2023
YEAR IN REVIEW
NABPAC succeeds when broadcasters engage in the political process. In 2023, our goal was to continue to grow our community and offer each of you opportunities to better advocate. Whether directly with lawmakers, with your peers or across the industry, NABPAC is here to facilitate and foster key relationships.
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.
CURTIS LEGEYT
President and CEO
National Association of Broadcasters
NAB Government Relations team: Jack Smedile, Paula Dukes, Shawn Donilon, Jenn Flemming, Char Stanberry, Alyssa Niemiec, Megan Schenewerk, Nicole Gustafson, Lily Rañón, Josh Pollack, Will Vormelker, Anna Chauvet
NABPAC exceeded $1 million in fundraising for the 11th year in a row.
Total Dollars Raised
$1,271,287
Total Number of Donors
854
Thank you to every 2023 supporter!
VIEW ALL DONORS
(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 percent over the previous year)
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Alabama Terry Barber PP Ronnie Bloodworth Sandy Breland Mark Bunting David Burke Jimmy Cromwell PP Eric Duncan PP Collin Gaston PP Jesse Grear Tommy Hutchinson Scott Johnson PP Jama Killingsworth Eric Land Nick Martin Robbie McAlpine PP Lee Perryman Stan Pylant James Robinson PP Jimmy Shaw PP Michael Strickler PP Sharon Tinsley PP David Woods  PPEllenann B. Yelverton Alaska Christine Fry Cathy Hiebert PP Nancy Johnson Laurie Prax Arizona Elizabeth (Liz) Burns Richard Burns PPDebbie Bush PP Felipe Chavez PP Blanca Esparza-Pap Todd Hartman Anita Helt Frank Higney Chris Kline Michael Mallace PP Patrick McCreery PP Kate Morris PP Trip Reeb Tregg White Arkansas Bobby Caldwell Van Comer Lisa Kelsey Rich Moellers PP Marty Schack PP California Lawrence Amaturo PP Ed Atsinger Angie Balderas Larry Bastida PP Tricia Bastida PP Rod Chambers Ed Chapuis PP Scot Chastain Rick Cummings Phil D'Angelo Deepti Dawar PP David Drutz Bert Gomez PP J.R. Jackson George D. Lilly Eric Mathewson Eddie Melendez Alberto Mier Y Teran Risa Omega Brian Papstein Mark Powers Andrew Rosen PP Matthew A. Rosenfeld PP Susan Santana PP Kristy Santiago Dave Santrella Diane Sutter TelevisaUnivision, Inc. PAC PP Colorado Pete Benedetti Kerri Blanco PP Mark Cornetta PP Dean Littleton PP Justin Sasso PP Stacey Stewart PP Ross White Connecticut Dede Bartlett PP James Bartlett PP Klarn Depalma PP Dick Ferguson Gib Gibson PP Jason T. Hall PP Humberto Hormaza Dana Neves Mike Ryan PP Michael Spiesman Conrad Trautmann PP Delaware Craig Jahelka District of Columbia Zamir Ahmed Paul Brathwaite Casey Bridgers Chris Brown April Carty-Sipp PP Anna Chauvet Rebecca Chun Paul Cicelski Lynn Claudy Dianna Coleman Dennis Corbett Ann Marie Cumming Robert De Leon Mark Denbo Shawn Donilon Tim Dotson Michelle Duke Richard Dyer Brook Edinger PP Terrence Epps Timothy Fair Chanae Fowler PP Susan Fox Téa Gennaro Jamie Gillespie PPRebecca Goldman Emily Gomes Nicole Gustafson Lesli Haims PP Tobi Hall Brad Haransky PP Steve Haro Tiffany Harper PP Shermaze Ingram Megan Jackson