NYSBA Elects Board of Directors and Officers for 2026
- The New York State Broadcasters Association
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
At its recent meeting in New York City, NYSBA elected a new slate of officers and directors for 2026. The following officers were elected:
Chairman: Chris Musial, V.P. & General Manager, WBBZ, Buffalo
Vice Chair-Radio: Chris Oliviero, Chief Business Officer, Audacy Inc, NYC
Vice Chair-TV: Chris McDonnell, VP and GM Nexstar, WPIX-TV, NYC
Treasurer: Kristin Cantrell, Owner and Operator, Seven Mountains Media & Seven Mountains Creative, NY Southern Tier
Secretary: LeAnne Markins, General Manager, 7WKBW-TV, Buffalo
In addition, the following individuals will be serving as members of the Board of Directors for 2026:
Alan Bishop, Owner, Finger Lakes Radio Group and Chadwick Bay Broadcasting Corporation
Amy Collins, SVP Group Manager, Sinclair Broadcast Group, (Albany, Buffalo, Syracuse)
David Feinblatt, GM, WLIG LPTV, Long Island
Jason Finkelberg, President and Chief Revenue Officer, Town Square Media Hudson Valley, NY
Marilu Galvez, President and General Manager, WABC-TV, NYC
Johnny Green Jr., President and Regional General Manager, CBS New York and CBS Boston
Jon Hitchcock, Vice President and General Manager, WNYT & WNYA Television, Albany
Marc Jaromin, President, Roundtable Media, LLC, Buffalo
Lew Leone, SVP & General Manager, WNYW/WWOR-TV, NYC
Eric Lerner, President and General Manager, WNBC-TV, NYC
Ed Levine, Owner & CEO, Galaxy Media, Syracuse
Chad Lopez, President, Red Apple Media / WABC Radio, NYC
Maire Mason, Vice President / General Manager, SBS, NYC
Robert Morgan, President, iHeartMedia Upstate New York (Rochester/Syracuse/Binghamton/Albany)
Chet Osadchey, President - Cayuga Radio Group (Saga Communications), Ithaca
Theresa Underwood, Senior Vice President & Regional Manager, Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., Syracuse
Bernie Weiss, Chief Operating Officer, iHeartMedia Markets Group, NYC
Roberto Yanez, Senior Multimedia Executive, President & Regional GM, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, Televisa/Univision, NYC
We want to thank all the members of the Board of Directors for their continued support of NYSBA and its programs.