Directory Profile

About Me

President of Lenawee Broadcasting Company and Southeast Michigan Media, Adrian, Mich.
Education:
Michigan State University ‘85
BS James Madison; degreed in both Industrial and Labor Relations and Political Science

Industry:
**Member, Board of Directors of the International Broadcasters Idea Bank, President (2018-Present)
**Board of Directors of the NAB Leadership Foundation (2015-Present)
**Co-Chair of the RAB Sales Advisory Committee (2016-Present) and Local Market Advisory Committee.
**Chair of the NAB Small and Medium Market Radio Committee (2018-Present)
**(MAB) Board of Directors (2002-2007) having served as chairman in 2005-2006.
**MAB Foundation (2007-2014) having served as chairman of the foundation in 2012-2013.
**Faculty member of the NAB Education Foundation Broadcast Leadership Training Academy (2010-2018).
**Trustee MAB Political Action Committee 2007-2015
**District 13 representative (MI) to the National Association of Broadcasters Board of Directors from 2009 to 2015.
**Inducted into the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2012
**Received the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.
**Featured and panel speaker on small market radio at multiple National Association of Broadcasters and Radio Advertising Bureau annual conferences.
**Station accomplishments include five NAB Crystal Radio Awards, the NAB Crystal Heritage Award, four NAB Education Foundation Service to America Awards, Service to Children Awards, four NAB Marconi Awards, two for AC Station of the Year and two for Small Market Station of the Year. Service to America Award for Small Market Radio, 2019, WLEN has been MAB Station of the Year for Thirteen of the last fifteen years in Market 3.

Local:
**Board of Directors and Past Chair of ATHENA Lenawee (current)
**Board of Directors and VP of the Pleasant Grove Hotel Historical Society (current)
**Board of Directors, Adrian Schools Educational Foundation (current)
**Past board member of the Devil's Lake Yacht Club (serving as their first female Commodore in 2011)
**Past positions: HOPE Community Center Board of Directors, the Lenawee County Chamber of Commerce (serving as their first female chair), Catholic Charities, Lenawee Humane Society and the Salvation Army.
**ATHENA International Leadership Award recipient 2005
**Zonta of Lenawee Amelia Earhart Award recipient 2012
**Adrian Schools Distinguished Alumni Award recipient 2012
**Lenawee County Chamber of Commerce Maple Leaf Award 2000
**Lenawee County Chamber of Commerce Small Business Person of the Year 1993