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SEDON A<br />
BROADCASTING<br />
COMPANY<br />
Congratulates Malachy Wienges, our President/CEO,<br />
on his induction into the <strong>2024</strong> <strong>Gold</strong> <strong>Circle</strong>.<br />
We are proud of his 50 years of leadership with the National Academy of<br />
Television Arts & Sciences, including three years as it’s National Chairman.<br />
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT<br />
Greetings friends & colleagues, <strong>and</strong> welcome to our<br />
<strong>2024</strong> <strong>Gold</strong> & <strong>Silver</strong> <strong>Circle</strong> Society Induction Ceremony<br />
A huge thank you to our <strong>Gold</strong> & <strong>Silver</strong> <strong>Circle</strong> Society Committee <strong>and</strong> their chair,<br />
Dr. John Craft, our Events Committee <strong>and</strong> their chairs, Windsor Smith <strong>and</strong><br />
Theresa Johnson, <strong>and</strong> last but not least, our hosts Sue Breding <strong>and</strong> Chad<br />
Brummett for coordinating tonight’s event. Special gratitude goes to<br />
Jessica O’Toole, our Executive Director, for her great service to our<br />
organization <strong>and</strong> members. None of what you see <strong>and</strong> experience<br />
tonight would be possible without the hard work <strong>and</strong> dedication of<br />
the event team <strong>and</strong> our board, which have been chosen by you,<br />
our chapter members.<br />
One of our primary goals is to ensure we have a diverse group<br />
of board members, inclusive of the markets throughout our<br />
region, as well as all facets of our craft <strong>and</strong> industry. We will be<br />
announcing board elections this fall <strong>and</strong> would be honored to<br />
have many of our members volunteer to fill these upcoming<br />
openings. If you are interested, please reach out to us.<br />
Another priority is to continue focusing on supporting <strong>and</strong><br />
mentoring our future practitioners <strong>and</strong> leaders through<br />
educational programs, scholarships, <strong>and</strong> the Student Production<br />
Awards, which were held earlier today. When you have a chance,<br />
please check out the resources, information, <strong>and</strong> our chapter history<br />
available at rockymountainemmy.org. I would like to ask each of you for<br />
your support of our non-profit foundation <strong>and</strong> these efforts. All donations<br />
are fully tax deductible in accordance with IRS regulations.<br />
I would like to take a moment to remember <strong>and</strong> recognize the members of our <strong>Gold</strong><br />
& <strong>Silver</strong> <strong>Circle</strong> Society <strong>and</strong> the other members of our chapter, that we have lost, especially<br />
over the past year. We thank them for their service <strong>and</strong> contributions. Please keep them in<br />
your hearts, thoughts, <strong>and</strong> memories. May they rest in peace.<br />
In closing, I have reached the limit of my term in accordance with our by-laws. It has been<br />
my extreme honor <strong>and</strong> privilege to serve you. Thank you for your trust <strong>and</strong> support. I will<br />
continue serving our organization in other capacities, so don’t hesitate to reach out to me if I<br />
can be of service. Please join me in welcoming our chapter’s president elect, Jennifer Jones,<br />
who takes office on the first day of 2025.<br />
On behalf of your Board of Governors <strong>and</strong> the entire <strong>Rocky</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Southwest</strong> Chapter, we would like to<br />
congratulate all our honorees. Please join us at the 47th Annual <strong>Rocky</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong> Emmy® Awards on Saturday,<br />
November 16th. More information is available on our website.<br />
Thank you for joining us to celebrate. Stay safe <strong>and</strong> be well,<br />
DOUG MUMMERT<br />
President, <strong>Rocky</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Southwest</strong> Chapter<br />
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences<br />
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CEREMONY TIMELINE<br />
WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS<br />
SUE BREDING & CHAD BRUMMETT<br />
GOLD & SILVER CIRCLE CHAIR REMARKS<br />
DR. JOHN CRAFT<br />
SILVER CIRCLE INDUCTION<br />
JASON BARRY<br />
SILVER CIRCLE INDUCTION<br />
JESSICA GARATE<br />
SILVER CIRCLE INDUCTION<br />
CORY MCCLOSKEY<br />
