2022 NABPAC Annual Report

The National Association of Broadcasters' Political Action Committee (NABPAC) is the federal political action committee of NAB. It supports the election of candidates to the U.S. Congress. NABPAC promotes good citizenship and encourages voluntary contributions and participation in the political process by educating and mobilizing NABPAC-eligible individuals to support candidates for political office who champion broadcast issues.

Curtis LeGeyt
President and CEO
National Association of Broadcasters

In 2022, our NABPAC community worked in unison to ensure broadcasters’ voices are heard on Capitol Hill. Your participation made a difference – of the 291 candidates NABPAC supported during the mid-term elections, 95% won their seats. Our industry is better served when elected officials fully understand our issues.

While we face numerous legislative challenges in the year ahead, there is strength in numbers. We invite you to take a look back NABPAC’s successful efforts to bring together our community to increase participation in our advocacy, as well as the many ways local stations have benefitted from our donors’ engagement.

As we welcome the new year, we thank you for continuing your journey with us as we work to build a brighter future for broadcasting.

In 2022, NABPAC was able to exceed $1 million in fundraising for the tenth year in a row.

• Total Dollars Raised
  $1,231,049
• Total Number of Donors
  856

Thank you to every 2022 supporter.

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(Diamond Club donors earmark funds in addition to their A-list donation)
A-Listers (Donors who contribute $5,000 in a calendar year)
^PP (Power Players increase their donations by 20% over the previous year)

