Previously, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer for NBC since June of 2001. During his tenure with NBC he oversaw Entertainment, News, including MSNBC and CNBC, NBC Stations, Sales, and Broadcast & Network Operations.

From 1993 to 2001, Mr. Lack was the president of NBC News, where he transformed the News division into the most-watched news organization. NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Meet the Press, and The Today Show each became No. 1 in their time periods, and the primetime franchise Dateline NBC became a significant part of NBC's primetime programming strategy. Mr. Lack quadrupled the number of Dateline programs produced by NBC news, expanded the Today show to three hours, and was responsible for the creation of Today's streetside, "window on the world" studio in New York's Rockefeller Center.

Before going to NBC, Mr. Lack spent much of his television career at CBS News, where he created and served as the executive producer of the groundbreaking newsmagazine West 57th (1985-89). He served as the senior executive producer of the landmark CBS Reports for nearly a decade (1978-85), producing acclaimed documentaries such as "People Like Us" (1982), "Teddy" with Roger Mudd, "The Boat People" (1979), "The Defense of the United States" (1981), and "Bittersweet Memories: A Vietnam Reunion" (1981). He joined CBS News in 1976 and by the next year had become a prominent producer for 60 Minutes.

Mr. Lack's broadcasts at CBS earned numerous honors, including 16 Emmy Awards, 4 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Journalism Awards, 5 Ohio State Awards, an Oversees Press Club Award, 2 Gravel Awards from the American Bar Association, a George Polk Award and a Clarion Award.

Andrew Lack attended the Sorbonne and received a bachelor of fine arts degree from the School of Fine Arts at Boston University in 1968. He lives in New York with his wife, Betsy Kenny Lack, and their children.