People: Fisher Communications Inc (FSCI.O)

FSCI.O on Nasdaq

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Paul Bible

71 2011 Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

Colleen Brown

53 2006 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Hassan Natha

52 2011 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer

Robert Dunlop

44 2010 Executive Vice President - Operations

Christopher Bellavia

43 2009 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

Matthew Goldfarb

40 2011 Independent Director

Donald Graham

57 1993 Independent Director

Richard Hawley

63 2003 Independent Director

Brian McAndrews

54 2006 Independent Director

Joseph Troy

49 2011 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Paul Bible

Mr. Paul A. Bible serves as Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Fisher Communications, Inc. Mr. Bible has been a director of the Company since April 2009, including serving as Independent non-executive Chairman since June 2011. Since 2010, Mr. Bible has been a senior partner in Lewis & Roca LLP, a regional law firm. From 2006 until 2010, Mr. Bible was a principal in Bible Mousel PC, a Nevada law firm specializing in gaming law. From 1984 to 2006, Mr. Bible was a shareholder in Bible Hoy & Trachok PC, a law firm. Mr. Bible is the former Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission. After earning his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, Mr. Bible served in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the U.S. Army and is a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict. Mr. Bible is a current non-director member of the independent governance committee of AMERCO, the publicly-traded parent company of U-Haul International, Inc., a moving and storage company.

Colleen Brown

Ms. Colleen B. Brown is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Fisher Communications, Inc. Ms. Brown has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since October 2005, serving as a director since October 2006. Ms. Brown was President and founder of Aberdeen Media Corporation, established in 2004 to invest in the U.S. television market. From 2000 to 2003, Ms. Brown served as a senior vice president at Belo Corp., a publicly-traded Media Company; with responsibility for establishing the Company’s Business Development Division, its Spanish language businesses and corporate responsibility for Belo Interactive and its Texas Broadcasting Properties. From 1998 to 2000 she served as President of the Broadcast Group at Lee Enterprises, Inc., a publicly-traded media company until the sale of the broadcasting group in 2000. From 1980 to 1998, Ms. Brown served in various senior management capacities for Gannett, Co. Inc., a publicly traded international news and information company. Her responsibilities included President of KPNX the NBC affiliate in Phoenix, President of WFMY the CBS affiliate in Greensboro, North Carolina and Vice President/Station Manager of KUSA, the then ABC affiliate in Denver, Colorado. In addition, she established and led the strategic planning discipline within the broadcast division. Ms. Brown holds an M.B.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Hassan Natha

Mr. Hassan N. Natha is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer of Fisher Communications, Inc. Mr. Natha has been Chief Financial Officer of the Company since January 2011, Senior Vice President since July 2011, Principal Accounting Officer since December 2008, and was Vice President, Finance of the Company from November 2008 until January 2011. Mr. Natha served as the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary at Jones Soda Co., a publicly-traded beverage company, from April 2006 to September 2008. Mr. Natha served as an associate with CFO Selections, a professional chief financial officer services firm from August 2005 to January 2006, a principal of B2B CFO, a chief financial officer 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., a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Mr. Natha is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Graduate Diploma of Public Accountancy from McGill University.

Robert Dunlop

Mr. Robert I. Dunlop is Executive Vice President - Operations of Fisher Communications, Inc. He has held this position since November 2010. Mr. Dunlop has held various positions with the Company since 1991, including Senior Vice President, Operations from July 2008 to November 2010, Senior Vice President from August 2007 to July 2008, Senior Vice President, Developing Media from December 2006 to August 2007, and Vice President, Developing Media from April 2006 to December 2006. From 1998 to April 2006, Mr. Dunlop served as Vice President and General Manager of the Company’s Seattle radio operations. Mr. Dunlop holds an M.B.A. from the University of Washington.

Christopher Bellavia

Mr. Christopher J. Bellavia is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Fisher Communications, Inc. Mr. Bellavia joined the Company as Vice President, Senior Attorney and Corporate Secretary in November 2008 and was appointed as an executive officer and Senior Vice President and General Counsel in May 2009. Mr. Bellavia was an attorney at Washington Mutual, Inc., a savings and loan, where he served as a First Vice President and Assistant General Counsel from January 2006 to October 2008 and as a First Vice President and Counsel from July 2003 to January 2006. From June 2000 to July 2003, he served as an attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, a national law firm. Mr. Bellavia holds a J.D. from Cornell University Law School.