Alabama Ronnie Bloodworth PP Mark Bunting David Burke Mary Coleman PP Jimmy Cromwell PP Eric Duncan PP Courtney French PP Collin Gaston Jesse Grear PP Tommy Hutchinson PP Jama Killingsworth Eric Land PP Kathy Liles PP Nick Martin PP Lee Perryman PP Stan Pylant Jimmy Shaw Robby Thomas Sharon Tinsley David Woods PP Drew Woods PP Ellenann Yelverton Gary Yoder PP John Yuhas PP Alaska Christine Fry PP Cathy Hiebert PP Nancy Johnson Laurie Prax Arizona Liz Burns Richard Burns Debbie Bush Blanca Esparza-Pap Jeff Green PP Todd Hartman Anita Helt Frank Higney PP Chris Kline James Loftus PP Lou McDermott Kate Morris PP Trip Reeb PP Tregg White Arkansas Bobby Caldwell Bradford Caldwell Van Comer PP Lisa Kelsey Ali King Sugg PP Marty Schack Luke Story California Byron Allen Ed Atsinger Angie Balderas PP Larry Bastida Tricia Bastida Joe Berry PP Rod Chambers PP Scot Chastain Leon Clark PP Rick Cummings Phil D'Angelo Deepti Dawar David Drutz PP Scott Heath J.R. Jackson George Lilly Cathy Lloyd PP Eric Mathewson PP Eddie Melendez Alberto Mier Y Teran PP Risa Omega Brian Papstein PP Mark Powers Kristy Santiago Dave Santrella Eddie Seslowsky PP Diane Sutter Christopher Wood Colorado Pete Benedetti PP Kerri Blanco Julia Campbell Mark Cornetta Will Joslin Dean Littleton Evan Pappas Darlene Park PP Ian Rayder PP Justin Sasso Ross White PP Connecticut Dick Ferguson Carol Hinnant PP Humberto Hormaza PP Rita Marcocci Dana Neves Mike Ryan Michael Spiesman Delaware Craig Jahelka District of Columbia Zamir Ahmed Olivia Blackwood PP Ann Bobeck PP Paul Brathwaite PP Casey Bridgers Chris Brown April Carty-Sipp Anna Chauvet PP Rebecca Chun Paul Cicelski Lynn Claudy Dianna Coleman PP Dennis Corbett Ann Marie Cumming Jessica Curtis Robert De Leon Mark Denbo Brad Deutsch Shawn Donilon Tim Dotson Michelle Duke Dan Dukes PP Richard Dyer PP Melissa Eastlake PP John Easton Terrence Epps Tim Fair Ashley Fisher Chanae Fowler PP Susan Fox Téa Gennaro PP Jamie Gillespie Rebecca Goldman Emily Gomes PP John Gray PP Katy Grossman Matthews Nicole Gustafson Lesli Haims Tobi Hall Brad Haransky PP Steve Haro PP Maggie Heavey-Frank Shermaze Ingram Megan Jackson Tiara Jackson PP Kari Jacobson PP M. Scott Johnson PP Kris Jones Jen Jose PP Daniel Juvan PP Rick Kaplan Laura Kaufman PP Sue Keenom Michelle Kelly Kathy Kirby PP Melissa Kittson Jennifer (JLJ) Landry-Jackson David Layer PP Curtis LeGeyt Michelle Lehman Nate Mann Sam Matheny Colby May Matt McCormick Dan McDonald Patrick McFadden Allison McKee Justine McVaney Ari Meltzer PP Kristie Milewski PP Tariq Mondal Frank Montero PP Maureen Nagle Alison Neplokh PP Alyssa Niemiec David Oxenford Donna Page PP Lesley Peña Lee Petro PP Josh Pollack Jason Rademacher Liliana Rañón PP Adam Sandler PP Megan Schenewerk Alex Siciliano PP Gregg Skall Jack Smedile PP Sylvester Smith Char Stanberry PP Perry Strickman Mike Tow Melodie Virtue Will Vormelker Larry Walke Bob Weller Grace Whaley PP Loren White Kelly Williams Karen Wright Florida Brian Beasley Bruce Beasley Caroline Beasley PP Jeff Benninghoff PP Matt Brown PP Ulysses Carlini Justin Chase PP Alan Chatman Mike Cooney PP Anne Dolan PP Bob Ellis Mariana Ferro PP Joe Fiorini PP Bruce Goldsen Kim Guthrie PP John Heislman PP Dave Hoxeng PP Kari Jacobs Paul Karpowicz PP Jesus Lara Kevin Latek AJ Lurie PP Leo MacCourtney Bert Medina Rob Mennie Joe Naylor PP Beth Neuhoff Nick Nicholson PP Chris Ornelas