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2011 Board Class

 

John Ankerberg, The John Ankerberg Show

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John Ankerberg

Dr. Ankerberg is President/Founder of The Ankerberg Theological Research Institute and producer/host of the nationally televised John Ankerberg Show. An ordained Baptist minister and former pastor, he holds an M.A. in church history and philosophy and an M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a D.Min. degree from Luther Rice Seminary. He is author/co-author/editor of 88 books, including Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions and most recently Taking a Stand for The Bible. He was instrumental in the development of The Ethics and Financial Integrity Commission (EFICOM) of NRB whose objective was to create a set of principles which will help insure the integrity and fiscal soundness of broadcast ministries.

 

Kay Arthur, Precept Ministries International

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Kay Arthur

Kay Arthur and her husband Jack founded Precept Ministries International in 1970 as a ministry to teens which now has become a worldwide outreach with Inductive Bible Studies in nearly 150 countries and 70 languages. Kay has written 100-plus books and Bible studies, of which four received the Gold Medallion Award. Kay reaches over 90 million viewers and listeners through Precepts for Life and Precepts from God’s Word, aired on nearly 1000 radio and television stations worldwide. Kay received the National Religious Broadcasters Best Television Teaching Program award in 2009 for the half-hour program Precepts For Life. She holds an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Tennessee Temple University.

 

Tom Atema, Vertical Horizons Group

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Tom Atema

Born in Northern New Jersey in 1948, Tom's love for radio began in the 70’s when he became involved in his own radio broadcast called Sunday Sounds. Over the past 38 years, he has served in several areas of ministry. He was ordained into Gospel ministry in 1996. In 2000, he was named general manager of Blue Ridge Broadcasting, and in 2005, he was named executive director. In 2006, he joined EQUIP as Vice President of International Ministries & Strategic Partnerships. After radio, Tom loves to build partnerships between ministries. He is a leadership trainer, workshop leader, and author. Tom and his wife have two sons and three grandsons.

 

Peggy Campbell, President, Ambassador Advertising Agency, Irvine, CA

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Peg Campbell

Involved in Christian broadcasting for more than 30 years, Peggy Campbell serves as President of Ambassador Advertising Agency, sharing leadership with partner (and brother), Jim Sanders.  In addition to the agency, she’s privileged to be involved at Azusa Pacific University as a member of the Board of Trustees and attends St. Andrews Presbyterian Church (Newport Beach).  She has previously enjoyed Board service with MOPS International and KSGN-Riverside CA.

 

 

John Carley, Trinet Internet Solutions

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John Carley

John serves as chief technical officer at Trinet, which develops cutting edge websites, does audio/video streaming and webcasts, and provides strategic Internet consulting. John has a BS in Organizational Leadership, and speaks nationally about cutting edge use of web technologies. John is personally involved in casting vision to develop Internet solutions for businesses and ministries, helping them utilize function and application to communicate their messages. John also has served NRB as Chairman of the Internet Committee.

 

 

Randy Carlson, Family Life Communications

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Randy Carlson

Dr. Carlson oversees the ministries of Family Life Communications, including their 37-station radio network, Family Life Broadcasting, Inc. He is the host of the nationally syndicated radio program Intentional Living, a ministry of Parent Talk, Inc. A best-selling author, Dr. Carlson has written or co-authored six books including: Unlocking the Secrets of Your Childhood Memories, Parent Talk, Father Memories, The Cain & Abel Syndrome, and Starved for Affection. He has a Doctorate of Education in Counseling Psychology and is a certified Marriage and Family Therapist with over 25 years experience in family, marriage, and business counseling.

 

Arnie Cole, Back to the Bible

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Arnie Cole

As a pioneer in the field of research, Dr. Arnie Cole has spent most of his professional life tracking trends of human behavior and developing programs that can actually help change those behaviors.  In his current position as CEO of Back to the Bible and Director of R&D for the Center for Bible Engagement (CBE), Dr. Cole is dedicated in his mission of leading people into a dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ through daily Bible engagement. Dr. Cole holds both a BA & an MA in Psychology, as well as a Doctor of Education in Institutional Management from Pepperdine University.

 

Dale Davis, PreEminent Media

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Dale Davis

Dale Davis is President of PreEminent Media, which is dedicated to facilitating the creation and delivery of high quality content to broadcast and online audiences. He began his career with Northwestern College Radio in 1978, serving as news and operations director of KNWS/Waterloo-Cedar Rapids, MI. In 1989, he was involved in the formation of KTLF-FM/Colorado Springs, CO, serving as the station’s first GM. He was selected as one of the first broadcast reps for Briargate Media, Focus on the Family’s in-house agency begun in 1993. Involved with NRB since 1979, he has served on the Southwest and Midwest Chapter boards, as Midwest Chairman 2000-02, and as a member-at-large for the Midwest Chapter.

 

Drew Dickens, Need Him Ministries

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Drew Dickens

Drew Dickens leads the international evangelism counseling ministry of Need Him Ministries, a partnership between several ministries to intentionally present the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all people, using all forms of media, and give them an opportunity to respond. It is most well known for its toll free phone number, 888 NEED HIM. The ministry has won several NRB awards, including Best Radio Program, Best Website, and the William Ward Ayer Distinguished Service Award. Prior to joining Need Him, Drew Dickens was a senior executive with CBS Radio and Westinghouse Broadcasting in Dallas, New York, and St. Louis. A graduate of Baylor University, Drew and his wife Laurie have been married since 1981 and reside in Dallas, TX.

 

Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni and Friends

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Joni Eareckson Tada

Joni Eareckson Tada holds a biblical view of suffering that is authoritative and personal having lived more than 40 years as a quadriplegic. Her global view has been honed after 30 years of leadership at the Joni and Friends International Disability Center. She has led the JAF team in declaring and demonstrating the Gospel through: 26 years of radio outreach; the new Joni and Friends' television program; Wheels for the World, providing wheelchair mobility to almost 50,000 individuals worldwide; 20 years of Retreats for families affected by disability; more than 40 books; the International Disability Center's education and training, public policy and internship programs; a global network of disability ministry through Joni and Friends' offices, international charter ministries and NGOs on every continent.

 

Stuart Epperson Jr., Truth Broadcasting

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Stu Epperson, Jr.

Stuart Epperson, Jr. is general manager of WTRU-AM/Winston-Salem, one of Truth Broadcasting’s seven stations in North Carolina. He also hosts a newly syndicated talk show, Truth Talk Live, now approaching 20 affiliates nationwide. He is a member of the following boards: Salem Crisis Pregnancy Center, Persecution Project Foundation, Delmarva Education Association, and New Covenant Ministries. He has a B.A. in communications from The Master’s College and an M.S. in broadcasting from Bob Jones University. He and wife Julie have three daughters.

