The National Association of Broadcasters has promoted four employees across multiple departments to the role of senior vice president.
Effective July 1, NAB’s government relations, technology and legal and regulatory affairs departments saw new leadership.
In the government relations department, Nicole Gustafson and Josh Pollack were promoted to senior vice president. Gustafson and Pollack, who both joined NAB in 2017, advocate before Congress and the administration on behalf of broadcasters regarding legislative and federal policy issues, said NAB in a press release.
In the legal and regulatory affairs department, Laura Kaufman has been named senior vice president and corporate counsel. Kaufman joined NAB in 2019 and also serves as secretary and corporate counsel for the NAB Leadership Foundation. She previously worked in the law firms of BakerHostetler and Seyfarth Shaw.
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Finally, in the emerging technology department, John Clark has been promoted to senior vice president as well as the executive director of PILOT. NAB’s PILOT initiative is a coalition of innovators, educators and advocates dedicated to advancing broadcast technologies and cultivating new media opportunities. He was previously the executive director of the Reese News Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He joined NAB in 2016.
“These well-deserved promotions recognize the leadership and integral role that Nicole, Josh, Laura and John have played in so many of NAB’s recent accomplishments on behalf of broadcasters,” said NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt in a news release.