SILVER CIRCLE INDUCTION<br />
JORJ MARIE MILLS<br />
MENU<br />
• Baby Kale & Mizuna Tomato Salad, Citrus<br />
Herb Roasted Chicken Breast with Crushed<br />
Yukon Potatoes & Seasonal Vegetables<br />
• Or Roasted Cauliflower w/Gluten Free Orzo<br />
Pasta, Blistered Tomato, Baby Carrots & Patty<br />
Pan Squash<br />
DESSERT<br />
Chocolate Mousse Cake<br />
RECOGNITION OF PAST GOLD & SILVER CIRCLE INDUCTEES<br />
SILVER CIRCLE INDUCTION<br />
JOSEPH ORTIZ<br />
SILVER CIRCLE INDUCTION<br />
RICHARD WILLIAMS<br />
SILVER CIRCLE INDUCTION<br />
DAVID YETMAN<br />
CHAPTER PRESIDENT REMARKS<br />
DOUG MUMMERT<br />
A SPECIAL THANK YOU<br />
TO OUR VIP COCKTAIL<br />
HOUR CELLIST:<br />
DIANA YUSUPOV<br />
GOLD CIRCLE INDUCTION<br />
CAROL LYNDE<br />
GOLD CIRCLE INDUCTION<br />
MALACHY WIENGES<br />
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LETTER FROM THE <br />
GOLD & SILVER CIRCLE CHAIR<br />
Dear Attendees,<br />
Welcome <strong>Gold</strong> & <strong>Silver</strong> <strong>Circle</strong> members <strong>and</strong> guests to our<br />
annual induction celebration. This is our opportunity to<br />
celebrate the accomplishments of our outst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
membership <strong>and</strong> their significant contributions to the<br />
television industry in the <strong>Rocky</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Southwest</strong><br />
region of the National Academy of Television Arts<br />
& Sciences.<br />
In the mid-1990s, the board of our NATAS region<br />
realized that while television had long been the<br />
dominant mass media in our respective<br />
markets, the accomplishments of the<br />
broadcast pioneers that had guided this<br />
communication revolution had long been<br />
overlooked. Television had grown from<br />
infancy in the late 1940s to become the major<br />
source of news <strong>and</strong> information, as well as<br />
entertainment <strong>and</strong> the social trends that were<br />
shaping our society.<br />
While advancements in technology <strong>and</strong><br />
national influences were important, the real<br />
drivers of the rapid advancement of television<br />
were its people; those who were creating the<br />
content, or programming, that we watched each<br />
evening. The true inventors of television, therefore,<br />
were those in the newsrooms, the studios, <strong>and</strong><br />
production offices of the local stations, as well as in the<br />
networks <strong>and</strong> production companies.<br />
The <strong>Gold</strong> & <strong>Silver</strong> <strong>Circle</strong> allows us to say “Thank You” to those who<br />
have provided outst<strong>and</strong>ing service <strong>and</strong> accomplishment to the<br />
television industry, <strong>and</strong> to their greater communities in our <strong>Rocky</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong><br />
<strong>Southwest</strong> Region for more than 25 years, or in a very few cases, more than 50 years,<br />
“Congratulations” to our newest inductees of the <strong>Gold</strong> & <strong>Silver</strong> <strong>Circle</strong> Society. To all the<br />
members of the Society; thank you so much for your commitment <strong>and</strong> hard work on<br />
behalf of the television industry <strong>and</strong>, most importantly, to the people in your community.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
DR. JOHN E. CRAFT<br />
Chair, <strong>Gold</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Silver</strong> <strong>Circle</strong> Committee<br />
Professor Emeritus, Cronkite School, ASU<br />
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<strong>2024</strong><br />
GOVERNORS AWARD<br />
EMMY RECIPIENT<br />
Congratulations!<br />
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INDUCTEE<br />
JASON BARRY<br />
Jason is a 10-time <strong>Rocky</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong> Emmy® Award winner<br />
who was born in Los Angeles, CA <strong>and</strong> graduated from the<br />
University of Miami. An Avid sports fan, Jason follows<br />
the Arizona Diamondbacks, Arizona Cardinals <strong>and</strong><br />
Phoenix Suns with his wife, Karen, <strong>and</strong> son, Joshua.<br />
He is best known for his weekly Dirty Dining reports,<br />
which highlight local restaurants with major health<br />
code violations.<br />
For years, Jason put together the station’s “Pay it<br />
Forward” segments, which rewarded members of<br />
the community with $500 for going above <strong>and</strong><br />
beyond the call of duty to help others.<br />