 

Lois Evans, The Urban Alternative

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Lois Evans

Currently senior vice president, Lois Evans has held numerous executive management positions with The Urban Alternative. Active on numerous civic and association boards, she serves as president of the Global Pastors’ Wives Network and is founder of The First Lady Ministry. Honored many times for outstanding achievements and Christian service, Dr. Evans is a much sought-after speaker for conferences and churches worldwide. She is co-author of Our Love Is Here To Stay (2004), author of Seasons of A Woman’s Life (2000), and a contributor to Promises, Promises: Understanding and Encouraging Your Husband (1996). She is married to Dr. Tony Evans, senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship.

 

Greg Fast, GSF Media

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Greg Fast

Greg Fast has been fortunate, through GSF Media, to field a team that has served some of the top communicators (Jay Sekulow, Dr. David Jeremiah, Dr. Woodrow Kroll, Steve Arterburn, June Hunt), ministries (Leading the Way, Crown, Real Life Radio, Compassion Radio), and non profit companies (LifeWay, Crossway, Tyndale, World Vision, Bible League) for more than 10 years. Greg’s background encompasses 25 years of broadcast experience (Crista, KYMS-FM, CBN Radio, Focus on the Family, Royal Media and now GSF). He lives in Mt. Juliet, TN, with his wife Tamra and their six children.

 

Brian Fisher, KMA Direct Communications

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Brian Fisher

Brian has worked extensively in media and business, including roles at WORD-FM, Pittsburgh and Coral Ridge Ministries prior to joining the KMA team. He is a Certified Financial Planner® and his background includes executive business development and management, financial planning, investments, TV and radio production, and emerging media. He is the author of two books and various articles. Brian and his wife, Jessica, have two sons.

 

 

Evelyn Gibson, Ambassador Advertising Agency

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Evelyn Gibson

Evelyn oversees communication and public relations as well as adjunct to the production creative team. She joined Ambassador in 1985 after 17 years with Biola University as Vice President for Public Relations. For 20 years, Evelyn has volunteered as a Court Appointed Special Advocate in Orange County, CA serving sexually abused children. In 2007 she was recognized as CASA’s National Child Advocate of the Year. In March 2009 she was given a National Lewis Hine Award for child advocacy in ceremonies in New York City.

 

 

Jack Hibbard, The Hibbard Group

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Jack Hibbard

Jack Hibbard is President and CEO of The Hibbard Group, a media agency serving broadcast ministries. He is the former President of Walter Bennett Communications and has over 30 years of experience in radio, television and media. He has previously served on the NRB’s Executive Committee and is past chairman of the ENRB. He and his wife Erin married in 1983 and are the parents of two sons.

 

 

Major George Hood, The Salvation Army

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George Hood

Major Hood has served at the national offices of The Salvation Army since 2000 and holds creative and administrative responsibilities for all Salvation Army marketing/communications strategies. His marketing career spans forty years with twenty-six years as a commissioned Salvation Army officer. In addition to his non profit experience he spent sixteen years in a variety of senior marketing positions within the for profit sector. In his role with The Salvation Army he serves as the official spokesperson with national media. He is actively engaged with National Religious Broadcasters, Odyssey Networks, Christian Leadership Alliance, and the Direct Marketing Association.

 

Chip Ingram, Living on the Edge

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Chip Ingram

Chip Ingram is the President and Teaching Pastor of Living on the Edge, an international teaching and discipleship ministry. His passion is to help everyday “Christians” actually live like Christians by raising the bar of discipleship. A pastor for over 25 years, Chip has a unique ability to communicate truth and winsomely challenge people to live out their faith. Chip is author of 10 books, including Good to Great in God’s Eyes; Love, Sex & Lasting Relationships; God: As He Longs for You to See Him; and The Invisible War. Chip and his wife, Theresa, have four children and six grandchildren.

 

Todd Isberner, ShareMedia Services

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Todd Isberner

Todd has three decades of fundraising, marketing and broadcast experience. His company, ShareMedia Services, is a fund raising consulting agency that specializes in broadcast fundraising for listener supported Christian radio stations and International ministries using media partnerships. He and his teams have brought their unique expertise to 250 radio stations across the country, producing more than 3,500 fundraising broadcasts and raising in excess of a half billion dollars. He is a nationally recognized expert in his field and has conducted extensive training through workshops, fund raising schools, and teleseminars. He holds a B.A. in communications from the University of Minnesota and an M.Div. from Bethel Seminary. 

 

David Jeremiah, Turning Point

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David Jeremiah

Dr. Jeremiah is the senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon, CA, and chancellor of Christian Heritage College. Messages preached in the pulpit at Shadow Mountain form the basis of Turning Point, his radio and television ministries. Turning Point is released over 2,000 times daily in the U.S. Momento Decisivo, the Spanish edition of Turning Point, is now heard on more than 400 stations worldwide. He has authored many books, including Captured by Grace, Signs of Life and What In The World Is Going On? Dr. Jeremiah is much in demand as a speaker because of his commitment to the truth of the Bible and his ability to help people understand how to apply biblical principles to everyday living.

 

Richard Lee, There's Hope America

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Richard Lee

Dr. Lee is the founding pastor of First Redeemer Church in metropolitan Atlanta. Dr. Lee holds B.A., M.Div., D.Min., D.CL., and D.Litt. degrees. He has continued his education in Postdoctoral Studies in Theology at the University of Oxford, Oxford, England. His television broadcast, There’s Hope America, reaches across the U.S. and into numerous foreign countries. He is a frequent speaker in conferences and conventions, nationally and internationally. He has served as president of the Pastor’s Conference of the Southern Baptist Convention; is a member of the Oxford Roundtable, Oxford, England; and a Trustee of Liberty University and Liberty School of Law.

 

Lauren Libby, Trans World Radio

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Lauren Libby

Prior to his current position as President & CEO of TWR, Lauren Libby was Chief Operating Officer and Vice President for The U.S. Navigators, an interdenominational, worldwide Christian organization headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO. Libby first served as assistant to the President of The Navigators and as Vice President of Development and Communications from 1989 to 1997. He also served as a member of The Navigators U.S. National Leadership Team. Libby is a co-founder and Vice President of The New Horizons Foundation, and he is cofounder of Educational Communications of Colorado Springs, a non-profit that owns and operates 47 full power radio stations and translator stations in Colorado.