PP Heather Peeples Heidi Raphael PP C. Patrick Roberts PP Angelina Rosario PP Terry Shockley Bill Siegel PP Dennis Thatcher Terri Walton PP Ken Workowski PP Georgia Bruce Austin PP Rob Babin Bobby Berry Dottie Boudreau Mike Braun Lori Brock PP Todd Buccelli Ray Carter PP Mike Collins Greg Davis John Deushane Byron Dobbs PP Jeff Dudley Eddie Esserman PP Randy Gravley David Hart Bob Houghton Hilton Howell Collin Jones Gary Kline Pat LaPlatney PP Alysia Long PP Gil Moor Brian Morris Charles H. Morris Sr. Mike Oates PP Allen Power Jim Ryan PP Larry Silbermann Holly Steuart Art Sutton PP Grady Tripp Louis Wall Dan York Karen Youger Hawaii Jason Hagiwara PP Jamie Hartnett Jenny Hilscher Katie Pickman PP Idaho Jessica Hagan Merri Hanson PP Illinois Diane Baj PP Emily Barr Kelvin Davis PP Brady Dreasler Julie Dreixler PP Luci Englum PP Tim Fagan PP Brian Foster PP Charlie Grisham PP Mike Haile Mike Hulvey Tom Kennedy PP Jim Kizer Dennis Lyle Randy Miller Tim Myers Ralph Oakley Tony Plosz PP Paul Rennie Lisa Roddy Pete Russell PP Heidi Schmid-Whiting PP Michael Silecchia PP Ben Van Ness PP Mike Wild Dana Withers Indiana Tom Antisdel Dave Arland Don Barr Michael Brouder PP Dan Byron J Chapman Dave Crooks Amy Dillon PP Merry Ewing Bill Harland Tascha Heiman PP Jay Hiett Brad Holtz PP Ed Lander Mark Lange Saundra Lange Scott Leisz PP Deon Levingston PP DuJuan McCoy PP Curt Molander Matt Moore Bill Potter Aaron Ramey Tim Sanders PP John Servizzi PP Dawn Shewmaker PP Jeff Smulyan Tom Tarzian PP Scott Uecker Bill Willis PP Iowa Pat Baldwin PP Dalena Barz Bridget Breen PP Ray Cole PP Julie Hein PP Kathi Kolar PP Bernie Merrill PP Don Morehead PP Thom Pritz Susan Ramsett Kansas Kyle Bauer Roger Brokke David Herrmann PP Allison Mazzei Larry Riggins PP Kentucky Chris Aldridge Chuck Anderson Jeff Anderson Steve Bearance PP Tim Coles PP Lisa Columbia Terry Forcht Ed Henson Cindy May Johnson PP Beth Mann Julie Milam Christy Moreno Chris Mossman John O'Brien James Reed PP Ken Selvaggi Andrew Shenkan Roth Stratton PP Mike Tarter Chris Winkle Louisiana Ralph Bender PP Sandy Breland Cary Camp Joseph Chautin PP Chris Coffee PP John Cruse Flynn Foster Bob Holladay Tim Ingram Polly Johnson PP Jake Manship Richard Manship PP Mark McKay Sacha Purciful Mikel Schaefer PP Trey Schmaltz PP Joe Sciortino Tod Smith Randy Stone Eric Thomas Maine Brian Cliffe Bob Fuller Kevin Kelley PP Kelly Landeen Kim Lee PP Maryland Lynn Beall Heather Birks Sally Buckman John Hane Alfred Liggins PP Gagan Nirula PP Chris Ripley Margaret Tobey Paul Trelstad PP Andy Wyatt Massachusetts Tina Murley PP Bob Simone Jordan Walton Michigan Catherine Badalamente PP Dan Baylog Brian Brady Julie Brinks Chris Cornelius Marci Daniels Pete Iacobelli Mike King Sam Klemet Diane Kniowski Julie Koehn Kim Krause PP Mac MacDonald Jr. Mac McTindal PP Mike Murri Debbie Petersmark PP Steve Radant PP Stephanie Slagle PP Mark Thomas Denise Weston PP Julie Zoumbaris Minnesota Nic Anderson PP Bill Dallman PP Chris Fee PP Michele Gors PP Karen Hubbard Rob Hubbard PP Stanley S. Hubbard Rhonda Lavelle PP Steve Linder Deb Messer PP Bob Mithuen PP Ginny Morris John Murphy Tom Newberry Brett Paradis Wendy Paulson PP Kari Rominski Rob Rominski PP Ed Smith Greg Strassell PP Mississippi RaMona Alexander PP Amanda Fontaine Ted Fortenberry PP Jeff Guy Jacque Harms Ricky Mitchell Don Moore PP Derek Rogers Tim Walker PP Rick Williams