His favorite stories are the ones where he can make<br />
a difference in someone’s life by getting money back<br />
from a crooked contractor, saving someone’s home<br />
from foreclosure, or helping someone being taken<br />
advantage of.<br />
Jason has covered an assortment of major news stories,<br />
including the deadliest Amtrak derailment in U.S. history in<br />
1993, the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster in 2003, <strong>and</strong> the<br />
University of Arizona’s National Championship in 1997.<br />
Jason started his career at WBTW-TV in Florence, SC, before moving<br />
to WALA-TV in Mobile, AL.<br />
He was named the Associated Press Reporter of the Year in Arizona in 2002.<br />
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INDUCTEE<br />
JESSICA GARATE<br />
Jessica Garate has built her career on breaking major news<br />
stories. While she had the privilege of anchoring for 25 years,<br />
her true passion lies in reporting.<br />
Jessica’s love for news started at an early age. As a kid, she<br />
enjoyed listening to public radio, watching local news, <strong>and</strong><br />
discussing politics <strong>and</strong> national events with her parents. At<br />
Rawlins High School in Wyoming, Jessica was responsible<br />
for reading the morning announcements. Her English<br />
teachers, impressed by her voice, suggested she pursue<br />
radio in college, which she did, later working at Wyoming<br />
Public Radio.<br />
Jessica has interviewed several presidential c<strong>and</strong>idates <strong>and</strong><br />
covered numerous political rallies. She has moderated debates<br />
<strong>and</strong> covered the Wyoming <strong>and</strong> New Mexico legislatures. She has<br />
reported live from New Mexico’s biggest wildfires, in Roswell during<br />
a school shooting, <strong>and</strong> in El Paso after a mass shooting at a Walmart.<br />
Jessica won her second regional Emmy® Award for covering the<br />
kidnapping <strong>and</strong> murder of a New Mexico woman. Jessica was named a '2021<br />
Woman of Influence' by Albuquerque Business First, <strong>and</strong> she has won numerous<br />
awards from the Texas Associated Press, the Wyoming Association of Broadcasters, <strong>and</strong><br />
the New Mexico Broadcasters Association.<br />
Jessica believes in giving back to the community. She has participated in Big Brothers Big<br />
Sisters <strong>and</strong> served on the Boys <strong>and</strong> Girls Club board. She takes pride in the "KRQE Cares"<br />
program, which has provided thous<strong>and</strong>s of new shoes for kids in need. Jessica is also a<br />
spokeswoman for the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women campaign.<br />
Jessica grew up in West Texas <strong>and</strong> Wyoming <strong>and</strong> is a graduate of the University of<br />
Wyoming, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism. She is deeply<br />
appreciative of her mentors <strong>and</strong> the news teams who have shaped her into a better<br />
journalist. She credits her first-generation Mexican parents for instilling her values. Her<br />
sister, a role model, <strong>and</strong> her family have also played a significant role in her life. Above all, she takes immense<br />
pride in her daughters, Lola <strong>and</strong> Kaylee. Jessica is grateful for her husb<strong>and</strong>, Ryan, whose unwavering love <strong>and</strong><br />
support have been invaluable to her.<br />
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INDUCTEE<br />
CORY MCCLOSKEY<br />
Cory is a familiar face in Arizona as the energetic weather<br />
guy for FOX10 in Phoenix, where he crisscrosses the<br />
Valley in search of on-air adventures. He spent 20<br />
years answering a 2:50 AM wakeup call on FOX10’s<br />
AZAM, but now perpetrates his on-air hijinks on the<br />
evening shift.<br />
Prior to his Arizona arrival, Cory spent about a dozen<br />
years as the weather anchor at his first station,<br />
WGEM, in Quincy, IL. But before getting into the<br />
weather business in 1989, Cory made his living in the<br />
theater <strong>and</strong> on the small screen. He played Equity<br />
stages in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, <strong>and</strong><br />
Washington, D.C., <strong>and</strong> has a few commercial jingles in his<br />
repertoire, too – perhaps you’ve sung along with him! “It’s<br />
a good time… for the great taste… of McDonald’s!” Cory<br />
appeared as young Michael Hudson on NBC’s Another World<br />