Kari Jacobson Ladd Johnson PP Jen Jose PP Sue Keenom Michelle Kelly Kathleen Kirby Melissa Kittson Jennifer (JLJ) Landry-Jackson David Layer PP Curtis LeGeyt Kacey LeGeyt PP Ron Lippock PP Nate Mann Sam Matheny Katy Grossman Matthews Dan McDonald PP Patrick McFadden Allison McKee Justine McVaney Ari Meltzer Tim Molino PP Tariq Mondal Francisco Montero Keith Murphy PP Alison Neplokh Ven Neralla PPAlyssa Niemiec Chris Ornelas David Oxenford Lesley Peña Lee Petro PP Josh Pollack Jason Rademacher Adam Sandler Megan Schenewerk PP Alex Siciliano Gregg Skall Jack Smedile Senator Gordon H. Smith Sylvester Smith Char Stanberry Perry Strickman Quentin Turner PP Will Vormelker Larry Walke Bernita Walker PP Bob Weller Grace Whaley PP Isaac Wharton PP Kelly Williams Scott Woodworth PP Florida Andrew Alford PP Brad Beasley PP Brian Beasley Bruce Beasley Caroline Beasley Jami Beasley PP Jeff Benninghoff Heather C. Birks Ulysses A. Carlini Jr. Justin Chase PP Alan Chatman Mike Cooney PP Anne Dolan Joe Fiorini Bruce Goldsen Kim Guthrie Dave Hoxeng Kari Jacobs PP Jaime Kawaja PP AJ Lurie PP Leo MacCourtney Bert Medina J. Brian Morris Evan Pappas Kim Parker PP Heather Peeples George Reed PP Pat Roberts Terry Shockley Gary Smithwick PP Dennis Thatcher PP Tim Thomas Bill Velez Georgia Bruce Austin Rob Babin Maria Bastidas PP Jeff Berry PP Lori Brock PP Ray Carter Mike Collins Greg Davis Jeff Dudley Chris Eagan PP Bill Evans PP Marsha Fogarty PP Jan Goldstein PP Kristie Gonzales PP Randy Gravley PPDavid Hart Bob Houghton Hilton Howell Jr. PPCollin Jones PP Pat LaPlatney Kevin Latek PPGil Moor Charles H. Morris Sr. Mike Oates Allen Power Jim Ryan PPHolly Steuart Art Sutton Louis Wall Dan York Hawaii Jamie Hartnett Jenny Hilscher Chris Leonard PP Katie Pickman Idaho Jessica Hagan Illinois Pat Baldwin Stacey Barnes PP Jen Beckman PP Doug Boyd PP Mike Braun PP Christopher Scott Bullock PP Jacob Daniel PP Brady Dreasler Julie Dreixler PP Luci Englum Tim Fagan Brian Foster PP Charlie Grisham Mike Haile Kelley Hibbard PP Ashley Hugo PP Chris Hugo PPTom Kennedy Jim Kizer Dennis Lyle Becky Meyer PP Randy Miller PP Tim Myers Larry Nelson PP Ralph Oakley Jeff Oestreich PP Anthony Plosz Roger Price PP Paul Rennie Lisa Roddy Ryan Roddy PP Pete Russell Heidi Schmid-Whiting Sarah Shellhammer PP Michael Silecchia Samuel M. Stemm PP Edna Uribe PP Ben Van Ness Steve Wheeler Mike Wild Dana Withers |
Indiana Tom Antisdel PP Dave Arland PP Don Barr PP Daniel Caldwell PP Cristine Couldridge PP Dave Crooks Amy Dillon Chris Fedele Bill Harland Jay Hiett Mike Hulvey PP Russell Kaspar PP Mark Lange PP Saundra Lange PP Deon Levingston Dominic Mancuso PP DuJuan McCoy Curt Molander Tim Sanders Dawn Shewmaker Jeff Smulyan Tom Tarzian Lee Tobin PP Tom Tolar Terri Cope Walton Gary Yoder PP Iowa Dalena A. Barz Bridget Breen PP Jed Burns PP Ray Cole PP Kelly Jones PP Kathi Kolar Patrick Kolar PP David Loving PP Bernie Merrill Don Morehead Thom Pritz Sue Ramsett PP Kansas Kyle Bauer PP Roger Brokke David Herrmann Allison