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For Immediate Release
Media Financial Management
Association
announces 2019-2020 Officers and
Board Members
(Northfield,
IL) July 16, 2019 – Media
Financial Management Association (MFM) today announced the 2019-2020 officers and newly elected board
members for the association and its BCCA subsidiary, the media industry’s
credit association. The new slate was announced during the MFM/BCCA annual conference in New
Orleans. Incoming directors' terms run from July 1, 2019 through June
30, 2022.
Effective July 1, the officers for the MFM-BCCA Board of Directors
are:
·
Chair: Ralph Bender, CFO,
Manship Media;
·
President: Mary M. Collins,
President and CEO, MFM/BCCA;
·
Vice Chair/Conference Chair: Melissa
Mitchell, Corporate Controller, Bonneville International;
·
Treasurer: Jeana Stanley, VP Finance, Hearst Corporation;
·
Secretary: David Bochenek, SVP/CAO,
Sinclair Broadcast Group; and
·
Immediate Past Chair: Cindy
Pekrul, SVP & Deputy Controller, WarnerMedia.
The newly elected
members to the MFM-BCCA Board of Directors for a three-year term are:
·
Jenna Hardy, VP Finance, Gearbox Software;
·
Cal Mostella, VP and Treasurer, WarnerMedia;
·
Christine Oliver, Partner, Deloitte & Touche;
·
Kim Parker, VP & CFO, Graham Media Group;
·
Paul W. Rahmlow, CFO, Secretary/Treasurer, Midwest Communications; and
·
Dee Stevenson, Corporate Credit and Collections Manager, Gray Media Group.
Edward Mockus, Director,
Order to Cash, Discovery continues as BCCA’s Representative to the 2019-2020
MFM-BCCA Board of Directors.
Members of the MFM-BCCA Board who were previously elected to serve
or complete a three-year term are:
·
Marcus
Anjewierden, Chief Internal Audit Executive, Deseret Management Corporation;
·
Dave Bestler, EVP/CFO, Hubbard Radio;
·
Lori Brock, Vice President, Finance, Meredith Local Media
Group;
·
Tracy A.
Clark, Senior Director of Finance, Hearst Television;
·
Laura Graves, SVP Operations and Business Planning, WLS-TV/ABC/Disney;
·
Stephen Hall, CFO, Las Vegas Review-Journal;
·
Mike Lavey, CAO/Controller,
Tribune Publishing;
·
Lori Locke, Chief
Accounting Officer, Discovery;
·
Paul Nesterovsky, VP Tax, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.;
·
Antonella
Ricciardi, SVP,
Group Controller, Entertainment & Lifestyle, NBCUniversal and Telemundo;
·
John Sanders, Principal,
Bond & Pecaro; and
·
Marie
Tedesco, CFO,
Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc.
The organization’s outgoing Board Members, who will serve on the
MFM Advisory Committee for a two-year term, are:
Matt Askins, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
Stuart Benson, AB20 Financial Consulting Services
Robert Damon, President, Damon Strategic Consulting
John Giraldo, SVP Global Controller, NBCUniversal Media
Brian A. Ignatowski, VP Controllership, Disney Financial Services
Glenn Krieg, CFO, Morgan Murphy Media
“We are very
grateful for the service and commitment MFM and BCCA’s leader provide,” said
Mary M. Collins, President and CEO of MFM and BCCA. “Despite demanding
positions they participate on our board providing vital insights that help
shape the programs and services we offer members. It is because of their on-going support that MFM
and BCCA continue to grow and innovate to better serve all members.”
Collins
added, “We also extend our thanks to our departing board members who are
joining us in an advisory capacity.”
About MFM and
BCCA
Media Financial Management
Association (MFM) is the premiere resource for financial professionals for
media industry education, networking, and information sharing throughout the
U.S. and Canada. More information about MFM is available on its Web site: https://www.mediafinance.org and via its updates on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Its BCCA subsidiary serves as the media industry’s credit
association. BCCA’s revenue management services encompass a variety of credit
reports on national and local media advertisers and agencies, including Media
Whys, a credit report for media businesses which offers a credit score based on
industry-specific aging combined with trade data from Experian or D+B. More
information about BCCA is available at https://www.bccacredit.com as well as its updates on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
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