Michele Laven
Michele Laven is the President of Strategic Partnerships for iHeartMedia. She oversees business development and innovative partnerships across established and emerging sectors to drive revenue and listenership for iHeartMedia as well as drive digital growth and engagement for iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia’s digital music, podcast, on demand and live streaming radio service. Key business sectors include automotive, consumer electronics, hospitality, social, wireless, and more.
Under Laven's leadership, iHeartRadio is now available across more than 250 platforms, including on digital auto dashes, tablets, wearables and smartphones, on virtual assistants, smart speakers, TVs and gaming consoles. Her efforts have helped the all-in-one digital service reach 85% consumer awareness, more than 1.7 billion downloads and 120 million registered users.
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