 

Evan Morgan, RBC Ministries

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Evan Morgan

Evan Morgan is the Vice President of Strategic Development for RBC Ministries, most widely known for its devotional, Our Daily Bread. He is responsible for the strategic planning and content direction for the ministry’s television, radio, print, and Web ministries. In addition to forming his own company, Sky Media, he also served for 13 years in key administrative positions at Denver Seminary as Vice President of Finance and Vice President of Advancement. He served as President of Christian University GlobalNet, an online learning initiative of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. His wife, Elisa, is the President Emerita of MOPS Int’l (Mothers of Preschoolers).

 

Doug Myer, WDAC-FM Radio

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Doug Myer

WDAC General Manager since 2002, Doug Myer began his career with the station in 1998 as sales manager. He served as treasurer of the NRB Eastern Chapter, for which he had also served as a board member. He is a graduate of Lancaster Bible College. He and his wife have three children.

 

 

 

Van Mylar, The Cross Agency

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Van Mylar

Until recently, Van served as an executive with In Touch Ministries, the ministry arm of Dr. Charles F. Stanley's Bible teaching program, providing leadership to the media and marketing departments. With the acquisition of FamilyNet, his executive leadership responsibilities included national distribution and marketing for the network. First at CBN Cable Network, he held various executive positions in marketing, media, and research. Later he was General Manager of LeSea’s three full-power stations in Hawaii, and negotiated the Warner Brothers affiliation for those stations at that time. He also worked for the Russ Reid Company as Vice President of Media.

 

Wayne Pederson, HCJB Global

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Wayne Pederson

Wayne Pederson currently serves as President of HCJB Global, an international outreach using media, healthcare and leadership development to reach people who have never heard the Gospel. Prior to joining HCJB Global, Wayne served as Vice President for Moody Broadcasting in Chicago. Previously, Wayne served at Northwestern Radio in Minneapolis, as executive vice president for radio. He has also served National Religious Broadcasters as board secretary, chairman of the board, and NRB President. In addition, he was president/COO of Mission America Coalition, based in Palm Desert, CA. Wayne has worked as a media consultant, writer, speaker, and on-air personality for a number of organizations.

 

Paul Pressler, KHCB Radio Network

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Paul Pressler

Retired Justice of the Texas Court of Appeals, Paul Pressler is a member of the KHCB Board of Trustees, a director of Salem Communications Corp., and a member of the NRB Board of Directors. He is former First Vice President of the Southern Baptist Convention and has served on its Executive Committee and International Mission Board. He is the author of A Hill On Which To Die, an autobiographical history of the conservative resurgence in the SBC. A former member of the Texas State Legislature, he is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Texas Law School. He holds an Honorary Doctoral Degree from Criswell College, and Louisiana College has voted to establish The Judge Paul Pressler School of Law.

 

Rochunga Pudaite, Bibles for the World

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Rochunga Pudaite

Dr. Pudaite, born in a remote village in India, founded Partnership Missions, Inc., in 1959, which later became Bibles For The World, distributing more than 15 million free copies of the New Testament to more than 108 nations, with the goal of distributing one billion Bibles in this generation. A major motion picture, Beyond the Next Mountain, tells the story of Dr. Pudaite’s life—how a jungle boy became a statesman and spokesman for his countrymen, and how the Lord prepared him to become a world ambassador for the Bible. He has translated the entire Bible into the Hmar language, holds numerous earned and honorary education degrees, and is listed in Heroes of the Christian Faith with Billy Graham and Mother Theresa.

 

Wess Stafford, Compassion International

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Wess Stafford

Dr. Stafford, author of Too Small to Ignore: Why Children Are the Next Big Thing, is an internationally recognized advocate for children in poverty. His daily radio feature, Speak Up With Compassion, is on over 800 radio stations. Compassion International partners with more than 60 denominations and thousands of churches to serve more than one million children in 27 countries. Wess has earned degrees from Moody Bible Institute, Biola and Wheaton, and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. “Everything I really need to know to lead a multinational organization I learned from the poor, growing up in an African village,” he has said. He joined Compassion International in 1977, and has served as its President since 1993.

 

Cynthia Swindoll, Insight for Living

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Cynthia Swindoll

Cynthia Swindoll serves as the president and Chief Executive Officer of Insight for Living, the radio broadcast ministry of Chuck Swindoll, a position she has held since 1979. She also supports Chuck as he pastors Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, TX. They have four children and 10 grandchildren. Cynthia has served on the NRB Board of Directors since 1990.

 

 

Tim Wildmon, American Family Association

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Tim Wildmon

Tim is president of the American Family Association, a pro-family action organization with more than two million online members. AFA divisions include American Family Radio, and AFA Journal, AgapePress. Tim is co-host of the national radio program Today’s Issues each weekday on 190 AFR stations. As a spokesperson, he has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News Channel, including The O’Reilly Factor, and has been quoted widely in media outlets, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and Chicago Tribune. He contributes frequent guest editorials and columns to magazines, and has authored two books. He regularly leads tour groups to Washington, DC, and the Holy Land.

 

Dave Young, Blount Communications Group

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Dave Young

A 1985 graduate of John Brown University with a B.S. in Broadcasting, Dave oversees six stations in five New England states for the Blount Communications Group, laboring in one of the most spiritually-challenging places in our nation. He has served as secretary of NRB’s Eastern Chapter, and currently serves as elder and Sunday school superintendent at Cornerstone Church in Warwick, RI. He, his wife and two daughters live in a log home in Chepachet, RI.

 

 

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Stephen Arterburn, New Life Ministries

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Steve Arterburn

Stephen Arterburn is founder and chairman of New Life Ministries, the nation’s largest faith-based broadcast, counseling, and treatment ministry, and is the host of the nationally syndicated New Life Live! radio program heard on more than 140 radio stations nationwide. Steve is founder of the Women of Faith conferences and has written over 70 books.

 

 

Gene Bender, KLGO Radio

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Gene Bender

Gene Bender has over 30 years of service in both Christian and general market radio. He served as General Manager of KIXL since 1981. In January 2006, KIXL became The WORD 99.3 and 98.5, KLGO. Gene is also a Partner in REO Radio Group. He has served on the NRB Board, NRB Radio Committee, and is a past chair of the NRB's Southwest Chapter. Gene and wife Gayle have four children.

 

 

Bill Blount, Blount Communications Group

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Bill Blount

Bill Blount is President of Blount Communications Group, a Christian radio network of six stations located throughout New England. He has served on the NRB Executive Committee for seven years, currently chairs the International Committee and has served as Chairman of both the Membership and Nominating Committees. He has traveled extensively, and their radio group has partnered with international ministries, such as TWR, HCJB, The Bible League, Compassion International and Gospel for Asia. He and wife Debbie live by a lake in a small New Hampshire town.

