Curtis LeGeyt

WASHINGTON – Gordon Smith, NAB president and CEO, announced that Curtis LeGeyt, NAB senior vice president of public policy, has been promoted to the role of EVP of government relations after Kelly Cole announced she would be resigning from the position last week. LeGeyt will oversee all advocacy efforts of the department.

LeGeyt joined NAB in 2011 and last year became NAB’s principal liaison to the White House and executive agencies and departments. He previously served as a senior counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (VT), focusing on intellectual property, antitrust and First Amendment issues.

Cole’s last day will be Aug. 14. 

Kelly Cole

WASHINGTON – Kelly Cole, who has served as the NAB’s executive vice president of government relations for the past four years and been with the organization for the last nine, told the NAB board that she will be leaving to start her own lobbying firm. Cole will still work on behalf of the NAB, as the organization will be an anchor client in her new firm.

“Kelly Cole has been a remarkably effective advocate for local broadcasters for the last nine years,” said Gordon Smith, NAB president and CEO. “As she embarks on this new chapter of her career, she has NAB’s deep affection and gratitude for a job well done.”

Smith also said NAB intends Cole’s successor very soon.

Cole’s last day with NAB will be Aug. 14.