Sladkus used his Quinnipiac marketing degree to excel in the world of film and production. After graduating from the school — then Quinnipiac College — Sladkus landed a role at CBS-TV in Los Angeles and worked his way up to associate producer. He worked on the soap opera, “Love of Life,” and more than 150 network television shows. 

Sladkus also worked at the New York City PBS affiliate WNET as a production manager before advancing to the business manager of the station.  

Sladkus helped launch one of the most iconic shows on the network: "Nature." The show has gone on to win numerous prestious awards.

“I helped start the 'Nature' series, which is still on PBS-TV, as the production manager in 1972,” he said. “My role was to oversee the production elements — the crew, location and logistics.  I helped find the first locations for the opening segment, first at California's Mount Tamalpais State Park and then later Yosemite National Park.”

In 1985, Sladkus established Milestone Broadcast Corporation. At the time, he was the marketing director for WNYC, working with multicultural programs. However, he always knew that his real passion was outside of the corporate world.

“I believe media can help the world create more peace, and if you help communities, they will be happy to work with you for peace. So, I decided to leave WNYC-TV and start my own company as a multicultural full-service, for-profit marketing and advertising company,” he said.

Milestone Broadcast Corporation focused on helping find sponsors for major companies, including Citibank, Delta Airlines, Sprint, Western Union and the U.S. Postal Service.

Six years later, Sladkus launched Good News Corporation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to spreading peace.

“The mission of Good News Corporation is to use media for the good by creating humanitarian projects, such as Times Square Earth Day and the International Day of Peace concerts, Hurricane Katrina support, feeding people in Tanzania and producing the 20th anniversary of the Woodstock Celebration in 1989 in Times Square,” he said.

Sladkus created the organization based on his previous involvement in event planning and passion for supporting peace.

“I was inspired to create Good News Corporation after learning about the UN International Day of Peace and being asked to produce and host a concert in Central Park, New York,” he said. “One-hundred-ninety-three countries agreed to make September 21, 2026 the official International Day of Peace worldwide, with a mission for cease fire, acts of peace and kindness, and our company would like to create human peace signs in Times Square.”

By hosting International Day of Peace in the heart of New York City, Sladkus hopes to continue reaching a large audience. The company’s Live Clean Energy Concert has reached upward of 4 million people from the website and social media platforms, he said. 

This year, the concert will take place on Saturday, September 19 at 3 p.m., and will be rebroadcasted during the International Day of Peace event the following Monday.

Through the company’s connections, the event will also include virtual messages from leaders and celebrities, including Ringo Starr, Michael Douglas, Stevie Wonder and Shakira.

After the event, Good News Corporation will also do a premiere broadcast of their movie, “Woodstock Forever: Peace, Love and HOPE.” The full-length documentary was created in 1989 to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of Woodstock.

After a prestigious career as a producer and changemaker, Sladkus is still appreciative of his Quinnipiac experience as a pivotal time in his life. 

“As a student at Quinnipiac, I had various opportunities to take leadership roles that helped give me the confidence to go out into the professional world and succeed,” he said. 

Sladkus served as president of his sophomore and junior classes at Quinnipiac, was involved with a fraternity and served as general manager of the Quinnipiac College Jazz Festival for two years while playing saxophone in the Quinnipiac Jazz Band.

“Quinnipiac gave me the experience and the knowledge to learn and to continue to work with people to create projects,” he said. “The professors were professionals in their fields and inspirational. The size of the school enabled me to try various experiences and the people were all so nice — and still some of my best friends.”

As Sladkus and the Good News Corporation prepare for the celebration in September, they are welcoming interns to help support the event. Any students interested can email him to be considered.