 

Richard P. Bott, Sr., Bott Radio Network

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Dick Bott

Richard P. Bott, Sr. has been a Christian broadcaster for more than 50 years. Chairman of the 80-station Bott Radio Network (founded 1962), he has served on the NRB Board of Directors for over 45 years, on the NRB Executive Committee, and is a former NRB Vice President. He is a 2005 NRB Milestone Award recipient and a 2008 NRB Hall of Fame inductee. A father of four, he is married to Sherley.

 

 

Ronald A. Cline, HCJB Global

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Ron Cline

Ron Cline is the Global Ambassador for HCJB Global. He has served as President and Chairman of the Board of the mission. He currently broadcasts a daily program, Beyond the Call.

 

 

 

Joe D. Davis, Salem Communications

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Joe Davis

Prior to assuming his current position as President of the Radio Division, Joe served as EVP, COO, EVP Radio, and Operations VP at Salem Communications. He was previously GM of WMCA and WWDJ/New York, Vice President of Joni and Friends ministry, served with Armed Forces Radio and Television and owned an advertising/production agency in Phoenix.

 

 

Richard C. Dean, WFMZ Radio & TV

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Dick Dean

The head of WFMZ Radio & TV, Dick Dean has expanded his media interests to include: Maranatha Broadcasting Co., Inc., founder/chairman; MBC Grand Broadcasting Co., Inc., founder/chairman; New Century Productions, founder/president; United Ministries (NP educational radio), founder; 800 Follow Me (media ministries), founder; Nightsounds with Bill Pearce, chairman. He is a longtime member of the NRB Board of Directors.

 

 

Mark L. Earley, Prison Fellowship and Breakpoint

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Mark Earley

Mark Earley, former State Senator and Attorney General of Virginia, became President of Prison Fellowship in 2002. Founded by Chuck Colson, Prison Fellowship is the world’s largest prison ministry. Earley is heard nationally every day on his radio commentary, The Point, and with Chuck Colson on BreakPoint.

 

 

 

Bruce Everhart, Moody Radio

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Bruce Everhart

Bruce Everhart is currently the Manager of Marketing & Development for Moody Radio’s 35 owned and operated stations, national network and web outlets. A graduate of the University of Kansas in broadcast journalism, he has served with Moody Radio since 1988. In 1994, he became Station Manager of WMBI AM/FM and has served in various capacities since then, including development and strategic planning. He was a chapter officer for NRB’s Midwest region at one time.

 

 

John Fuller, Focus on the Family

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John Fuller

John Fuller is vice president of Audio and New Media at Focus on the Family and co-host of the daily Focus on the Family broadcast. He leads the team that produces more than a dozen Focus programs reaching millions of listeners around the world. A media veteran of more than 30 years, John writes and speaks about creativity, media trends, influential leadership, excellence, and social media. As a father of six, he writes and speaks about strong marriages and effective parenting. John has a M.A. from the University of Northern Colorado, and he and his wife, Dena, are also advocates for orphan care and adoption.

 

Annette M. Garcia

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Annette Garcia

Annette Garcia is President/GM of Son Broadcasting-KCHF TV, and Pan American Broadcasting Company-AM 730 KDAZ Radio, located in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Annette also serves on the Executive Board of Women in Christian Media, as a member of the NRB TV Committee and is State Director for Christians United for Israel.

 

 

Deborah Graham, PowerPoint Ministries

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Deb Graham

Deborah Graham serves as Secretary of the Board of PowerPoint Ministries.  She also serves as a contributor to Woman of Design a quarterly newsletter for PowerPoint listeners. Deborah has been a national sales director, a trustee for FamilyNet Television Network, and the executive director of PowerPoint Ministries from 1994-2002. She co-authored the book, Courageous Parenting (Crossway), serves on the advisory board of Christian Retailing Magazine, and is active in Christian Booksellers Association.

 

Ashton Hardy, Hardy Carey, LLP

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Ashton Hardy

Ashton Hardy has been a member of the NRB Board since 2004. He is a former FCC General Counsel, who now serves as legal counsel to numerous Christian radio and television stations. He is a board member of the New Orleans Rescue Mission and Metropolitan Crime Commission of New Orleans, and was elected to the Greater New Orleans Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.

 

 

Tony Hart, The Grand Old Gospel Fellowship

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Tony Hart

Tony has seen churches birthed, preached large crusades, led international mission trips and served as pastor during his ministry. Now senior pastor of Montco Bible Fellowship, he has experience in radio station management, program production and syndication as an associate pastor with his father on the Grand Old Gospel Hour, in radio syndication around the world.

 

 

Jack W. Hayford, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel

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Jack Hayford

Dr. Hayford, a nationally and internationally recognized scholar, teacher and chancellor of the King’s College & Seminary, is best known as “Pastor Jack,” founding pastor of the Church on the Way in Van Nuys, CA. A prolific author and composer, he has served as president of LIFE Bible College and various interdenominational committees and councils.

 

 

June Hunt, Hope for the Heart

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June Hunt

Top-selling author and speaker June Hunt heads Hope For The Heart, a worldwide counseling ministry providing biblical hope and practical help in 23 languages and 60 countries. June’s monthly Biblical Counseling Institutes highlight topics heard on her radio broadcasts—Hope For The Heart and Hope In The Night, the two-hour call-in counseling program.

 

 

Dick Jenkins, Dick Jenkins Consulting

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Dick Jenkins

As the Founder of the EMF Broadcasting Networks and its CEO/President for 22 years, Dick Jenkins created and developed the K-LOVE and Air 1 Radio networks from one radio station in 1986, to a network of 265 stations in 46 states upon his departure in October 2008. Jenkins’ work experience spans over 40 years in business, radio broadcasting, lobbying, trade show promotion and church ministry. A founding member of the Christian Music Broadcasters Association and a long-time NRB Board Member, he currently serves as a business and strategic consultant to various Christian and secular organizations.

 

Stan Jeter, CBN News

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Stan Jeter

Since founding Christian World News in 1994, Stan has helped develop Christian TV news programs and partnerships around the globe. As a member of NRB’s TV Committee, he helped launch a Global News Alliance for networking and empowering news producers around the world (www.globalnewsalliance.com). The News Alliance allows news producers to share video news reports through the Internet, one step closer to the vision of a Christian news network. He has launched a Spanish news program, Mundo Cristiano, now airing throughout Latin America.

 

Jim Kirkland, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

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Jim Kirkland

Jim Kirkland directs the radio ministries of the BGEA as well as Blue Ridge Broadcasting, including 2008 Station of the Year WMIT. He joined BRB in 2001 as Director of Programming and Operations, moving to GM in 2005. Previously, Kirkland was in program management, with experience in seven different general-market formats at stations in Richmond, VA; Memphis, TN; Greenville, SC; and Greensboro, NC. A former board chairman of Christian World Adoption, Jim and his wife Janet have two daughters and live in Hendersonville, NC.

