Hood guided the Institute's strategy and its consortium of corporate members, which include AT&T, Verizon, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, Qualcomm, Motorola Mobility, Alcatel-Lucent, Disney, Fox and Ogilvy & Mather.
Hood began her career at News Corporation in the mid-1990s, rising through the group's HarperCollins publishing arm, latterly as senior VP, entertainment publishing; before taking the newly created post of senior VP and general manager of TV Guide in June 1999.
"[3][4] In 2009, Hood was appointed Executive Director for the Institute for Communication Technology Management (CTM) at the University of Southern California.
[citation needed] Hood was nominated as "Visionary of the Year" for the Digital Entertainment & Media Excellence Awards.
She gave presentations at major industry events such as CES, Mobile World Congress, CTIA, the Milken Global Conference, and Aspen Institute.