<strong>and</strong> spent nearly a decade as a model, wearing everything from<br />
Swatches to Tommy Hilfiger to Fruit of the Loom.<br />
In addition to acting when he can, Cory is a busy st<strong>and</strong>-up <strong>and</strong> improv comic<br />
<strong>and</strong> is perhaps the Valley’s most sought-after master of ceremonies. He has made<br />
bearable hundreds of charity events through his quick wit <strong>and</strong> good humor. His wife,<br />
Mary Jane, is an accomplished singer <strong>and</strong> actor, <strong>and</strong> they occasionally have a chance<br />
to share the stage (their regular gig together is in their church choir).<br />
The McCloskeys have three daughters, one son-in-law, <strong>and</strong> the world’s best<br />
gr<strong>and</strong>daughters.<br />
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INDUCTEE<br />
JORJ MARIE MILLS<br />
Jorj Marie Mills started her broadcast career as a reporter/<br />
producer for KTAR radio <strong>and</strong> then transitioned to television. From<br />
1981 to 2015, she worked at KTVK-TV in the Engineering<br />
department, advancing her knowledge from physical<br />
manipulation of operations to digital operations. She moved<br />
through formats from 2-inch reel to reels, to 1-inch tape, to ¾<br />
inch tape, to 1-inch cassettes, <strong>and</strong> finally to digital recording.<br />
Jorj Marie earned her First-Class FCC License <strong>and</strong> was a<br />
member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers.<br />
She earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Broadcasting from<br />
the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State<br />
University. Jorj Marie served as a Crew Chief closely<br />
collaborating with the news department, managing crews, <strong>and</strong><br />
making assignments to ensure smooth operations. Ensuring the<br />
well-being of newscasters was a primary concern for her. She was<br />
involved with "Good Morning Arizona" from its inception <strong>and</strong> played a<br />
pivotal role in its growth. She also edited commercials, shows, <strong>and</strong><br />
collaborated closely with the Sales department, vetting political ads <strong>and</strong><br />
ensuring correct commercial input for the station.<br />
Jorj Marie mentored new team members, teaching them how to read commercial ISCI<br />
codes, operate equipment, interface effectively with other departments, <strong>and</strong> maintain on-air<br />
quality. She collaborated with technical staff to deliver the high-quality news broadcasts<br />
expected by KTVK-TV. She authored a h<strong>and</strong>book for new hires introducing them to the<br />
technology <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ards necessary to uphold.<br />
Outside of work, Jorj Marie was a Girl Scout leader for many years, teaching camping skills<br />
<strong>and</strong> assisting with various badge programs. She organized a Field Day-International festival<br />
for the Cactus-Pine Group involving multiple troops. Jorj Marie has also been actively involved with the<br />
Daughters of the American Revolution <strong>and</strong> Job’s Daughters service groups. As a Union officer, she worked with<br />
members to promote quality work, safe working conditions, <strong>and</strong> high performance st<strong>and</strong>ards.<br />
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INDUCTEE<br />
JOSEPH ORTIZ<br />
Joseph Ortiz holds a Bachelor's degree in Broadcasting with an<br />
emphasis in Video Production <strong>and</strong> a minor in English from the<br />
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism <strong>and</strong> Mass<br />
Communication at Arizona State University. He has served on<br />
the Board of Governors for the <strong>Rocky</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Southwest</strong><br />
Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts &<br />
Sciences continuously for 35 years, both as a voting<br />
member <strong>and</strong> an Ex Officio member. Joseph serves as a<br />
media spokesperson for the Tolleson Union High School<br />
District, managing media relations, social media, crisis<br />
communications, public relations, <strong>and</strong> marketing. He<br />
regularly interacts with television media in the Phoenix<br />
Metropolitan area, drafting press releases, pitching news<br />
stories, <strong>and</strong> responding to media inquiries. Previously, Joseph<br />
held the role of Public Information Officer for the Phoenix Union<br />
High School District, the City of Tempe, the Arizona Hispanic<br />