 

Woodrow Kroll, Back to the Bible

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Woodrow Kroll

Woodrow Kroll is president and Bible teacher of Back to the Bible, the international broadcast heard on more than 1,200 radio outlets in the U.S. and worldwide in 25 other languages, and The Bible Minute, airing on more than 900 outlets. Beginning in 1939 with one radio station in Lincoln, NE, today half the world’s population can hear Back to the Bible programs in their own language.

 

 

Erwin W. Lutzer, The Moody Church

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Erwin Lutzer

Since 1980, Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer has served as senior pastor of the world-famous Moody Church in Chicago. Heard on more than 500 radio stations, Dr. Lutzer is the featured speaker on three radio programs, including The Moody Church Hour, the popular evening program Songs in the Night, as well as the daily broadcast Running to Win.

 

 

Dolly Martin, KHCB

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Dolly Martin

Dolly Martin has been the Program Director of KHCB Radio Amistad in Houston since 1991. In addition to her work on the air, Dolly speaks at ladies’ meetings and teaches children at Good News Clubs sponsored by Child Evangelism Fellowship. Her book, For It Is God Who Works, chronicles the history of the KHCB Network.

 

 

Charles Morris, Haven Ministries

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Charles Morris

Charles Morris brings a rich background to Christian radio from secular media. Starting his career as a news reporter, he later became a bureau chief for United Press International. After working closely with the late Dr. James Montgomery Boice, Charles became the Speaker and President of Haven Ministries in 2000.

 

 

Mike Novak, EMF Broadcasting

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Mike Novak

Mike Novak is President/CEO of EMF. Novak oversees the day-to-day operations of the KLOVE and Air 1 Radio networks. Today, more than four million people listen to K-LOVE and Air 1. Novak is a member of GMA and currently serves as Chair for the Christian Music Broadcasters Association.

 

 

 

David Olford, Union University

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David Olford

Dr. David L. Olford is Professor of Expository Preaching at the Stephen Olford Center at Union University. His preaching and teaching ministry, based in Memphis, TN, has taken him across the country and abroad. Dr. Olford ministered with his father, Dr. Stephen Olford, for 19 years, and together they co-authored the book Anointed Expository Preaching.

 

 

Jim Sanders, Ambassador Advertising Agency

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Jim Sanders

Jim’s management responsibilities include Ambassador’s satellite hardware and transmission systems, computer networks, studio facilities and telecommunications. He also manages Ambassador’s creative production and syndication departments. He has been a member of the Audio Engineering Society since 1980 and is a founding partner of the Christian Radio Consortium. He regularly conducts technical seminars and is the author of numerous articles on a variety of issues for national industry publications.

 

 

Jamey Schmitz, WLMB TV 40

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Jamey Schmitz

WLMB TV 40, which Jamey signed on-the-air in 1998, has been a member of NRB since its beginning and was named NRB “TV Station of the Year” in 2003 and 2004. Jamey serves on the NRB TV Committee and is active on Capitol Hill, regularly meeting with Congressmen, White House leadership and the FCC. He and wife, Rachel, have four daughters.

 

 

Jay Sekulow, American Center for Law & Justice

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Jay Sekulow

Jay Sekulow is Chief Counsel of the American Center for Law & Justice, a law firm and educational organization that focuses on constitutional law. His commitment to defending religious liberty is global. He has argued landmark cases successfully before the Supreme Court, while directing an international affiliate organization. His daily radio and weekly television broadcasts reach millions.

 

 

Jan Shober, Focus on the Family

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Jan Shober

Jan Shober oversees major media partnerships plus Briargate Media, an in-house agency whose global syndication team handles all media forms. Jan's background includes creative, production and business. She's a graduate of the Moody Bible Institute and Colorado Christian University, is married, and has three wonderful grown children and two delightful grandchildren.

 

 

Bill Skelton, Love Worth Finding

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Bill Skelton

Committed to excellence, keenly perceptive and skilled in organization, Bill Skelton is an able and gifted administrator, responsible for the overall vision, operation and management of Love Worth Finding Ministries.  He combines his executive acumen with ministerial gifts having served as an associate pastor, teacher and conference speaker.Bill Skelton serves on the following Boards: Love Worth Finding Ministries, National Religious Broadcasters Executive Committee, NRB Network (as a Founding Director), and Life Choices, Inc.

 

Charles Stanley, In Touch Ministries

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Charles Stanley

Dr. Charles Stanley is president and founder of In Touch Ministries. In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley has been broadcast on both TV and radio for more than 30 years. Dr. Stanley's teaching has been translated into 107 languages.

 

 

 

Tom Steigleman, Christian Broadcasting, Inc. & Alaska Broadcast Television

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Tom Steigleman

Having begun his radio and television career in 1995, Tom has been General Manager of Christian Broadcasting, Inc., since 2002, which owns KATB, KJLP, KAFC, multiple translators, and the Radio Espresso Café. He is also General Manager of Alaska Broadcast Television, which owns KCFT. Under his tenure as GM, the organizations have constructed KJLP FM, purchased their own building, and won multiple awards for community involvement and programming excellence. TV director for his church, he has also directed national broadcasts for Fox Sports and Comcast.

 

Paul Virts, Northwestern Media

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Paul Virts

As Senior VP for Media, Paul oversees Northwestern’s 16 radio stations and one satellite radio network. Prior to joining Northwestern, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef and Director of Media at the KMA agency in Dallas.

 

 

 

2013 Board Class

 

Ed Atsinger, Salem Communications Corporation

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Ed Atsinger

Edward G. Atsinger III has served as the CEO of Salem Communications Corporation since founding the company in the early 1970s with brother-in-law, Stuart Epperson. They successfully created a strategic, commercial model for Christian broadcasting that brought Christian radio to the country’s top 25 markets. As of 2009, Salem operated in 22 of those top 25 markets—with access to over 100,000,000 potential listeners. As Chairman of the NRB Music License Committee, he has successfully waged a number of legal and legislative battles with the performance rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, etc.), protecting a viable model for Christian music on terrestrial radio.  He is a member of the NRB Board of Directors.

 

Ted Baehr, Christian Film & Television Commission

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Ted Baehr

Ted Baehr is the founder and Chairman of The Christian Film & Television Commission™ and Publisher of MOVIEGUIDE® Magazine, a family guide to entertainment.  An award-winning media authority often on television, on radio and in print, his purpose is to be used by God to redeem the values of the mass media and to encourage families to use wisdom in selecting their entertainment.  His books include So You Want To Be In Pictures, The Media-Wise Family, Narnia Beckons, Faith In God & Generals, The Amazing Grace of Freedom, and The Culture-Wise Family, among many others.

