NBC Stations Names National Sales Exec

NBC Owned Television Stations today named Cathy Jones senior vice president of national sales, overseeing all sales activities for the national sales organizations in Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas-Fort Worth. In this newly created role, Jones will focus on developing and maintaining national partnerships and revenue opportunities for the NBC-owned stations.

She will start her new role on April 2 and report to Mark Lund, executive vice president of sales for NBC Owned Television Stations.

Jones joins NBC Owned Television Stations from ABC National Television Sales, where she was VP of sales for the Western region for nearly 15 years. Prior to working at ABC, Jones was VP-sales manager at HRP Inc., where she managed three different sales teams averaging 23 stations, including the NBC Owned Stations.

Jones attended Duke University and the University of Southern California, graduating from USC with a BA in telecommunications. She will be based in Los Angeles.