Matthew Goldfarb

Mr. Matthew Goldfarb is Independent Director of Fisher Communications, Inc., since May 19, 2011. Mr. Goldfarb has served as Vice Chairman of Xinergy Ltd., a Central Appalachian coal producer, since July 2011. Prior to that, he served as Portfolio Manager of Fourth Street Holdings, L.L.C., a private investment firm, since June 2010. From January 2009 until January 2010, Mr. Goldfarb managed leveraged loan trading businesses at Pali Capital, Inc., a boutique investment banking firm that offers financial advisory and brokerage services, and Tradition North America, Inc., a inter-dealer broker of money market instruments. Previously, Mr. Goldfarb was a Director and Senior Investment Analyst of Blackstone Group/GSO Capital Partners from January 2007 until December 2008 and a Director and Senior Investment Analyst at Pirate Capital LLC, an event-driven hedge fund, from January 2005 until September 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Goldfarb was with Icahn Associates Corp., an investment firm, for approximately five years, and before that, was an associate with the law firm of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP. Mr. Goldfarb previously served on the boards of directors of CKE Restaurants, Inc., a casual dining restaurant franchise, from 2006 until 2010 and James River Coal Company, a regional coal mining and processing business, from June 2006 until November 2006.

Donald Graham

Mr. Donald G. Graham, III, is Independent Director of Fisher Communications, Inc., since January 2, 1993. Mr. Graham owns Cerberus Productions, LLC, a visual advertising production company based in New York City. He was a vice president and a director of the O.D. Fisher Investment Company, a private investment company, from 1989 until its liquidation in 2008.

Richard Hawley

Mr. Richard L. Hawley is Independent Director of Fisher Communications, Inc., since August 4, 2003. From 2003 to 2011, Mr. Hawley was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nicor Inc., a publicly-traded utility holding company, and Nicor Gas, a natural gas distribution company. 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. From 1973 to 1998, Mr. Hawley held various positions with Coopers & Leybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers), an international public accounting firm, including audit partner from 1984 to 1998. He currently serves as a director of Westar Energy Inc., a publicly-held utility company.

Brian McAndrews

Mr. Brian P. McAndrews is Independent Director of Fisher Communications, Inc., since October 26, 2006. Since September 2009, Mr. McAndrews has been a Managing Director of Madrona Venture Group, an investment firm. From August 2007 to December 2008, Mr. McAndrews served as a Senior Vice President of Advertiser and Publisher Solutions at Microsoft Corporation, a provider of software, services and solutions. Prior to its acquisition by Microsoft Corporation, Mr. McAndrews ran aQuantive, Inc., a publicly-traded global digital marketing company, serving as Chief Executive Officer and a director from 1999 to 2007, and as President from 2000 to 2007. From 1990 to 1999, Mr. McAndrews worked for ABC, Inc., a television network and communications company, holding executive positions at ABC Sports, ABC Entertainment and ABC Television Network. Mr. McAndrews served as a director of Blue Nile, Inc., a publicly-traded retailer, from 2004 until 2007, and currently serves as a director of Clearwire Corporation, a publicly-traded provider of high speed internet services to consumers and businesses, and the United Way of King County.

Joseph Troy

Mr. Joseph J. Troy is an Independent Director of Fisher Communication, Inc. Mr. Troy has been a director of the Company since May 19, 2011. Mr. Troy has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Quality Distribution, Inc., a publicly traded operator of the dedicated bulk tank truck network in North America, since August 2010. Prior to joining Quality Distribution, Inc., Mr. Troy was the Chief Financial Officer of GuardianLion Wireless, LLC, a privately-held developer of unique personal locator devices, from January 2009 until August 2010. Mr. Troy continues to serve as a director of GuardianLion. From November 2000 until December 2008, and from March 1998 to February 2000, Mr. Troy held various senior leadership positions with Walter Industries, Inc. (predecessor to Walter Energy), including Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President - Financial Services, President of Walter Mortgage Company and Senior Vice President and Treasurer. Prior to that, Mr. Troy held various banking positions with NationsBank and its predecessor institutions. Mr. Troy previously served on the board of directors of Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc., a producer and seller of tissue papers in the United States, and currently serves on various charitable boards including the boards of A Kids Place of Tampa, Inc. and Kids Charity of Tampa Bay, Inc.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Paul Bible

--

Colleen Brown

1,638,020

Hassan Natha

442,652

Robert Dunlop

821,230

Christopher Bellavia

563,736

Matthew Goldfarb

--

Donald Graham

--

Richard Hawley

--

Brian McAndrews

--

Joseph Troy

--
As Of 30 Dec 2011
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