Chamber of Commerce, the Roosevelt School District, <strong>and</strong> currently<br />
serves as the Director of Public Relations <strong>and</strong> Marketing for the Tolleson<br />
Union High School District.<br />
Joseph previously served on the Educational Access Governing Board for the City<br />
of Phoenix Education Channel, formerly known as "Know 99". During his tenure with the City<br />
of Tempe, Ortiz oversaw the public information office, the graphic arts department, <strong>and</strong> the<br />
City of Tempe's public affairs TV station, Channel 11. He has also been actively involved as a<br />
panel leader <strong>and</strong> judge for regional Emmy® nominations, both in English <strong>and</strong> Spanish,<br />
throughout his entire tenure on the NATAS Board.<br />
For many years, Joseph coordinated NATAS Scholarships for ASU broadcasting students<br />
<strong>and</strong> currently co-chairs the board’s Student Awards Committee. He has been a presenter at<br />
the <strong>Rocky</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong> Emmy® Awards Gala <strong>and</strong> has attended over 25 regional Emmy® Award events in his<br />
lifetime. Nationally, Joseph served on the Board of Directors of the National School Public Relations Association<br />
(NSPRA) in Rockville, MD, <strong>and</strong> is an alum of the Phoenix Business Journal’s '40 under 40.' He is also a member of<br />
the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) <strong>and</strong> the Arizona Latino Media Association (ALMA).<br />
Joseph has mentored numerous broadcasting students <strong>and</strong> has extensive experience as a producer,<br />
videographer, scriptwriter, <strong>and</strong> editor.<br />
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INDUCTEE<br />
RICHARD WILLIAMS<br />
Richard “Dick” Williams is widely recognized as one of the<br />
most accomplished producers of medical media in the<br />
United States.<br />
Williams' career in media began when he attended the<br />
United States Navy School of Photography during his<br />
stint in the US Marine Corps. His experience in<br />
medical communications started at the University of<br />
Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas in 1965,<br />
where he produced a variety of surgical films. It<br />
was in Texas that Williams first met renowned heart<br />
surgeon <strong>and</strong> biomedical educator Dr. Edward B.<br />
Diethrich of Houston. In 1971, Dr. Diethrich moved his<br />
practice to Phoenix <strong>and</strong> founded the Arizona Heart<br />
Institute. One of Diethrich’s initial actions was<br />
establishing an audio-visual department, which<br />
would later become VAS Communications (VAS). Dick<br />
Williams was hired as Diethrich’s cinematographer <strong>and</strong><br />
film editor.<br />
Under Williams' leadership, VAS revolutionized the training<br />
of surgeons worldwide. The Diethrich/Williams collaboration<br />
led to the development of a mechanical camera boom that<br />
allowed Williams to mount his 16mm film camera above the<br />
surgical field, documenting pioneering procedures like coronary artery<br />
bypass <strong>and</strong> aortic repair. In 1983, Diethrich <strong>and</strong> Williams partnered with PBS<br />
in the US <strong>and</strong> the BBC in the UK for the first international public broadcast of live<br />
open-heart surgery, resulting in the regional Emmy® Award-winning program titled "The<br />
Operation," broadcast from St. Joseph’s Hospital Phoenix <strong>and</strong> KAET Channel 8 studios in<br />
Tempe.<br />
Williams retired in 2005 but remains a consultant for VAS Communications, contributing to<br />
the regional Emmy® Award-winning series "The Procedure," aired nationally on PBS <strong>and</strong><br />
locally on AZTV. He also mentored over 35 Northern Arizona University communication<br />
students as part of the Dick Williams Communications Internship program at VAS, which now bears his name.<br />
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INDUCTEE<br />
DAVID YETMAN<br />
David Yetman is a distinguished outreach faculty <strong>and</strong><br />
research social scientist at the <strong>Southwest</strong> Center of the<br />
University of Arizona, where he has worked since<br />
1992, specializing in the peoples <strong>and</strong> ecology of<br />
northwest Mexico <strong>and</strong> the southwestern United<br />
States. He is nearly a native of the Sonoran Desert.<br />
Yetman holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the<br />
University of Arizona <strong>and</strong> is the author of numerous<br />