Missouri Brook Arnold PP John Beck PP Brian Bradley David Bradley Rall Bradley Bob Dakin PP Mike Edwards Alicia Elsner PP Mark Gordon PP Ian Guthrie John Hoffmann John Kueneke Ken Kuenzie PP Brian McDonough Mike Meara PP Daniel O'Donnell PP JD Sosnoff PP Mike Spruill Les Tuttle John Zimmer PP Montana Dewey Bruce Ron Davis PP Heath Heggem PP Nebraska Shannon Booth Lisa Cherry Jim McKernan Andrew Stewart Jim Timm Alan Uerling Nevada Eric Bonnici PP Erica Farber Mitch Fox PP Larry Fuss Michael Korr Tom Quinn New Hampshire Tracy Caruso PP Lucy Lange PP Jeff Shapiro PP New Jersey Kurt Rao James Thompson Bill Wilson New Mexico Bill Anderson Evan Baker PP Charlie Blanco Michelle Donaldson PP Estevan Gonzales Stanley E. Hubbard Paula Maes New York Mary Berner David Bevins Alan Bishop Jerry Brehm Dave Donovan Bill Evans Gabe Fleet PP Mark Gaines PP Erik Hellum Jon Hitchcock Marc Jaromin Bob Krummenacker PP Steve Lanzano PP Jim Leven PP Phil Lombardo Dominic Mancuso PP Mark Manders PP Chris McDonnell Bob Pittman PP Dave Radigan PP Nick Radziul PP Dick Reingold Ed Trefzger PP Theresa Underwood Steve Ventura Jordan Wertlieb Katherine Wertlieb PP North Carolina Julia Ambrose PP Larry Audas Bev Bahakel Poston Joan Barrett Tom Birch PP Chris Carlton John Clark PP Andy Combs Ben Davis PP Joel Davis Scott Dempsey Claire Ferguson PP Jimmy Goodmon Dick Harlow PP Ron Henslee PP Jim Himes George Johnson Lisa Kridos Mark Mendenhall Tim Nelson PP Amy Liz Pittenger PP Mark Prak Coe Ramsey PP Lisa Reynolds PP Elizabeth Spainhour PP North Dakota Tammy Blumhagen Beth Helfrich Bob Simmons Ike Walker PP Ohio Bill Appleton PP Mark Ballard PP Brett Beshore PP Carolyn Cassidy PP Jason Combs PP Dave Coy Kevin Creamer PP Chris Fedele PP Ed Fernandez Larry Gawthrop Dave Giles Dan Latham PP Brian Lawlor Hank Littick Brian Lorenzen PP Gog Meisse PP Chris Merritt Carolyn Micheli Josh Miely PP Matt Mnich PP Renee Morley PP Brad Moses Jo Obermiller Michael O'Brien Dave Peterson Erik Schrader Micki Byrnes Spectorsky PP Adam Symson PP Lou Vito PP John Wharff Oklahoma Amy Calvert PP David Griffin Roger Harris Vance Harrison Wes Milbourn Kelvin Mize Fred Morton Gail Payne Will Payne PP Kevin Perry Nancy Struby PP Oregon Phil Becker Mike Boring PP Zoe Burdine-Fly Amador Bustos PP Steve Carter Lisa Decker PP John Grossi PP Kingsley Kelley PP Milt McConnell PP Mark Metzger Katie Philippi Bob Proffitt Donna Rosi Bob Singer Senator Gordon H. Smith PP Sharon Smith PP Patsy Smullin John Tilson PP Bob Wise PP Pennsylvania Bob Bee Vincent Benedetto Joe Conti Philip Dubrow David Field PP Vincent Giannini Dave Kennedy Susan Larkin PP Brian Lilly PP Jay Philippone PP Andrew Sutor Rhode Island Tina Marie Castano Jenn Flemming Will Flemming Lori Needham Pat Wholey South Carolina Bryce Caldwell John George Mike Hartel Bryan Hendry Ron Hill PP Marybeth Jacoby Manning Kimmel Bill McElveen Allan Miller Rich O'Dell Jane Pigg Scott Sanders Lyle Schulze Steve Sinicropi PP Gray Soapes PP Margaret Wallace PP South Dakota Carolyn Becker Doyle Becker Jim Berman PP Michael Cornette Bill Duhamel Chris Gross PP Neil Lipetzky Mari Ossenfort Dean Sorenson PP Peter Tanz PP Steve Willard Tennessee Whit Adamson PP Chris Baker Dorothy Black PP Phil Cox Tony Didier PP David Evans Kenneth Forte PP Hank Fuerst PP Cary Glotzer PP Dennis Gwiazdon PP Jasmine Hardin Brenda Heidt David Hunt Chad Kennedy PP Deb McDermott PP Fran McRae Jonathan Mitchell PP Lyn Plantinga PP Bill Pollack PP Chris Protzman PP Tracey Rogers PP Omesh Somaru Larry Stone Pam Teague Paul Tinkle Tom Tolar Bill Velez PP Bud Walters Jerry Zimmer Texas Dan Aguilar Marcellus Alexander Angela Betasso PP Lori Bruffett PP Tom Carter Patrick Cusick Don Davis Rick Dean Scott DeLucia Bradley Dennison PP Ben Downs Mark Garcia PP Cindy Gilstrap Paul Gleiser PP Kristie Gonzales PP Katie Grissam PP Bill Hague Cal Hall PP John Hannon PP Mary Mike Hatcher Lance Hawkins Marc Hefner William Hicks Ward Huey Gayle Kiger John Kittleman Phil Lane PP Eric Lassberg Mike Lee Jerry Martin PP Greg McAlister Brent McClure PP Jeff Miller PP Elliott Moore Brad Moran Carolyn Mungo Ashley Parker PP Julie Pruett Chris Pruitt Wayne Reed Jay Richardson PP Barbara Rodgers Oscar Rodriguez Ron Romines PP Blake Russell Brandy Sanchez David Smith Perry Sook Bobby Springer PP Tim Thomas John Trevino PP Luis Villarreal Melanie Webb Traci Wilkinson Mike Wright PP Josh Young PP Utah Darrell Brown PP Steve Downing PP Mary Lee Robinson Tanya Vea PP Dale Zabriskiebr PP Vermont Jay Barton Wendy Mays Virginia Michael Basile Anne Bentley Dick Blackburn Ed Busby Adam Chase PP Larry Cottrill Martin Dannenfelser PP John David Larry Delia Mary Dietrich PP Cindi Dove Paula Dukes PP Doug Easter PP John Feore Rob Folliard John Garziglia Kym Grinnage PP Dave Hanna PP Victoria Harker Akin Harrison Stephen Hayes PP Frank Jazzo Melissa Jones Rick Kaplar Dan Kirkpatrick Eric Krebs PP Dave Lougee Robert Lydick Derrick Martin PP Jessica Marventano PP Mike Mullen PP Jeff Newman Danny O'Brien PP Bob Okun Nancy Ory Terry Ottina PP Debbie Patten PP Matt Pumo Jessica Rosenthal PP Charlie Russell Ken Satten Nadra Scott PP Lisa Sutherland PP Carol Ward Dennis Wharton Leonard Wheeler Steve Wheeler Doug Wieder PP Washington John Bartlett PP Neal Boling Trila Bumstead Cathy Cangiano Bob Cole Betsy Cowles Katie Elliott Rob Epplin Tery Garras Teddie Gibbon Chloe Houser PP Patricia McRae RJ Merritt PP Wendy Peter PP Keith Shipman Debbie Sieverding West Virginia Sean Banks Michele Crist Tim DeFazio Jim Dodrill Charity Holman Matt Jaquint George Pelletier Al Sandubrae Wisconsin Gregg Albert PP Lyle Banks Chris Bernier PP Brian Burns Herb Cody Kate Doty Anna Engelhart Don Grassman PP Glenn Krieg Al Lancaster Steve Lavin Neal Oberg PP Christopher Palmer Joe Poss PP Bob Smith Mike Smith Don Vesely PP Michelle Vetterkind Tom Walker Karl Wertzler Steve Wexler Renee Zeller Wyoming Jim Beck Bob Breck Rita Conners Bob Grammens Laura Grott PP Susan Patrick W. Lawrence Patrick Dennis Switzer PP

