Health System. Harris graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, and holds a law degree from Yale Law School. She lives in Westchester County, New York with her husband and three sons.