books <strong>and</strong> articles, including 'Sonora, an Intimate<br />
Geography' (University of New Mexico Press),<br />
'Colonial Conflict: Indians, Priests <strong>and</strong> Settlers in<br />
Colonial Sonora' (University of New Mexico Press),<br />
'The Great Cacti: Ethnobotany <strong>and</strong> Biogeography of<br />
Columnar Cacti' (University of Arizona Press), 'Natural<br />
L<strong>and</strong>marks of Arizona' (University of Arizona Press),<br />
<strong>and</strong> 'The Saguaro Cactus: a Natural History' (University of<br />
Arizona Press), of which he is the first author.<br />
Yetman hosted the PBS series "The Desert Speaks" for ten<br />
years <strong>and</strong> currently serves as the host <strong>and</strong> co-producer of the PBS<br />
travel/adventure series "In the Americas with David Yetman." He is a<br />
frequent lecturer on the history <strong>and</strong> ecology of northwest Mexico, as well as<br />
on the geography <strong>and</strong> cultures of the Americas.<br />
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE<br />
<strong>2024</strong> BOARD OF GOVERNORS<br />
DOUG MUMMERT<br />
CAROL LYNDE<br />
WINDSOR SMITH<br />
JENNIFER DOAN<br />
JENNIFER JONES<br />
Chapter President,<br />
<strong>Rocky</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong> Emmy<br />
Foundation President<br />
NATAS National<br />
Foundation Chair<br />
First Vice President,<br />
Awards Chair Chair<br />
Second Vice President,<br />
Events Chair<br />
Secretary<br />
Treasurer / <strong>Rocky</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong><br />
Emmy Foundation Treasurer<br />
BOARD OF GOVERNORS <strong>2024</strong> — 2025<br />
BOB ADLHOCH<br />
National Awards<br />
Chair<br />
GINA<br />
SANTIAGO<br />
HEIDI<br />
GOITIA<br />
KRYSTLE LONG<br />
Education Chair<br />
LILIANA<br />
SALGADO<br />
SUE<br />
BREDING<br />
TODD<br />
MARTIN<br />
WARREN<br />
TRENT<br />
BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2023 — <strong>2024</strong><br />
CHAD<br />
BRUMMETT<br />
Social Media<br />
Chair<br />
DONNA<br />
ROSSI<br />
Awards Vice<br />
Chair<br />
THERESA<br />
JOHNSON<br />
JUAN<br />
JUAREZ<br />
KELTON<br />
WELLS<br />
Social Media<br />
Vice Chair<br />
MICAH<br />
JOHNSON<br />
RICKY<br />
VAZQUEZ<br />
WILLIAM<br />
PITTS<br />
OFFICE<br />
JESSICA<br />
O’TOOLE<br />
Executive<br />
Director<br />
BETSY<br />
HAUGE<br />
Administrator<br />
EX OFFICIO<br />
CHRIS <br />
KLINE<br />
CHUCK<br />
EMMERT<br />
DAN <br />
BARR<br />
DAN J.P. CIERNIA<br />
M. ED.<br />
JOHN<br />
CRAFT<br />
<strong>Gold</strong> & <strong>Silver</strong><br />
<strong>Circle</strong> Chair<br />
JOSEPH<br />
ORTIZ<br />
JUAN<br />
VILLA<br />
MALACHY<br />
WIENGES<br />
National Chair<br />
Emeritus<br />
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LIGHTS,<br />
CAMERA,<br />
ACTION!<br />
FILM<br />
Don’t let your passions take a<br />
backseat during your education<br />
Learn more at gcuarts.org/film<br />
Gr<strong>and</strong> Canyon University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLCommission.org), an institutional accreditation agency<br />
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. ©<strong>2024</strong> Gr<strong>and</strong> Canyon University<br />
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CAROL LYNDE<br />
INDUCTEE<br />
Carol Lynde began her broadcasting career as a TV news<br />
photographer at KTVK in Phoenix <strong>and</strong> became the first<br />
woman in the market to hold that position. Her career later<br />
took her to news stations in Atlanta, Montana, <strong>and</strong> Denver<br />
before she returned to Arizona as a videographer/editor<br />
for Arizona PBS in 2000. Then came her “dream job” as<br />
a video producer for the Arizona Game <strong>and</strong> Fish<br />
Department in 2004.<br />
"Throughout my career, I have always been drawn to<br />
stories that involve nature <strong>and</strong> the outdoors. Whether it's<br />
counting woodpeckers in the Okefenokee Swamp in<br />
Georgia, watching prairie chickens dance in Montana, or<br />
translocating bighorn sheep in Arizona, I'm just fascinated.<br />
It truly is my passion.”<br />
Carol now runs her own production company, Tall Paul<br />
Productions, specializing in wildlife, outdoor, <strong>and</strong> human interest<br />
videos.<br />
She has earned 22 Regional Emmy® Awards <strong>and</strong> has been inducted into<br />
the <strong>Silver</strong> <strong>Circle</strong> Society.<br />
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INDUCTEE<br />
