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Alumni Industry Advocate Advisory Board
On May 9, 2007, the inaugural meeting of the TCOM Alumni Board met in West Hall. Some members joined by phone. General plans were discussed and plans were made to meet again on the Friday before Homecoming [see schedule of events]. If you are an alumnus and interested to serve on the advisory board, please contact Dr. Louisa Ha at louisah@bgnet.bgsu.edu.
TCOM Alumni Board BYLAWS

Meet the Board

• Brittany Barhite (2005) - Marketing and Promotions Manager, Cumulus Radio
• Paul Braun (1973) - Vice President of Programming & Public Affairs, Time Warner Cable, National Division
• Mark Geyman (1981) - President, OhioBiz Web Consulting
• David Hainline (1983) - President, Capitol Services Inc.
• Kellie Holeman-Szenderski (1983) - Director of Sales, Clear Channel Toledo
• Stephen Kendall (1985) - Student Technology Center Director, BGSU
• David Kennedy (1976) - CEO & Vice Chairman, Interep
• Kelli Kling (1992) - Marketing, PR & Special Events, Wood County Historical Center and Museum
• Dominik Leconte (1993) - Director, Network & Corporate Research, Sony Pictures Entertainment
• Peter Morrill (1978) - General Manager, Idaho Public Television
• Joe Philport (1975) - President, Traffic Audit Bureau
• Patricia Silver (1976) - President, Sphere Entertainment

Officers and Committee Chairs

President - Steve Kendall
Secretary - Brittanny Barhite
Treasurer - Kelli Kling

Industry Outreach - Kellie Holeman-Szenderski (chair), Paul Braun, Mark Geyman
Development - Dominik Leconte (chair), Ryan Gallagher, Joe Philport, Patricia Silver
Social Gathering / Networking - Steve Kendall, Stephen Merrill, Jay Schell, Andy Nwoye
Career Development & Placement - Brittany Barhite (chair), David Hainline, David Kennedy, Tom Farmer, Mark Seidel
Advocacy - Kelli Kling (chair), Nikki Golden, Peter Morrill

