ARTICLE: The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces New Board of Directors, Replacing Board of Trustees

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The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) recently announced that it will replace its longstanding Board of Trustees with a new Board of Directors. The news follows a multi-year restructuring of the Academy’s bylaws and governance to be more representative of the industry communities it serves.

The first class of Board members will initially serve terms of one, two, or three years each. Adam Sharp remains President & CEO, and Terry O’Reilly remains Chair.

The organization that oversees the Daytime Emmy Awards noted that a national membership model organized around peer groups will elect future Directors to full three-year terms. 

The initial Board includes (listed alphabetically):

• Eva Basler
• Phillip Bell 
• Bob Boden 
• Jared Bowen
• David Burt, First Vice Chair 
• Joan Cartan-Hansen
• André Hepkins
• Jeremy Hubbard 
• Martha Kattan
• Ronit Larone 
• Julie Lucas, Secretary 
• Theresa Maher Johnson, Treasurer
• Michelle McHugh
• Terry O’Reilly, Chair 
• Amy Schmelzer 
• Adam Sharp, President & CEO 
• Jeremiah Slovarp 
• David Solomon 
• Barbara Williams Perry, Second Vice-Chair.

NATAS recently announced the winners of “The 75th Annual Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards,” which will take place in partnership with the NAB New York media & technology convention in October. The organization is gearing up for “The 45th Annual Sports Emmy Awards” in New York in the spring, followed by “The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards” in Los Angeles. Details on the awards ceremony will be announced in the coming weeks. “The 45th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards” are open for submissions and will be presented in New York in September.

More information about the NATAS executive committee, board members and NATAS itself can be found below.

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