James G. Babb, Charlotte, NC  Jim Babb has always gravitated to the top in broadcasting. That has meant positions as chief executive of Jefferson-Pilot Communications, Outlet Communications and now Bahakel Broadcasting, not to mention chairman of the Television Board of the National Association of Broadcasters, chairman of BMI, board of the Television Bureau of Advertising and head of the CBS Television Network Affiliates Advisory Board.

Pierre Bouvard, New York  Pierre Bouvard is president of sales and marketing for Arbitron Inc. in New York, with additional responsibility for commercializing the Portable People Meter. He created the company’s series of industry studies covering radio, cinema, out-of-home and airport advertising as well as Internet broadcasting.

Eduardo Caballero, Miami The striking growth and prominence of Hispanic media in the United States owes an important debt to Eduardo Caballero, who came to this country in 1961 from his native Cuba as an experienced lawyer and started over as a broadcaster. He began by selling radio time in New York and was soon the first Hispanic general sales manager in the U.S.  Caballero switched to television in 1968 as vice president / director of sales at Spanish International Network TV (now Univision). He started his own Spanish International Television in 1973, selling movie packages to some 30 stations across the country. Next, Caballero Spanish Media was born, and by the time it was sold to Interep represented over 130 Spanish radio stations. His present media domain is Caballero TV and Radio Sales in Miami, representing independent Hispanic TV stations and cable programming.

Arthur W. Carlson, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL  Art Carlson’s longest affiliation was with Susquehanna Radio, headquartered in York PA, of which he was president for 33 years. He was on the board of the Radio Advertising Bureau for 40 years, and has been on the Library of American Broadcasting board for 15, three as president.

Michael Carter, Kansas City, MO  Michael Carter’s grandfather began operating the nation’s first black radio station west of the Mississippi in1950. KPRS has since been joined by KPRS-FM, and the Carter Broadcast Group has since celebrated its 57th anniversary, winning the NAB’s Crystal Award along the way.

Gary R. Chapman, Providence.  Gary Chapman is one of the broadcast industry’s senior executives. He was chairman, president and CEO of LIN Television until his nominal retirement from that post in mid-2006, and in 2008 began formation of a new media company with emphasis on broadcast media. During his tenure at LIN the group grew from seven to 30 television stations, becoming one of the nation’s largest.  He joined LIN’s former parent company as president of television in 1988 and was named CEO of television in June 1994 and chairman in August 2000. Chapman held the industry’s senior statesman position as joint board chairman of the National Association of Broadcasters from 1991 to 1993 after serving as head of the television board from 1989 to 1991. He also served the industry importantly as chairman of the Association for Maximum Service Television from 2000 to 2005.

Tom Cookerly,  Washington Tom Cookerly’s career took him from Charlotte NC (where he headed Jefferson Productions and was general manager of WBTV) to Washington DC, where he became president of Allbritton Communication’s broadcast division.  He later became chairman of the Television Bureau of Advertising and of the ABC Television Affiliates Association.

Vincent J. Curtis Jr.,  Washington  Vince Curtis  is co-managing member of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth PLC. He is an Army veteran of the Vietnam War, where he was awarded the Bronze Star.  He is a past president of the Library of American Broadcasting, as well as a longtime board member.

Sam Donaldson,  Washington  The Donaldson career with ABC News included 14 years as Chief White House Correspondent. He then became co-anchor (with Cokie Roberts) of the Sunday “This Week” talk show, in addition to being co-anchor (with Diane Sawyer) of “Prime Time Live.”

James E. Duffy,  Round Hill, VA   Jim Duffy spent 46 years in the executive ranks of ABC, becoming executive vice president of the radio network and later serving an unprecedented 15 years as president of the television network. He was awarded broadcasting’s highest honor, the NAB’s Distinguished Service Award, in 1989. Duffy was a co-founder of Project Literacy US in 1985, and national spokesperson with Barbara Bush

Erica Farber, Los Angeles, CA Now the publisher of Radio & Records, Erica Farber was one of the first women to occupy the top rungs of the broadcasting business. Starting with positions in Los Angles radio she then moved to Boston to become general manager of WROR-FM, and then to New York as vice president / general manager of WXLO-FM. After that it was McGavren Guild Radio and then head of the radio marketing division of the parent Interep.

Gary Fries, New York  Membership of the Radio Advertising Bureau doubled under Gary Fries’s leadership, with advances in stations, networks, representative and international categories.  Before taking over that industry responsibility he was president of Unistar Radio Networks, Transtar Radio, the radio division of Sunbelt Communications, and with ITC Communications and Multimedia Broadcasting.

James L. Greenwald, New York  Jim Greenwald and Katz Communications were interchangeable terms from 1974 to 1994, when he became chairman emeritus. When he joined Katz as a salesman there were 25 client stations; at his retirement the firm represented over 2,500. Along the way he purchased the Seltel, Metromedia and Blair representation firms.

Marc G. Guild, New York  Marc Guild has the representation business in his genes, and has been associated for years with the Interep firm begun by Ralph Guild. Now he heads the independent Diamond Ark Media. Among his credentials: the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Harvard University Graduate School.

David E. Kennedy, New York  David Kennedy is immediate past joint board chairman of the National Association of Broadcasters, was president and CEO of the former Susquehanna Media Co., a longtime broadcasting group owner sold in May 2006. He has since joined Interep in New York as president and chief operating officer. He is a past chairman of the Radio Advertising Bureau.

