IRTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2021 IRTS Board Officers
CHAIRMAN
LEO MACCOURTNEY
President
Katz Television Group
PRESIDENT & CEO
JOYCE TUDRYN
IRTS Foundation
GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY
STUART SHORENSTEIN
Cozen O’Connor
TREASURER
JED KAPSOS
Senior Vice President, FP&A
CBS Television
VICE CHAIRMAN
KARNA CRAWFORD
Head of US Marketing Communications
Ford Motor Company
VICE CHAIRMAN
MARIANNE GAMBELLI
President, Advertising Sales
FOX Corporation
VICE CHAIRMAN
BRUCE LEFKOWITZ
Founder & President
Six Pack Media LLC
VICE CHAIRMAN
BRIAN NORRIS
SVP, D2C Ad Sales
NBCUniversal Media
2021 IRTS Board Directors
WILLIAM ABBOTT
President & CEO
GAC Media
ROBERT J. FRIEDMAN
CEO
Bungalow Media + Entertainment
ANDY MEYER
SVP, Programming
The Paley Center for Media
MICHAEL SMITH
Chief Marketing Officer
NPR
STEPHEN APPEL
JENNIFER GARDNER
VP, Media Platforms
Verizon
ERIC MEYROWITZ
SVP, Sales
Hearst Television
JON SPAET
SVP, Network Sales & Development
Sinclair Media Networks
ABBY AUERBACH
EVP & Chief Communications Officer
TVB
ADAM GAYNOR
VP, Network Partnerships, Head of Addressable
VIZIO
POOJA MIDHA
Chief Growth Officer
Comcast Advertising
DONNA SPECIALE
President, Sales & Marketing
Univision Communications
CECE BAROSSI
SVP, Media Relations
Active International
PHILIPPE GENERALI
President & CEO
RCS & Media Monitors
MICHAEL MIRAFLOR
Independent Consultant
JON STEINLAUF
Chief U.S. Advertising Sales Officer
Discovery
BARBARA BEKKEDAHL
President, Advertising Sales
The Weather Group
ED GEORGER
EVP, Ad Sales & Digital Media
Crown Media Family Networks
LAURA MOLEN
President, Advertising Sales & Partnerships
NBCUniversal Media, LLC
RADHA SUBRAMANYAM
EVP, Chief Research & Analytics Officer, CBS
President, CBS Vision
DANI BENOWITZ
President, U.S.
MAGNA
ALEC GERSTER
Marketing & Media Consultant
GINNY MORRIS
Chair & CEO
Hubbard Radio
CATHERINE SULLIVAN
CEO
PHD USA
ANNE BENTLEY
Chief Communications Officer
TEGNA
RAYMOND GOULBOURNE
EVP, Broadcast Media Sales
BET Networks
PETER NAYLOR
VP of Sales, Americas
Snap Inc.
CHRISTINE TRAVAGLINI
President
Katz Radio Group
CARL BERNADOTTE
Director, Executive Recruiting, GMS & Consumer Marketing
Facebook
PEGGY GREEN
Consultant
MONIQUE NELSON
Chair & CEO
UWG
DEREK W. WAN
Director, Nonfiction Original Series
Netflix
ALVIN BOWLES
VP, Global Marketing Partnerships
Facebook
ANN HAILER
Chief Operating Officer
CoxReps
TOM O’BRIEN
President, Weather Group Television
EVP, Allen Media Group
CATHERINE WARBURTON
EVP, Chief Investment Officer
360i
NELSON BOYCE
Managing Director, Travel
Google
CATHERINE HERKOVIC
EVP, Managing Director, Local Television
Nielsen
CHRIS OLIVIERO
SVP, Market Manager New York
Audacy
MARIA WEAVER
President, WEA
Warner Music Group
CARL CELINY
Director, Business Development
The Trade Desk
SCOTT HERMAN
CEO
SHH Media Management
BOB O’NEILL
EVP, Media Director
Active International
LAUREN WIENER
Partner & Managing Director
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
SEAN COAR
EVP, Data Strategy & Operations
Univision Communications
MARY HERMES
VP, Media & Entertainment
Spectrum Reach
LARRY PATRICK
Managing Partner
Patrick Communications
STUART ZIMMERMAN
EVP, U.S. Advertiser Sales
Sony Pictures Television
ALAN COHEN
Founder & CEO
Hot Coffee Marketing Studio
JOE HOGAN
ANTONIOUS PORCH
General Counsel & Chief Diversity Officer
SoundCloud
TIM DAVIS
Co-Founder
All Good Partners
WALKER JACOBS
Chief Revenue Officer
Twitch Advertising | Amazon
MATT PROHASKA
CEO & Principal
Prohaska Consulting
RON DECASTRO
Market President
MediaCo New York, Hot 97 and
WBLS | EMMIS
KIM KELLEHER
President of Commercial Revenue & Partnerships
AMC Networks
BRUCE ROBERTS
STEVE FASTOOK
SVP, Technical & Commercial Operations
CNBC
BILL KOENIGSBERG
President, CEO & Founder
Horizon Media, Inc.
SEAN ROBERTSON
VP, Direct to Scale
NBCUniversal Media
BRUCE FENIGER
General Manager
Pamal Broadcasting
JASON KREBS
Chief Business Officer
StreamElements
SCOTT ROSENBERG
SVP / GM Platform Business
Roku
EX-OFFICIO
DEBRA OCONNELL
President, Networks
Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution
LISA FISCHER
EVP, National Advertising Sales
UPtv and ASPiRE
RAHSAN-RAHSAN LINDSAY
CEO
MediaCo Holding, Inc.
JO ANN ROSS
President and Chief Advertising Revenue Officer
ViacomCBS Domestic Advertising Sales
HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS:
TOM KANE
LIZ FISCHER
SVP, Corporate Communications & Marketing
BMI
RAJAH MAPLES
Anchor, Producer, & Multimedia Journalist
KHQA-TV
ED RUTLAND
President
Matlock Advertising & Public Relations
JACK MYERS
Chairman & Founder
MyersBizNet and MediaVillage
BETSY FRANK
Principal
Betsy Frank Insights LLC
KIRK MCDONALD
CEO
GroupM North America
STEVEN A. SASLOW
CEO & Publisher
Rosebud Media
PIERRE BOUVARD
Chief Insights Officer
Cumulus Media • Westwood One
BARRY FREY
President & CEO
DPAA
CHRIS MCDONNELL
VP & General Manager
WPIX | Nexstar Media Group
WENDELL SCOTT
SVP, Automotive
Disney Ad Sales
DAVE MORGAN
CEO
Simlumedia