MALACHY WIENGES<br />
Mal Wienges spent a distinguished 31 years at the CBS<br />
Television Network, rising to the position of Vice President,<br />
Sales/Marketing, <strong>and</strong> Technical Systems. Wienges is credited<br />
with originating the concept of remote production for daytime<br />
dramas (soap operas) by taking "The Guiding Light" to the<br />
Bahamas in 1976. Since then, Malachy has participated in<br />
more than 154 worldwide location productions.<br />
In June 2011, he was elected Chairman of the National<br />
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, serving as NATAS<br />
Chairman for three years. He also served NATAS as its Vice Chair<br />
from 2008 to 2011, <strong>and</strong> in addition, he was National Treasurer<br />
from 1990 to 1996. In 2014, the Trustees of NATAS granted him the<br />
title of Chairman Emeritus. Mal was awarded three National Emmy®<br />
Awards, including a Sports Emmy® for Technical Achievement for the<br />
1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, <strong>and</strong> a second National<br />
Emmy® in 1992 for the NFL on CBS. In 2022, Wienges won a Daytime<br />
Emmy® as an executive producer in the category of Outst<strong>and</strong>ing Short Form<br />
Children’s <strong>Program</strong> for the provocative documentary "Girls’ Voices Now," a HERE Media<br />
production. In 2005, Wienges was appointed by Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano to serve<br />
as one of twelve commissioners on The Arizona Film <strong>and</strong> Television Commission. He served<br />
as a commissioner for five years <strong>and</strong> established the Arizona film tax credits. In 2008,<br />
Wienges was appointed by the Sedona Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors to be its<br />
Chairman. He served the chamber as Chairman for four years. Wienges also received national<br />
attention with his recognition in several publications including 'Outst<strong>and</strong>ing Young Men of<br />
America,' 'Who’s Who in Management,' <strong>and</strong> in the millennium edition of 'Who’s Who in<br />
Entertainment.'<br />
Wienges is an honors graduate from C.W. Post College with a B.S. in Atomic <strong>and</strong> Nuclear Physics <strong>and</strong> went on to<br />
obtain an M.S. in Engineering Management from Long Isl<strong>and</strong> University. In 1975, Wienges was elected President of<br />
the 30,000-member Alumni Association of C.W. Post College <strong>and</strong> served in this position for five years. Wienges is<br />
currently President of Sedona Broadcasting. He resides with his wife, Noreen, in Sedona, Arizona.<br />
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SOCIETY<br />
Alvidrez, Phil<br />
Clifford, Jack<br />
Close, Bill<br />
Craft, Dr. John<br />
Davies, Robert<br />
Garcia, Manny<br />
Helle, Maurie<br />
Jacobson, Jack<br />
Knipfing, Dick<br />
Lane, Homer<br />
McCoy, Al<br />
McMahon, Pat<br />
Martel, Larry<br />
Miller, Bill<br />
Miller, Jack<br />
Parris, Jack<br />
Schnebly, Larry<br />
Thompson, Bill<br />
Thompson<br />
Thompson, Ray<br />
SOCIETY<br />
Adlhoch, Bob<br />
Allen, Charles<br />
Allen, George<br />
Allingham, Robert<br />
Alvidrez, Phil<br />
Anaya, Catherine<br />
Anderson, Bill<br />
Atchley, Guy<br />
Ayala, Edward<br />
Ball, Roger<br />
Barcellos, Matthew<br />
Barker, Larry<br />
Barnes, Charlie<br />
Barr, Dan<br />
Barry, Jason<br />
Beardsley, Margaret<br />
Bergamo, Ron<br />
Bodinet, Steve<br />
Booth, John<br />
Breding, Sue<br />
Buckmaster, Bill<br />
Burgess, Donald<br />
Burt, Paul<br />
Camacho, Frank<br />
Capener, Ted<br />
Casillas, Rudy<br />
Chauncey, Tom<br />
Chitwood, Joe<br />
Cisek, Brian<br />
Clifford, Jack<br />
Conlee, Mike<br />
Connor, Ron<br />
Cooney, C.E. Pep<br />
Cooney, Lin Sue<br />
Cooper, Bruce<br />
Corral, Felipe<br />
Craft, Dr. John<br />
Cr<strong>and</strong>all, Jay<br />
Curtis, Mark<br />
D’Amico, Rick<br />
D’Atri, Jan<br />
Dana, Kent<br />
Davis, Dan<br />
DeBruhl, Rick<br />
Decker, Rod<br />
Deen, Chuck<br />
Denney, Bill<br />
Depa, Ray<br />
Diaz, Joe<br />
Dilworth, Dennis<br />
Doan, Jennifer<br />
Downey, Roger<br />
<br />
Dugan, Deborah Sedillo<br />
Dunbar, Bruce<br />
Duncan, Daniel<br />
Ellis, Bob<br />
Emmert, Chuck<br />
Escobar, Tony<br />
Eubank, Mark<br />
Everett, Stan<br />
Fergus, Tom<br />
Foster, Bud<br />
Fox, Dave<br />
Gallegos, Stella<br />
Garate, Jessica<br />
Garcia, Manny<br />
Geyer, Scott<br />
Godfrey, Donald<br />
Gonzalez, Hector<br />
Grant, Michael<br />
Grijalva, Barbara<br />
Haffner, Bruce<br />
Halberg, Jeff<br />