 

Richard (Rich) P. Bott II, Bott Radio Network

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Rich Bott

Richard (Rich) P. Bott, II is President of the Bott Radio Network, which features quality Bible teaching, Christian news and information programming 24/7, broadcasting over 82 stations reaching into 15 states with a combined coverage of 40 million people. BRN also broadcasts nationwide via Sky Angel IPTV and worldwide on-line at www.bottradionetwork.com.  Rich has 35+ years of Christian radio broadcast experience: Vice-President, Executive Committee, National Religious Broadcasters; member, Board of Governors, Council for National Policy; Board of Trustees, Back to the Bible; and member, Board of Directors, Life Issues Institute, Inc.

 

Stephen Brown, Key Life Network

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Steve Brown

Steve Brown is the radio voice of Key Life, as well as a seminary professor and an author. Key Life’s 15-minute daily radio broadcasts as well as one-minute Think Spots are heard throughout the United States, Canada, and internationally, featuring Steve’s Bible teaching. In addition, Steve also hosts a radio talk show.

 

 

Chuck Burge, Cross International

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Chuck Burge

Beginning with his Christian conversion influenced by a radio ministry, Chuck possesses over 25 years of professional management, broadcast, ministerial, and missions experience.  Serving as an executive with Dr. D. James Kennedy, Chuck oversaw the award-winning radio broadcast Truths That Transform and two successful television documentaries.  He has also served in management and on-air capacities with Moody Broadcasting, the Bible Broadcasting Network, and independent stations, helping raise millions of dollars of revenue for non-profit ministries.  Currently Chuck serves with Cross International, hosting radio events and leading mission vision trips to serve the “poorest of the poor” for the glory of Christ and His Gospel.

 

Bob Butts, Truth for Life

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Bob Butts

Bob is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute and Columbia College Chicago. He worked for Moody Broadcasting before joining Truth For Life with Alistair Begg. He has been the executive director of the ministry for 10 years. Bob is married to Heidi and they have three daughters, Abigal, Jessica, and Victoria.

 

 

 

 

David Clark, Palm Beach Atlantic University

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David Clark

Dr. David W. Clark is a senior advisor to PowerPoint Ministries and a member of its board of trustees. He served as president of FamilyNet, vice president of the Broadcast Communications of the Southern Baptist Convention, president of KMC Media, vice president of marketing at the Christian Broadcasting Network and Federal bankruptcy trustee for PTL. He was also president of Palm Beach Atlantic University which grew to an enrollment over 3,200 and added 4 new buildings under his leadership. He twice served Regent University as dean of the College of Communication and the Arts where he launched the university’s first Ph.D. program.

 

Mike Clowers, Mosaic Church c/o FamilyLife

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Mike Clowers

Mike Clowers currently serves as Executive Pastor and Pastor of Ministry Development for Mosaic Church of Central Arkansas in Little Rock.  As part of Mosaic’s Leadership Team, Mike is responsible for central services for the church’s campuses and oversees communications and media for the church.  Mike had a twenty-year broadcasting career before embracing the call to full-time, vocational ministry.  From 1997 to 2008, Mike served with FamilyLife in Little Rock. As Vice-President of FamilyLife Studios, Mike led teams responsible for the production of all of radio broadcasts, and served on FamilyLife's Senior Leadership Team.  Mike is married to Dana, and together they have four children and one grandchild.

 

Phil Cooke, Cooke Pictures

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Phil Cooke

Phil Cooke is a writer, speaker, filmmaker, & media consultant whose work focuses on making real change happen.  Christianity Today magazine calls him a "media guru," and his company, Cooke Pictures, advises many of the largest and most effective churches & media ministries in the world.  As a founding partner in TWC Films, he also produces national advertising for some of the largest companies in the country, including two TV commercials for Super Bowl 2008.  His books and online blog at philcooke.com are changing the way religious organizations use the media to tell their story.

 

Mark DeMoss, The DeMoss Group

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Mark DeMoss

Mark DeMoss is president of The DeMoss Group, an Atlanta-based full-service public relations firm he founded in 1991.  The DeMoss Group is the largest public relations firm in the country representing Christian organizations and causes; and counts the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Samaritan’s Purse, Prison Fellowship, Compassion International, Campus Crusade for Christ and American Bible Society among its clients.  Mark is the author of The Little Red Book of Wisdom, published by Thomas Nelson in March 2007.  Mark and his wife April have three children.

 

 

Stuart Epperson, Salem Communications Corporation

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Stu Epperson

Stuart W. Epperson is chairman of the board of Salem Communications Corporation, a leading U.S. radio broadcaster Internet content provider and magazine publisher targeting audiences interested in Christian and family-themed content and conservative values. He has served in that role since founding the company in the early 1970’s with brother-in-law, Edward Atsinger. Epperson is a graduate of Bob Jones University with a bachelor’s degree in radio and television broadcasting and a master’s degree in communications. He has been involved in broadcasting since the late 1950’s when he worked as a disc jockey and he built his first radio station in 1961. He lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, with his wife, Nancy.

 

Tony Evans, The Urban Alternative

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Tony Evans

Dr. Evans is Senior Pastor of the 8,000 member Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship. He is also founder and president of The Urban Alternative, a national organization that seeks to bring about spiritual and social renewal in urban America through the church. The Urban Alternative radio broadcast The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans can be heard on over 600 stations daily throughout the U.S. and in over 40 countries worldwide. His international TV ministry is seen in over 100 countries. He has served as chaplain of the Dallas Cowboys and continues to serve as Chaplain of the NBA Dallas Mavericks basketball team, and he speaks regularly in crusades and Bible conferences in the United States and abroad.

 

Gregg Harris, Far East Broadcasting

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Gregg Harris

Gregg has more than 17 years of extensive international radio ministry experience, but worked in the financial industry until God turned his heart toward full-time ministry. Gregg has a BS in Business Administration and Marketing, and after receiving his Masters of Divinity degree he spent 10 years working with Trans World Radio (TWR), holding several executive roles, including Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning. Prior to joining FEBC as Executive Vice President in 2001, Gregg served on the ministerial staff at Saddleback Valley Community Church, one of the largest churches in the country. Gregg and his wife Betsy have been married since 1985 and have one daughter, Rachel.

