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Certification Chairmen by State
| Alabama |
Chapter 68 - Birmingham John Batson, CPBE, CBNT Sinclair Broadcast Group 651 Beacon Parkway W., #105 Birmingham, AL 35209 (205) 943-2168 Chapter 118 - Montgomery Charles Grider, CBRE, CBNT 330 W. Vanderbilt Loop Montgomery, AL 36109 (334) 242-6379 |
| Alaska |
Chapter 89 - Alaska Terry Reynolds, CPBE 17800 Beaujolais Drive Eagle River, AK 99577-7514 (907) 441-2981 |
| Arizona |
Chapter 9 - Phoenix Ed Barry, CPBE 4904 Crocus Drive Glendale, AZ 85306 (602) 262-5146 |
| California top |
Chapter 66 - Fresno Mike Feist, CPBE, CBNT 1862 Beverly Avenue Clovis, CA 93611-3108 (559) 278-5082 Chapter 131 - Inland Empire Paul Claxton, CPBE, CBNE 25424 Sand Creek Trail Moreno Valley, CA 92557 (951) 413-2334 Chapter 47 - Los Angeles Dick Burden, CPBE 20944 Sherman Way, #213 Canoga Park, CA 91303 (818) 340-4590 Chapter 43 - Sacramento Bob Venditti, CSRTE 3551 William Way Sacramento, CA 95821-3133 (916) 321-3277 Chapter 36 - San Diego Gary Stigall, CPBE Signal Wiz Broadcast Engineering Services 6822 Fisk Avenue San Diego, California 92122 858-349-9191 Chapter 40 - San Francisco Don Hackler, CSRE, CBTE, CBNT P.O. Box 62139 Sunnyvale, CA 94088 (650) 222-0583 Winston Tharp, CPBE San Francisco University BECA Department San Francisco, CA 94132-4157 (415) 338-2184 |
| Colorado |
Chapter 48 - Denver Cris Alexander, CPBE, AMD, DRB 24769 E. Florida Avenue Aurora, CO 80018-6054 (303) 433-0104 |
| Connecticut |
Chapter 14 - Connecticut Valley John Reno, CSBE 37 Forest Hills Drive Farmington, CT 06032-3072 (860) 277-7160 |
| District of Columbia |
Chapter 37 - District of Columbia Eric Hoehn, CSRE, CBNT 1316 New Hampshire Avenue, Apt. 408 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 380-4109 |
| Florida top |
Chapter 42 - Central Florida Steve Rowell, CPBE 2329 Roanoke Court Lake Mary, FL 32746 (407) 741-5135 Chapter 7 - Jacksonville Alan Alsobrook , CSRE, AMD, CBNT 13 Matanzas Circle St. Augustine, FL 32080 (904) 471-8797 Chapter 53 - South Florida Juan Antonio Gonzalez, CSTE 18724 NW 55 Avenue Miami, FL 33055-2324 (305) 623-2742 Chapter 127 - Southwest Florida Hal Kneller, Jr., CPBE, AMD, DRB, CBNT 300 Klispie Drive Punta Gorda, FL 33950-4016 (941) 639-1889 Chapter 39 - Tampa Bay Area John Collinson, CPBE, AMD, CBNT 4312 McClung Drive New Port Richey, FL 34653 (727) 872-4406 Chapter 88 - West Palm Beach Ed Roos, CPBE 312 Bunker Ranch Rd. West Palm Beach, FL 33405 (561) 582-8824 |
| Georgia top |
Chapter 5 - Atlanta Mark Fehlig, P.E., CPBE, 8-VSB, CBNT 2671 Brentford Lane Snellville, GA 30078-6709 (770) 363-5974 |
| Hawaii |
Chapter 63 - Hawaii Henry Kaul, CPBE 1614 Emerson Street, #16 Honolulu, HI 96813-2140 (808) 535-0259 |
| Idaho |
