MEDIACOM PARK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 15, 2026--
Mediacom Communications today announced the appointment of Elena Kilpatrick as Senior Vice President of the Coastal Region. In this role, Kilpatrick will oversee Mediacom’s operations across the Coastal Region, with a focus on operational excellence, network performance, customer experience and continued growth throughout the company’s footprint.
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“Elena brings an exceptional combination of operational leadership, telecommunications expertise and a proven ability to lead large, complex organizations through periods of growth and transformation,” said Toni Murphy, Mediacom’s EVP of Operations. “Her experience expanding networks, improving the customer experience and developing high-performing teams will be a tremendous asset to Mediacom and the Coastal Region.”
Kilpatrick joins Mediacom with extensive experience leading technical operations, field organizations and customer-focused transformations across the telecommunications industry. Most recently, she served as Regional Vice President of Technical Operations at Comcast, where she was responsible for end-to-end plant maintenance and field operations across Florida, Alabama, and Georgia. She led a team of approximately 1,200 employees serving 3.5 million customers.
Prior to Comcast, Kilpatrick spent more than 12 years with Frontier Communications, serving in a variety of executive leadership positions, including Senior Vice President of Technical Operations, Regional Senior Vice President/General Manager, and National Vice President of Commercial Contact Centers and Operations. Earlier in her career, she held sales and operations leadership positions with Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile and Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises.
Throughout her career, Kilpatrick has developed a reputation for scaling operations, leading footprint expansions and transforming the customer experience while building strong, high-performing teams.
“I’m excited to join Mediacom and become part of a company with such a strong commitment to its customers, employees and communities,” said Kilpatrick. “The Coastal Region represents an exciting opportunity for continued growth and innovation, and I look forward to working alongside the Mediacom team to deliver an outstanding customer experience, strengthen our operations and build on the company’s momentum.”
Kilpatrick is a graduate of the SCTE Tuck Executive Leadership Program at Dartmouth College and Class 53 of the WICT Betsy Magness Leadership Institute. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Montclair State University.
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Mediacom Names Elena Kilpatrick Senior Vice President of Coastal Region
GENEVA (AP) — Barcelona’s renovated Camp Nou was picked over Wembley Stadium in London to host the 2029 Champions League final, UEFA said Tuesday, in a further sign of their rebuilt relations after the divisive European Super League project.
The choice gives Barcelona a marquee game one year before Spain co-hosts the 2030 World Cup with Portugal and Morocco. Staging that final is a contest between Real Madrid’s renovated Santiago Bernabéu home and the 115,000-seat stadium being built in Casablanca.
UEFA’s executive committee also confirmed the 2028 Champions League final will return to Bayern Munich’s stadium, which was the only bidder, just three years after the 2025 edition.
Barcelona's victory comes seven months after its formal withdrawal from legal action against UEFA linked to the Super League driven by storied clubs led by Real Madrid that quickly failed in 2021.
The much-delayed rebuild of a 105,000-seat Camp Nou, which will be the biggest soccer stadium in Europe, is ongoing with the upper tier and roof still under construction.
“In addition to its size,” Barcelona said Tuesday in a statement, “it offers a hospitality and VIP experience that is unique in Europe, enabling new standards of service and comfort for guests and fans alike.”
The extra size also should allow more fans of the two finalist teams to get tickets. Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal each got allocated 17,200 tickets from the 61,400 available to buy for the Champions League final played in May at the Puskas Arena in Budapest.
Barcelona last hosted the Champions League final in 1999, when Manchester United’s two stoppage-time goals stunned a dominant Bayern team. Camp Nou also staged the 1989 European Cup final.
Wembley has hosted three times since Barcelona's last turn — in 2011, 2013 and 2024 — and eight times in total since the European Cup started 71 years ago.
This season's Champions League final goes to Madrid at Atletico's Metropolitano stadium.
Record eight-time Women’s Champions League winner Lyon will host the final in 2028.
UEFA also picked Cardiff for the 2029 women’s final in the city center national stadium that will host the opening game of the men’s 2028 European Championship.
UEFA also picked hosts for two editions of the second-tier Europa League: Romania’s national stadium in Bucharest in 2028 and in 2029 at the new Serbian national venue being built on the outskirts of Belgrade.
Serbian soccer has developed closer to ties to UEFA and will co-host the men's Under-21 Euros next year with Albania.
The decision Tuesday comes just nine days after players and fans from Belgrade's biggest clubs, Red Star and Partizan, paid tribute at a game in the city's current main soccer stadium to convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic who died last month in The Hague.
UEFA fined Red Star this month for fans chanting in honor of Mladic at a Europa League game on the day he died.
The Europa League final this season is at Eintracht Frankfurt’s Waldstadion home.
Turin will get the 2028 final of the third-tier men's club competition at Juventus’ 41,000-seat stadium. The 2029 final will be at the 67,000-seat Puskás Aréna in Budapest.
The success of the Conference League since launching in 2021 has seen its finals venues outgrow the 20,000-seat venues for the first two title matches held in Tirana, Albania and Czech capital Prague.
Juventus also is rewarded by UEFA after it pulled out of the Super League legal action in 2023.
Real Madrid was the last of the 12 Super League founders to drop the project and settled with UEFA in February. The Bernabéu, now with crowds of 78,000 for the biggest games, has hosted a European Cup or Champions League final four times though not since 2010.
See AP’s full soccer coverage here
Players observe a minute of silence for former Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic prior a Serbian National soccer league derby match between Red Star and Partizan in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Barcelona's Lamine Yamal celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer between Barcelona and Feyenoord in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
