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2019-2020 SBE Board Takes Office, Committee Chairs Assigned

October 31, 2019

The Society of Broadcast Engineers, the association for broadcast and multimedia technology professionals, held its National Meeting Oct. 15 and 16 in Madison, WI, in conjunction with the Broadcasters Clinic. Among the events during those two days, the SBE Board of Directors met, and the SBE held its annual Membership Meeting.

At the Membership Meeting on Oct. 16, the 2019-2020 officers and directors were sworn in to begin their new terms. (The results of the SBE election were announced on Aug. 29.) SBE President Wayne Pecena, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, DRB, CBNE, also announced his committee chair appointments for the coming year, which were reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting on Oct. 15. The committee chair assignments follow.

Committee	Chair
Awards	Tom McGinley, CPBE, AMD, CBNT
By-Laws	Charles “Ched” Keiler, CPBE, 8-VSB, CBNE
Certification	Ralph Hogan, CPBE, DRB, CBNE*
Chapter Liaison	Mark Fehlig, CPBE, 8-VSB
Education	Geary Morrill, CPBE, CBNE
Fellowship	Troy Pennington, CSRE, CBNT*
Electronic Communications	Roswell Clark, CPBE, CBNT
Finance	Roswell Clark, CPBE, CBNT
Frequency Coordination	Ted Hand, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, DRB
Government Relations	Kevin Trueblood, CBRE, CBNT
International	Charles W. Kelly Jr.*
Membership	Steve Brown, CPBE, CBNT
Mentoring	Chris Tarr, CSRE, AMD, DRB, CBNE
Nominations	Jim Leifer, CPBE
Publications	Jason Ornellas, CBRE, CRO
Social Networking	Kirk Harnack, CBRE, CBNE
Sustaining Membership	Vinny Lopez, CEV, CBNT
Technologies	Shane Toven, CBRE, CBNT

On the committee assignments, President Pecena said, "The skill and experience of the SBE Board of Directors and committee chairs is wide and varied, and I look forward to drawing on their abilities to continue the forward progress of the SBE as we implement plans from the 2018 strategic planning conference and develop new opportunities for our members."

President Pecena also appointed two directors to serve on the SBE Executive Committee, which also includes all the officers and the past president. Roswell Clark and Geary Morrill were appointed and approved by the Board, and they join Pecena, Vice President Andrea Cummis, Secretary Kevin Trueblood, Treasurer Ted Hand, and Immediate Past President Jim Leifer.

The national board of directors of the SBE is responsible for the development of policy and determines the programs and services the society provides to its 5,000 members.

* These committee chairs do not serve on the SBE Board of Directors.