Hanson, Scott<br />
Harms, Parker<br />
Harris, Mike<br />
Hayden, Troy<br />
Heidinger, Tom<br />
Heier, Mark<br />
Hengemuehler, Joe<br />
Hinshaw, Ray<br />
Hitckcock, Tara<br />
Hollenhorst, John<br />
Hook, John<br />
Hoon, Ron<br />
Hopfer, Don<br />
Horton, Paul<br />
Hoskins, Dr. Dale<br />
Howe, John<br />
Jacobson, Jan<br />
Kay, George<br />
Kelley, Sharon<br />
Kelso, John<br />
Kirkpatrick, Patti<br />
Knipfing, Dick<br />
Kwiatkowski, Ladimir<br />
LaCava, Jude<br />
Lane, Homer<br />
Le<strong>and</strong>er, Tom<br />
Lee, Bob<br />
Leigh, Frederic<br />
Leverton, Bill<br />
Leverton, Bonnie<br />
Lewis, Delbert<br />
Lewis, Jewell<br />
Lichvar, Vanessa<br />
Lincoln, Stacy<br />
Lindstrom, Richard<br />
Loew, Morgan<br />
Luera, Anita Favela<br />
Luna, David<br />
Lynde, Carol<br />
Macias, Al<br />
Madrid, Lucia<br />
Magee, Lisa Fuller<br />
Manning, Joseph<br />
Martel, Larry<br />
Martin, Robert (Bob)<br />
Martin, Robert <br />
Martin, Todd<br />
McCloskey, Cory<br />
McComb, Paul<br />
McCord, Keith<br />
McCoy, Al<br />
McKee, Richard<br />
McLaughlin, Sean<br />
McSpadden, Jay<br />
Mikita, Carole<br />
Mills, Jorj Marie<br />
Miller, Bill<br />
Miller, David<br />
Miller, Neil<br />
Mooney, Sean<br />
Morgan, Howard<br />
Munsey, Dave<br />
Murillo, Lupita<br />
Najar, Richard<br />
Nichols, Dave<br />
Nickles, Mary<br />
Norman, Royal<br />
Nourse, Dick<br />
O’Neill, Dennis<br />
Olivas, Luis<br />
Olson, Carey<br />
Olson, Scot<br />
Ontiveros, Jaime<br />
Ortiz, Joseph<br />
Ottinger, Bill<br />
Parra, Gilbert<br />
Parris, Jack<br />
Peddie, Frank<br />
Pfeffer, Cary<br />
Pickel, Kris<br />
Poulson, Sterling<br />
Ramo, Dr. Barry<br />
Reda, Mark<br />
Robinson, Ken<br />
Rojas, Vique<br />
Roper, Mary Lynn<br />
Ross, David<br />
Rossi, Donna<br />
Ruby, Jon<br />
Ruggiero, Lew<br />
Santiago, Gina<br />
Sass, Bert<br />
Saubel, Rod<br />
Schafer, Gary<br />
Schmidt, Mike<br />
Schnebly, Larry<br />
Schueler, Chris<br />
Serres, Mike<br />
Shepherd, Howard<br />
Sherlock, Fran<br />
Simons, Ted<br />
Smith, Abbie<br />
Smith, John<br />
Stafford, Gary<br />
Stevenson, Pam<br />
Stucker, Steve<br />
Stull, William<br />
Tate, Van<br />
Teposte, Jose<br />
Thompson, Ray<br />
Thorpe, Ken<br />
Thorwaldson, John<br />
Thorwaldson, Sue<br />
Track, Roy<br />
Tracy, Stu<br />
Trujillo, Ruben<br />
Vazquez, Mary Morse<br />
Vasseur, John<br />
Verdoia, Ken<br />
Vershure, Beth<br />
Wallace, George<br />
Walsh, Todd<br />
Warren, John<br />
Watkiss, Mike<br />
Weiss, Patty<br />
Wenzlaff, Gary<br />
West, Mary Jo<br />
Williams, Linda<br />
Willams, Richard<br />
Wimmer, Nadine<br />
Wong, Mike<br />
Yetman, David<br />
Zermeño, Gilbert<br />
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Craft, John<br />
Widmann, Steve<br />
Howell, Dave<br />
Lacombe, Don<br />
Tripp, Stephen F.<br />
DeBarger, Dave<br />
Stull, Bill<br />
Andrew, Basil<br />
Zesbaugh, Joe<br />
Cooperstein, Ed<br />
Morton, Ira<br />
Metzger, Jeanne<br />
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Davies, Robert<br />
Metcalf, Hal<br />
Tuckwood, Donald<br />
Blanpied, Gene<br />
Lane, Homer<br />
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Arizona’s Family<br />
congratulates Jason Barry<br />
on his induction into the<br />
<strong>2024</strong> <strong>Silver</strong> <strong>Circle</strong>.<br />
JASON BARRY<br />
Thank you for the<br />
passion <strong>and</strong> dedication<br />
you bring every day to<br />
Arizona’s Family.<br />
Congratulations to Jessica Garate,<br />
Cory McCloskey, Jorj Marie Mills,<br />
Joseph Ortiz, Richard Williams <strong>and</strong><br />
David Yetman for their induction into<br />
the <strong>2024</strong> <strong>Silver</strong> <strong>Circle</strong> <strong>and</strong> to Carol<br />
Lynde <strong>and</strong> Malachy Wienges on their<br />
induction to the <strong>2024</strong> <strong>Gold</strong> <strong>Circle</strong>.<br />
Arizona’s Family would like to congratulate all the media professionals nominated<br />
for an Emmy® Award during this year’s ceremony. We are thankful for your dedication<br />
to your craft. It’s because of you local journalism flourishes.<br />
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Congratulations to all the winners <strong>and</strong> nominees for<br />
their exceptional contributions to Arizona’s local media.<br />
Thank you for your passion <strong>and</strong> dedication!<br />
Learn more about how we<br />
are building the future of<br />
Arizona local media at<br />
azmedia.org.<br />
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