Chapter 117 - Palouse Clearwater Dave Brawdy, CPBE 1101 Brown Road Pullman, WA 99163 (509) 335-6547 Chapter 115 - Southern Idaho Thomas Taylor, CPBE, CBNT 4233 Mountain View Drive Boise, ID 83704 (208) 947-5664 Chapter 145 - Magic Valley Thomas Lowther, CSRTE, CBNT 2252 Filer Avenue E. Twin Falls, ID 83301 (208) 734-8814 |
| Illinois |
Chapter 49 - Central Illinois Brian Morgan, CPBE 801 Diane Court Springfield, IL 62702 (217) 545-2136 webmaster@springfield-illinois.com Chapter 26 - Chicago Gordon Carter, CPBE, CBNT 34 N. Madison Avenue Lagrange, IL 60525-2017 (773) 279-2071 Chapter 96 - Rockford Chuck Ingle, CPBE, AMD 5561 Hodges Run Roscoe, IL 61073-6501 (815) 874-7861 |
| Indiana |
Chapter 25 - Indianapolis Dave Fort, CPBE 6013 Beachview Drive, #271 Indianapolis, IN 46224-7701 (317) 225-8114 Chapter 30 - South Bend Robert Bell, CPBE 234 Carter Avenue Niles, MI 49120-9714 (269) 684-5542 |
| Iowa |
Chapter 109 - Des Moines Jon Strom, CBTE 3822 Columbine Ames, IA 50010 (515) 256-2620 Chapter 65 - Quad Cities Richard Serre, CBT, CBNT 1809 54th St. Ct. Moline, IL 61265 (309) 764-8888 |
| Kansas top |
Chapter 3 - Kansas Robert Locke, CPBE, CBNT 582 Opal Maize, KS 67101 (316) 838-3090 Chapter 59 - Kansas City Chriss Scherer, CPBE, CBNT Radio magazine 11409 W. 117th Street Overland Park, KS 66210-3879 (913) 967-7201 |
| Kentucky |
Chapter 35 - Kentucky Larry Rixman, CBTE, CBNT 4505 Stone Lakes Drive Louisville, KY 40299 (502) 491-9084 |
| Louisiana top |
Chapter 72 - New Orleans Ernest Harvey, Jr., CSRTE Harvey Technical Services 220 Penfold Place Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 616-7897 Chapter 44 - Shreveport Rudy Johnson, CBRE 2024 N. Kirkwood Shreveport, LA 71118 |
| Maine top |
Chapter 110 - Northern New England Richard Hyatt, CPBE, CBNT 47 Allenwood Park Road Augusta, ME 04330 (207) 582-4192 |
| Maryland |
Chapter 46 - Baltimore Curently there isn't a local certification chairman. Chapter 132 - Fort Meade Curently there isn't a local certification chairman. |
| Massachusetts |
Chapter 11 - Boston Mark Quella, CPBE Boston Catholic Television 55 Chapel Street Newton, MA 02158 (617) 965-0050 |
| Michigan |
Chapter 91 - Central Michigan Larry Estlack, CPBE 819 N. Washington Ave Lansing, MI 48906 (517) 484-7444 Chapter 102 - Grand Rapids Philip Schmitt, CBRE, CBT 800 S. Kendall Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49006 (269) 664-9249 Chapter 82 - Southeast Michigan Frank Maynard, CPBE 44683 Mansfield Novi, MI 48375-2288 (248) 355-7129 |
| Minnesota |
Chapter 17 - Minneapolis George Werl, Jr., CPBE 4849 Sheridan Avenue S. Minneapolis, MN 55410-1918 (612) 450-6965 |
| Mississippi |
Chapter 125 - Mississippi Currently there isn't a local certification chairman |
| Missouri |
Chapter 55 - St. Louis Don Strauss, CPBE 18 Deer Park Court St. Peters, MO 63304 (636) 477-7473 |
| Montana |
