Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) Board Tenure: 2002 – present (longest-serving independent director) Committee Memberships: Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

Basis for Inclusion: Kenneth J. Bacon holds a documented governance role as the longest-serving independent director at Comcast Corporation, having served since 2002. Comcast made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities while maintaining significant regulatory exposure. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.

Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Director. Board membership is a matter of public record (SEC filings, proxy statements). This profile documents only the governance role and its connection to documented corporate political activity.

Biographical Overview

Kenneth J. Bacon is a Partner at RailField Partners, a real estate investment firm. He previously spent two decades at Fannie Mae, where he served as Executive Vice President of Housing and Community Development from 1990 to 2009 and was one of the company’s most senior executives during a transformative period in U.S. housing finance. His background spans federal housing policy, government-sponsored enterprise management, and community development finance.

Bacon has served on the Comcast board since 2002 — a period spanning both major Comcast acquisitions and significant changes in broadband and media regulation — making him the institutional memory of the independent directors. He also serves on the boards of the Urban Institute and the National Housing Trust.

Board Role and Governance Authority

• Company: Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)
• Board tenure: 2002 – present (longest-serving independent director)
• Committee assignments: Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee

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Sources

• Comcast Corporation DEF 14A Proxy Statement, filed April 2025; SEC EDGAR (CIK 1166691)