Sonali Pathak

Sonali Pathak serves as senior vice president of business development & strategy at NBCUniversal Local. In this role, she seeks new business partnerships and prospects for NBC and Telemundo properties with a focus on digital. She also leads digital sales planning, account management, and operations teams.

Pathak co-launched NBC Spot On, an innovative local OTT/CTV inventory aggregator business in 2020. Prior to working in the local division, she spent time at MSNBC in Business Operations & Strategy, where she oversaw the launch of msnbc.com.

Pathak first started at NBCUniversal in 2000, and she also participated in the General Electric and NBCUniversal’s Experienced Commercial Leadership Program. Prior to joining the company, she worked as a sales marketing & planning analyst at the Los Angeles Times.

She earned a bachelor's degree in economics from UC Irvine and an MBA at Harvard Business School. Pathak currently resides in New York.