Mazzei Curtis Miles PP Kentucky Chris Aldridge PP Chuck Anderson Jeff Anderson Tim Coles Lisa Columbia Ronna Corrente PP Terry Forcht Ed Henson Beth Mann Julie Milam John O'Brien Andrew D. Shenkan Mike Tarter Chris Winkle Louisiana Ralph Bender Cary Camp PP Joseph Chautin III Chris Cook PP John Cruse Flynn Foster PP Polly Johnson Jake Manship Richard Manship Mark McKay Sacha Purciful Jayne White Ruben PP Mikel Schaefer PP Trey Schmaltz Joe Sciortino Tod Smith Randy Stone Eric Thomas John Ware PP Maine Bob Fuller Bob Holladay Kelly Landeen PP Kim Lee Maryland David Bangura PP Lynn Beall Jeff Brown PP Sally Buckman Tom Cox PP Melissa Eastlake Rebecca Hanson PP Tiara Jackson PP Andy Jones PP Rick Kaplan Alfred Liggins Kristie Milewski Gagan Nirula J. Chris Porter Jr. PP Chris Ripley Marc Sher PP Michael Tow Paul Trelstad Andy Wyatt Massachusetts Bob Simone Greg Strassell Jordan Walton PP Michigan Catherine Badalamente PP Julie Brinks Chris Cornelius Dave Doetsch PP Bob Ellis Mike KingPP Sam Klemet Julie Koehn Kim Krause Kenneth (Mac) H. MacDonald Jr. Mike Murri Michael Newman PP Debbie Petersmark Stephanie Slagle PP Denise Weston Minnesota Nic Anderson PP Jim Birkemeyer PP Chris Fee PP Michele Gors Ginny Hubbard Jane Hubbard PP Karen Hubbard Rob Hubbard Stanley S. Hubbard Tom Hubbard PP Tim Hyde PP Rhonda Lavelle PP Robert Leighton PP Steve Linder Bob Mithuen John Murphy Tom Newberry Wendy Paulson Kari Rominski Rob Rominski Dan Seeman PP Ed Smith Todd Wentworth PP Mississippi RaMona Alexander Bobby Berry Amanda Fontaine PP Ted Fortenberry PP Jeffrey D. Guy Jacque Harms Ricky Mitchell Don Moore PP Derek Rogers PP Tim Walker Rick Williams Missouri Brook Arnold PP John R. Beck Jr. David Bradley Eric Bradley PP David Rall PP Mike Carter PP Chris Conroy PP Bob Dakin Bob Eckman PP Mike Edwards Alicia F. Elsner Mark Gordon Ian Guthrie John Kueneke Carla Leible PP Robert B. Mahaffey PP Chad Mahoney PP Brian McDonough JD Sosnoff John Zimmer Montana Paul Alexander PP Dewey Bruce Ron Davis Stephen C Eaton PP Nebraska Shannon Booth Jim McKernan Katie Philippi Jim Timm PP Nevada Eric Bonnici Erica Farber Mitch Fox Larry Fuss Paul Gardner PP Michael Korr PP Tom Quinn PP New Hampshire Tracy Caruso New Jersey Steve Lanzano Bob McAllan PP Kurt Rao Jordan Walton PP Bill Wilson New Mexico Bill Anderson Evan Baker Charlie Blanco Michelle Donaldson Jason Espinoza PP Estevan Gonzales PP Stanley E. Hubbard Bill Kruger PP Marina LaVoie PP Paula Maes PPMatt Martinez PP Arthur Melendres PP Patt Salisbury PP Michael Smith PP New York Artie Altman PP David Bevins Alan Bishop Marci Daniels PP Matthew Davidge PP Johnny Green PP Michael J. Hayes PP Erik Hellum Marc Jaromin Allison Katz PP Bob Krummenacker Jim Leven Phil Lombardo Mark Manders Chris McDonnell PP Bob Pittman Dave Radigan PP Nick Radziul PP Dick Reingold PP Ed Trefzger PP Theresa Underwood Steve Ventura Jordan Wertlieb North Carolina Julia Ambrose PP Larry Audas Joan Barrett Tom Birch Lisa Bishop PP Chris Carlton PP John Clark Andy Combs PP Joel Davis Claire Magee Ferguson Jimmy Goodmon Ron Henslee Jim Himes PP George Johnson Mark Mendenhall Tim Nelson Michael Oliveira PP Amy Liz Pittenger Garrett Pope PP Mark Prak Coe Ramsey Lisa Reynolds Michelle Robinson Harper PP Elizabeth Spainhour North Dakota Tammy Blumhagen Beth Helfrich Bob Simmons PP Ike Walker |