Committee Profiles:
	Brittany Barhite, 2005 Brittany graduated with honors in 2005. She majored in telecommunications with a minor in political science. She is currently working towards her masters in communication, while working full time as the marketing and promotions manager at Cumulus Broadcasting in Toledo. You can also hear Brittany live on Star 105.5 during the weekends. Alumni Board Secretary, Career Development and Placement 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
	Tom Farmer, 1984 Vice-president and Executive Producer, Fox Sports Network Ohio. Tom is responsible for the overall on-air presentation of FSN Ohio while also managing the day-to-day production and operations of the network.  He also retained his Executive Producer position and continues to lead FSN Ohio productions into multiple distribution platforms. Entering his 14th year there, Tom continues to earn the television industry’s praise having garnered his 25th regional Emmy award earlier this month. Career Development and Placement Committee
	Ryan Gallagher Ryan is a Major Gift Officer at BGSU. Development Committee
	Mark J. Geyman, 1981 Mark is the owner of OhioBiz at OhioBiz.com, created one of the first "locally/regionally-focused" search directories in the country, back in 1995. It evolved into SitesOnline Ohio and later in 2000 became OhioBiz - The Ohio Business Search Directory. His web consulting firm, OhioBiz Web Consulting, LLC, has been in existence since March 2001 and specializes in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing, and Website Maintenance and Consulting for small to medium-size businesses and organizations. Industry Outreach Committee
	Nikki Golden, 2004 Nikki is employed with the Walt Disney Company in Cleveland as a Promotions Manager. She feels the joy and magic of placing a smile on someone's face, regardless of age! Nikki is a 2004 graduate of BGSU with a degree in Telecommunications. She also enjoys working in the community, spreading the magic and making sure everyone has "A Magical Day!" Advocacy Committee
	David Hainline, 1983 After one year of Law School, David moved to Washington DC to begin his career in the broadcasting industry. David has worked for Viacom, Emmis Broadcasting, ABC/Cap Cities and Infinity CBS in various sales and management positions. He retired as National Sales Manager for the #1 billing station in Washington, D.C. where he sold and managed all national accounts totaling over 12 million dollars for Infinity Broadcasting. Hainline now serves as President of CSI-Capitol Services Inc., a self-owned special event and meeting planning company. He has donated two scholarships to the Department of Telecommunications to benefit students with financial needs and is the organizer of the BG@100 fund-raising event. He also offers a paid internship to BGSU students every semester to work in CSI-Capitol Services Inc. Career Development and Placement Committee (Chair)
	Kellie Holeman-Szenderski, 1983 A Cincinnati native and 1983 Bowling Green graduate, Kellie started her professional career in Toledo, Ohio at Fahlgren Advertising, formerly Fahlgren & Ferris, as an Account Executive.  In 1985, she continued her career at McDonald’s Corporation as a Regional Marketing Supervisor for 7 years.  For the last 15 years, she has enjoyed a media sales career at Clear Channel Broadcasting and now serves as the Director of Sales for the five station cluster.  Kellie has been married for 22 years to Kevin, and they have two children, Morgan 19 and Jacob 16.  In her spare time Kellie enjoys walking, golfing and traveling. Industry Outreach Committee (Chair)
	Stephen Kendall, 1985 Stephen is an instructor in the Department of Telecommunications as well as the Director of the Student Technology Center at BGSU. Alumni Board President, Social Gathering/Networking Committee (Chair)
	David Kennedy, 1976, 1981 David is the 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. Career Development and Placement Committee
	Kelli Kling, 1992 Kelli served as Program Director and Operations Manager for WFAL-AM as well as DJ for WBGU-FM. While earning a Master of Education in Technology from BGSU, she focused her attention on a new course about the "Internet and World Wide Web" and is currently one of the instructors of this course in the Department of TCOM. Professionally, Kelli is the Director of Marketing, PR, and Special Events for the Wood County Historical Center & Museum in Bowling Green, OH, and serves on various boards throughout the community such as the Black Swamp Arts Festival, BG Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Main Street Bowling Green. Alumni Board Treasurer, Advocacy Committee (Chair)
	Dominik Leconte, 1993 Director, Network & Corporate Research, Sony Pictures Entertainment Development Committee (Chair)
	Peter Morrill, 1978 General Manager, Idaho Public Television Advocacy Committee
	Joe Philport, 1975 Joe is the President & CEO for the Traffic Audit Bureau (TAB) for Media Measurement, Inc. He joined TAB in 2002 to lead the implementation and development of out of home audits and audience measurement initiatives. Prior to joining TAB, Joe held senior positions at Competitive Media Reporting, Arbitron and Nielsen and served as Worldwide Media Research Director at Young & Rubicam. He co-chaired ARF/ESOMAR's Out of Home Media Measurement Day as part of the Worldwide Audience Measurement Conference in Geneva, June 2004. Co-authored with Erwin Ephron, his white paper entitled "The Creative Heresy in Out of Home Audience Measurement," won the Best Paper Award at ARF/ESOMAR's 2005 Out of Home Measurement Day in Montreal. Joe has a PhD in Media Communications and began his career in academics at Miami University and the University of Maryland. Development Committee
	Stephen Merrill, 2006 Graduate Student, School of Communications Studies, BGSU Social Gathering/Networking Committee
	Andy Nwoye, 2003 Broadcast Designer, Sinclair Broadcast Group Social Gathering/Networking Committee
	Jay Schell, 2006 Technical Director, WTOL Ch. 13, Toledo, OH Social Gathering/Networking Committee
	Mike Seidel, 2006 Account Executive, Time Warner Cable Services Career Development and Placement Committee
	Patricia Silver, 1976 President, Sphere Entertainment. Pat's strong broadcasting career expanded into the creation of the Sphere Entertainment agency in 1980, which has grown to represent 2000 artists for bookings worldwide at theatres, festivals, fairs, municipal celebrations, parties, corporate events and malls. Sphere is a major producer of licensed TV character live shows in North America. Sphere is single-handedly responsible for the artistic survival of many of Canada's outstanding performing artists. Pat has been nominated for a Juno Award, certified with a Gold Record, and won many arts awards. Her book, Face Painting, was a best-seller and sells well worldwide. She was nominated for the prestigious "Toronto Sun Women on the Move" award, serves on many industry boards, is the International Representative to the Children's Entertainment, and has been recognized for important community contributions from many organizations. Development Committee
School and University Representatives:
	TCOM Alumni Board liaison: Dr. Louisa Ha
	TCOM Department Chair: Dr. Ewart Skinner
	School of Communication Studies Director: Dr. Oliver Boyd-Barrett

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