Board Members
IBA Board members are elected as part of the annual meeting held each year. Persons are nominated to the board to serve three year terms and are voted in by General Managers of IBA member stations present at the Legislative Update session at the annual meeting.
IBA 2024-2025
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairman Kevin Cross, WMAQ-TV NBC5/Telemundo, Chicago
Chair-Elect Sarah Shellhammer, WJIL/WJVO, Jacksonville
Executive Vice Chair Jennifer Lyons, WBBM-TV/CBS2, Chicago
Vice-Chair TV Jim Kizer, WQAD-TV, Rockford
Vice-Chair Radio Dana Withers, Withers Broadcasting, Mt. Vernon
Treasurer Drew Horowitz, Gemini Strategies, Chicago
Immediate Past Chairman / RBC Committee Chair Matt Scarano, iHeart Media, Chicago
DIRECTORS
Mary Boyle, WGN Radio, Chicago
Steve Farber, WCIU-TV/Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago
Fletcher Ford, Regional Media, Illinois
John Gehron, AccuRadio-Chicago (IBA Foundation Chair)
Mike Hulvey, Radio Advertising Bureau
John Idler, WLS-TV/ABC7, Chicago
Clay Koenig, WAND-TV, Decatur
Roger Lundeen, WGIL-Radio, Galesburg
Dennis Lyle, IBA, Ex-Officio
John Malone, Eureka College, Eureka (IBAcademic Chair)
Tim Myers, WIFR-TV, Rockford
Shaun Newell, WMBD-TV, Peoria
Marv Nyren, Cumulus, Chicago
Melody Spann Cooper, WVON/WRLL, Chicago
Roberto Yanez, TelevisaUnivision, Chicago
Ben Van Ness, WGEM-TV, Quincy
DIRECTORS EMERITI
Emily Barr, Retired, Chicago
Marv Dyson, Retired, Founding Partner Urban Radio Broadcasting Group, Chicago
Carlos Fernandez, Retired, Quincy