Welcome aboard to the following new trustees.

Ralph Bender
Chief Finance Officer, Manship Media

Larry Delia
senior Vice President, Media Operations, TEGNA

Mark J. Prak
Partner, Brooks Pierce

Tom Walker
President and General Manager,
Mid-West Family Madison

No longer the new kid on the block, Michael Spiesman has truly embodied the role of NABPAC trustee. Read on to learn more about his passion for the industry and why he steps up for NABPAC:

• I am a trustee of NABPAC. This industry has provided me with the best jobs in the world. How could I not support its future? I should and I did!
  
  Well, that was some years ago and that history evolved to me becoming a trustee of the PAC, encouraging others to participate as well. If you have not yet become a supporter of the PAC, I ask you to do so. If you are a supporter, I thank you and ask that you continue to do so through the end of the year with general donations or donations earmarked for specific recipients, perhaps those representing your state or those in key positions on committees critical to local broadcasting.
  
  We have more competitors now than ever before. They are well funded, and if we want a seat at the table, NABPAC is our ticket to maintaining and building relationships with members of Congress.
  
  Our issues are non-partisan and go towards members who support broadcasting and those whose support we need.
  
  Thank you for your time, consideration and support of our great industry.

Michael Spiesman
Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Allen Media Broadcasting

Want to contribute for the first time? Want to renew prior donations? Want to earmark your donations to specific candidates? You can do it all by renewing your membership via the NABPAC donor portal or emailing Jenn or Alyssa.

The Chairman’s Challenge is NAB’s corporate member competition to become broadcasters' biggest advocates for the year. Thank you to the following groups that solicited employees on behalf of NABPAC. Sign up for 2023 here.

State Associations play a major role in our grassroots efforts. In addition to helping NABPAC offset operating costs through the underwriting program, state association board members make up a large percentage of NABPAC supporters.

By aggregating personal donations from NAB members, NABPAC continues to support pro-broadcast candidates and legislators throughout the year. Personal donations and participation strengthen our position by allowing NAB’s Government Relations team to form relationships with new and current members of Congress and ensure they are better educated on our issues.

100% of NABPAC donations advocate for policies meant to help your businesses.
A few examples include:

• Broadcasters competing on a level playing field in the digital marketplace
• Broadcast ownership rules reflecting the competitive marketplace
• The Local Radio Freedom Act, which opposes a performance tax
• Music licensing consent decrees preventing marketplace chaos
• Preserving local journalism in the age of Big Tech
• Allowing broadcasters to continue negotiating in the free market
• Diversity in broadcasting and reinstating the Tax Certificate Program

A list of current issues our industry is facing and for which NABPAC is advocating on our behalf can be found here.

• $500 contributions are matched with one complimentary exhibits-only registration.
• $1,500 contributions are matched with one full conference registration.
• $2,500 contributions are matched with one full conference registration and badge pickup.
• $5,000+ contributions are matched with two full conference registrations, badge pickup and priority accommodations.

As we embark on a new year and new Congress, we need every broadcaster engaged in our advocacy and part of our community.

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To commemorate NAB’s 100th anniversary, NABPAC is bringing back the 100 Challenge. Beginning on January 1, 2023, the first 100 donors of the year will be entered into a drawing to receive a special gift. Thank you for being an early renewal donor.

Thank you to every early 2023 supporter!

The success of NABPAC is due to our many members who play a major role in supporting our mission.

(Diamond Club donors earmark funds in addition to their A-list donation)
A-Listers (Donors who contribute $5,000 in a calendar year)
^PP (Power Players increase their donations by 20% over the previous year)

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