Ndidi Oriji is the head of standards for NBCUniversal's TV & Streaming division. She leads NBCUniversal’s bi-coastal standards teams, overseeing the review and evaluation of programs and advertising across a portfolio of broadcast, cable, and streaming properties. Ndidi serves as a primary adviser to senior leaders, manages legal and reputational risk, and drives content policy initiatives when issues of public or strategic importance arise. She also serves as NBCUniversal’s representative on the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board, an industry body focused on consistency and uniformity in TV parental ratings.

Prior to her current role, Ndidi was an attorney in NBCUniversal’s legal department, an entertainment associate at Loeb & Loeb LLP, and a mergers and acquisitions associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

Ndidi holds a B.A. in Black Studies & Law and Society from UC Santa Barbara in 2000 and a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2003.

The summer after her first year of law school, Ndidi was a legal aid intern at Beijing University’s Center for Women's Law Studies and Legal Services in Beijing, China. She is a licensed attorney in the State of New York, a member of Corporate Counsel Women of Color, and has served on the Executive Committee of the Nigerian Lawyers Association.

In addition to her professional activities, Ndidi performed improv and stand-up comedy for over a decade.