Lisa Braun, 1987
Marketing Manager, Cincinnati Reds  
Lisa  handles the advertising, strategic partnerships and media promotions for the Cincinnati Reds.  Her diverse background in media and entertainment includes serving as Vice President of Music Marketing & Promotion for MTV, as well as New Media Director for Clear Channel Cincinnati.  Lisa has experience in radio programming and on-air with several stations in Ohio and Indiana.  She has been inducted into the Matthew 25: Ministries Humanitarian Hall of Fame and named one of Billboard Magazine’s Most Powerful People in Hard Rock. Lisa is a former WFAL Program Director and has served as President of the BGSU Radio Alumni Society.
Industry Outreach Committee

Paul Braun, 1977
Paul Braun is the Vice President of Programming and Public Affairs for the National Division of Time Warner Cable, a management group of unclustered cable systems, representing approximately 450,000 subscribers in 20 states. Paul is on the selection committee for the Tony Cox Grant Fund for Cable Positive, the industry's HIV/AIDS awareness group and winner of the organization’s  Brad Wojcoski Memorial award. He has also been on the Board of Governors of the National Academy of Cable Programming. In addition to a Masters in Radio, TV and Film from Bowling Green, he holds an MBA from the University of Denver. In 2002, he received the Best Accomplished Graduate Award from the BGSU TCOM Department.
Industry Outreach Committee, Chair

Bob Dodwall, 1965
Dual Major in Speech and Education
Fund -raising consultant, Industrial Theater Corporation
Cleveland, Ohio and Houston, Texas
Dodwall produced PBS and C-Span Specials, marketing, fund-raising and publicized services which include audio-visual presentations, live stage shows, revues, video tapes, slide presentations, fashion shows, fund raising events, campaigns, political rallies, sales campaigns and employee motivational meetings.  Original concepts, scripts and music customized to the needs of the client have been the uniqueness of ITC. Fund raising for six non-profits, including proposal writing, marketing, board training, foundation. networking, membership drives and special events. He was Accomplished Alumni in the Arts, BGSU at 1992 Commencement
Development Committee

Nathan Heerdt, 1997
Nathan Heerdt was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and is a 1997 TCOM graduate from Bowling Green State University.  His first job was in recruiting as an executive recruiter in Columbus, Ohio.  In 1998, at the age of 23, Nathan started a local online job board called JobBoards.com.  After 6 years, Nathan sold JobBoards.com to a larger local job board and successfully exited the company in 2006.  His next start-up, Caster Ventures, is focused on helping companies and organizations monetize online streaming video. Caster builds websites that handle the technology behind streaming video (hosting, bandwidth, e-commerce, etc.) and provide users with management tools that allow companies to quickly implement streaming video as a tool into their training, marketing and sales processes.  Caster Ventures has three main websites - www.complycaster.com, www.conferencecaster.tv, and www.schoolcaster.tv.
Industry Outreach Committee

David Kennedy, 1976, 1981
David is the CEO of Flycast, Inc.  FlyCast (www.FlyCast.fm) was founded in 2006 by a group of seasoned PC industry veterans to create advanced IP-based mobile delivery technology that focused on smartphones and other mobile digital media devices.  The company’s FlyCast application offers users over 1200 channels of entertainment, delivered to their smartphone over wireless connections. Prior to his work at Flycast, he was CEO/Vice Chairman of Interep National Radio Sales in New York. Interep (IREP.PK) is the nation's largest independent advertising sales and marketing company specializing in radio, the Internet, television and complementary media, with offices in 17 cities. During the 1970s, David held various radio positions at WMHE and WLQR until being promoted to Director of Program Research for Susquehanna Radio Corp. In August of 1989, he was named Senior Vice President and assumed direct responsibility for WFMS, Indianapolis, and WRRM, Cincinnati, while managing group planning and research operations for all Susquehanna stations. David has actively participated in, and received numerous accolades from, the National Association of Broadcasters, Radio Advertising Bureau, John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation, and the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation among many others.
Industry Outreach Committee

Andy Nwoye, 2003
Broadcast Designer, Sinclair Broadcast Group
Social Gathering/Networking Committee

Tim Wild,
Director of Planning Services, Marcus Thomas
Joining Marcus Thomas as a strategic planner in 2006, Tim brings nearly 15 years’ experience in research and planning within advertising agencies. He is responsible for inspiring and facilitating innovative communication solutions based on business objectives, sound strategies and unique insights. Tim came to Marcus Thomas from Liggett Stashower, a mid-size advertising and public relations agency in Cleveland. There, he was responsible for leading and facilitating strategic development initiatives for clients such as Moen, Forest City and Motorists Insurance Group. Prior to joining Liggett Stashower, Tim was an account planner at Draft in Chicago where he developed direct communications strategies for Kaiser Permanente and Sprint PCS. Tim’s other experience includes developing creative strategies for clients such as BP Connect, MetroHealth and Lake Hospital System at Brokaw and handling the strategic planning for Sherwin-Williams Brands, University Hospitals and Mead School & Office Products at Wyse Advertising. Tim holds a bachelor’s degree in communication and audience research from Bowling Green State University and a master of arts in applied communication theory and methods from Cleveland State University.
Career Development and Placement Committee