b'40TH ANNIVERSARYPreserving Pioneering Voices: The Syndeo Institute Women\'s ArchiveWhat began as a chance conversation has grown intoThe archive aims to capture the lessons learned, the skills the Syndeo Institute Women\'s Archive, to tell anddeveloped, and the insights gained to facilitate ongoing preserve the untold stories of pioneering women inmentorship and story-sharing. Allen says, I hope that it connectivity who built the industry alongside their maleencourages women, if not leaders in general, to continue counterparts. From boardrooms to behind-the-scenesto tell their stories and want to pay it forward. And I mean partnerships, these voices helped shape an entirethat informally as well, leaders going forward, even if a industry. camera\'s not on them or a microphones not in front of them, continuing to share what they know, what theyve This groundbreaking project perfectly embodieslearned, and how it can help others."Syndeo Institute\'s two-fold mission of preparing future leaders while serving as stewards of the industry\'sWith production starting December 2025, the Womens legacy. Judi Allen, a veteran cable industry executiveArchive initiative has been made possible through the who has worked at companies from USA Network togenerous support of Jim Duratz, whose charitable Time Warner Cable to Nielsen, is consulting on theremainder trust enables both the Women\'s Archive project and sees it as filling a crucial gap in the historicaland the CX Archive projects. This philanthropy reflects record. "While the women have made a tremendousanother hallmark of our industry: leaders who remain impact on this industry, I don\'t know that perhaps, withcommitted to building the future even as they celebrate maybe some exceptions, they\'ve been as aggressivethe past. about making sure everybody knows the incredible impact that they\'ve made," she observes. "What we\'re doing here is really just shining a light, opening a door,READ THE BACK STORYputting a microphone in front of the right people."14'