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Board of Directors - 2010


Officers | Directors | Honorary Trustees

 

Officers

Chairman
Pierre Bouvard
Executive Vice President, Cross-Platform Services
Arbitron Inc.

Vice Chairman
Henry S. Schleiff
President & General Manager
ID - Investigation Discovery

Vice Chairman
Stephen H. Coltrin
Chairman & CEO
Coltrin & Associates, Inc.

General Counsel & Secretary
Stuart A. Shorenstein, Esq.
Cozen O'Connor

Vice Chairman
Bruce D. Feniger
Sr. VP of Network Sales and Client Services McGavren Guild Media

Treasurer
Jed S. Kapsos
Senior VP, Finance
CBS Television Network

Vice Chairman
Steve Hasker
President, Media Product Leadership and Advertiser Solutions
The Nielsen Company

Ex-Officio
Tom Kane

Vice Chairman
Kathleen Keefe

Vice President, Sales
Hearst Television, Inc.


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Directors

Joseph D. Abruzzese
President, Advertising Sales
Discovery Networks, U.S.
Harvey Kent
Chief Media Strategist
Donovan Data Systems
Abby Auerbach
Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Television Bureau of Advertising

Eric Kessler
Co-President
HBO

Betty Ellen Berlamino
President & General Manager
WPIX-TV

Brad Keywell
Co-Founder and CEO
MediaBank, LLC

Mel Berning
Executive Vice President, Advertising Sales
A&E Television Networks

William Koenigsberg
President, CEO & Founder
Horizon Media, Inc.

David T. Cassaro
President, Ad Sales
Comcast Networks

David Landau
Co-CEO & Co-President
Dial Global

Alan Cohen
Chief Executive Officer
OMD

Susan Leigh
VP Ad Sales
Scripps Networks
Timothy Davis


Leo MacCourtney
President
Eagle Television

Ellen Drury
Managing Partner, President
Group M Local Broadcast

Jon Mandel
Chairman
Dogsled Enterprises Inc.

Lawrence R. Dunn, Jr.
Publisher
Broadcasting & Cable/Multichannel News

Cindy McConkey
Sr. Vice President, Corporate Communications
Scripps Networks

Peter Dunn
President
CBS Television Stations

Robert Mendez
Senior Vice President of Diversity
Disney-ABC Television Group

Sara Erichson
President, Media Client Services N.A.
The Nielsen Company
Robert O'Neill
Sr. VP/Director of Spot Television
Active International

Skip Finley
Vice Chairman
ICBC Broadcast Holdings, Inc.

Maribeth Papuga
Sr. Vice President, Director of Local Broadcasting
MediaVest

Carl D. Folta
Executive VP,
Corporate Communications
Viacom Inc.

Ramon J. Pineda
Vice President & General Manager
Univision 41 & Telefutura 68

Betsy Frank
Chief Research & Insights Officer
Time Inc.

Bob Riordan
Senior Vice President, Ad Sales
DIRECTV, Inc.

John B. Frelinghuysen
Partner
Bain & Company, Inc.

Paul Rittenberg
Executive Vice President, Ad Sales & Research
FOX News Channel/ FOX Business Network and FOXNews.com

Robert J. Friedman
President, Media & Entertainment
Radical Media

S. Edward Rutland
Executive Vice President & Managing Partner
Matlock Advertising & Public Relations

Heide Gardner
Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Interpublic Group

Carlos Sanchez
President & General Manager
Telemundo WNJU-TV

C. Dan Gasby
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
B. Smith Enterprises Ltd.
Joshua Sapan
President & CEO
Rainbow Media Holdings, LLC

Craig A. Geller
Sr. Vice President, Network & Digital Sales
Telemundo Network

John Saroff
Head of Strategic Partner Development
Google TV Ads

Alec Gerster
Chief Marketing Officer
Navic

Steve Saslow
CEO
True North Entertainment Inc.

Herb Granath
Chairman Emeritus
ESPN

Cory Shields
EVP, Global Policy Strategies and Alliances
NBC Universal

Peggy Green
Vice Chairman
Zenith USA
Rick Sirvaitis
President
StoreBoard Media
Steve Grubbs
CEO
Second Act Media

Andy Starr
VP, New York & National Sales Manager
WLNY-TV

Bonnie Hammer
President, Cable Entertainment and Universal Cable Productions
NBC Universal
Joe Uva
President & Chief Executive Officer
Univision Communications Inc.

Scott Herman
Executive Vice President, Operations
CBS Radio

John B. Watkins
President
ABC National Television Sales

Paul V. Ippolito
Executive Vice President & Principal
Newmark Knight Frank

Tom Wolzien
Chairman
Wolzien LLC
Jay Isabella
Sr. VP, Director of Programming and Research
Cox Reps
Linda Yaccarino
EVP & COO , Ad Sales-Marketing & Acquisitions
Turner Entertainment
Traug Keller
Sr. VP, Production, Business Divisions
ESPN, Inc.
 
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Honorary Trustees

Ralph M. Baruch
Founder and Former Chairman
Viacom International
Monica Karo
President, Integrated Accounts
OMD USA
Edward Bleier
Retired President, Pay-TV,
Cable & Network Features
Warner Bros.
Peter A. Lund



Avram Butensky
Past President
Television Bureau of Advertising
Timothy M. McAuliff


Peggy Conlon
President & CEO
The Advertising Council
Douglas W. McCormick
Venture Partner
Rho Capital Partners
Jerome R. Feniger
Retired President
Station Representatives Association
Thomas E. McKinney
Thom McKinney & Associates, LLC
James L. Greenwald
Chairman Emeritus
Katz Media Corporation
James Rosenfield, Sr.
President
JHR & Associates
Gordon H. Hastings
President & CEO
ghhManagement
Sherril Taylor
Vice Chairman
Coltrin & Associates, Inc.
Betty Hudson
Executive Vice President, Communications
National Geographic Society
Stephen A. Weiswasser
Senior Counsel
Covington & Burling LLP
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