Journal Broadcast Names Pritchard Finance VP

Journal Communications on Wednesday named Alvin Pritchard vice president of finance for the Journal Broadcast Group. Pritchard will begin on April 1 and will report to President-CFO Andre Fernandez.

Pritchard joins Journal from NBCUniversal, where he served for the past nine years as VP of finance for the NBC television stations in Chicago, WMAQ (NBC) and WSNS (Telemundo).

Prior to his role with NBCUniversal, Pritchard held positions within GE’s finance organization, including commercial finance manager for GE Healthcare—Diagnostic Imaging division, as well as manager of GE Healthcare’s Internal Audit staff. He is a graduate of GE’s Experience Financial Leadership Program and is a Six-Sigma Black Belt.

Pritchard holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and business from Wake Forest University, and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.