 

Doug Hastings, Moody Radio

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Doug Hastings

Doug, a native Chicagoan, is a 1979 graduate of the Moody Bible Institute (Diploma in Communications), and a 1980 graduate of Columbia College in Chicago (B.A. in Radio & TV).  He began his work with Moody Radio in 1981 in their Network Development (marketing) Division.  In 1983, he joined the Programming Division and currently serves as Manager of Administration, overseeing the business and financial areas of Moody Radio. Doug resides in Lynwood, Illinois with his wife, Nancy (MBI graduate of 1980).  They have two grown children, a married daughter JoAnna and a son, Mackenzie.  He leads worship at the First Baptist Church in Lansing, Illinois where he also serves as the Finance Committee chairman and a Small Group leader.

 

Roger Kemp, Roger Kemp and Company

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Roger Kemp

Roger Kemp is president of Roger Kemp and Company, Inc., a media agency headquartered in Westlake Village, California. The organization specializes in marketing, production and distribution of Christian radio and television programs. Clients include RBC Ministries, Walk in the Word, Insight for Living and Heartlight Ministries.

 

 

Richard Land, For Faith & Family

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Richard Land

Dr. Richard Land has served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission since 1988. He has represented Southern Baptist and other Evangelicals’ concerns in the halls of Congress, before U.S. Presidents, and in the media. Dr. Land was featured in Time Magazine in 2005 as one of “The Twenty-five Most Influential Evangelicals in America.” As host of For Faith & Family and Richard Land LIVE!, two nationally syndicated radio programs, Dr. Land has spoken widely on the social, ethical, and public policy issues facing the United States. His latest book is The Divided States of America? What Liberals and Conservatives are Missing in the God-and-Country Shouting Match.

 

Nevin (Nev) Larson, WDCX-FM

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Nev Larson

Nevin (Nev) Larson, General Manager, WDCX-FM, Buffalo, is celebrating 43 years in Christian Broadcasting and in management of the Buffalo/Toronto 110,000 watt WDCX.  He also serves as General Manager of Crawford Broadcasting’s other New York Network stations, is a long-time NRB Radio Committee member, has served on the NRB Finance Committee, the NRB Resolutions Committee, and for many years on the ENRB Board.  Nev and his wife, Sue, have been married for 46 years, have three children: their oldest son Erik called home to heaven suddenly at age 32, their son Brett in full-time Christian radio, and their daughter Krista a pastor’s wife in Virginia. They have been blessed with eight grandchildren.

 

Robert (Bob) Lepine, FamilyLife

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Bob Lepine

Bob Lepine is known to Christian radio listeners across the country as the co-host of the popular daily radio program, FamilyLife Today™ with Dennis Rainey.  He is the author of numerous articles and books, including The Christian Husband and Helping Your Children Know God.  A veteran of Christian radio, Bob serves as the Vice President of Content and the Chief Creative Officer at FamilyLife.  Bob has helped FamilyLife develop eight different radio programs that reach a weekly audience of nearly nine million people.  Bob is a member of the Board of Directors for the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB).  Bob and his wife, Mary Ann, have been married since 1979, and they have five children.

 

Michael Little, The Christian Broadcasting Network

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Michael Little

Michael Little is CBN’s president, chief operating officer, and a board member. He has served the ministry more than 35 years and worked in 89 countries overseeing production and distribution of TV programming. While leading CBN’s TV concentration on the Middle East, he has made more than 45 visits to the region and led numerous tours of the Holy Land. Michael received an Emmy Award as executive producer for the CBS TV movie, Never Say Goodbye, and was executive producer for the award winning TV movie, First Landing. Previously, he was a U.S. Army officer. He earned his MBA from Golden Gate University in San Francisco and a bachelor’s degree in business management from St. Leo University in Florida.

 

James MacDonald, Walk in the Word

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James MacDonald

James MacDonald is the founding and senior pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel, a multi-campus church based on the priority of prayer, boldness in evangelism, spirit-filled worship and unapologetic proclamation of God’s Word. James’ Bible teaching emphasizes the precise exposition of God’s Word and its practical life application. Walk in the Word, his daily 30-minute radio program heard on over 1,000 outlets across North America, has as its mission “to ignite passion in the people of God through the proclamation of truth.” His one-minute program, Listen Up!, airs nationwide. James’ ministry also includes publishing and an active conference speaking schedule. James and his wife, Kathy, have three children.

 

Tom McCabe, KMA Direct Communications

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Tom McCabe

Tom McCabe is a 30-year veteran in direct marketing and media ministry consulting. He is co-founder and CEO of KMA Direct Communications, where he and his colleagues serve many ministries including Love Worth Finding, Insight for Living, The Urban Alternative, Enduring Truth, Moody Broadcasting, Northwestern Radio, Trans World Radio, Precept Ministries and others. He is a former Chair of the ECFA Board and a Board member of Christian Leadership Alliance.

 

 

Tim McDermott, KSBJ Radio

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Tim McDermott

Tim McDermott is President/General Manager of KSBJ in Houston, one of the largest Christian music stations in the country.  He has served for ten years on the NRB Radio Committee, the last two as its Chairman.  Because of his passion to touch his community and mentor other stations around the US and the world, he has been blessed with many awards from NRB, GMA and CMB.  R&R named him one of the most influential people in Christian music.  Tim is also a licensed CPA and performs reviews for ECFA.  He has been married to Trudy for 27 years and they have three children.

 

Sam Moore, Thomas Nelson Publishers (Ret.)

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Sam Moore

Sam Moore is still very active in community and ministry projects, although he retired as Chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers in June 2006. He was the recipient of the 2007 NRB Board of Directors Special Service Award. Sam began his publishing career when he formed Royal Publishing in 1961, eventually consolidating with British publisher Thomas Nelson under the corporate name of Thomas Nelson in 1972. Among numerous honors, Sam, an immigrant from Beirut, has received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the 2003 American Free Enterprise Medal from Palm Beach Atlantic University, and four honorary doctorates.

 

Janet Parshall, In the Market with Janet Parshall

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Janet Parshall

Janet Parshall is the host of In the Market with Janet Parshall, nationally syndicated on the Moody Radio Network.  She has been chosen as one of the top 100 talkers in America every year since 1998.  Janet was also the recipient of the NRB ON-AIR Personality of the Year Award in 2008.   She was selected by President George W. Bush to represent the White House in the capacity of public delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.  Janet also hosted the TV series Speechless, Silencing the Christians.

 

 

Grace Rendall, KSCE-TV

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Grace Rendall

Grace is Vice President and General Manager of KSCE Christian Television in El Paso, Texas, bordering Cd. Juarez, Mexico.  KSCE is a full power station which currently broadcasts English, Spanish, and Arabic programming on two channels.  Grace was involved in broadcasting as a missionary kid in Mexico, and in 1982 it became her career and ministry.  She is a long-time member of NRB, of the NRB TV Committee, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the NRB TV Network, as well as other Christian, civic and trade organizations.  Grace and her husband, Dave, have four children and eight grandchildren.

