2024-2025 Board of Directors

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

KEVIN CROSS

CHAIRMAN

WMAQ-TV NBC5 / Telemundo, Chicago

SARAH SHELLHAMMER

CHAIR-ELECT

WJIL / WJVO, Jacksonville

JENNIFER LYONS

EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIR

WBBM-TV / CBS2, Chicago

JIM KIZER

VICE-CHAIR TV

WQAD-TV, Moline

DANA WITHERS

VICE-CHAIR RADIO

Withers Broadcasting, Mt. Vernon

DREW HOROWITZ

TREASURER

Gemini Strategies & Advisory, Chicago

MATT SCARANO

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN

DENNIS LYLE

EX-OFFICIO

Illinois Broadcasters Association

DIRECTORS

MARY BOYLE

WGN Radio, Chicago

STEVE FARBER

WCIU-TV / Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago

FLETCHER FORD

Regional Radio, Kewanee

JOHN GEHRON

IBA Foundation Chair

AccuRadio, Chicago

MIKE HULVEY

Radio Advertising Bureau, NYC

JOHN IDLER

WLS-TV / ABC, Chicago

CLAY KOENIG

WAND-TV, Decatur

ROGER LUNDEEN

WGIL Radio, Galesburg

JOHN MALONE

IBAcademics Chair

Eureka College, Eureka

TIM MYERS

WIFR-TV, Rockford

SHAUN NEWELL

WMBD-TV, Peoria

MARV NYREN

Cumulus Radio, Chicago

MELODY SPANN COOPER

WVON/WRLL, Chicago

BEN VAN NESS

WGEM-TV, Quincy

ROBERTO YANEZ

TelevisaUnivision, NYC

DIRECTORS EMERITI

EMILY BARR

Retired, Maine

MARC DYSON

Retired, Nevada

CARLOS FERNANDEZ

Retired, Quincy