About Us

The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS-NCCB) is a non-profit, professional organization serving the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. television community. The Academy's Emmy Award is the industry's benchmark for the recognition of television excellence.

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Point of Contact

Dianne Bruno, Administrator
National Capital Chesapeake Bay
9405 Russell Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Office: 301-587-3993
Fax: 301-587-3993
E-mail: NATAS-NCCB

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Officers

President
Sue Ann Staake-Wayne, SAS Productions, Inc.
First Vice President
Sean McGarvy, Local News Service (LNS)
Second Vice President
Tom Buckley, WUSA 9
Secretary Simon Epstein, WETA
Treasurer Mike Cephas, WTTG
National Trustees
Joy Allison Zucker-Tiemann, Independent
Mike Cephas, WTTG
Alternate Trustee
Cosmo Losco, WTTG

Regional Vice Presidents

Regional Vice President Griff Benner, WCAV (Charlottesville)
Regional Vice President Curt Autry, WWBT (Richmond)
Regional Vice President Will Anderson, Blue Ridge PBS (Roanoke)
Regional Vice President Bianca Martinez, WTKR (Norfolk)

Committee Chairs

Chapter Awards/Judging
Sean McGarvy
Chapter By Laws
Jim McNulty
Educational Outreach
David Burns
Emmy Night
Mike Cephas, Sean McGarvy, Rob Melick
Emmy Nomination Party
Cosmo Losco, Rebecca Tulkoff
Finance
Mike Cephas
Gold & Silver Circle
Tom Buckley
Job Bank
Jeffrey Kramer
Judging Coordinator
Sharon Sobel
Marketing/Publicity
Matthew Sobocinski
Membership
Rob Melick
Program/Seminars
Rob Melick
Website
Matthew Sobocinski

Board of Governors

David Burns
Salisbury University
Kathleen Cairns
WBFF
Chris Core
WTOP Radio
Ken Day
Maryland Public Television (MPT)
Leslie Estes
WJLA
Robin Fader
Robin D. Fader Advertising
Les Heintz
Heintz Media Productions
Angelica Herrera
Telemundo
Debbie Jacobson
Mill Creek Pictures & RLTV
Weijia Jiang
WJZ
Jeffrey Kramer
Kramer Communications
Denise Li
Georgetown University
Jim McNulty
Discovery Communications
Rob Melick
NBC
Janet Riksen
Independent
Melinda Roeder
WBFF
Jessica Snyder
WETA
Matthew Sobocinski
POLITICO
Susanne Stahley
Independent Producer/Writer
Rebecca Tulkoff
WETA