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2018 SBE Board Takes Office, Committee Chairs Assigned

October 12, 2018

The Society of Broadcast Engineers, the association for broadcast and multimedia technology professionals, held its National Meeting Oct. 2 and 3 in Danvers, MA, in conjunction with the Media Resource Expo. Among the events during those two days, the SBE Board of Directors met, and the SBE held its annual Membership Meeting.

At the Membership Meeting on Oct. 3, the 2018-2019 officers and directors were sworn in to begin their new terms. (The results of the SBE election were announced on Aug. 23.) SBE President Jim Leifer, CPBE, also announced his committee chair appointments for the coming year, which were reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting on Oct. 2. The committee chair assignments follow.

Committee	Chair
Awards	Tom McGinley, CPBE, AMD, CBNT
By-Laws	Ted Hand, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, DRB
Certification	Ralph Hogan, CPBE, DRB, CBNE
Chapter Liaison	Mark Fehlig, CPBE, 8-VSB
Education	Wayne Pecena, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, DRB, CBNE
Fellowship	Troy Pennington, CSRE, CBNT
Finance	Roswell Clark, CPBE, CBNT
Frequency Coordination	R.J. Russell, CPBE
Government Relations	Kevin Trueblood, CBRE, CBNT
International	Charles W. Kelly Jr.
Membership	Steve Brown, CPBE, CBNT
Mentoring	Kimberly K. Sacks, CBT
Nominations	Vinny Lopez, CEV, CBNT
Publications	Andrea Cummis, CBT, CTO
Social Networking	Kirk Harnack, CBRE, CBNE
Sustaining Membership	Stephen H. Lampen, CBRE
Technologies	Shane Toven, CBRE, CBNT

On the committee assignments, President Leifer said, "We have a wide range of talent and skills represented by our committee chairs. I look forward to working with all of them in the coming year to further the goals of the SBE and enact the plans being laid following our strategic planning conference held earlier this year."

The national board of directors of the SBE is responsible for the development of policy and determines the programs and services the society provides to its more than 5,000 members.