 

Jose Reyes, La Voz de Salvacion

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Jose Reyes

Dr. Reyes is a dynamic preacher and Bible scholar, who has shared the Truth for thirty-eight years through radio (La Voz de Salvacion) and twenty-three years on television (Compartiendo el Pan de Vida). His programs, known for excellence in content and production quality, are heard and seen throughout the Spanish-speaking world. He has been an active participant of NRB for more than 30 years.

 

 

Tom Rogeberg, Fellowship of Christian Athletes

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Tom Rogeberg

Tom Rogeberg is the Executive Vice President of Communications and Marketing for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, headquartered in Kansas City, MO.  A long-time member of the NRB Board, he has previously served on NRB’s Executive Committee as First Vice Chairman and Secretary. He also currently serves as Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Alliance Defense Fund. Before coming to FCA in 2006, Tom held executive positions with CBN, In Touch Ministries, and Coral Ridge Ministries.

 

 

Jerry Rose, Total Living Network

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Jerry Rose

Jerry Rose is President/CEO of the Total Living Network, which operates broadcast stations, and a cable and satellite network. TLN produces television programming and films for the Christian and commercial marketplace. Jerry served for three years as the NRB President and on the NRB Executive Committee for 27 years.

 

 

Larry Ross, A. Larry Ross Communications

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Larry Ross

Larry Ross is President of A. Larry Ross Communications, a Dallas-based full-service agency he founded in 1994.  His mission is to “restore faith in media,” by providing “value-added PR that defines values” and gives Christian messages relevance and meaning in mainstream media. Larry has influenced public opinion through strategic PR counsel to individuals and organizations during a career in mainstream and Christian public relations spanning nearly 34 years. Larry’s work includes consultation and representation for many influential NRB members, including evangelist Billy Graham, for whom he has served as principal spokesperson since 1981.

 

Doug Shaw, Douglas Shaw & Associates

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Doug Shaw

Douglas Shaw, together with his wife, Stevey, founded Douglas Shaw & Associates, Inc. (DSA) 14 years ago with a strong desire to serve Christian ministries with their fund raising needs. Today, they lead a company of 60 professionals who are serving more than 40 ministries, such as Wycliffe Associates, Ligonier Ministries with Dr. R.C. Sproul, Moody Church Media with Dr. Erwin Lutzer, Operation Mobilization, Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Star of Hope Rescue Mission, and many others. Doug is a graduate of Simpson University in Redding and Fuller Theological Seminary and has 28 years of experience.

 

Michael Shelley, Toccoa Falls Radio

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Michael Shelley

Michael is assistant station manager and the morning host for WRAF-FM, Toccoa Falls.  He graduated from Toccoa Falls College with a degree in communication, and has two graduate degrees from Regent University in communication and management.  Michael has worked for WAYJ-FM, WINK-FM, CBN Radio Network, Morningstar Radio Network, WJYO-FM, and In Touch Ministries. Michael also has been teaching communication and business with Truett-McConnell College, Toccoa Falls College, and Georgia Perimeter College.  This past October marked his 22nd year in broadcasting and his 21st year as a member of the National Religious Broadcasters.

 

Wayne Stiles, Insight for Living

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Wayne Stiles

Wayne Stiles serves as executive vice president and chief content officer at Insight for Living, where he oversees the creation of content for the ministry’s various publications, Web site, monthly premiums, and products that complement the broadcast. Before coming to Insight for Living, Wayne earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary and served in the pastorate for fourteen years in the church he helped to plant. He has also written two devotional books on the land of the Bible. Wayne and his wife, Cathy, have been married twenty years and are raising two teenage daughters in Aubrey, Texas.

 

Wes Ward, Revive Our Hearts

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Wes Ward

Wes Ward serves Revive Our Hearts as the Director of Media. He's managed broadcasting at FamilyLife Today, served as National PD at Moody Radio, and as Station Manager/PD at KCBI. Wes is a former Chair of the NRB Radio Committee.

 

 

 

Ex-Officio Members

 

Wade Mumm, Greeneway Church

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Wade Mumm

Dr. Wade B. Mumm was raised in Thailand as the son of missionaries. He has worked several years in broadcasting and public relations in the United States and abroad. Currently, Mumm is a television producer (Influencing Living) and an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God serving as senior pastor of GreeneWay Church in Orlando, FL. Mumm holds a Ph.D. in Communication from Regent University and specializes in organizational communication. He served as professor and department chair from 1995 to 2007 at Southeastern University in Lakeland, FL, and as a former U.S. Army Captain. The author of A Dad’s Many Hats,  he and his wife, Julie, have two daughters and reside near Orlando, FL.

 

Linwood Hagin, North Greenville University

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Linwood Hagin

Linwood Hagin has been Chair of the Department of Mass Communication at North Greenville University since 1999. He has a B.A. in German, Speech Communication and Public Address from the University of Wisconsin-Superior, an M.A. in Mass Communication from the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, and a Ph.D. in Communications from the University of Tennessee. He has been featured twice in Who’s Who among America’s Teachers and other publications, including Creating Powerful Radio Instructor's Manual, Journal of Media Economics, College Media Review, Encyclopedia of Radio, Case Studies in Telecommunications Management, Feedback, Historical Dictionary of American Radio, The Vindicator, and NRB magazine.

 

Nathan Tabor, TCVmedia.com

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Nathan Tabor

Nathan has served as the President and CEO of TCVmedia.com since founding it in 2005. TCVmedia.com is a professional full-service internet firm that specializes in website design, social media optimization and consulting services. Nathan is committed to helping ministries use the internet and social media to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. He earned his M.A. from Regent University in 1998, was part owner of Revival Soy from 1999 to 2005, published The Beast on the East River in 2006, sold TheConservativeVoice.com to Townhall.com in 2008, and was listed in the top 50 entrepreneurs in North Carolina in 2009.  A member of NRB since 1999, he is married to Jordan and they have a daughter named Abigail.

 

Lee Miller, MSGPR Ltd. Co.

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Lee Miller

Lee Miller has been involved in the public relations business for over 15 years, having worked in commercial television news operations, creative services, promotions and public service, and TV network management. Featured in industry publications, Miller has been recognized for his instruction and writings on crisis communications from media worldwide. Miller is a winner of multiple Addy, Television Showcase and network television awards for production of television, radio and print promotional pieces, and he was awarded special recognition from NASA and the City of Lufkin for work with the Columbia Shuttle tragedy. Miller  is president of JESUS Texas, the organization behind the JESUS Video Project of Texas.