Ohio Brett Beshore Micki Byrnes PP Carolyn Cassidy PP Jason Combs David Coy Kevin Creamer PP Merry E. Ewing Ed Fernandez Larry Gawthrop Franco Gentile PP David M Giles Brian Lawlor Brian Lorenzen Gunther Meisse PP Christine Merritt Carolyn Pione Micheli Josh Miely PP Matt Mnich Matt Moran PP Renee Morley Brad Moses Michael O'Brien Dave Peterson Erik Schrader Adam Symson Lou Vito PP John Wharff III Oklahoma David Griffin Roger Harris Vance Harrison Wes Milbourn Fred Morton Gail C. Payne Will Payne Kevin Perry Nancy Struby Oregon Mike Boring Zoe Burdine-Fly Amador Bustos Steve Carter Lisa Decker Corey Hanson PP Kingsley Kelley Milt McConnell Bob Proffitt Bob Singer PP Sharon Smith Patsy Smullin Bob Wise Pennsylvania Robert G. Bee Vincent Benedetto W. Edmond Busby PP Joe Conti Philip Dubrow Julie Eisenman PP David Field Vincent Giannini Dave Kennedy Brian Lilly Jay Philippone Andrew Sutor Chris Topf PP Dana Zimmer PP Rhode Island Tina Marie Castano PP Jenn Flemming Will Flemming Lori Needham Karen Rezendes PP Pat Wholey South Carolina Bryce Caldwell Paula Dukes Kevin Felder PP Margaret Fort Wallace John George Mike Hartel Bryan Hendry Carrie Hofmann PP Marybeth Jacoby PP Manning Kimmel Bill McElveen Allan Miller PP Jane Pigg Scott Sanders Steve Sinicropi Robby Thomas Dody Yarbrough PP South Dakota Carolyn Becker Doyle Becker James Berman PP Michael Cornette William (Bill) Duhamel Chris Gross Neil Lipetzky Mari Ossenfort Dean Sorenson Peter Tanz PP Steve Willard Tennessee Chris Baker Dorothy Black Bradford Caldwell Phil Cox PP David M Evans Kenneth W. Forte Jasmine Hardin Brenda Heidt PP David Hunt Deb McDermott Fran McRae PP Jonathan Mitchell PP Lyn Plantinga William Pollack Chris Protzman Tony Richards Rick Rogala PP Tracey Rogers Dawn Sciarrino PP Pam Teague Blake Thompson PP Paul Tinkle Bud Walters PPTexas Danny Aguilar PP Marcellus W. Alexander Jr. Angela Betasso Lori Bruffett David Candelaria PP Rebecca Cantu PP Tom Carter PP Don Davis Rick Dean Scott DeLucia PP Ben Downs Robert Dwyer PP Cindy Gilstrap PP Paul Gleiser PP Katie Grissam PP Cal Hall PP Mary Mike Hatcher Lance Hawkins Marc Hefner PP William Hicks PP John Hoffmann Ward Huey PP John Kittleman James Philip Lane Eric Lassberg Mike Lee PP Greg McAlister Brent McClure Jeff Miller Brad Moran Rachel Morgan PP Carolyn Mungo PP Ashley Parker PP Julie Pruett Chris Pruitt Wayne Reed Barbara Rodgers Oscar Rodriguez PPBlake Russell Brandy Sanchez David Smith Perry Sook Robert Springer Pat Stacey PP John Trevino Luis Villarreal Melanie Webb Mike Wright Josh Young Utah Darrell K. Brown PP Jason Englund PP Kent Frandsen PP Mary Lee Robinson Tanya Vea PP Vermont Jay Barton Wendy Mays PP Virginia Colleen Bell