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James O. Robbins
Retired, CEO Cox Communications Inc.
Mr. Robbins joined Cox as Vice President of the company’s New York City Operations in 1983, and was later promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations in Atlanta. He was named President in 1985 and added CEO to his title in 1995 when the company went public.
Prior to joining Cox, Mr. Robbins served as Senior Vice President of Operations for Viacom Communications, Inc. Previously, he was Vice President and General Manager for Viacom Cable of Long Island, N.Y.
From 1972 to 1979, Mr. Robbins served in various management positions for Continental Cablevision of Ohio, Inc., and Montachusett Cable Television, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adams-Russell Company. Previously, he was Managing Editor of WBZ-TV News in Boston.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in American Studies, Mr. Robbins also holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University. He served as a destroyer line officer and a gunboat flotilla public affairs officer during two tours of duty with the U.S. Navy in Vietnam.
Mr. Robbins serves on C-SPAN's Executive Committee; the Board of Trustees of STI Classic Funds, a mutual fund affiliate of Sun Trust Bank; and the Board of Directors of Cox Communications, Inc. He also sits on the Advisory Board of Forstmann Little & Company, and is President of the Board of Trustees of St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H.
Mr. Robbins has twice served as the Chairman of the Board of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA). Previously, he served as Chairman of the Board of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, International, and as Chairman of the Policy Holders Examining Committee of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. |
