People: Fisher Communications, Inc. (FSCI.O)

FSCI.O on Consolidated Issue listed on NASDAQ Global Market

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Wortsman, Michael 61 2009 Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
Brown, Colleen 50 2006 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Lovejoy, Joseph 40 2008 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President
Bellavia, Christopher 2009 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
Dunlop, Robert 41 2008 Senior Vice President - Operations
Natha, Hassan 49 2008 Vice President - Finance, Principal Accounting Officer
Warren, William 70 1992 Director
Warren, George 74 1999 Director
Bevier, Deborah 58 2003 Director
Hawley, Richard 59 2003 Director
Graham, Donald 54 1993 Director
McAndrews, Brian 50 2006 Director

Biographies

Name Description
Wortsman, Michael Mr. Michael D. Wortsman is Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Fisher Communications, Inc effective April 1, 2009. Mr. Michael Wortsman was Director of Fisher Communications on July 26, 2007. Mr. Wortsman is currently a private investor focusing on television content and feature film production. He is Senior Managing Partner of Frontera Productions LLC. He was President of Univision Television Group, the Spanish Language Media company in the United States from 1997 until the sale of the company in April 2007. Before joining Univision as Executive Vice President Corporate Development in 1993, Mr. Wortsman held various Executive positions at ABC, FOX and NBC owned television and radio stations.
Brown, Colleen Ms. Colleen B. Brown is President and Chief Executive Officer of Fisher Communications, Inc. since October 2005. She was elected as a Director of the Company on October 26, 2006. From 2004 to 2005, Ms. Brown was President and owner of Aberdeen Media Corporation, an entrepreneurial venture founded to pursue opportunities in the U.S. television market. Ms. Brown served as Senior Vice President at Belo Corp. from 2000 to 2003 and as President of the broadcast group for Lee Enterprises, Incorporated from 1998 to 2000. Ms. Brown served in various senior management capacities at Gannett Co., Inc.’s broadcasting operations from 1980 to 1998.
Lovejoy, Joseph Mr. Joseph L. Lovejoy is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Fisher Communications Inc. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer in June 2008. He had been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer in April 2008. Mr. Lovejoy has been a Senior Vice President of the Company since December 2006, responsible for strategic planning, financial analysis and business development. Mr. Lovejoy has held positions at the Company including Senior Vice President Media Operations and Vice President of the 100+ Group and Strategic Planning. From April 2004 to January 2006, Mr. Lovejoy was the Company’s Director of Financial Planning and Analysis. Mr. Lovejoy was a Vice President at Duff & Phelps LLC from September 2001 to March 2004. He worked in the financial advisory services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from April 1997 to September 2001.
Bellavia, Christopher Mr. Christopher J. Bellavia has been appointed as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Fisher Communications, Inc effective May 18, 2009. He has served as Vice President, Senior Attorney and Corporate Secretary of Fisher Communications, Inc. He is responsible for legal, corporate compliance and governance issues for the Company. Before joining Fisher, Mr. Bellavia worked for Washington Mutual, Inc. where he handled extensive corporate governance issues and general corporate, securities and transactional matters. Prior to that, he practiced law in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati where he represented technology companies and handled corporate and securities matters, mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions. Mr. Bellavia graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York, and earned his J.D. from Cornell Law School.
Dunlop, Robert Mr. Robert I. Dunlop is Senior Vice President, Operations of Fisher Communications since July 2008. Mr. Dunlop has held various positions with the Company since 1991, including Vice President Developing Media from April 2006 to December 2006, Senior Vice President Developing Media from December 2006 to August 2007, and Senior Vice President from August 2007 until July 2008. From 1998 to April 2006, Mr. Dunlop served as Vice President and General Manager of the Company’s Seattle radio operations.
Natha, Hassan Mr. Hassan Natha is Vice President of Finance and Principal Accounting Officer of Fisher Communications, Inc. He was appointed Principal Accounting Officer in December 2008. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Natha served as the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary at Jones Soda Co., a beverage company, from April 2006 until September 2008. Before joining Jones Soda, Mr. Natha served as an associate with CFO Selections, a professional CFO services firm from August 2005 to January 2006, a principal of B2BCFO, a CFO professional services firm, from March 2003 to July 2005, and Chief Financial Officer of Washington Gaming Inc., a private real estate and gaming company, from January 2002 to December 2002. From October 2000 to December 2001, he served as senior manager of Accenture Inc. Mr. Natha is a Certified Public Accountant.
Warren, William Mr. Warren has been a Director since 1992. He serves as Chair of the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and is also a member of the Executive and Audit Committees. Mr. Warren has been a professor of Physics; Director, W.M. Keck Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Oregon State University since 1991. He has been a director and Vice President of a private investment company since 1999.
Warren, George Mr. Warren has been a Director since 1999. He is a member of the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Warren has been a Director of a private investment company since 1993. He was President of a privately held land development company from 1993 until 2004.
Bevier, Deborah Ms. Bevier has been a Director since 2003. Ms. Bevier has been the Principal of DL Bevier Consulting LLC, an organizational and management consulting firm, since 2004. Ms. Bevier was President of the Waldron Consulting Division of Waldron & Company from 2004 to 2006. From 1996 until 2003, Ms. Bevier served as a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Laird Norton Financial Group, an independent financial advisory services firm and its predecessor companies. Ms. Bevier serves as the chair of the board of directors of Coinstar, Inc., a multi-national provider of services to retailers and as a Director of F5 Networks, Inc., a global leader in Application Delivery Networking.
Hawley, Richard Mr. Hawley has been a Director of Fisher Communications since 2003. Mr. Hawley has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nicor Inc., a holding company, and Nicor Gas., a public utility, since December 2003. Mr. Hawley was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Puget Energy, Inc., a public utility holding company, and Puget Sound Energy, Inc., a public utility, from 1998 to 2002.
Graham, Donald Mr. Donald G. Graham, III is Director of Fisher Communications, Inc. since 1993. He is a member of the Company’s Planning and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Mr. Graham owns Cerberus Productions, LLC, a visual advertising production company based in New York City. He has been a Vice President and a Director of the O.D. Fisher Investment Company since 1989.
McAndrews, Brian Mr. McAndrews was elected as a Director of Fisher Communications since October 26, 2006. From August 2007 through December 2008, Mr. McAndrews led the Microsoft Corporation Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group. Prior to its acquisition by Microsoft Corporation in August 2007, Mr. McAndrews ran aQuantive, Inc., a global digital marketing company, serving as Chief Executive Officer and a Director since September 1999, and as President since January 2000. From February 1990 to September 1999, Mr. McAndrews worked for ABC, Inc., a broadcasting and communications company, holding executive positions at ABC Sports, ABC Entertainment and ABC Television. Mr. McAndrews also serves on the board of directors of Clearwire Corporation, a provider of high speed internet services to consumers and businesses.

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