NAB Elects New Board Leadership
• The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced the results of the 2024 NAB Executive Committee elections — Collin Jones, EVP, Corporate Strategy & Development of Cumulus Media and President, Westwood One, was elected Radio Board Chair by the NAB radio board. Kevin Perry, President & CEO of Perry Publishing & Broadcasting Company, was elected Radio Board First Vice Chair, and Leonard Wheeler, President of Mel Wheeler, Inc., was elected Radio Board Second Vice Chair.
Chris Ornelas, EVP/General Counsel of Beasley Media Group, was reelected to the radio board’s major group representative seat on the NAB board’s executive committee.
On the television side, Pat LaPlatney, President & co-CEO of Gray Television Inc., was reelected as NAB Television Board Chair. Lynn Beall, EVP/COO of Media Operations for TEGNA Inc., was elected as First Vice Chair, Chris Ripley, Pres./CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group, was elected Second Vice Chair, and RaMona Alexander, VP/GM of WDBD and Corporate Programming at American Spirit Media was elected Third Vice Chair.
Keith Murphy, SVP & Regulatory Counsel at Paramount, was appointed to the designated TV network seat on the NAB board’s executive committee, and Pilar Ramos, EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of TelevisaUnivision, Inc. was appointed to the open television board seat created by a vacancy in a seat previously held by the company.
Perry Sook, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Nexstar continues the second year of his role as Joint Board Chair. The position is elected every two years. The elections took place at the NAB Board of Directors meeting, held June 3-4.