Chapter 137 - Montana Todd Clark, CSRE 2120 S. Reserve Street, Box 222 Missoula, MT 59801 (406) 523-9876 |
| Nebraska top |
Chapter 87 - Holdrege Vern Killion, CPBE #1 Merriweather Drive 11 Elwood, NE 68937 (308) 324-2371 Chapter 74 - Midland James Leedham, CPBE, CBNT 2008 N. 104th Circle Omaha, NE 68134 (402) 422-1600 |
| Nevada |
Chapter 128 - Las Vegas Bill Croghan, CPBE 4931 Powell Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89121 (702) 315-3030 |
| New Mexico |
Chapter 34 - Albuquerque Dennis Vigil, CSTE, 8-VSB, CBNT 13 Broadcast Plaza SW Albuquerque, NM 87104 (505) 767-9402 |
| New York |
Chapter 1 - Binghamton Gino Ricciardelli, CPBE 608 Murray Hill Road Vestal, NY 13850-3826 (607) 770-4040 Chapter 133 - Buffalo Gary Schaut, CBTE 166 Longmeadow Rd., Apt. 1 Amherst, NY 14226 (716) 874-4410 Chapter 22 - Central New York Gary Hartman, CPBE 3285 Genesee Street Syracuse, NY 13214-2016 Chapter 140 - Ithaca David Priester, CPBE 96 Lower Creek Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 274-3913 Chapter 15 - New York City George Marshall, III, CBRE 113 Ely Avenue Laurence Harbor, NJ 08879-2616 (212) 239-2300 georgemarshall@clearchannel.com Chapter 58 - Northeast Richard Klein, CBTE 310 S. Main Avenue Albany, NY 12208 (518) 207-4850 |
| North Carolina |
Chapter 45 - Charlotte Tom Green, CSTE 7672 Mount Olive Road Concord, NC 28025 (704) 372-2442 Chapter 93 - Raleigh-Durham Carl Davis, CPBE 9331 Fawn Lake Drive Raleigh, NC 27617 (919) 549-7000 |
| Ohio top |
Chapter 52 - Central Ohio Roland Elikofer, CPBE 3200 Strathburn Ct. Dublin, OH 43017-1763 Chapter 70 - Northeast Ohio Bill Kozel II, CSRTAVE, CBNT 24853 Randall Drive North Olmsted, OH 44070-3450 (216) 431-5555 Chapter 33 - Southwestern Ohio Fred Stone, CPBE, CBNT WPTD/WPTO 110 South Jefferson Street Dayton, OH 45402 (937) 220-1686 Chapter 122 - Youngstown Jim Hartzler, CPBE 4131 E. Pine Lake Road New Springfield, OH 44443 (330) 542-9345 |
| Oklahoma |
Chapter 85 - Central Western Britt Lockhart, CPBE PO Box 1000 Oklahoma City , OK 73101-1000 (405) 841-0258 brittlockhart@clearchannel.com Chapter 56 - Tulsa Currently there isn't a local certification chairman |
| Oregon |
Chapter 76 - Eugene Chris Heck, CPBE 3191 Zinnia Street Eugene, OR 97404 (541) 463-6010 Chapter 124 - North Oregon Eric Margeson, CPBE 14785 SW 104th Avenue Tigard, OR 97224 (503) 464-0860 |
| Pennsylvania top |
Chapter 41 - Central Pennsylvania Robert Good, Jr., CPBE 600 Wilson Drive Lancaster, PA 17603-2437 (717) 393-5851 Chapter 2 - Northeastern Pennsylvania Curently there isn't a local certification chairman. Chapter 130 - Northwest Pennsylvania Curently there isn't a local certification chairman. Chapter 18 - Philadelphia James Perry, CPBE, CBNT One Dieber Road Schwenksville, PA 19473-1847 (267) 250-3904 Chapter 20 - Pittsburgh Thomas Skubel, CPBE 400 Ardmore Blvd. Pittsburgh, PA 15221 (412) 244-4435 |
