Marva Smalls reports directly to Paramount President and Chief Executive Officer, Bob Bakish. Smalls works with company leadership to champion multiculturalism, inclusiveness and diversity worldwide through employee engagement and strategic partnerships. As Chief of Staff for Paramount’s Nickelodeon, Smalls partners with the President in directing financial resources, personnel and strategy. In her role as EVP of Public Affairs, she oversees all corporate social responsibility initiatives for Nickelodeon, including award-winning pro-social campaigns. Smalls is a founding board member of the Performing Arts Center in Florence, SC, and a Corporate Director of the National Bank of South Carolina (Synovus). She serves on the University of South Carolina’s Board of Visitors and the boards of the Medical University of South Carolina Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York, The American Theatre Wing, where she is Vice-Chair, and the International African-American Museum, among others. Smalls holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from the University of South Carolina, where she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities. Additionally, she founded the Marva Smalls Endowment, which has awarded more than $1.5 million to programs for youth and families, as well as a $1 million endowment for the Ronald McNair Center to support aerospace students from under-represented populations. She resides in New York and South Carolina.