WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) on Friday announced the results of its 2026 NAB Radio and Television Board of Directors elections. The two-year terms of the elected board members will begin in June 2026.
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
- Javier Maynulet of Univision Radio
