Sinclair’s Hanson Joins Media Institute Board

Rebecca Hanson of the Sinclair Broadcast Group was elected to the board of trustees of the Media Institute at the board’s annual meeting today in Washington. Hanson is SVP, strategy and policy, for Sinclair.

Hanson is a senior media and telecom executive, with experience in the entertainment, wireless, and regulatory areas. She joined Sinclair Broadcast Group in January 2014 to open Sinclair’s Washington, D.C., office and to represent Sinclair’s policy interests at the FCC and Capitol Hill. She was appointed to the NAB Television Board of Directors in March 2014.

Prior to joining Sinclair, Hanson served at the FCC for over four years as senior adviser, spectrum, in the Media Bureau, where she was on the Incentive Auction Task Force. She also briefly was director for public-private initiatives under Julius Genachowski.

From 2007 to 2009, Hanson was VP of strategic initiatives at Sprint, where she helped plan the rollout of the first 4G wireless broadband network in the United States. From 2000 to 2006, Hanson was SVP for business development at XM Satellite Radio.Prior to XM, Hanson was an attorney with the law firm ShawPittman (now Pillsbury).

Hanson received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.