Donald H. Kirkley, Columbia, MD   Retired from the University of Maryland, where he holds emeritus status, Donald Kirklkey is past president of the Broadcast Education Association and a former executive director of the Maryland-DC-Delaware Broadcasters Association.

Erwin G. Krasnow. Washington  Erwin Krasnow heads the communications and technology practice of Garvey Schubert Barer, has been described as “a dean of the Washington communications bar.” He is a prolific author and was founding director and vice chairman of Broadcast Capital Inc., a minority broadcast investment fund. Earlier in his career he served on the House Communications and Power Subcommittee, before becoming general counsel of the National Association of Broadcasters.

Dr. Judy Kuriansky, New York  Judy Kuriansky  is an internationally known radio and TV personality, clinical psychologist, relationship expert, author and speaker. She has been a radio advice host for over 20 years and is a frequent contributor to CNN, MSNBC and Court TV.  Among her honors is the first international Outreach Award from the American Women in Radio and TV.

Richard Leibner, New York  Richard Leibner is President of N. S, Bienstock Inc., whose talent representation practice includes America’s most successful for broadcast journalism. Among the firm’s clients: Dan Rather, Mike Wallace, Paula Zahn, Chris Matthews and Bill O’Reilly.

James T. Morley, Newtown, CT   Jim Morley is a long-time broadcast executive who, with associates, took over the Katz Communications’ nine radio stations to form New City Communications, whose interests had grown to 17 stations before being sold to Cox Radio Inc. He is currently involved in several startup media and internet training initiatives. His cultural interests include the New Haven Symphony board of directors, of which he is president.

Virginia Hubbard Morris, St Paul, MN.   Ginny Morris is President of St. Paul-based Hubbard Broadcasting, is a third-generation broadcaster who began her career at Hubbard flagship KSTP-TV. Over the years she served as president and general manager of KSTP-AM-FM and president of the Hubbard Radio Network. She is a former chair of the NAB Radio Board and currently serves on the boards of BMI and RAB.

Dawson B. (Tack) Nail, Washington Tack Nail is a longtime Washington trade journalist (Broadcasting magazine, TV Digest and Communications Daily) who has enlivened that industry’s press corps since 1953, after Korean War service as a forward observer in the Artillery. He continues to cover electronic media as a contributing editor for Warren Communications.

Susan Ness, Washington  Former Federal Communications Commissioner Susan Ness is  the founding president and CEO of GreenStone Media LLC, formed to produce and syndicate female-oriented talk programming for broadcast stations, satellite radio, the Internet and other new media. She served on the FCC from May 1994 to May 2001.  Her recent board appointments include Adelphia Communications Corp. and the board of LCC International (NASDAQ), in addition to the Library of American Broadcasting.

Allen B. Shaw, Winston-Salem, NC   Allen Shaw is owner, president and CEO of Centennial Broadcasting LLC in Winston-Salem NC.  Simultaneously, he is responsible for the Beasley Broadcast Group’s Las Vegas market cluster as well as troubleshooting in other Beasley markets. Earlier, he worked with the Media Communications Partners venture capital firm in Boston

Craig K. Tanner, McLean, VA.   Craig Tanner is a television executive whose broad experience in the broadcasting, cable TV, telecommunications and consumer electronics industries positions him ideally as a player in the new world of electronic media. His career has been conspicuous in providing leadership in technology strategy and industry policy. The new worlds of digital and HDTV have been a concentration throughout his career, which has included executive positions with CBS in New York, and at Sony, CableLabs, TELE-TV, the Advanced Television Systems Committee and, most recently, as vice president of Digital Television Business Development for SHARP, where he led the Washington (DC) area office..

Donald  West, Washington  Don West spent most of his career as editor-in-chief of broadcast industry journals, among them Broadcasting (subsequently Broadcasting & Cable), Television magazine and Digital Television. He was assistant to the president of CBS Inc. in the 1960s, serving as chief aide to the late Frank Stanton. West joined the board of the Library of American Broadcasting in 2001 and was elected president and CEO in 2005.

Dennis Wharton, Washington.  Dennis Wharton is executive vice president of media relations for the National Association of Broadcasters, and as such is the association’s chief spokesperson for all outreach and public policy advocacy to the national news media and trade press. He also serves as a strategic adviser to the NAB president and CEO, to the senior staff and to member stations on public relations issues. Wharton joined NAB in 1996 after a 16-year career in journalism, conspicuously as a Washington reporter for Variety and Daily Variety; he was Washington bureau chief before joining the senior broadcast association in 1996.

W. Russell Withers Jr., Mount Vernon, IL   Russ Withers has made his mark in both the Midwest and the broadcasting business at large.  A member of the NAB board and executive committee, he is credited with having raised more contributions for its political action effort than any other broadcaster. He founded Withers Broadcasting Companies in 1972, and now has on the order of seven TV’s, 12 AMs and 15 FMs.

Ramsey L. Woodworth, Washington  Ramsey Woodworth , chairman of the board  of the Library of American Broadcasting, has specialized in telecommunications law for more than 35 years. A former principal of Wilkes, Artis, Hedrick and Lane, he is now of counsel to Irwin, Campbell & Tannenwald.  His extensive practice ranges from radio and television licensing and policy matters to public communications, private wireless, satellite and cable common carrier services. He has served as LAB chairman for over a decade.

Millard Younts, Richmond, VA  Mitt Younts is a principal in EnVest Media LLC, which he established in 2003. Prior to that he served for 12 years as managing director of Media Services Group Inc., a nationwide media brokerage firm he helped to found in 1990.  Earlier he served with the Atlanta-based Chapman Associates brokerage.