MFM Names 2017-18 Officers, Board Members

The Media Financial Management Association (MFM) today announced the 2017-18 officers and newly elected board members for the association and its BCCA subsidiary, the media industry’s credit association. Effective July 1, the officers of the MFM-BCCA board of directors are:

•      Chair: Robert Damon, president, Damon Strategic Consulting

•      President: Mary M. Collins, president-CEO, MFM/BCCA

•      Vice Chair/Conference Chair: Cindy Pekrul, SVP-deputy controller, Turner

•      Treasurer: Mike Lavey, SVP-corporate controller, Tronc

•      Secretary: Melissa Mitchell, corporate controller, Bonneville International

•       Past Chair, Ralph Bender, CFO, Manship Media

     The newly elected members to the MFM-BCCA board for a three-year term are:

•      Dave Bestler, EVP-CFO, Hubbard Radio

•      Laura Graves, SVP operations and business planning, WLS-TV/ABC/Disney

•      Steve Hall, VP finance, central US, GateHouse Media

•      Paul Nesterovsky, VP tax, Sinclair Media Group

•      Chuck Poduska, VP finance, Meredith Corp.

•      John Sanders, principal, Bond & Pecaro

In addition, Edward Mockus, director of ad sales credit and collections for Scripps Networks Interactive, has been appointed to serve as BCCA’s representative to the 2017-18 MFM-BCCA board.

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

•    Matt Askins, partner, Ernst & Young LLP

•    Stuart Benson, CFO, Helios & Matheson

•    David Bochenek, SVP-CAO, Sinclair Broadcast Group

•    Jason Facer, VP, finance, Cox Media Group

•    John Giraldo, global controller-CAO, WME-IMG

•    Brian A. Ignatowski, VP, controllership, Disney Financial Services/ESPN

•    Glenn Krieg, CFO, Morgan Murphy Media

•    Hilda Rivera, VP finance, ABC Owned Television Stations

•    Dawn Sciarrino, managing member, Sciarrino & Shubert

•    Jeana Stanley, VP, finance, Hearst Television

•    Suzanne Tuxill, corporate controller, Salem Media Group

•    Bill Waters, CEO, Swift Communications

“We are very grateful to these industry leaders for their willingness to serve our organization despite already fulfilling very demanding roles within their organizations,” said Mary M. Collins, president-CEO of MFM and BCCA. “Thanks to them, and the committees they also help to lead and shape, we can offer educational programs and services that can truly respond to the current and emerging needs of the industry’s financial community.”

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.” 

Outgoing board members, who will serve on the MFM Advisory Committee for a two-year term, are Ed O’Connor, director of operations and financial planning, WTVD-TV/ABC-Disney; Keith Piper, tax director, Nexstar; C. Robin Szabo, president, Szabo Associates; and Scott Jenkins, Americas collection director, Disney Financial Services. Serving his second year on the Advisory Board is past board member Brett Fennell, SVP-CFO, Cox Media Group.