J. Stephen Rizley
Senior Vice President and General Manager for Cox Communications Inc.
Steve Rizley is vice president and region manager of Cox Communications Arizona - the largest provider of cable television, broadband and telephone residential, educational and business services in the Cox Communications Incorporated portfolio. Cox Arizona serves 42 cities and towns including Phoenix and Southern Arizona. A 27-year cable television veteran, Rizley joined Cox Communications in 1995 as general manager for Cox Media, the media sales organization for Cox in Phoenix.
Prior to coming to Cox Communications, Rizley worked for Times Mirror Company as regional director for Dimension Media Services and also held management positions with American Cable. Mister Rizley worked for The New York Times before entering the cable field.
Mister Rizley serves in several civic, church and educational leadership capacities. He sits on the Arizona Historical Advisory Commission, the Arizona Governor's 2-1-1 Advisory Committee, the Brigham Young University Marriott School National Advisory Committee and he serves as chairman of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Rizley is the recipient of the 2005 Vanguard Award and was chosen in the category of Cable Operations Management by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA).
Mister Rizley has also served nationally on affiliate advisory boards and committees for the A.C. Nielsen Company and MTV Networks. In 1997, Rizley was awarded the Cable Television Advertising Bureau’s President’s Award for industry leadership, and in 2002 he was inducted into the Arizona Cable Television Hall of Fame. He currently serves as stake president of the Scottsdale Arizona North Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon).
A graduate of BYU, Mr. Rizley has a Bachelor’s Degree in communications and holds an MBA in International Management from Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management. He is married to Marilyn Berg Rizley and they have four children and five grandchildren.
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