Lisa Garcia QuirozNote: sometimes known as Lisa Quiroz (January 10, 1961 – March 16, 2018) was an American business executive at Time Warner who oversaw its charitable foundation and philanthropic activityDecember 16, 2003, Media Post, LISA QUIROZ: Time Warner, Accessed August 3, 2014, "...Time Warner ...LISA QUIROZ, publisher of the company's People en Espanol magazine,...." and corporate responsibility departments.BusinessWeek, Executive Profile - Lisa Garcia Quiroz, Accessed August 3, 2014, "...Ms. Lisa Garcia Quiroz has been Senior Vice President of Corporate Responsibility..."September 24, 2010, The New York Times, Lisa Quiroz and Guy Garcia, Accessed August 3, 2014, "...Lisa Quiroz and Guy Garcia were married Saturday at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York....."ROBIN POGREBIN, November 12, 2007, The New York Times, Helping Time Warner Give Away Some of Its Millions, Accessed August 3, 2014, "...Lisa Quiroz, 46, who as senior vice president for corporate responsibility over the last four years..." She served as the media enterprise's first chief diversity officer and founder of the content incubator OneFifty.News desk, July 9, 2014, Broadway World, Alan Gilbert Conducts 2014 New York Philharmonic CONCERTS IN THE PARK, Now thru 7/15, Accessed August 3, 2014, "...Quiroz, Time Warner's Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility. ..."September 24, 2010, The New York Times, Lisa Quiroz and Guy Garcia, Accessed August 3, 2014, "...Lisa Quiroz and Guy Garcia were married Saturday at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York...." Quiroz also served as president of the Time Warner Foundation.
Quiroz created and launched Time Inc.'s People en Español, recognized by Adweek Magazine in 2001 and 2002 for circulation growth.Jeff Bercovici, 8/06/2012, Forbes, Time Warner's Lisa Quiroz On Bringing Hispanic Viewers To English-Language TV, Accessed August 3, 2014, "...Lisa Quiroz, Time Warner‘s head of diversity.... former publisher of People en Español, .." She also created and launched a spin-off publication of Time Magazine, entitled Time for Kids, a magazine geared to children in classrooms which achieved a circulation of over 3.5 million. She served on a number of nonprofit boards including the Public Theater, the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund. She was nominated by American president Barack Obama in 2010 to serve as a director for the Corporation for National and Community ServiceJune 24, 2010, The White House, President Obama Announces His Intent to Nominate Members to the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service, Accessed August 3, 2014, "...Lisa Quiroz, Member, Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service..." and was appointed by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg to serve on the city's Commission on Human Rights.Leaders Magazine, An Interview with Lisa Quiroz, Senior Vice President-Corporate Responsibility, Time Warner , Accessed August 3, 2014, "...Quiroz is the founding publisher of People en Español,..." In 2016, she was named one of Black Enterprise's Top Executives in Corporate Diversity.
Personal life Quiroz graduated from Harvard University and Harvard Business School with a Masters in Business Administration. In 2010, Quiroz married author Guy Garcia. She was of Mexican and Puerto Rican ancestry. She died on March 16, 2018, at the age of 57 from pancreatic cancer.Time Warner’s Lisa Quiroz dies at 56Note: some sources say she was 56 when she died, but others say 57 (more likely since NYT lists birth year as 1961.)
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