2026 NAB Board Election Results Announced

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The two-year terms of the elected board members will begin in June 2026

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WASHINGTON—The National Association of Broadcasters has announced the results of the 2026 NAB Radio and Television Board of Directors elections.

The two-year terms of the elected board members will begin in June 2026. In the lists below, new board members are listed in italics; other board members listed below will retain their seats for the upcoming term.

NAB Television Board Elections:

  • David Griffin, Griffin Communications
  • Deb McDermott, Standard Media Group
  • Amy Liz Pittenger, Bahakel Communications, Ltd.
  • Nick Radziul, Hearst Television
  • Pam Teague, Sarkes Tarzian, Inc.
  • Barry Fisher of Maranatha Broadcasting Company, Inc. was appointed to the seat previously held by Mike Steib.

NAB Radio Board Elections:

  • Molly Draper Russell, Draper Radio, District 4 – Del., D.C., Md., Va.
  • Chris Forgy, Saga Communications, District 6 – N.C., S.C.
  • Ashley Tullos Fortenberry, TeleSouth Communications, Inc., District 8 – La., Miss.
  • J Chapman, Woof Boom, District 10 – Ind.
  • John Zimmer, Zimmer Communications, District 12 – Kan., Mo.
  • Jeanna Berg, iHeart Media, District 14 – Iowa, Wis.
  • Kelli Turner, Audacy, District 16 – Colo., Neb.
  • Erik Hellum, Townsquare Media, District 18 – Southern Texas
  • Ron Davis, Butte Broadcasting, Inc., District 20 – Idaho, Mont., Wyo.
  • Tim Swift, Bonneville International Corp., District 22 – Ariz., Nev., N.M., Utah
  • Jeff Warshaw, Connoisseur Media, District 24 – Southern Calif., Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Island
  • Mary Menna of Beasley Media Group was appointed to the District 2 (N.Y., N.J) seat.
  • Heston Wright of Wright Media was appointed to the District 19 (Okla., Northern Texas) seat that was previously held by Will Payne of Payne Media Group.
  • Erik Hellum of Townsquare Media was elected to the District 18 (Southern Texas) seat and previously held the District 12 (Kan., Mo.) seat.
  • The following new board members were appointed to designated seats: Melody Spann Cooper of Midway Broadcasting Corp., Bill Wilson of Townsquare Media and Javier Maynulet of Univision Radio.
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