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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 />

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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 />

PAST CHAPTER<br />

PRESIDENTS<br />

2013-2018<br />

2006-2012<br />

2005-2006<br />

2001-2004<br />

2000<br />

1999<br />

1997-1998<br />

1995-1996<br />

1993/94 & 2000<br />

1992<br />

1991<br />

1990<br />

1988-1989<br />

1986-1988<br />

1983-1985<br />

1981-1983<br />

1980-1981<br />

1978-1980<br />

1976-1978<br />

1973-1975<br />

1971-1972<br />

1968-1970<br />

1968-1969<br />

1965-1967<br />

1963-1964<br />

1962-1963<br />

1960-1961<br />

1959-1960<br />

Johnson, Theresa<br />

Jones, Jennifer<br />

Rossi, Donna<br />

Adlhoch, Bob<br />

Sidener, Drew<br />

Dilworth, Dennis<br />

Palmer, Marvin<br />

Ottinger, Bill<br />

Jacobson, Jan<br />

Roberts, David<br />

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 />

Ellis, Bob<br />

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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