MFM Announces New Officers, Board Members

The Media Financial Management Association (MFM) today announced the 2016-17 officers and newly elected board members for the association and its BCCA subsidiary, the media industry’s credit association.

Effective July 1, the officers for the MFM-BCCA board of directors are:

• Chair: Timothy Mulvaney, chief accounting officer-controller, Media General
• President, Mary M. Collins, president-CEO, MFM/BCCA
• Vice Chair/Conference Chair: Robert Damon, president, Damon Strategic Consulting
• Secretary: Cindy Pekrul, VP-deputy controller, Turner
• Treasurer: Mike Lavey, SVP-corporate controller, Tronc
• Immediate Past Chair, Ralph Bender, CFO, Manship Media

The newly elected members to the board of directors for MFM-BCCA are:

• Matt Askins, partner, Ernst & Young
• Stuart Benson, VP, international finance, A+E Networks
• Jason Facer, VP, finance, Cox Media Group
• Brian A. Ignatowski, VP, Controllership, Disney Financial Services/ESPN
• Howard Patterson, controller, Plain Dealer Publishing Co.
• Hilda Rivera, VP, finance, ABC Owned Television Stations

In addition, Scott Jenkins, senior collections manager for Disney Worldwide Services, has been appointed to serve as BCCA’s representative to the 2016-17 MFM-BCCA board of

directors.

Members of the MFM-BCCA board who were previously elected to serve or complete a three-year term are:

• David Bochenek, SVP-CAO, Sinclair Broadcast Group
• John Giraldo, global controller-CAO, WME-IMG
• Glenn Krieg, CFO, Morgan Murphy Media
• Melissa Mitchell, market controller, Bonneville International
• William “Scott” Moody, COO-CFO, Bonten Media Group
• Ed O’Connor, director of operations and financial planning, WTVDTV/Disney|ABC
• Keith Piper, tax director, Media General
• Dawn Sciarrino, managing member, Sciarrino & Shubert
• Jeana Stanley, VP, finance, Hearst Television
• Sue Tuxill, corporate controller, Salem Media Group
• C. Robin Szabo, president, Szabo Associates
• Bill Waters, CEO, Swift Communications

“Our ability to offer educational programs and services that respond to the current and emerging needs of the industry’s financial community depends upon the time, wisdom and

commitment of these industry leaders,” said Mary M. Collins, president-CEO of MFM and BCCA. “We are very grateful to them for their willingness to serve our organization despite

already fulfilling very demanding roles within their organizations.”

Collins added, “We also extend our appreciation to our outgoing board members, who have agreed to continue their involvement as members of our advisory committee.”

This year’s outgoing board members, who will serve on the MFM Advisory Committee for a two-year term, are Brett Fennell, VP-CFO, Cox Media Group; Dalton A. Lee, partner, Veradenis Consulting; Brian Pendley, assurance partner, Ernst & Young; and Richard Schmaeling, CFO, MediaMath.

Serving their second year on the advisory board are Stacey Benson, SVP finance, CBS Radio; John Charlton, EVP, finance and business operations, Fox Sports Media Group; John Drain, SVP, finance, Hearst Television; Jana Fay, VP, finance, C-SPAN; Gary Hoipkemier (retired), Schurz Communications; Thomas Peck, SVP, planning, daily news, U.S. News & World Report; and Chad Richardson, SVP of financial planning and analysis, FleetCor.