Geraldine B. Laybourne is the founder, chair and CEO of Oxygen Media. Created in 2000 to fill a market programming niche for young women, Oxygen is the only woman-owned and operated cable network.

Available in more than 71 million cable households, Oxygen airs original series including "Campus Ladies," "The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency" and the live call-in show, "Talk Sex with Sue Johanson."

Prior to joining Oxygen, Laybourne spent 16 years at Nickelodeon, taking over the management of the network in 1984. She and her team were responsible for creating and building the Nickelodeon brand and, in 1985, for launching "Nick at Nite," the successful primetime line-up of retro sitcoms. Under her leadership, Nickelodeon became the top-rated 24-hour cable programming service and won several notable honors.

Prior to launching Oxygen, Laybourne was president of Disney/ABC Cable Networks from 1996-1998, where she was responsible for overseeing cable programming for the Walt Disney Company and its ABC subsidiary.

A former teacher, Laybourne earned a bachelor's degree in art history from Vassar College and a master's in elementary education from the University of Pennsylvania.