| Saipan top |
Chapter 126 - Saipan Curently there isn't a local certification chairman. |
| South Carolina |
Chapter 101 - Columbia Emir Hadziahmetovic, CSTE 105 Ripley Station Road Columbia, SC 29212-1223 (803) 758-1223 Chapter 86 - Greenville Area Robert Maw, CSTE 713 S. Florida Avenue Greenville, SC 29611 (864) 242-4404 |
| Tennessee top |
Chapter 113 - Knoxville Ernest Sutton, Jr., CPBE P.O. Box 30988 Knoxville, TN 37930-0988 (865) 805-4779 Chapter 61 - Memphis Eddy Arnold, CSTE PO Box 1693 State University, AR 72467-1693 (901) 428-7950 Chapter 135 - Middle Tennessee Brian Ryel, CBTE 511 Thatcher Trace Murfreesboro, TN 37129 (615) 263-8425 Chapter 103 - Nashville Gibson Prichard, CBNT 3600 Wilbur Place Nashville, TN 37204615-248-5255 |
| Texas |
Chapter 79 - Austin Gil Garcia, Jr., CPBE 268 FM 1185 Lockhart, TX 78644 (512) 474-9233 Chapter 29 - Corpus Christi Frederick Hoffmann, CPBE 2866 Lawnview Corpus Christi, TX 78404 (361) 882-1414 Chapter 38 - El Paso David Halperin, CBRE 299 King's Point Drive, Apt. 124 El Paso, TX 79912-6502 (915) 307-2012 Chapter 105 - Houston Richard Goldy, CPBE 1911 Chattaroy Pl. Sugar Land, TX 77478 (713) 778-4954 Chapter 67 - North Texas Landy Compton, CPBE 11345 Magic Lane Forney, TX 75126 (214) 202-2319 Chapter 136 - Rio Grande Valley John Ross, CSRE, CSTE, CBNT 1715 E. Grant St. Brownsville, TX 78521 (956) 266-5000 Chapter 69 - South Texas Gary Keener, CBTE Keener Technical Services 102 Harrison Ave. #6 San Antonio, TX 78209-5171 |
| Utah top |
Chapter 62 - Utah Elvir Hadziselimovic, CSRE, CSTE, 8-VSB Ion Television 6998 Virginia Hills Drive Cottonwood Heights, UT 84121-3412 801-652-0154 elvirhadziselimovic@ionmedia.com |
| Virginia |
Chapter 78 - Blue Ridge Tony Mancari, CBT 9139 Centerville Road Bridgewater, VA 22812 (540) 437-2451 Chapter 54 - Hampton Roads Richard Dyer, CBTE City of Virginia Beach Multimedia Services 1800 College Crescent, Room H161 Virginia Beach, VA 23453 (757) 385-1862 Chapter 60 - Richmond Sam Straus, CPBE 9505 Lakewater Court Richmond, VA 23229-6051 (804) 560-8178 |
| Washington top |
Chapter 16 - Seattle Mike Scott, CPBE 1101 South Yakima Tacoma, WA 98405 (253) 680-7198 Chapter 21 - Spokane Thomas Alderson, CSTE 3428 E. Wesley Court Spokane, WA 99202 (509) 448-4649 |
| West Virginia |
Chapter 116 - Mountain State Noel Richardson, CSRE 233 Sutherland Drive South Charleston, WV 25303 (304) 342-8131 |
| Wisconsin |
Chapter 80 - Fox Valley James Sams, CSTE, CBNT P.O. Box 563 Pulaski, WI 54162 (920) 465-2572 Chapter 24 - Madison Jim Hermanson, CPBE, CBNT 1204 Sweeney Drive, #7 Middleton, WI 53562 (608) 277-5150 Chapter 28 - Milwaukee Richard Ryan, CPBE 3820 S. Sunny Ridge Lane New Berlin, WI 53151-6030 (414) 223-2600 |
| Wyoming top |
Chapter 129 - Wyoming Robert Connelly, CPBE 75 Minter Lane Riverton, WY 82501 (307) 856-6944 |