PP Anne Bentley PP Dick Blackburn Adam Chase PP Larry Cottrill John David Larry Delia Cindi Dove Doug Easter John Feore Rob Folliard Omar Franco PP John Garziglia John Gray Kym Grinnage Dave Hanna PP Stephen Hayes Julie Heskett PP Frank Jazzo Melissa Jones Kelly E. Kilga PP Dan Kirkpatrick Eric Krebs PP Michelle Lehman Jaimie Leon PP Dave Lougee Robert Lydick PP Jessica Marventano Cam McClelland PP Mike Mullen PPJeff Newman Bob Okun PP Nancy Ory Terry Ottina Debbie Patten PP Matt Pumo Liliana Rañón Nadra Scott Dorian Sullivan PP Lisa Sutherland Carol Ward Dennis Wharton Leonard Wheeler Doug Wieder PP Dan Williamson PP Karen Wright Washington John Bartlett PP Neal Boling PP Trila Bumstead Bob Cole Betsy Cowles Katie Elliott Rob Epplin Tery Garras PP Teddie Gibbon James Loftus Scott Mahalick PP Chuck Maylin PP Patricia McRae RJ Merritt Christy Moreno Keith Shipman PP Debbie Sieverding PP Michelle Woods PP West Virginia Sean Banks Tim DeFazio Jim Dodrill PP Charity Holman David Hughes PP Matt Jaquint PP George Pelletier Al Sandubrae Wisconsin Gregg Albert Lyle Banks Chris Bernier Brian Burns JanEl Daul PP Kate Doty Anna Engelhart PP Brian Jackson PP Betsy Keefe PP Scott Kellum PP Glenn Krieg Steve Lavin Neal Oberg Chris Palmer Steve Scadden PP Bob Smith Don Vesely Michelle Vetterkind Tom Walker Karl Wertzler Jeff Wright PP Wyoming Jim Beck Bob Breck PP Rita Conners Bob Grammens Laura Grott PP W. Lawrence Patrick |
A few examples include:
Senate Ratio: 52% D | 48% R
House Ratio: 48% D | 52% R
$1,100,500
Dollars Spent in 2023
By aggregating donations from NAB members, NABPAC can support pro-broadcast legislators throughout the year.
272
Members Supported in 2023
NABPAC donors strengthen NAB’s Government Relations team in forming relationships with new and current members of Congress, ensuring they are better educated on our issues.
WITH LAWMAKERS
NABPAC co-hosts numerous in-state fundraisers with local broadcasters and key members of Congress. We encourage our community to attend and connect directly with their peers and Congressional representatives.
In 2023, we held 13 events and raised over $349,195.
WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS
You can attend a NABPAC donor event at the NAB State Leadership Conference, NAB Show Las Vegas, NAB Show New York, the Celebration of Service to America Awards, the Idea Bank, company solicitation meetings, state association conventions and more. At these events you can meet fellow NABPAC donors, NAB’s Board of Directors, NABPAC trustees, state association executives, broadcast leadership training leaders and company solicitation executives.
NABPAC trustees are industry leaders who volunteer their time to fundraise on behalf of NABPAC. Thank you, NABPAC trustees, for making a positive difference in our efforts.
Co-Chair
Chris Cornelius
Director of Business Development
Morgan Murphy Media
Television
Co-Chair
Randy Gravley
President and CEO
Tri State Communications
Radio
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